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Sept. 22 • 10 years ago in 2009 The West Marshall volleyball squad made a three-game sweep of rival Colo-NESCO 25-10, 25-15 and 25-12 as Jordan Weitzell attacked at a 14-for-16 clip finishing with a team-high eight kills. • 25 years ago in 1994 West Marshall Homecoming royalty were King Brian Smith and Queen Shannon Blood. • 40 years ago in 1979 The LDF Warhawks football team remained undefeated as they whipped Garwin 21-0 with Steve Miller and Stan Overstake leading the offense with 158 yards and 86 yards, respectively. Sept. 23 • 10 years ago in 2009 West ...

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Sept. 15 • 10 years ago in 2009 The Marshalltown High School football team cracked the Top 10 in the Associated Press high school football poll in the 10th spot after defeating No. 7 ranked West Des Moines Valley 16-14 as Chanse Creekmur went 18-of-33 passing for 218 yards and Nick Thimesch and Mark Duncan shared team high honors with five catches each. • 25 years ago in 1994 Keturah Hagen, of Eldora-New Providence, was named a semifinalist in the 1995 Merit Scholarship Competition. • 40 years ago in 1979 The Garwin Roughriders trounced Mingo 41-8 in the Ta-Ma-Ja ...

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Sept. 8 • 10 years ago in 2009 Shannon Ingleby had a heart for the people in China following a 2002 visit and when the opportunity arose to teach English at Tianjin Foreign Studies University in Tianjin, Ingleby said, “Yes.” • 25 years ago in 1994 Marshalltown High School junior cross country runner Charlie Kelly sprinted to the finish line as he captured his third individual Bobcat Invitational crown. • 40 years ago in 1979 MHS defeated Des Moines Lincoln in its season home opener 27-19 as Dave Evans led the offense with 91 yards rushing on 14 carries including a ...

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Sept. 1 • 10 years ago in 2009 The Marshalltown High School swim team opened with four returning veterans: seniors Meredith Johnson who holds 12 state medals; Emily Visser and Samantha Beals both medalists in the state swim meet and junior diver Amy Stiehl, also a state meet veteran. • 25 years ago in 1994 East Marshall volleyball cruised past Gladbrook-Reinbeck 15-9, 11-15, 15-6 and 15-7 as Angie Strain led the Mustangs going 25-of-28 spiking with 10 kills and four digs and Ginny Landt going 20-of-20 serving with four aces and six digs while Chelle Arney was 17-for-19 on ...

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Aug. 25 • 10 years ago in 2009 Bailey Morgan, a sophomore at BCLUW, received the first computer handed out, a MacBook notebook, to start the school year. • 25 years ago in 1994 Amy Bradbury was named one of 11 Robert C. Byrd scholarship winners of a $1,500 scholarship. • 40 years ago in 1979 Mark Rohde fired a 67 to take the lead in the first round at the seventh annual Coors Midwest Golf Classic in Hastings, Neb. Aug. 26 • 10 years ago in 2009 Former Marshalltown High School standout and Drake Bulldog senior Amanda Vogt won the Peg Shoup Flight of the Des Moines ...

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Aug. 18 • 10 years ago in 2009 Michael Burt, 16, won first place in class at the Iowa State Fair showing his pigs and brother Jacob, 11, took home a showmanship belt buckle for his prize pigs. • 25 years ago in 1994 Jason C. Mathison, a senior at Marshalltown High School, was among 121 senior high school students who completed scientific and engineering projects during Operation Catapult at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. • 40 years ago in 1979 Laura Kajar, of Tama, placed second in the 25-meter freestyle at the International Special Olympics in Brockport, ...