DES MOINES — It had been a morning of almosts and not quites for the Grundy Center girls’ track and field team. By Friday afternoon, the Spartans were basking in the glow of feats accomplished instead of opportunities missed. Grundy Center junior Allison Koch tied for third place in the ...

DES MOINES — The history-breaking quartet of Judd Jirovsky, Brody Zinkula, Brayden Wallis and Brayden Davie made history once again. En route to qualifying for the Class 2A 4x400-meter relay finals, the Spartans shattered their school record set only a month ago at the Drake Relays with a ...

DES MOINES — Battling adversity was key for Marshalltown’s 21st-place distance medley relay. The squad of Evan Anderson, LaMar Johnson, Isacc Ceniceros and John Moellers took on the medley on Friday at the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships. Besides just the distance and ...

Marshalltown senior Zander Stupp pitched a three-hitter and drove in two runs with a two-out single in the sixth inning to lead the Bobcat baseball team to a 5-1 win over North Tama on Friday night at the MHS diamond. Stupp needed just 83 pitches to get through the complete-game performance, ...

DES MOINES — In what she may describe as a love/hate relationship, Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior Kennedy Brant took on the 400-meter hurdles for only the third time in her career, coming away with third place on Friday at the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships. What her mom and ...

DES MOINES — South Tama junior Timmothy Chandonia made his state track debut with a 13th-place effort in the Class 3A shot put competition on Friday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Having qualified for Drake Relays in April, Timm didn’t live up to his own expectations, fouling all three ...