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Bobcats host long-awaited senior night

The seniors for Marshalltown girls track and field have been waiting a long time for Monday night. After five years of not having a home track and field meet, the Bobcats were finally able to honor a senior class, wishing the Class of 2024 well at Leonard Cole Field for the Bobcat Girls ...

Bobcats batter Rams, roll to 7-0

PLEASANT HILL — It hasn’t mattered the conditions nor the opponents. To this point in the season, the Marshalltown girls’ tennis team has delivered every time it has taken the court. The Bobcats improved to 7-0 in dual meets this season with Monday’s 8-3 triumph over Southeast Polk, ...

’Cats claw to 6th in Ames

AMES — Natalie Henson finished one stroke off the pace and the Marshalltown girls’ golf team placed sixth out of 18 teams at the Turk Bowman Invitational hosted by Ames on Monday at Veenker Memorial Golf Course. The competition-rich tournament was greeted by a challenging course and ...

MHS boys swat Scarlets

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ tennis team surrendered just five games to Des Moines East in sweeping the Scarlets 11-0 in Monday’s Iowa Alliance Conference dual. The Bobcats (7-4) won their season-best third-straight dual meet by the time singles play was completed, as MHS made ...

WNBA is Clark’s Olympic trial

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Caitlin Clark’s early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team. The women’s roster for the Paris Games won’t be determined before June 1. Unable to attend the U.S. training camp this month, Clark will have the ...

Hawkeyes football broadcaster Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role

IOWA CITY — Longtime Iowa football broadcaster Ed Podolak announced Monday he will move out of the radio booth this season and limit his appearances to pregame shows and podcasts. Podolak played quarterback and running back for the Hawkeyes before he became a fixture at running back for the ...