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’Cats run out of lives

TAMA — The South Tama County High School gymnasium is a smaller version of Marshalltown very own Roundhouse. It felt like anything but home to the Bobcats on Friday night. The Marshalltown girls’ wrestling team was denied a state qualifier for the first time since the inaugural 2023 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcat boys get back on track, beat Trojans

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown boys’ basketball team bounced back from a frustrating loss at Fort Dodge earlier in the week by beating Waterloo East 62-47 on Friday night in Iowa Alliance Conference play. Kyle Smith made six 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 22 points, Drake Gersema got ...

Cyclones club the Buffs, 97-67

AMES — The No. 8 Iowa State men’s basketball team put together one of its most complete performances of the season Thursday night, cruising to a 97-67 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes at Hilton Coliseum. From the opening tip, the Cyclones (19-2, 6-2) brought intensity on both ends. ...

USC snaps No. 8 Iowa’s eight-game win streak

LOS ANGELES — Kara Dunn had 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, and Southern California defeated No. 8 Iowa 81-69 on Thursday night, snapping the Hawkeyes’ eight-game winning streak and handing them their first Big Ten loss of the season. Jazzy Davidson added 21 points and eight assists, and Londynn Jones had 17 points for USC (12-9, 4-6 Big Ten). It was just the Trojans’ fourth win over a ranked opponent this season in eight such games. They had lost two in a row overall and six of seven previously. Journey Houston had 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Iowa ...

MHS matmen topple Trojans

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown boys’ wrestling team took advantage of three forfeits to start Thursday’s Iowa Alliance Conference dual meet and used the headstart to beat Waterloo East 48-23. The Bobcats (13-7) followed up three-straight forfeits to open the night with a decision by Israel Garcia at 126 pounds to take a 21-0 lead over the host Trojans. Back-to-back wins for Waterloo East made it 21-8, but the Bobcats responded with four pins in a row. Nicholas Wise (144), Colby Cross (150), Anthony Chavez (157) and Carson Wright (165) powered the big push by the Bobcats, who moved ...

IGHSAU and Iowa PBS sign multi-year broadcast extension

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and Iowa PBS today announced a multiyear extension of their partnership to provide statewide broadcast coverage of the IGHSAU Girls State Championships. The new agreement begins in January 2026 and runs until 2031, with options to extend joint coverage through 2035. Under the extended agreement, Iowa PBS will continue to broadcast girls state championship finals in volleyball, basketball and softball, and adds girls wrestling championships for the first time. This marks the sport’s first-ever statewide television coverage in Iowa. The ...