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Clark, Collier voted captains of WNBA All-Star Game

NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier will captain the WNBA All-Star Game next month, the league announced Sunday. Clark received 1,293,526 votes from fans, while Collier had about 100,000 fewer. “It’s cool that fans get to be a part of it and have a little impact on the ...

SPORTS SHORTS: West Marshall wallops pair at Brent Prange Classic

ALLEMAN — The West Marshall baseball team battered a pair of opponents on Saturday in the Brent Prange Classic, beating Riverside 15-0 and Sioux Central 19-5 in two run-rule-shortened games. The Trojans (18-8) walloped Riverside in their first game of the day, getting a one-hit shutout from ...

Bobcats bite back at BCLUW

Briley Danielson carried her hitting struggles into the pitcher’s circle the last time she toed the rubber against BCLUW. The Marshalltown sophomore left her hitting woes in the dugout for Friday’s rematch in the Bobcat Softball Classic, and the Comets couldn’t repeat their ...

Waterloo East overcomes fast-starting Bobcat baseball for sweep

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown baseball team was held to four runs or fewer for the seventh and eighth games in a row, falling 3-1 and 12-2 to Waterloo East in Friday’s Iowa Alliance Conference North Division doubleheader. The Bobcats (6-21, 0-12) scored once in their first at-bat in both ...

Fever defeat Dallas without Clark

DALLAS — Kelsey Mitchell scored 32 points, and the Indiana Fever held on without the injured Caitlin Clark, taking a 22-point lead in the first quarter before finishing off a 94-86 victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark’s left groin injury spoiled what was supposed to be the ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Iowa’s Sandfort signs with NBA champ Oklahoma City

IOWA CITY — Former University of Iowa men’s basketball forward Payton Sandfort has agreed to a deal with the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. The Waukee native averaged 16.7 points and six rebounds en route to being named an honorable mention all-Big Ten selection as a senior. He ...