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Panthers top Loyola in invitational

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Leon Bond III’s 20 points helped Northern Iowa defeat Loyola Chicago 72-51 on Tuesday. Bond shot 7 of 11 from the field and went 5 for 7 from the line for the Panthers (6-0). Tristan Smith scored 12 points while going 4 of 6 and 3 of 6 from the free-throw line and ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Mustang girls get season-opening win over Royals

COLO — The East Marshall girls’ basketball team scored the game’s first seven points on its way to a 58-23 victory over Colo-NESCO in Monday’s season-opener for both teams. The Mustangs won all four quarters on the scoreboard and steamrolled to the win. Ashtyn Wheater scored a ...

ISU reigns in ranked clash

LAS VEGAS — Milan Momcilovic scored a game-high 23 points and No. 15 Iowa State defeated No. 14 St. John’s 83-82 on Monday in the Players Era tournament. St. John’s had a chance to take the lead after Iowa State’s Joshua Jefferson threw the ball away with 30 seconds left, but Oziyah ...

Clark set to make USA national team debut

Caitlin Clark will make her USA Basketball senior national team camp debut when the Americans get together at Duke next month. The Indiana Fever All-Star, who missed the second half of the WNBA season with a groin injury, had been invited to a few camps while she was in college at Iowa, but ...

Bobcat bowlers bidding for more than making it to state

Reaching the state tournament is no longer the goal for the Marshalltown boys’ bowling team. Winning it is. The Bobcats lead the state in all-time appearances and have the longest streak of most consecutive appearances, which extended to 11 last winter. Marshalltown returns its entire ...

Bobcats find strength in camaraderie, not numbers

The Marshalltown girls’ bowling team enters the winter as the 11th-largest program in the state when combining the enrollment numbers of area schools BCLUW, East Marshall, GMG, Meskwaki, South Tama and West Marshall through cooperative agreements. The Bobcat girls have just five ...