Marshalltown no stranger to state field
There won’t be a lot of fresh faces calling the shots in the Class 4A portion of the Iowa High School State Baseball Tournament today at Principal Park in Des Moines. Most of these coaches have been around the bases, so to speak, when it comes to the season’s pinnacle. Only two of the eight state tournament coaches in the 4A field are new to the event. Second-ranked Sioux City North brings a 37-4 record behind head coach Brian Drent, while No. 6 Southeast Polk (29-11) makes the program’s state tournament debut behind Scott Belger. Aside from those same two programs, the other six schools are state tournament regulars. Marshalltown, Johnston and Ankeny are making their 10th state tournament appearance, Dubuque Hempstead and Cedar Rapids Kennedy make their 11th showings while Burlington moves into a tie for sixth all-time with its 12th state tournament qualification. Marshalltown (25-12) is the only unranked team in the field, gaining the seventh seed.
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West Marshall junior first baseman Joe Disney was one of three unanimous first-team selections to the all-Heart of Iowa Activities Conference Small Division baseball team as chosen by the league’s coaches.
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FARGO, N.D. — League newcomer North Dakota State is picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference in a preseason poll.
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Allen Mann admits that he used to be a little soft. If the temperature climbed too high during baseball practice, Mann said he whimpered here and there about how bad he had it.
And then one day a doctor told him he had cancer.
MHS STATE PREVIEW: Sporting year has been quite a ride for Marshalltown’s seniors
They are games that will live in the memories of a group of Marshalltown High School athletes forever:
October 31, 2007 — a 42-28 playoff football loss at Newton.
MHS STATE PREVIEW: Much ado about SC North
Start with Bobcat head baseball coach Steve Hanson’s first rule of hitting — don’t get beat by the fastball.
Mix with Sioux City North junior right-hander Dean McArdle’s 93-mile-per-hour fastball.


