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Marshalltown senior Harlie Thatcher came in 11th place at the Bobcat All-Dive Invite on Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA, scoring 318.45 points.
The event welcomed 40 divers to Marshalltown for a meet that was also a state-qualifier for the top-five finishers. Saturday's top two finishers had already qualified for state at the Waukee Northwest Diving Invite, so the next two finishers punched their respective tickets as well.
Grinnell's Aubrie Holder won the meet with an 11-dive total of 389.80, and Waukee's Neelie Streit was second at 382.70. Both had already qualified for state.
Thatcher, who placed 24th in last year's state diving meet, has the third-highest 11-dive score in the state this season (420.55). She will compete in the Iowa Alliance Conference diving meet on Tuesday at Marshalltown High School.
MCC volleyball sustains fifth straight loss
QUINCY, Ill. -- The Marshalltown Community College volleyball squad suffered its fifth straight defeat, falling 3-1 at John Wood CC on Friday night. The Tigers (8-12) took the opening game of the match but lost 18-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16.
Morghan Harvey had a team-leading 12 kills for MCC, while Lillian Mason and Stella Remer had seven kills apiece. Addie Ratcliff chipped in five kills and Stella Del Negro added three on just nine swings. Tiger setter Isabelle Rawlins finished with 34 assists.
Defensively, MCC was led by Lesly Yismel Valentin Marte with 22 digs. Harvey had 12 and Keeley Clarke added 10. Ratcliff racked up a team-leading five blocks while Harvey had four, and Clarke tallied two of the team's four service aces.
Trojan football secures district title, home playoff game
STATE CENTER -- The West Marshall football team closed out the regular season with an undefeated district title, toppling West Central Valley 45-13 on Friday night.
The Trojans (6-2, 5-0) earned a home game for the first round of playoffs and will entertain Manson-Northwest Webster (4-4) this Friday at 7 p.m.
West Marshall finished off its Class 1A District 7 title in convincing fashion, limiting West Central Valley (3-6, 1-4) to 24 rushing yards and 197 yards of total offense.
The Trojans rushed for 245 of their 371 yards of offense, with quarterback Blayk Hart racking up 16 carries for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Hart was 6-for-9 passing for 102 yards and two touchdowns, both going to Teegun Edler. Edler finished with four receptions for 61 yards, and Drake Whitaker added a 34-yard touchdown run.
Defensively, Turner DeRossett returned one of his two fumble recoveries for a touchdown, added an interception and had two tackles for the Trojans. Dalton Eldridge had a team-leading five tackles, Waylon Mumm had 4.5 stops and Jacob Dare had two quarterback sacks.