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Bobcat baseball battered by Riverhawks

MASON CITY — The Marshalltown baseball team scored the first and last runs of the night. Mason City scored 36 in between. The Riverhawks rattled off their 24th-straight wins in the series with victories of 20-1 and 16-1 in Thursday’s Iowa Alliance Conference North Division doubleheader ...

Boston, Clark power Fever past Chicago

INDIANAPOLIS — Aliyah Boston had 34 points and 12 rebounds and Caitlin Clark added 32 points and 10 assists to become the the first pair of teammates in WNBA history to have 30-point double-doubles in the same game, leading the Indiana Fever past the Chicago Sky 114-106 in overtime Thursday night. Indiana had its lead trimmed to 96-93 with 18.9 seconds left in regulation before Clark made two free throws for a five-point lead. But the Fever turned it over on an inbounds pass with 5.1 seconds left and Skylar Diggins tied it at 98 on a long 3-pointer. Boston made a jumper from the ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Trojans overtake PCM for Heart of Iowa win

STATE CENTER — The West Marshall baseball team assembled a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to overtake PCM (8-3, 5-3) for a 10-7 victory in Wednesday’s Heart of Iowa Conference showdown. The game was called before the start of the seventh inning due to weather. Beckham DeSotel homered and scored three times to help West Marshall (9-7, 5-6) come back for the league win. Evan Siegert doubled and scored, Hunter Polley doubled and drove in two runs, and Karver Christensen was 2-for-3 with a run and two RBIs. Riley Hanford added two hits, scored a run and drove in ...

Bobcat tennis teams represent at home in state co-ed

The Marshalltown High School tennis program added more state meet experience to its resume. Bobcat seniors Caleb Rasmussen and Ellie Downs and juniors Evan Roush and Kate Sandvick teamed up for the IHSAA/IGHSAU Class 2A State Co-Ed Tennis Tournament on Tuesday at the Marshalltown Court ...

Another round as Bobcats

NEWTON — The run of medals for Marshalltown came to an end, but that didn’t stop the Bobcats from tying a bow on their 2025-26 campaign. Marshalltown High School golfers Harper Wilson, Morgan Hilderbrand, Parker Christen and Jacob Seberger played one last competitive round of golf this ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets close out Riceville in Iowa Star action

RICEVILLE — Eden Ladehoff and Wyllo Collins combined on a four-hitter and the BCLUW softball team got a couple of timely hits to take down Riceville 4-1 in Monday’s Iowa Star Conference contest. Brayleigh Gardner was 3-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs, while Adelynn Zoske finished 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to help power the Comets (4-1). Leila Wedgwood had two hits, while Ladehoff doubled and scored. Collins and Carolyna White both singled and scored as well in the win. Ladehoff struck out seven in six innings of three-hit ball, allowing one unearned run, and ...