CONRAD — The first of three-straight tournament weekends treated the Marshalltown softball team pretty well. The Bobcats blasted a pair of North Iowa Cedar League opponents on Saturday, outscoring South Hardin 10-1 and AGWSR 17-7 to close out a 2-1 showing at BCLUW’s Dave Lee ...
CONRAD — The Class 2A No. 12 West Marshall softball team got a brief reprieve from its race for the Heart of Iowa Conference title with a quick revisit to the North Iowa Cedar League. The Trojans split a pair of games against NICL competition on Saturday at BCLUW’s Dave Lee Classic, falling 1-0 to Grundy Center before blasting AGWSR 10-0 in four innings. West Marshall (10-5, 7-2) had a six-game conference winning streak snapped last Tuesday by No. 6 Grand View Christian (11-1, 9-0), but a showdown with fellow second-place foe PCM (9-2, 7-2) was washed out on Wednesday. The ...
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 ...
