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Bobcat trio honored on all-Alliance North squad

An arduous season for the Marshalltown High School baseball team still yielded all-conference honors for a trio of Bobcats. Senior catcher Caleb Kusserow and junior shortstop Sam Greazel were named to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference North Division second team, and junior pitcher Zander Stupp ...

Siegert set for IHSBCA all-star series

West Marshall senior Owen Siegert has been chosen for the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star Series. Siegert becomes West Marshall’s first representative in the series since Kaden Davis in 2021 after leading the Trojans to a 34-3 season this ...

Hall sets bar at 1,000 yards

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Breece Hall’s comeback journey from a major knee injury finished 6 yards short of 1,000 last season. The New York Jets running back insists he’ll scamper far past that statistical milestone, leaving any doubts behind him — along with would-be tacklers. “I’m ...

‘Kids’ Day at Kinnick’ set for Aug. 10

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa football team will host its annual “Kids’ Day at Kinnick” on Saturday, Aug. 10. The open practice begins at 11 a.m. with gates A, B and H opening at 10 a.m. Team members will sign autographs for kids at approximately 10:30 a.m. along the front of ...

Mustangs denied 2A title game by Bulldog walk-off

FORT DODGE — East Marshall softball earned countless opportunities to shock the state. In the end, Van Meter seized their moment instead, as eighth-grader Mady Schnell slammed a walk-off solo home run in the eighth inning to lift the top-ranked Bulldogs past the Mustangs, 4-3, in an ...

Ferentz, football’s longest-tenured coach, still committed to Iowa

INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz watched two of his best coaching friends, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, leave football after last season. So, naturally, college football’s longest-tenured coach smiles and nods as he reflects on his own potential exit. “All of us have to do ...