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Joji Shibutani scored a pair of goals to lead the Marshalltown Community College men's soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Northwest Iowa on Saturday at MCC.
Shibutani scored the first goal of the match just seven minutes in, and his second goal made it 3-0 to kick off scoring in the second. The victory was MCC's first in more than a month and lifted the Tigers (3-7-3, 1-2-3) into seventh in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference standings. Only seven teams from the league advance to the Region XI Tournament.
Augustus Gruber and Guutuu Abdi added goals for the Tigers, who outshot Northwest Iowa 10-5. Yushin Takeda had two assists while Rhys Common and Tomu Tamaguchi had one apiece as MCC ended a six-match winless streak (0-3-3).
Northwestern Iowa (3-8, 0-6) was shut out for the sixth-straight game in its current seven-match losing streak.
Tiger netters tripped up at Black Hawk Tri-Match
MOLINE, Ill. -- The Marshalltown Community College volleyball team came up empty at the Black Hawk College Tri-Match, falling to Bryant & Stratton and the host Braves on Saturday.
The Tigers (8-10) took their first set of the weekend but lost in four to Bryant & Stratton, 22-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-18. MCC was led by 10 kills from Morghan Harvey, eight for Lillian Mason and six for Stella Remer. Amira Cowell and setter Isabelle Rawlins chipped in three kills apiece, and Rawlins finished with 24 assists.
Defensively, Lesly Yismel Valentin Marte tallied 10 assists for the Tigers, while Cowell and Rawlins had seven digs each. Remer and Harvey had three blocks apiece.
Host Black Hawk held off MCC in the next round, 25-20, 26-24, 25-17. Harvey had 11 kills, Mason nine and Remer seven to power the Tiger attack, and Rawlins finished with 30 assists.
Harvey and Valentina Arosti both recorded seven service aces to help the Tigers offset 14 serve-receiving errors. Arosti led the defense with 13 digs and Marte had seven more. Remer and Harvey both had two blocks.
West Marshall drops Roadrunners for district crown
TRURO -- The West Marshall football team locked down the Class 1A District 7 title with a convincing 26-8 win over Interstate 35 on Friday night.
The Trojans (5-2, 4-0) remained unbeaten in district play by holding the seventh-ranked Roadrunners to 160 yards of total offense. Riley Hanford had seven tackles and intercepted two passes to lead the West Marshall defense, which recorded a safety and kept I-35 out of the end zone until the fourth quarter.
Quarterback Blayk Hart threw two touchdown passes and ran for another. He finished 5-for-10 passing for 173 yards and rushed for 121 yards and a TD to power the Trojan attack to 342 yards of offense.
Wilson Buckley had two catches for 45 yards and a touchdown, Turner DeRossett reeled in a 42-yard touchdown, Teegun Edler had a 47-yard reception and Waylon Mumm added a 39-yard catch for the Trojans. Buckley also made a 42-yard field goal and was 3-for-3 on extra-point kicks.
Interstate 35 quarterback Gauge Gaskill was 5-for-14 passing for 38 yards with two interceptions, and he had a team-high 55 yards rushing. Jace Maxwell scored the lone touchdown on a 1-yard run for the Roadrunners (5-2, 3-1) in their first district defeat.
Wapsie Valley sends Mustangs to sixth-straight loss
LE GRAND -- Eighth-ranked Wapsie Valley piled up 291 rushing yards in a 35-7 triumph over the East Marshall football team on Friday night.
The visiting Warriors (6-1, 4-1) were led by Cadyn Dana with 15 carries for 133 yards, and quarterback Caleb Hogan had 13 carries for 93 yards and two scores. Wapsie Valley totaled 435 yards of offense as Hogan was 12-or-18 passing for 144 yards and three TDs.
East Marshall (1-6, 0-5) got 221 yards through the air as Jaxson Boswell went 17-for-36 passing for 221 yards. Eli Burns caught eight balls for 127 yards and a touchdown, but the Mustangs didn't hit paydirt until the fourth quarter.
Boswell led the East Marshall defense with 8.5 tackles, a quarterback sack, a forced fumble and recovery. Burns added seven tackles and Gavin Gaschler had 6.5 stops.