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SPORTS SHORTS: Iowa football open practice set for April 25

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IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa football team will hold an open practice on Saturday, April 25, inside Kinnick Stadium. The open practice will conclude Iowa’s spring drills and is free to attend. Gates to Kinnick Stadium will open at 9:45 a.m. with practice scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. Regular season game-day search procedures will be in place and fans will be allowed to sit in the south and west stands. Free parking will be available on hard surface lots, while normal ramp fees will be charged. Concession stands will be open at select locations on the concourse with limited ...

Bobcats blank Newton, 6-0

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The Bobcats made the most of their opportunities on this night, and the score was a direct reflection of that. Two nights after starting the season with a 5-2 home loss to Des Moines North, the Marshalltown boys’ soccer team snapped back by blasting Newton 6-0 for its first win of the ...

Audi is outtie

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AMES — Iowa State star Audi Crooks announced Thursday she is entering the transfer portal, making her the fourth starter and 10th Cyclones player overall to say they will move on after a disappointing second half of the season following a start that matched the best in program ...

Bobcats bag 2 event titles at Nevada

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NEVADA — Marshalltown seniors Carter Nunn and Jaxson Hinkle captured first-place finishes to lead the Bobcat boys’ track and field team at the Nevada Invite on Tuesday night. The Bobcats placed fifth out of eight teams in the Class A division, while West Marshall was fourth out of eight ...

Christensen leads girls in opener at Waukee

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WAUKEE — Returning state qualifier Grace Christensen won the 100-meter dash to lead the Marshalltown girls’ track and field team at the Waukee Invite on Tuesday at Timberline Middle School. Christensen won the 100 in 12.97 seconds to claim the Bobcats’ top finish for the day. No team ...

Kyle Green’s fourth stint at UNI comes with the top job

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CEDAR FALLS — Kyle Green, who has had three stints as an assistant at Northern Iowa, will return to the Panthers as the head men’s basketball coach after spending the past five years on Iowa State’s staff. The school on Wednesday announced Green as the successor to longtime coach Ben ...