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Stupp helps ’Cats slam Scarlets

The optimist sees a doubleheader sweep and the eighth win in the last nine games. A pessimist will point out how close the games were on the final scoreboard. First-year head coach Madaline Dalke has her eyes open to both ends of the spectrum. Emma Stupp homered in both games of ...

East steals twinbill from Bobcats

The youthful Marshalltown baseball team continues to take its lumps, but the Bobcats put up a fight on Thursday night. Despite having just two hits in the opening game, Marshalltown fought back to take a lead before Des Moines East reclaimed it in a 12-9 Scarlet victory at the MHS ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Trojans topple Mustangs in Marshall County clash

Trojans topple Mustangs in Marshall County clash TIMES-REPUBLICAN GILMAN — The West Marshall baseball team got the upper hand after a high-scoring first inning and ousted East Marshall in Wednesday’s non-conference clash, 12-6. The visiting Trojans (12-8) led 8-4 after the opening frame against the host Mustangs (3-13). Beckham DeSotel had three hits, including two doubles, and drove in two runs while Karver Christensen had two hits with a homer and three RBIs. Riley Hanford and Braxton Toyne had two hits apiece, including a double and two RBIs for Hanford, while Evan Siegert ...

Former Bobcat leads Arkansas to national title

EUGENE, Ore. — The Arkansas men’s 4x100-meter relay team dropped the baton in last Friday’s finals of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The way the Razorbacks rolled on without showing signs of that speed bump is what made them champions. Scoring 56 points without an ...

Carnegie added to USA 3×3 basketball

TIMES-REPUBLICAN IOWA CITY — University of Iowa guard Dani Carnegie was named to the 2026 United States 3x3 Women’s Nations League Team on Wednesday. Carnegie and Team USA will compete in the 2026 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas Conference July 27 to July 3 in Ñuñoa, Chile. The team ...

WNBA to expand to 50-game schedule

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding its schedule to 50 games per team next season — the most in the league's 30-year history. The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified earlier this year allows the league to play up to 50 games for the next two seasons. There can be up to 52 regular-season games in 2029 and for the rest of the CBA. "Demand for the WNBA has never been greater, and expanding to a 50-game regular season reflects the extraordinary momentum we are seeing across the league," WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a ...