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UNI’s Born into portal

CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa men’s basketball team lost a second starter to the transfer portal with Tuesday’s news that Bowen Born had entered his name. The Norwalk native averaged 13.3 points per game for the Panthers this season and has his COVID year of eligibility remaining ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Weaver earns medalist at West Marshall Invite

STATE CENTER — Sophomore Cody Weaver shot a 2-under-par round of 70 to earn medalist honors at the West Marshall Invitational on Monday at Lincoln Valley Golf Course. Weaver had four birdies and two bogeys on the front nine and two birdies and two bogeys on the back, finishing in with a ...

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark taken No. 1 in the WNBA draft by Indiana

NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark admitted she was a bit nervous before being chosen with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, even though it was no surprise. “I dreamed of this moment since I was in second grade, and it’s taken a lot of hard work, a lot of ups and downs, but ...

Bobcats breeze by Bulldogs; move to 6-0

The Marshalltown girls’ tennis team just keeps rolling on. The Bobcats blasted the Ottumwa Bulldogs on Monday evening, notching their sixth win in as many meets with a 10-1 triumph at the Marshalltown Court Complex. Marshalltown (6-0) surrendered only three sets in the match and were ...

Henson’s 70 helps MHS girls to 3rd at Lamson

WEST DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ golf team got the four scores it needed to notch a third-place finish at the Lamson Invite on a breezy Monday at Willow Creek Golf Course. Bobcat junior Natalie Henson had the low round of the day, leading the field in the 17-team West Des Moines ...

’Cats miss chance to turn away Bluejays

Offensive disappointments led to Marshalltown boys soccer’s undoing on Monday night. Perry’s four-goal barrage before halftime was far too much for the Bobcats to overcome, falling 7-2 to the Bluejays at Leonard Cole Field. MHS had almost all of the scoring opportunities in the first 20 ...