WEST DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ soccer team was bounced from the Class 4A Substate 7 semifinals in heartbreaking fashion, falling 5-4 in overtime to Dowling Catholic on Wednesday night. The Bobcats (11-6-1) led 4-2 in the second half before Dowling (5-7-5) rallied to score twice ...

BOONE — The BCLUW girls’ golf team stands in fifth place out of 10 teams in the Class 1A Iowa Girls’ State Golf Tournament after Thursday’s opening round at Cedar Pointe Golf Course. The Comets shot a 367 team total after the first 18 holes, just two shots shy of South Winneshiek in ...

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team was locked in a 3-all tie with Des Moines North heading into overtime of Thursday’s Class 3A Region 6 first-round match before the contest was suspended due to lighting failure at Grubb Stadium. The match will resume at 5 p.m. Friday at ...

FRISCO, Texas — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff ...

NEWTON — The leaderboard was one more variable than Cody Weaver wanted to worry about, so he eliminated it from the equation. With no idea where he stood, Weaver simply played his game — and that was plenty good. Weaver became the first boys’ state golf champion in East Marshall ...

IOWA CITY — The Marshalltown doubles team of Caleb Rasmussen and Evan Roush showed it had the ability. On Wednesday, the Bobcats just didn’t have the consistency. Rasmussen and Roush suffered back-to-back losses in the Class 2A state doubles tournament at Iowa City West High School, ...