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Hawkeyes rally past ISU, 16-13

IOWA CITY — Caden Buhr made a 42-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to give No. 21 Iowa a 16-13 victory over Iowa State on Saturday night. It was a moment Buhr, a second-year player in his first season as Iowa’s starting kicker, has been thinking about for a while. “I think I ...

Riverhawks slip through Bobcats’ grasp

MASON CITY — The Marshalltown football team has held the lead in each of its three losses this season, twice in the fourth quarter. The offense built not to play from behind is struggling to win from ahead. The Bobcats took a seven-point lead with a minute to go in the third quarter before ...

US wins fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title

BERLIN — Breanna Stewart had an American flag draped around her body as she soaked in the moment. The U.S. captain delivered again and the Americans continued their domination of international play, winning a fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title with a 97-79 victory over France on ...

Johnson claims 5th Champions victory of the season

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Zach Johnson won the Sanford International on Sunday for the fifth victory of his first PGA Tour Champions season, birdieing the final two holes to edge Ben Crane by a stroke. The 50-year-old Johnson closed with a 4-under 66 at Minnehaha Country Club to finish at 11 ...

Round 1 goes to Decker

The only finish line that matters is in Fort Dodge. Marshalltown senior Preston Johnson is training to be the first runner to that one, but he’s taking steps to learn how to do it along the way. The reigning Class 4A state cross country runner-up ran into his best competition since last ...

MHS girls sink Scarlets, ward off Washington

The Marshalltown girls’ swimming and diving team improved to 2-2 with consecutive wins this week, beating Des Moines East and Cedar Rapids Washington. The Bobcats went on the road for the first time on Tuesday and defeated Des Moines East. Due to incomplete results, the score was unavailable, but the Bobcats won 10 of 11 events to cruise to the Iowa Alliance Conference victory. Leia Hernandez claimed individual wins in the 200- and 100-yard freestyle events, while Emma Case claimed the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly. Addison Elmore took the 50 freestyle, Drea Ceren was ...