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WNBA playoff picture remains muddled

NEW YORK — With the WNBA entering the final week of the regular season, the playoff seedings are undecided. The eight teams that will play in the postseason were decided a few weeks ago, but none of positions have been clinched yet. Minnesota and Golden State are still vying for the top overall seed and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Las Vegas is in the driver’s seat for the No. 3 seed. Then it really gets tight with only two games separating fourth-place Atlanta from eighth-place Dallas. The Wings, Liberty and Mystics all have the same record as of Monday. Indiana ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Trojans open district play with win

STATE CENTER — The West Marshall football team used a 21-point second quarter to break away from a tie game for a 28-7 triumph over Ogden in Friday’s Class 1A District 7 opener for both teams. The Trojans (2-2, 1-0) rushed for 293 of their 351 yards of total offense. Quarterback Blayk ...

IT’S GOOD! Torres field goal in overtime lifts MHS to Homecoming win

By ROSS THEDE TIMES-REPUBLICAN Almost exacly one year to the date, the Marshalltown football team got in the win column again. Oh, what a feeling. The Bobcats rushed the field in jubilation as Antoni Rodriguez Torres made his first career field goal attempt, a 28-yarder to close out ...

No. 18 Hawkeyes ground-and-pound Panthers, 55-0

IOWA CITY — Iowa had three running backs in Xavier Williams, Nathan McNeil and Braeden Jackson run for more than 100 yards apiece, and the No. 18 Hawkeyes rolled to a 55-0 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday even without their top running back, Kamari Moulton. Williams had 151 yards and ...

Flora powers Cyclones past Bowling Green

AMES — Aiden Flora ran for 179 of his career-high 194 yards in the first half and returned a punt 66 yards for a touchdown, and Cameron Pettaway scored on a 100-yard kick return against his old team as Iowa State rolled past Bowling Green 55-7 on Saturday. The Cyclones (2-1) amassed 507 ...

Johnson gets 2nd-straight Champions Tour victory

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Zach Johnson won the Pure Insurance Championship on Sunday at foggy Pebble Beach for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and the sixth in his first season on the 50-and-over circuit. Johnson broke a tie with Stewart Cink for the tour victory lead, closing with a 7-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over former LIV player Henrik Stenson, Steven Alker and early starter Rory Sabbatini. Johnson, the Sanford International winner last week in South Dakota, had a 14-under 202 total. Johnson won the six titles in only 15 starts. The Iowa native won 12 times ...