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SPORTS SHORTS: Comets blast Bolts in league play

TIMES-REPUBLICAN CONRAD — The Class 1A No. 9 BCLUW volleyball team bounced Baxter on Thursday night in Iowa Star Conference South Division play, beating the Bolts 25-20, 25-13, 25-15. Kennedy Davis powered the Comets (8-7, 2-0) to victory with 14 kills, and Raine Sireno scored 12 more for the attack. Cambria Wayman racked up eight kills and Kylie Pekarek chipped in four, as setter Sally Ramirez finished with 32 assists. Brinna Benson led the BCLUW defense with 19 digs, while Pekarek had the team’s only block against the Bolts (4-8, 1-1). Ramirez served 15-of-15, Davis was ...

Greazel gets gold in Joe August Invite

The always-daunting competition of the Joe August Invitational was met head-on by the Marshalltown boys’ golf team. Especially junior Joe Greazel. Greazel carded two birdies and two bogeys — all on the back nine — to land medalist honors at the 11-team tournament Thursday at Elmwood ...

Tigers tipped by Spartans in 5

The Marshalltown Community College volleyball team was on the verge of back-to-back wins at home, but the Tigers couldn’t finish it off. Southwestern rallied from two games down to defeat MCC 3-2 on Wednesday night at the Student Activity Center, taking the Iowa Community College Athletic ...

Clark’s signature shoe set for Oct. 1 rollout

Caitlin Clark doesn’t have much longer to wait for her first signature shoe to come out. They will be available starting Oct. 1 in the U.S. and a week earlier in China. “I’m just super excited,” she told The Associated Press in Germany last week. “I look down at my feet and I’m, ...

Big 12 announces men’s basketball schedule

IRVING, Texas — The conference portion of the 2026-27 Iowa State men’s basketball schedule has been released by the Big 12. Tipoff times and TV designations will be announced at a later time. Iowa State opens the 18-game schedule at home against defending Big 12 Champion Arizona on January 2. Iowa State hits the road for three of its next four games, including the first road game of the league slate at Colorado on Jan. 5. Iowa State returns home to face Oklahoma State on Jan. 9. A road trip to Texas includes games at Houston Jan. 13 and Texas Tech on Jan. 16. The Cyclones will face ...

Buff’s the stuff

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa third-year linebacker Cam Buffington has been named the Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week for Week 2, it was announced Wednesday by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation. Buffington earned the national honor following a career-best performance in Iowa’s ...