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Greyhounds slip through MCC’s grasp

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The Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball team suffered defeat in its home finale Sunday, falling 53-49 to Fort Scott CC. The host Tigers (1-3) held narrow leads of 30-29 at halftime and 38-36 after three quarters, but Fort Scott fought its way to the front in the fourth. The Greyhounds (1-2) played with the lead at the end, but free throw struggles kept MCC in the chase. Fort Scott made just 1-of-6 free throws in a minute stretch, but the Tigers turned the ball over twice while trailing 51-49. A pair of free throws by Hazley Grotjohn got the margin to four with 5.5 ...

Trojans taken out by A-P

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PARKERSBURG — West Marshall football helped make Zach Pfantz the coach he is today. On Friday night, Pfantz coached the team that eliminated West Marshall from the state football playoffs. Third-ranked Aplington-Parkersburg advanced to the UNI-Dome for the first time since 2003 in ...

Iowa's bench buries Eastern Illinois

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IOWA CITY — Peyton McCollum scored 14 points and fellow reserve Ty’Reek Coleman scored 13 as Iowa’s bench alone outscored Eastern Illinois in a 91-47 victory on Friday. Backup Tre Thompson scored 11 points as the Hawkeyes (2-0) bench scored 61 points. Tate Sage was the only Iowa starter in double-figures scoring with 10. Collectively, Iowa shot 33 of 52 (63%), including 14 of 30 (47%) from 3-point range. Reserve Tanner Vogel scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Eastern Illinois (0-2). Isaia Howard threw down a dunk with 13:42 before halftime to give Iowa its first ...

’Cats clock seven entries for state

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The Marshalltown girls swimming squad entered Saturday’s regional meet without having guaranteed any events as qualified for the upcoming state championships. Worry not, Bobcats. Marshalltown emerged from its regional qualifier with three automatic berths and gained four more at-large ...

Lagway leads Baylor to 42-31 win over Iowa State

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WACO, Texas — DJ Lagway threw for 229 yards with two touchdowns and ran for a career-high 119 yards and another score as Baylor surged past Iowa State 42-31 on Saturday in the first home game for the Bears since the firing of coach Dave Aranda. Baylor (6-3, 4-2 in Big 12) trailed 17-7 in the second quarter before scoring four consecutive touchdowns to improve to 2-0 under interim coach Joe Klanderman. "Guys just played, man," said Klanderman, Baylor's first-year defensive coordinator. "They played for each other, they played loose and free. And that's the game. You're going to get ...

Singleton leads No. 18 ISU past Southern Miss

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AMES — Tre Singleton scored 19 of his career-high 28 points in the first half to lead No. 18 Iowa State past Southern Mississippi 83-57 on Friday night. The Cyclones (1-1), who lost their opener to Memphis on a neutral court Monday, have won nine straight home openers and 25 of their last 26. Iowa State dominated inside in the first half, outscoring the Golden Eagles 26-6 in the paint while jumping out to a 46-29 halftime lead. The Cyclones took a double-digit lead late in the first half on Dominykas Pleta’s fast-break dunk, and they were up by 29 in the middle of the first ...