CONRAD — The hard part about growing pain, beyond the pain, is the uncertainty of how long it will take to move past it all. With a roster this young, the BCLUW softball program will have to play with a lot of patience. The Comets closed out their annual Dave Lee Classic with an 0-3 ...
DES MOINES — Zach Johnson won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday in his debut in his home-state event, shooting a 5-under 67 for a four-stroke victory at Wakonda Club. Johnson grew up in Cedar Rapids, about two hours away. He finished at 17-under 199 for his second victory in his first season on the 50-and-over tour. Johnson opened with a 69 and shot 63 on Saturday. He also won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in his senior debut in March. Richard Green (68) and Retief Goosen (70) tied for second. David Bransdon (71) and Brett Quigley (72) were 12 ...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Sophie Cunningham hit three 3-pointers and scored the final 11 points for Indiana, helping the Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 85-75 on Saturday night to improve to 4-1 in Commissioner’s Cup play. Caitlin Clark had 25 points and five assists as Indiana (8-5) closed within a half-game of East-leading New York in Cup play, with the top teams in each conference playing for the title June 30. Clark made her fifth 3-pointer — following an offensive foul on Brittney Griner — for a 72-65 lead with 5:22 left to play. Saniya Rivers and Griner had back-to-back ...
CONRAD — The Marshalltown softball team held the lead for four innings, having faced only minimal threats from Sumner-Fredericksburg. It only took one miscue to turn the tables and one more to flip that table on its head. Sumner-Fredericksburg capitalized on a pair of Marshalltown errors ...
CONRAD — West Marshall’s errors led to a couple of big hits. South Hardin’s errors paved the way for a couple huge innings. The West Marshall softball team broke open a close game with a 10-run explosion en route to a 20-5, four-inning victory over South Hardin in the opener of BCLUW’s Dave Lee Classic on Friday in Conrad. The Trojans (9-4) tacked on another six runs in the top of the fourth to push the game past the mercy rule, propelled in both big at-bats by South Hardin errors. The Tigers (0-11) led 2-1 after a two-run home run by Charlee Rosonke in the bottom of the ...
OTTUMWA — The Marshalltown baseball team was held to two hits over the course of a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ottumwa on Friday night. Rescheduled from Wednesday, the twinbill was taken by the host Bulldogs by scores of 15-2 and 15-1, both in five innings, at Legion Memorial Field. The youthful Bobcats (4-15) committed nine errors that led to 13 unearned runs, issued 20 walks or hit batsmen, and simply didn’t have enough offense to compete with Ottumwa (11-6). The Bulldogs got out to a fast start in the opening game, sparked by Quinn Larsen’s grand slam in the second ...
