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Jayhawks jumble Big 12’s playoff status

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Kansas is certainly having an impact on the top of the Big 12 standings, just not as expected after being one of the preseason favorites in the expanded 16-team conference. The Jayhawks may be to blame if the Big 12 ends up getting only one team in the new 12-team College Football Playoff, or ...

Bobcats’ Rogers taking love for volleyball to the next level

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Madison Rogers always figured she’d grow up to be a softball player. That was until she tried volleyball. Rogers, a Marshalltown High School senior, signed her National Letter of Intent last week to continue her volleyball career at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge next ...

Cyclones maul Jaguars 87-52

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AMES — Curtis Jones scored 20 points and Tamin Lipsey added 17 to lead the No. 5 Iowa State men’s basketball team past IU Indianapolis 87-52 on Monday night at Hilton Coliseum. It was Jones’ second straight 20-point game off the bench and fourth in his two seasons with the Cyclones ...

Bobcat girls win two of three at Nevada Quad

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NEVADA — The Marshalltown girls’ wrestling team went 2-1 in its season-opening competition at the Nevada Quad on Monday night. The Bobcats beat Iowa Falls-Alden (60-21) and Humboldt (51-30) but fell to host Nevada (60-42). Marshalltown won 12 of the 32 matches it wrestled on the night ...

Dinnebier nets MVC Player of the Week honor

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Drake point guard Katie Dinnebier became the second Bulldog to win the Missouri Valley Conference’s women’s basketball Player of the Week honor after a stellar week, the league announced Monday. Dinnebier averaged 27.5 points, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game as the ...