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Marshalltown wrestling team qualifies five for upcoming state tournament

His second-straight state meet berth already in the bag, Nicholas Wise stood without an opponent on the mat for the 144-pound district championship. He’d rather have wrestled and lost than advanced without contestation. Wise claimed his first district title during Saturday’s Class 3A ...

Two Bobcats, no team for state bowling

The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team suffered a power outage — both literally and figuratively. But the Bobcats aren’t out of juice just yet. Marshalltown had its streak of 11-straight trips to team state stopped on its home lanes Monday in the Class 3A district meet at Wayward Social, ...

Smith hits 1K as Bobcats get revenge on DM North

Kyle Smith needed 23 points. Kyle Smith got 23 points. The Marshalltown senior guard, who earlier this season became the school’s all-time leading 3-point shooter, reached 1,000 points for his career — exactly — during the Bobcats’ 64-33 romp over Des Moines North on Monday night at ...

MHS girls blast North, 59-18

Marshalltown girls’ basketball coach Brian Murphy isn’t exactly sure when the last team in the program finished above .500, but he knows when the most recent one did. The Bobcats scored their third-straight win to guarantee a winning season by beating Des Moines North 59-18 on Monday ...

BOYS WRESTLING: West Marshall sending four wrestlers to state

WILLIAMSBURG — The West Marshall boys’ wrestling team qualified at least four wrestlers for state for the fourth year in a row, racking up third place at Saturday’s Class 2A District 12 tournament at Williamsburg High School. The Trojans totaled 189 points to finish behind Williamsburg ...

Iowa State stops Kansas, Houston

AMES — Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and No. 5 Iowa State shook off a slow start to defeat No. 9 Kansas 74-56 on Saturday, snapping the Jayhawks’ eight-game winning streak. The Cyclones (22-3, 9-3 Big 12), coming off Tuesday’s 62-55 loss at TCU, began a five-game stretch in which ...