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Former Bobcat leads Arkansas to national title

EUGENE, Ore. — The Arkansas men’s 4x100-meter relay team dropped the baton in last Friday’s finals of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The way the Razorbacks rolled on without showing signs of that speed bump is what made them champions. Scoring 56 points without an ...

Carnegie added to USA 3×3 basketball

TIMES-REPUBLICAN IOWA CITY — University of Iowa guard Dani Carnegie was named to the 2026 United States 3x3 Women’s Nations League Team on Wednesday. Carnegie and Team USA will compete in the 2026 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas Conference July 27 to July 3 in Ñuñoa, Chile. The team ...

WNBA to expand to 50-game schedule

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding its schedule to 50 games per team next season — the most in the league's 30-year history. The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified earlier this year allows the league to play up to 50 games for the next two seasons. There can be up to 52 regular-season games in 2029 and for the rest of the CBA. "Demand for the WNBA has never been greater, and expanding to a 50-game regular season reflects the extraordinary momentum we are seeing across the league," WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Greenwood, Trojans blank Saydel

TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Aubree Greenwood pitched a three-hit shutout and the Class 2A No. 12 West Marshall softball team stumped Saydel 8-0 in Tuesday’s Heart of Iowa Conference clash. The Trojans (11-6, 8-3) scored in four of their seven at-bats, highlighted by a four-run sixth inning to finish it off. Jenna Randall and Cailyn Brown had RBI singles and Ashtyn Blood had a run-scoring groundout. Brown finished 3-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and three RBIs to lead the West Marshall bats. Alayna Frederick was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Hattie McCollum ...

Bobcats pummel Polar Bears

The Bobcats surpassed their season-high for runs scored in a game, and then they did it again. The Marshalltown baseball team pounded out a pair of run rule-shortened victories over Des Moines North on Monday night, thumping the Polar Bears 17-2 in four innings and 19-7 in five innings to ...

MHS wrestlers qualify for Fargo Nationals

Two local wrestlers will have the opportunity to compete on one of the biggest stages in the sport after their finishes at the Iowa Freestyle and Greco-Roman State Championships. Marshalltown High School graduates Nick Wise and Ignacio Macias both finished in the top two in both distinctions ...