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Long leads Bobcat girls to win on her birthday

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DES MOINES — Marshalltown junior center Frankie Long celebrated her 17th birthday with a 16-point, 15-rebound double-double in leading the Bobcat girls’ basketball team to a 52-38 triumph over Des Moines Lincoln on Tuesday night. Long scored 13 of her game-high 16 points in the second ...

MHS boys win opener at Lincoln in overtime

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DES MOINES — Kyle Smith scored five of his game-high 28 points in overtime to lift the Marshalltown boys’ basketball team to a season-opening 53-50 victory over Des Moines Lincoln on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (1-0) led by as many as 12 points during the early stages of the third quarter, ...

Hawkeyes shot down by Sparty

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Coen Carr had nine of his 15 points in the second half after Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, helping No. 7 Michigan State remain unbeaten with a 71-52 win over Iowa on Tuesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams. The Spartans ...

’Cats out to add ammunition

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A year after having only one returning starter on the roster, the Marshalltown boys’ basketball team has four of them, but the Bobcats’ bout with the injury bug isn’t doing head coach Michael Appel any favors. A year after being one of the oldest teams in Class 4A, Marshalltown was one ...

Bobcat boys light the lanes at Fort Dodge

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The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team looks every bit the condender it intends to be. The Bobcats rolled their highest team score in nearly seven years, drubbing Fort Dodge in an Iowa Alliance Conference dual meet on Monday at the Family Bowling Center, 3,437-2,629. It’s the first win of ...