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Iowa pulls away from Washington in second half

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SEATTLE — Bennett Stirtz hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Alvaro Folgueiras scored 16 points, and Iowa beat Washington 84-74 on Wednesday night for its fifth consecutive win. Tavion Banks had 11 points and Cooper Koch also scored 11, all in the second half, for Iowa (16-5, ...

Hanson giving back to future Bobcats

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Excitement is building at the Marshalltown Little League park as the board embarks on a mission to increase youth participation, enhance baseball development, and address critical safety issues within the park. This offseason, these kids have been gaining valuable real world life skills by ...

Norvell joins Hawkeyes as offensive analyst

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa graduate Jay Norvell, who spent the last eight years as a head coach, has joined the Hawkeye football team as an offensive analyst. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Norvell spent 2017-21 with Nevada before joining Colorado State from ...

Bluder a part of Lapchick Character honorees

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Mike Brey, James Jones, Lisa Bluder and Ernie Johnson will be this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Brey was the winningest coach in Notre Dame history, coaching at the school for 23 years. He won 483 of his 582 total victories at the school, leading the team to 13 NCAA ...

Little Cyclones too big for MHS

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Sixth-ranked Ames entered the Roundhouse without one of its big men in uniform, but that didn’t deter the Little Cyclones from pounding the ball into the paint. Brandon Johnson scored a game-high 20 points and DJ Bijiek added 12 more as Ames claimed the rights to the Iowa Alliance Conference ...

Ames wins defensive slugfest over Bobcat girls

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The Marshalltown girls’ basketball team made a 23-point turnaround from the first time it faced Ames, but that still wasn’t enough to get the Bobcats a win on Tuesday night. The Little Cyclones forced Marshalltown into 37 turnovers and left the Roundhouse with their ninth-straight win in ...