The seasoned veterans looked the part, but the Bobcats are going to have to step up around them. The Marshalltown softball team suffered a season-opening defeat to Newton on Tuesday night, falling 10-2 in six innings on the MHS diamond. Newton pitcher Leileigh Hammons struck out 10 and ...
The Newton baseball team broke open a close game with five runs in the fifth inning of an eventual 8-0 victory over Marshalltown on Tuesday night at the MHS diamond. The visiting Cardinals (2-2) led 2-0 before breaking loose in the fifth, scoring five times on just two hits but four walks and ...
NEWTON — East Marshall senior Cody Weaver shot a 3-under-par 68 on Tuesday at Westwood Golf Course to take the clubhouse lead at the midpoint of the Class 1A boys’ state golf tournament. Weaver had five birdies and two bogeys over the opening round, shooting a 3-under 33 on the front nine ...
Iowa and UConn will begin a home-and-home women’s basketball series next season, the schools announced Tuesday. Iowa will travel to Connecticut for a Nov. 8 game in Storrs or Hartford. The Huskies will play at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2027-28 on a date to be determined. UConn has won seven ...
DES MOINES — Preston Johnson set out to race. There was no strategy. And for the length of the backstretch, the Marshalltown High School junior appeared poised to win a state title. The Bobcat distance standout got caught over the final 200 meters of the 1,600 and settled for fourth place ...
DES MOINES — Cael Curphy ripped off his headband in frustration, caught from behind at the finish line of the sprint medley relay. It was the beginning of a big day for the East Marshall junior, whether or not it felt like it right away. East Marshall’s sprint medley relay team of Blake ...