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SPORTS SHORTS: Mustangs tussle with ranked teams

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN LE GRAND — The East Marshall volleyball team finished fourth out of six teams at its own Mustang Round-Robin Tournament on Saturday, going 2-3 on the day. Two of the three losses for East Marshall (11-6) came against ranked teams. The Mustangs opened with a win over West Marshall, 21-15, 21-13, before falling in a three-set thriller to HLV-TC, 19-21, 21-19, 15-12. Class 2A No. 6 Hudson topped the Mustangs 21-15, 21-8, but East Marshall bounced back to beat Vinton-Shellsburg 19-21, 21-15, 15-10. Benton, ranked 12th in 4A, won the finale 21-10, 21-9. Leading the ...

Buhr's heroics recognized by Big Ten

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa second-year kicker Caden Buhr has been named Big Ten Conference’s Special Teams Player of the Week following his perfect performance in the Hawkeyes’ 16-13 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series victory over in-state rival Iowa State. The announcement was made Monday by ...

US vulnerable but still the standard

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BERLIN — The names may change, but the results are the same for the U.S. women’s basketball team — another FIBA World Cup title. The Americans’ fifth championship in a row came Sunday in a 97-79 victory over France. It wasn’t as easy as the previous four, with the U.S. showing some ...

US wins fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title

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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

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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 ...

Riverhawks slip through Bobcats’ grasp

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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 ...