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WNBA warns Fever for failing to report Clark’s injury

NEW YORK — A day after Caitlin Clark was a late scratch because of a back injury, the Indiana Fever received a warning from the WNBA for not reporting the injury sooner, the league confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday night. Clark missed Wednesday’s 90-73 victory over ...

Boilers bounce Iowa from Big Ten Tourney

OMAHA, Neb. — The No. 8-seeded University of Iowa baseball team fell to No. 5-seeded Purdue, 8-1, in an elimination game Thursday afternoon at the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Iowa got on the board first in the fourth inning as Jaixen Frost singled to plate Miles ...

Two for the show

The Marshalltown girls’ golf program will have state meet representation for the eighth year in a row. MHS senior Harper Wilson and sophomore Morgan Hilderbrand both advanced as individuals from Wednesday’s Class 4A Region 3 tournament at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course, logging ...

Comet girls collect another state golf berth

NEW SHARON — The BCLUW girls’ golf team is going back to Boone. The Comets shot a 376 team score to advance to state as the runner-up at Wednesday’s Class 1A Region 3 final at Prairie Knolls Country Club, holding off a cast of contenders for the final qualifying spot. Mount Ayr won the ...

’Cats chased off by Tigers

WEST DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ tennis team was unable to join its top doubles team in state qualification, falling in the first round of substate play on Wednesday morning. The Bobcats were eliminated by Class 2A No. 10 Cedar Falls, 5-0, in Substate 2 play at Valley Southwoods ...

Holmgren’s shutout sparks Bobcats’ sweep of North

DES MOINES — Sophomore Aiden Holmgren struck out 11 in a complete-game shutout in the first game and freshman Madden Martin had four hits in the second game as the Marshalltown baseball team swept Des Moines North — 6-0 and 11-4 — on Wednesday. Holmgren walked only one and hit a batter ...