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High School Football

State announces 2023-24 football district pairings

Marshalltown and eight other area football schools found out who they would play the majority of their regular-season games against in the 2023 and 2024 seasons Monday, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released the pairings and districts for all to see. Full schedules will be ...

Football classification changes approved by IHSAA for 2023-24

A football classification amendment approved by the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s (IHSAA) Board of Control and a December vote of member schools was approved Thursday by the Iowa State Board of Education. The proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation will add a ...

MHS has mixed reaction to IHSAA vote

When the Iowa High School Athletic Association announced in early December that there would be a vote on a reclassification amendment with the potential to change football classes as early as 2023, there was widespread positive reaction across the state. For many reacting on social media, it ...

Former STC, Iowa standout Jon Lazar to be inducted into IHSAA Hall

Jon Lazar always believed in himself, and that confidence carried a small town kid from Tama to the gridirons of the Big 10 and even onto two NFL practice squads. Now, the bruising former running back and fullback is adding another accolade to the list — more than 45 years after he graduated ...

Bobcats pop Polar Bears, 30-14

Marshalltown head football coach Adam Goodvin has enough on his schedule next week, but the Bobcats’ first playoff berth since 2012 would have been a welcomed problem to deal with. Expecting the birth of his second child in the coming days, Goodvin’s reaction was bittersweet when his ...

West Marshall wallops Clarke in first round of playoffs, 63-13

STATE CENTER — West Marshall’s first possession was a disaster. Less than one minute into the first quarter of a Class 2A first-round playoff matchup, senior quarterback Peyton Hart fumbled the ball away in Clarke territory — on their home field, the Trojans made the first mistake. It ...