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Another round as Bobcats

NEWTON — The run of medals for Marshalltown came to an end, but that didn’t stop the Bobcats from tying a bow on their 2025-26 campaign. Marshalltown High School golfers Harper Wilson, Morgan Hilderbrand, Parker Christen and Jacob Seberger played one last competitive round of golf this ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets close out Riceville in Iowa Star action

RICEVILLE — Eden Ladehoff and Wyllo Collins combined on a four-hitter and the BCLUW softball team got a couple of timely hits to take down Riceville 4-1 in Monday’s Iowa Star Conference contest. Brayleigh Gardner was 3-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs, while Adelynn Zoske finished 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to help power the Comets (4-1). Leila Wedgwood had two hits, while Ladehoff doubled and scored. Collins and Carolyna White both singled and scored as well in the win. Ladehoff struck out seven in six innings of three-hit ball, allowing one unearned run, and ...

Cardiac ’Cats come up clutch

Every game the Marshalltown softball team had played had been all but decided before the final inning prior to Monday night. The Bobcats responded real well to their first taste of that last at-bat intensity. Marshalltown eighth-grader Bristol Ealy ripped the game-winning hit to drive in ...

Lincoln capitalizes on more chances than Marshalltown baseball

The Marshalltown baseball team produced 11 runs in a home doubleheader against Des Moines Lincoln on Monday night, but the Bobcats came up emtpy in the win column. The visiting Railsplitters hammered out 23 hits in a twinbill sweep of the Bobcats, prevailing 7-3 and 17-8 in a marathon finale ...

Cyclones add Robles, Gomez to women’s wrestling

AMES — Iowa State women’s wrestling has added Arizona prep product Alezandra Robles and McKendree transfer Gabriella Gomez, head coach Alli St. John announced Tuesday. Gomez, a transfer from NCAA champion McKendree, posted a 17-6 record competing at 117 and 124 pounds in her one season with the Bearcats. She is a U17 World Silver Medalist (2022). Gomez was a three-time state champion from Carol Stream, Illinois, going 87-0 in her high school career. She is the sister of former Cyclone men’s wrestler Austin Gomez, who wrestled at Iowa State from 2018-21. Robles, a Tucson, ...

Clark clutch to quiet the critics with 3 at buzzer

WASHINGTON — Caitlin Clark was alone with the ball, right in the front of the logo with the game on the line. As frustrating as this season has been at times for her and the Indiana Fever, this was Clark’s comfort zone — and the shot hit nothing but net. Clark’s 3-pointer with 1.2 ...