IOWA CITY — The Marshalltown volleyball team made Iowa City West work for it, but the Trojans were up to the task. Iowa City West got a big night from one of the state’s top hitters and the Trojans took down the Bobcats in three sets in Thursday’s Class 5A Region 4 semifinal match, ...

PELLA — Grundy Center’s Emerson Vokes won the boys race at a 2A state qualifier at Pella on Thursday, one of five area runners advancing to state from the meet hosted by Pella Christian. Vokes crossed the finish line in 15:47, almost 40 seconds faster than runner-up Emmett Swartzentruber ...

The Big 12 has arguably been the best conference in college basketball, winning two of the past four national championships while getting at least seven teams into the NCAA Tournament seven times in the last 10 years. The addition of four new schools, three of which have recent NCAA ...

Don’t count out the Bobcats. The Marshalltown boys cross country team wasn’t expected to have the depth to qualify for the state meet as a team, but an exceptional team performance helped the Bobcats beat the odds with a third-place team finish at Wednesday’s Class 4A state-qualifying ...

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center volleyball is rounding into late-October form. The Spartans set the tone early, and weathered a couple shaky spells on the court to finish a 3-0 sweep of Panorama on Wednesday at Grundy Center High School. Grundy Center, ranked 10th in Class 2A, won 25-7, ...

WAVERLY — South Tama junior Barrett Jesina finished eighth at Wednesday’s Class 3A state-qualifying cross country meet to advance to Fort Dodge for the second year in a row. Jesina was a member of the Trojans’ first-ever state team qualifier last fall, where he eventually placed 116th as ...