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SPORTS SHORTS: Greenwood, Trojans blank Saydel

TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Aubree Greenwood pitched a three-hit shutout and the Class 2A No. 12 West Marshall softball team stumped Saydel 8-0 in Tuesday’s Heart of Iowa Conference clash. The Trojans (11-6, 8-3) scored in four of their seven at-bats, highlighted by a four-run sixth inning to finish it off. Jenna Randall and Cailyn Brown had RBI singles and Ashtyn Blood had a run-scoring groundout. Brown finished 3-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and three RBIs to lead the West Marshall bats. Alayna Frederick was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Hattie McCollum ...

Bobcats pummel Polar Bears

The Bobcats surpassed their season-high for runs scored in a game, and then they did it again. The Marshalltown baseball team pounded out a pair of run rule-shortened victories over Des Moines North on Monday night, thumping the Polar Bears 17-2 in four innings and 19-7 in five innings to ...

MHS wrestlers qualify for Fargo Nationals

Two local wrestlers will have the opportunity to compete on one of the biggest stages in the sport after their finishes at the Iowa Freestyle and Greco-Roman State Championships. Marshalltown High School graduates Nick Wise and Ignacio Macias both finished in the top two in both distinctions ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Thunder escape Trojans’ challenge

TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Class 2A No. 6 Grand View Christian made one more play than the West Marshall softball team to deny the 12th-ranked Trojans the upset, granting the Thunder a 3-2 victory in Monday’s Heart of Iowa Conference showdown. West Marshall (10-6, 7-3) manufactured the game’s first run on a double steal in the top of the second inning, taking advantage of back-to-back walks as Riley Randall crossed home plate as Rachel Randall stole second. Ashtyn Blood’s solo homer in the top of the fourth made it 2-0 Trojans, but Grand View Christian had an answer. The ...

Clark’s double-double helps Fever slow Tempo

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting, Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston each had a double-double, and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 113-91 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory. Clark finished with 21 points and 14 ...

ISU’s Pettaway on Jet Award watch list

AMES — Iowa State redshirt sophomore Cameron Pettaway has been named to the Jet Award Preseason Watch List, awarded annually to college football’s top return specialist. Pettaway, a transfer running back from Bowling Green, was first-team all-Mid-American Conference as a kick returner ...