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O'Neal hits milestone as MHS netters split

OSKALOOSA — Marshalltown senior setter Lauren O’Neal eclipsed 1,000 assists for her career as the Bobcat volleyball team closed its regular season with a 2-2 showing at the Oskaloosa Tournament on Saturday. The Bobcats fell to the tournament host in the first round, losing to Oskaloosa ...

WNBA Finals move Games 3-4 to State Farm Arena

The Atlanta Dream will host the Golden State Valkyries in Game 3 and Game 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena, allowing for larger attendance, after the league moved one up a day and altered tipoff of the other to avoid conflicts at the venue. Game 3 of the best-of-seven series will now be Wednesday, Oct. 21. Tipoff for Game 4 on Saturday, Oct. 24 will be 1 p.m. Eastern, 2 1/2 hours before the previously scheduled start time. The series begins Saturday in California. “I put quite a bit of pressure on the commissioner of the NBA and the WNBA. I felt, look, it’s not really ...

Hecklinski earns Manning Award Star of Week honors

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa quarterback Jeremy Hecklinski was selected Monday as one of the Manning Award Stars of the Week following Iowa’s 41-24 victory at Washington. Hecklinski (5-foot-11, 201 pounds) made his first career start, throwing for 202 yards and three touchdowns. He ...

Greazel climbs on final day at state

PLEASANT VALLEY — The last hole of the season will go a long way to motivate Marshalltown golfer Joe Greazel for next fall. A closing double bogey left the Bobcat junior wanting more on Tuesday at the Class 4A boys’ state golf tournament at Davenport Country Club. Greazel shot 79-75—154 ...

Fennelly says he’ll retire after this season

AMES — Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly announced Monday he will retire at the end of the coming season, his 32nd with the Cyclones. Fennelly is 656-335 with 24 NCAA Tournament appearances and 26 postseason appearances at Iowa State. “It has been the greatest honor ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Shibutani’s two goals lead MCC men to victory

Joji Shibutani scored a pair of goals to lead the Marshalltown Community College men’s soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Northwest Iowa on Saturday at MCC. Shibutani scored the first goal of the match just seven minutes in, and his second goal made it 3-0 to kick off scoring in the second. The victory was MCC’s first in more than a month and lifted the Tigers (3-7-3, 1-2-3) into seventh in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference standings. Only seven teams from the league advance to the Region XI Tournament. Augustus Gruber and Guutuu Abdi added goals for the Tigers, who ...