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. » Full Story

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 coa » Full Story

FARGO, N.D. — League newcomer North Dakota State is picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference in a preseason poll. » Full Story

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. » Full Story

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. » Full Story

Start with Bobcat head baseball coach Steve Hanson’s first rule of hitting — don’t get beat by the fastball. » Full Story

When Jimmy Six made his varsity pitching debut in the summer of 2007, the left-handed sophomore baffled Des Moines Hoover in a 13-2, six-inning Bobcat victory. » Full Story

Sioux City North, check.

Marshalltown, check. » Full Story

Marshalltown lost more than just its shot at a share of the CIML Iowa Conference baseball title when Valley swept the Bobcats in their July 3 doubleheader in West Des Moines. » Full Story

A 5-foot, 10-inch, 135-pound wide-eyed sophomore doesn’t exactly strike fear into the hearts of opposing pitchers. » Full Story