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SPORTS SHORTS: Thunder escape Trojans’ challenge

TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Class 2A No. 6 Grand View Christian made one more play than the West Marshall softball team to deny the 12th-ranked Trojans the upset, granting the Thunder a 3-2 victory in Monday’s Heart of Iowa Conference showdown. West Marshall (10-6, 7-3) manufactured the game’s first run on a double steal in the top of the second inning, taking advantage of back-to-back walks as Riley Randall crossed home plate as Rachel Randall stole second. Ashtyn Blood’s solo homer in the top of the fourth made it 2-0 Trojans, but Grand View Christian had an answer. The ...

Clark’s double-double helps Fever slow Tempo

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting, Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston each had a double-double, and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 113-91 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory. Clark finished with 21 points and 14 ...

ISU’s Pettaway on Jet Award watch list

AMES — Iowa State redshirt sophomore Cameron Pettaway has been named to the Jet Award Preseason Watch List, awarded annually to college football’s top return specialist. Pettaway, a transfer running back from Bowling Green, was first-team all-Mid-American Conference as a kick returner ...

Harmon named ISU women’s cross country coach

AMES — Iowa State has added Laura Harmon as the head women’s cross country coach and assistant track coach. ISU director of track and field/cross country Jeremy Sudbury announced the hiring of Harmon, who spent the last four seasons in similar roles at Washington State. “This is an ...

NCAA, Big 12 go to court against Texas Tech over Sorsby eligibility

By STEPHEN HAWKINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The NCAA asked a Texas appeals court Monday to stay a temporary injunction that cleared the way for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play this fall despite being declared ineligible for gambling while the Big 12 Conference filed a federal lawsuit warning the Texas attorney general to stay out of a case that has rattled college sports. The filings in separate courts raised the stakes in the fight over whether Sorsby can play and who makes that decision. In documents filed with the Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas at ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Eighth-ranked Mustangs win BGM triangular

BROOKLYN — The Class 2A No. 8 East Marshall softball team scored a pair of narrow victories on Saturday at the BGM Triangular, beating Twin Cedars 3-2 and the host Bears 5-2. Against BGM, The Mustangs broke a 2-all tie with three runs in the top of the fifth inning. Libby Atcher hit a solo home run to lead the East Marshall bats. Ashtyn Wheater had a single and two RBIs, while Peyton Grabenbauer had a double and drove in two runs. Taylor Halverson doubled twice while Amiya Kluck singled and scored in support of Grabenbauer, who struck out 13 and walked three in a ...