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’Cats finish in top half

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WATERLOO — Carter McCready spent his first winter in high school playing basketball at BCLUW. Gage Grieves was a member of the Marshalltown boys basketball program as a sophomore. On Monday morning, both Bobcat seniors competed in the IHSAA State Bowling Championships at Cadillac XBC in ...

Little Hawks have an answer for Bobcat comeback, 51-45

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With every wave of momentum Marshalltown could muster, Iowa City High had a response. The Bobcat boys’ basketball team surrendered the game’s first 15 points and yet got to within four points three times in the second half of Monday’s Class 4A Substate 4 opening-round loss to the Little ...

Hawkeyes’ Heiden tabs national, B1G honors

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa sophomore Ava Heiden was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday, as well as the Jersey Mike’s Naismith National Player of the Week. Heiden led the Hawkeyes with three double-doubles and wins at Nebraska, at Purdue, and No. 6 Michigan this past week. ...

Otzelberger named to watch list

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ATLANTA — Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named to the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Watch List. Otzelberger was one of four finalists for the award in 2024 and has been named to the top-15 multiple times while at Iowa State. In his fifth ...

Custard’s career-high not enough on the road at Central

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COLUMBUS, Neb. — The Marshalltown women’s basketball team couldn’t rally up another comeback against Central (Neb.) CC and fell 59-51 to the host Raiders on Saturday afternoon. Central (9-20, 5-16) held a slim three-point lead at halftime, 29-26, before pulling ahead to a 13-point ...

Wise beyond his years

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DES MOINES — Nicholas Wise stood on the second-highest step with his silver medal — serious, solemn and stoic. He represented the Marshalltown High School wrestling program to the best of his ability and he was thankful for the opportunity to do it. That was on the outside. Not far ...