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Iowa football lands pair of transfers

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa football team recently announced a pair of signees out of the transfer portal in cornerback Shahid Barros and quarterback Jeremy Hecklinski. Barros is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound senior transfer from South Dakota. Barros has two years of starting experience at ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Spartans lead local teams at A-P’s Falcon Invite

PARKERSBURG — The Grundy Center boys’ golf team claimed the top two individual spots along with the title at the Falcon Invite on Monday at Legend Trail Golf Course. The Spartans shot a 315 to distance themselves from the rest of the 12-team tournament by 10 strokes. Waterloo Columbus was ...

GC’s grand blue mile

DES MOINES — Grundy Center has become accustomed to relay success in recent memory. Off the back of their 2nd place state finish in the 4x400 last year, Grundy’s time of 3:21.73 stood as their school record. For 11 the record held as the peak of their 1600 relay success, that was until the ...

Moellers takes down Dak’s record

DES MOINES — Marshalltown senior John Moellers took down an 18-year-old school record on Thursday at the Drake Relays. With his sixth-place finish in the 3,200-meter run, Moellers bested Stephen Dak’s school record time with his final clocking of 9 minute, 5.66 seconds — beating Dak’s ...

Local grads compete at the Relays

DES MOINES — Deonté Dean made his return to the blue oval, kicking off his Drake experience on Friday afternoon by anchoring Northern Iowa’s 4x100-meter relay. Dean, a 2021 Marshalltown High School graduate, has competed the past three seasons as a Panther in mainly relays and the ...

JoJo’s four-event frenzy

DES MOINES — Rarely in track and field are things guaranteed, but with South Tama County alum JoJo Tyynismaa two things are: appearing at the Drake Relays and competing in multiple events. With the 115th edition of the Drake Relays upon us, Tyynismaa came through once again. Kicking off her ...