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Bobcat boys golf 11th in daunting opener

WEST DES MOINES — A star-studded season opener saw the Marshalltown boys’ golf team take its first steps against a daunting field and challenging course right out of the gate. The Bobcats claimed 11th place out of 17 teams on Monday at the Warrior Invitational at Glen Oaks Country Club, ...

Bucks, Ducks out to supplant Hoosiers in Big Ten, beyond

The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers won the Big Ten and national championship and were the first team in the modern era to go 16-0. They have 10 starters back, the hottest coach in the game and a manageable schedule. It’s Ohio State and Oregon generating most of the preseason buzz, though, with both ...

SEC scores half of preseason AP picks

Texas leads all team s with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday and the Southeastern Conference has 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season. The Big Ten has eight players on the first team, led by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and two of his teammates. Defending national champion Indiana, Georgia and Oklahoma each has two players on the first team, as determined by media members on the AP Top 25 voting panel. The Texas players on the team are offensive lineman Trevor Goosby, wide receiver Cam ...

Little Cyclones stave off MHS

AMES — The youthful Marshalltown girls’ tennis team got its first taste of the Iowa Alliance Conference on Monday, but Ames wasn’t a welcoming host. The Little Cyclones won 4-of-6 singles matches and 4-of-5 doubles bouts to take an 8-3 triumph from the visiting Bobcats on Monday evening ...

OSU and Oregon ranked Nos. 1-2

Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever. The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14 in voting by ...

Jets’ Hall out with strained groin

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets running back Breece Hall strained his groin during practice Monday and will have tests to determine the severity of the injury. Coach Aaron Glenn appeared cautiously optimistic after practice that Hall’s injury wasn’t serious. “I don’t think it ...