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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 ...

Greazel off and running in boys state golf debut

PLEASANT VALLEY — Joe Greazel’s state golf debut left a lot to be desired, but he’s still got Day 2 to get it done. Greazel, a Marshalltown High School junior, shot an 8-over-par round of 79 on Monday at Davenport Country Club to align in a tie for 37th place after the opening day of ...

Quick-strike DCG dashes past ’Cats

GRIMES — The Mustangs would not be penned in. Dallas Center-Grimes galloped past the Marshalltown football team for a 41-7 victory in Friday’s Class 5A Group 2 contest, using a quick-strike offense to send the Bobcats to their third-straight loss. The host Mustangs (5-2, 2-2) scored on ...