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, ...
The seasoned veterans looked the part, but the Bobcats are going to have to step up around them. The Marshalltown softball team suffered a season-opening defeat to Newton on Tuesday night, falling 10-2 in six innings on the MHS diamond. Newton pitcher Leileigh Hammons struck out 10 and ...
The Newton baseball team broke open a close game with five runs in the fifth inning of an eventual 8-0 victory over Marshalltown on Tuesday night at the MHS diamond. The visiting Cardinals (2-2) led 2-0 before breaking loose in the fifth, scoring five times on just two hits but four walks and a hit batsman. MHS catcher Garrett Thede threw out consecutive would-be base-stealers at third to help end the threat, but the Bobcats (3-2) managed just one baserunner the rest of the way. Starting pitcher Aiden Holmgren took the hard-luck loss despite allowing only one earned run on two hits ...
NEWTON — East Marshall senior Cody Weaver shot a 3-under-par 68 on Tuesday at Westwood Golf Course to take the clubhouse lead at the midpoint of the Class 1A boys’ state golf tournament. Weaver had five birdies and two bogeys over the opening round, shooting a 3-under 33 on the front ...
Iowa and UConn will begin a home-and-home women’s basketball series next season, the schools announced Tuesday. Iowa will travel to Connecticut for a Nov. 8 game in Storrs or Hartford. The Huskies will play at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2027-28 on a date to be determined. UConn has won seven of 11 all-time meetings. The teams split the last two, with the Hawkeyes winning 71-69 in the 2024 NCAA semifinals in Cleveland and the Huskies winning 90-64 in the Women’s Champions Classic in New York in December. UConn reached the NCAA Final Four last season, losing to South Carolina. Iowa ...
