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Bobcat netters stomp Scarlets

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown volleyball team shook off a three-game skid by sweeping aside Des Moines East in three sets Tuesday in Iowa Alliance Conference play. The Bobcats bulldozed the Scarlets 25-11, 25-16, 25-16, to notch their second league win of the season. Marshalltown (2-4, ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Mustangs claim another tourney title

NORTH ENGLISH — The East Marshall volleyball team won its second weekend tournament of the season, storming to the top of the heap at the English Valleys Invitational on Saturday. The Mustangs improved to 9-2 with wins over Sigourney (21-11, 21-15), Hillcrest Academy (21-15, 21-19), WACO ...

UNI to retire Warner’s jersey

CEDAR FALLS — Kurt Warner will be recognized on Saturday afternoon inside the UNI-Dome as the University of Northern Iowa athletic department retires his jersey in a pregame ceremony ahead of the Panthers’ home opener against Drake. Warner will be in attendance for the matchup, alongside ...

Stewart embraces pressure on US women to win World Cup

BERLIN — Breanna Stewart knows exactly how much pressure the U.S. team is under to keep its World Cup title streak going. The Americans have won four straight women’s FIBA World Cup championships and she’s been a part of the last three. Now the 32-year-old is the leader of a group that features many fresh faces. “There’s a ton of pressure, on team USA and on us and embracing that,” she told The Associated Press. “Not having the team face it in a bad way, but understanding the ones that have been before us and what they’ve done. We want to continue to have success every ...

Bobcats deny Dodgers in Alliance dual meet

The Marshalltown boys’ golf team got past Fort Dodge before the weather turned ugly, dunking the Dodgers 156-165 in Tuesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference dual at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course. The Bobcats got another medalwinning performance from junior Joe Greazel, who claimed ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets can’t hang with West Fork

TIMES-REPUBLICAN SHEFFIELD — The BCLUW football team fell to 0-2 with Friday’s 61-6 loss to eighth-ranked West Fork. The host Warhawks (2-0) outscored the Comets 40-0 after the first quarter to capture the victory. West Fork, polled eighth by Radio Iowa, piled up 371 of its 452 yards of offense on the ground, getting 117 yards and two touchdowns from Blaine Schulz. BCLUW was led by Elliot McIntyre’s 109 rushing yards, including an 80-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Ethan Shadlow added 21 yards and Eathan Petermeier picked up 14 more for the Comets. McIntyre was ...