CEDAR RAPIDS — The Marshalltown girls track and field team finished in third out of six teams in the Cedar Rapids Prairie Relays on Monday with 94 points. Bobcat senior Alyvia Chadderdon picked up a win in the long jump with a season-best jump of 15 feet, 8 1/2 inches. Mia Barajas had a ...
DENVER — The East Marshall boys track and field team finished in fifth place out of 11 teams on Monday in the Denver Co-Ed Invitational with 81.5 points. Hunter Vilez had the lone event win for the Mustangs by taking first in the discus with a toss of 130 feet, 11 inches. Austin Elliott ...
After the completion of the 2019 NFL Draft, a total of 17 football players from Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa signed free agent contracts or were granted tryouts. The three-day, seven-round NFL Draft concluded on Saturday with six Iowa and Iowa State players selected. As of Sunday ...
Kenny Arnold, the University of Iowa basketball star who led the Hawkeyes to their last Final Four in 1980, died Saturday. He was 59. He had health issues for more than 30 years, the school said. Teammates say he died in the Chicago area. Arnold had limited speech and mobility from a brain ...
DES MOINES — East Marshall senior Melinda Puumala has already had an outstanding athletic career for the Mustangs, but on Saturday she outdid herself. Puumala came into the 400-meter hurdles at the 110th running of the Drake Relays as the 15th seed out of 16 qualifiers, and the rainy, ...
DES MOINES — Only a handful of individuals and relay teams get to win a race at the Drake Relays. Counted in that handful is the Marshalltown girls 4x100-meter relay team. Bobcat sprinters Kierra Gardner, Sara Trowbridge, Alyvia Chadderdon and Abbey Welden combined to run a season-best ...
DES MOINES — Keni Harrison cruised to her fourth straight win in the 100-meter hurdles on Saturday at the Drake Relays, joining Lolo Jones as the only women in meet history to do so. Harrison crossed in a wind-aided 12.65 seconds on a miserable day at Drake Stadium, where temperatures ...
NASHVILLE — The first pick on the third day of the NFL Draft came from Iowa State. Hakeem Butler was selected with the 103rd overall pick, kicking off the fourth round on Saturday as the Arizona Cardinals continued to surround their top-overall pick — Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning ...
FORT DODGE — The Marshalltown girls soccer team picked up its first win of the season on Friday with a 1-0 victory over CIML Iowa Conference foe Fort Dodge. Maddie Schumacker scored the first goal of the season for the Bobcats (1-5) off a free kick from 25 yards out in the 35th minute. ...
DES MOINES — All season long, BCLUW senior hurdler Jack Garber has been begging for high-level competition in the 110-meter high hurdles. He finally got what he asked for on the second day of the 110th running of the Drake Relays on Friday morning, and it brought out the best in him. ...
Three meets into the year, the Marshalltown boys tennis team was sitting at 1-2 with an injury to one of its top players on the roster and a tough schedule on the horizon. Now with only one week left in the season the Bobcat boys are winners of their last seven straight, with their latest ...
The Class 3A No. 15 Marshalltown boys soccer team has accomplished a lot during its recent long win streak, but it had yet to beat a team by a 10-0 goal rule and end a game early. That all changed with Fort Dodge came to town on Friday evening, as the Bobcats scored early and often on their ...
DES MOINES — Two girls from Marshall County made their Drake Relays debut on Friday with East Marshall senior Melinda Puumala running in the 100-meter hurdles and West Marshall junior Renae Schaper throwing the shot put. Schaper had the better placing of the two, finishing in 10th with a ...
DES MOINES — The South Tama County girls track and field team had a rare and special moment at the 110th running of the Drake Relays on Friday. Trojan senior Stacey Slaven competed in the high jump for her fourth and final time during the morning session, while freshman JoJo Tyynismaa made ...
MASON CITY — For the first time this spring, the Marshalltown girls tennis team battled in a dual that came down to one match. The Bobcats gained the nail-biting experience, but lost the CIML Iowa Conference dual to Mason City in thrilling fashion, 6-5, on Friday evening. Mason City (5-4, ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — David Montgomery used to draw inspiration watching highlights of Walter Payton on his grandfather’s VCR, so consider this a moment of sweetness. The Chicago Bears addressed one of their biggest needs with their first pick in the draft, trading up with the New England ...
FORT DODGE — The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls tennis team recorded its third sweep of the season, taking all nine matches from Fort Dodge St. Edmond on Friday evening. The Spartans (5-1) notched their fifth-straight victory in convincing fashion, winning each match in one set. The ...
DES MOINES — Through the first three heights of the boys high jump competition at the 110th running of the Drake Relays on Thursday, South Tama County senior Keith Keahna was completely in control. Keahna easily cleared the opening height of 6 foot, 1 inch, on his first attempt, then it was ...
Blustery winds and spotty rain showers greeted golfers at the start of the Linda Bloom Invite at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course on Thursday morning, but that didn’t stop the Marshalltown girls golf team from having a good day. The Bobcats finished seventh out of 15 teams with a ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions ignored some forgettable draft history and took the plunge again to address perhaps their top need. Detroit selected Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson with the No. 8 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, deciding he was too good to pass up after ...