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’Cats claw to 6th in Ames

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AMES — Natalie Henson finished one stroke off the pace and the Marshalltown girls’ golf team placed sixth out of 18 teams at the Turk Bowman Invitational hosted by Ames on Monday at Veenker Memorial Golf Course. The competition-rich tournament was greeted by a challenging course and ...

MHS boys swat Scarlets

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DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ tennis team surrendered just five games to Des Moines East in sweeping the Scarlets 11-0 in Monday’s Iowa Alliance Conference dual. The Bobcats (7-4) won their season-best third-straight dual meet by the time singles play was completed, as MHS made ...

WNBA is Clark’s Olympic trial

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Caitlin Clark’s early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team. The women’s roster for the Paris Games won’t be determined before June 1. Unable to attend the U.S. training camp this month, Clark will have the ...

Chun named Women’s Wrestling Coach of Year

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STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — University of Iowa women’s wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun was named USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year, announced by the organization at the conclusion of the 2024 Olympic Team Trials tournament on Saturday. This is Chun’s second coach of the year ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Single shot spurs Spartans to Schmadeke success

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GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center boys golf snuck past Dyersville Beckman by a single stroke for the team title at the Spartans’ home Bob Schmadeke Invite, hosted at Town & Country Golf Course on Saturday morning. The Spartans scored 330 to Beckman’s 331; the Blazers’ Luke Harwick was ...