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Stirtz scores career-high 36 as Hawks top Wildcats

IOWA CITY — Bennett Stirtz scored a career-high 36 points and Iowa upped its winning streak to six games by handing Northwestern a seventh straight loss with a 76-70 victory over the Wildcats on Sunday. Stirtz made made 12 of 20 shots and all eight of his free throws for the Hawkeyes (18-5, ...

ISU women tip Utah for fifth-straight ‘W’

SALT LAKE CITY — The Iowa State women’s basketball team extended its win streak to five games with a 79-72 victory at Utah on Saturday. The Cyclones (19-5, 7-5 Big 12) jumped out early and never relinquished the lead, outscoring the Utes 30-18 in a decisive third quarter that ultimately ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcat matmen go 2-0 in Iowa Falls

IOWA FALLS — The Marshalltown boys’ wrestling team went 2-0 at the Cadet Duals Quad on Saturday, scoring wins over Forest City and host Iowa Falls-Alden. Marshalltown improved to 15-7 in duals with a 51-25 win over Iowa Falls-Alden and 51-30 over Forest City. Four Bobcats went 2-0 on ...

Kasal puts a pin in it

CORALVILLE — West Marshall freshman Kielly Kasal can accept losing to a wrestler nobody else beat this season. Her only wish is that it would have happened on Friday night instead of Friday morning. Top-ranked Denver freshman Abigail Peterson improved 37-0 with a perfect run through the ...

Worth the wait

CORALVILLE — Ceanna White waited three weeks to make a second impression, but only needed 1 minute, 40 seconds to deliver it. The South Hardin-BCLUW junior 140-pounder put down North Mahaska’s ninth-ranked Macie Little by fall in the third round of consolation action on Friday at the ...

Bobcats blast past Bulldogs

The Bobcats stole the ball, shared the ball and scored the ball. The Marshalltown boys’ basketball team tallied a season-high in its 69-46 victory over Ottumwa on Friday night at the Roundhouse, getting a balanced scoring effort to stamp out the Bulldogs in Iowa Alliance Conference ...