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Bobcats swim to 2nd in Grinnell

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GRINNELL — Arms and legs are getting heavy for the Marshalltown boys swimming team. The times are continuing to drop though, and the Bobcats won two events and had enough strong finishes to take second place at Saturday’s six-team Grinnell Invitational at Grinnell High School. Charlie ...

Jefferson rescues Iowa State in OT win

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LUBBOCK, Texas — Joshua Jefferson made two free throws with 4.1 seconds left in overtime after forcing it with a buzzer-beating layup, and third-ranked Iowa State won its 11th consecutive game, 85-84 over Texas Tech on Saturday. Jefferson finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. He had ...

Hawkeye women handled by Hoosiers

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IOWA CITY — Yarden Garzon scored 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including 5-of-5 from 3-point range, Chloe Moore-McNeil added 18 points, and the Indiana women’s basketball team beat No. 23 Iowa 74-67 on Sunday. Sydney Parrish made three 3s and finished with 15 points for Indiana (12-4, 4-1 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Hawkeyes romp past Indiana, 85-60

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IOWA CITY — Payton Sandfort scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half, sophomores Owen Freeman and Brock Harding added double-doubles and Iowa pummeled Indiana 85-60 on Saturday night. Sandfort only had a pair of free throws in the first half, but he made 7 of 9 shots with four ...

Little Cyclones stifle Bobcats

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Marshalltown junior Kyle Smith had the spark but Ames snuffed out MHS boys basketball’s fire in a 60-30 loss for the Bobcats at the Roundhouse on Friday. Smith scored 20 of Marshalltown’s points but most of those came after a slow first quarter that saw the Bobcats trailing the Little ...

Ames pressures Marshalltown girls into defeat

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The physicality of Friday’s game wore on Marshalltown girls basketball, falling to Ames 59-19 in the Roundhouse. The Bobcats (4-6) turned the ball over 26 times against Ames’ pressure defense, including 18 first-half turnovers as the Little Cyclones (6-5) led 16-4 after the first quarter ...