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MHS football raising funds through ‘Rent a Player’

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Marshalltown High School football players will be available to help with spring chores like planting, spreading mulch and cleaning up branches with the “Rent a Player” fundraiser. The annual “Rent a Player” event has been a successful fundraiser for the Bobcat football squad, ...

ISU women’s wrestling adds Kadel as assistant

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AMES — Iowa State head women’s wrestling coach Alli St. John announced her first staff hire Monday by adding Jake Kadel as assistant coach following a successful three-season stint as head women’s wrestling coach at William Penn, where he guided the Statesmen to three consecutive NAIA ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcat boys bring home some bronze medals

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WAUKEE — The Marshalltown boys’ track and field team totaled 25 points to finish eighth out of nine scoring teams at the Waukee Northwest Relays on Thursday night. The Bobcats bagged a pair of bronze-medal performances to lead the way. Carter Nunn clocked the 35th fastest 1,600-meter time ...

Faison follows Carnegie from Georgia to Hawkeye hoops

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IOWA CITY — Georgia transfer Jocelyn Faison has signed with the University of Iowa women’s basketball program, it was announced Sunday by Hawkeyes head coach Jan Jensen. A sophomore-to-be, Faison, will have three seasons of eligibility remaining as a Hawkeye. She is the third transfer ...

Fever finish preseason by pasting Nigerians

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever closed their preseason schedule on Saturday with a decisive performance in a victory over the Nigerian national team, 105-57, using a balanced effort and continued progress from Caitlin Clark to build momentum ahead of the regular season. The Fever ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets, Wolverines compete at Grundy Center meet

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GRUNDY CENTER — The BCLUW and GMG girls’ and boys’ track teams both competed in Grundy Center’s Harry Dole Classic Co-Ed meet on Friday inside Spartan Stadium. In the girls’ meet, BCLUW scored 31 points for ninth place and GMG got 24 points for 10th. Grundy Center won with 147 ...