AMES — Untimely penalties and big plays in the passing game by host Ames left the Marshalltown High School football on the short end of a 33-17 outcome in Friday’s Week 1 contest. Ames senior quarterback Dallas Sauser completed 20-of-34 passes for 355 yards and four touchdowns, three of ...

West Marshall quarterback Peyton Hart runs for a gain during the hometown Trojans’ 42-6 victory over South Tama in Friday’s season-opening football game for both teams. Hart ran for four touchdowns and threw for two more to lead West Marshall.

A pair of one-score losses and another nine-point setback meant the difference between a Class 5A state playoff berth and the end of the season for the Marshalltown High School football team last fall. The Bobcats went 4-5 and finished 25th out of 36 teams in the Iowa High School Athletic ...

CONRAD — The BCLUW football team hits the field Friday against East Marshall for the first game of the season with a very similar coaching staff, but there’s a new head man on the scene in Conrad — head coach Jeff Pikna. The Comets promoted Pikna to head coach for the 2022 campaign, ...

GARWIN — First-year GMG head football coach Devon Diederichs knew well enough not to invest too heavily into his team’s first game of the season against a traditionally strong opponent. After a 56-0 loss at Janesville in Week Zero, it looks like Diederichs’ apprehension was the proper ...

REINBECK — Last season was a revelation for Gladbrook-Reinbeck on the offensive side of the ball. After years of being a run-first, run-second offensive team and controlling games by using the clock and keeping the ball. That all changed with the introduction of Isaac Clark and Drew Eilers ...