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4 Hawkeyes selected to watch lists

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IOWA CITY — Four University of Iowa football players were named to preseason watch lists, the Football Writers Association of America announced on Tuesday. Seniors Sebastian Castro, Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson were named to the 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List for the national ...

SPORTS SHORTS: UNI’s Penning named preseason All-American

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CEDAR FALLS — Northern Iowa offensive lineman Jared Penning was named to the 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American list as released on Monday. The honor is Penning’s first preseason All-American honor of his career and second preseason honor of the season after being named to the ...

Four-peat for Siegert

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Twelve area high school baseball players were recognized by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association on all-district teams released Monday. In the Class 2A Central District, West Marshall’s Grayson Shaver, Owen Siegert and Beckham DeSotel earned first-team spots, as did Grundy ...

Iowa ass’t going into UWW Hall of Fame

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PARIS — University of Iowa assistant women’s wrestling coach Tonya Verbeek was named to the 2024 United World Wrestling Hall of Fame class, announced Monday. Verbeek has nearly two decades of experience competing for and coaching the Canadian National Team. As a competitor, Verbeek ...

Bobcats’ Stupp slugs her way onto Alliance first team

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The best season in Marshalltown High School softball since 2013 resulted in 16 wins and five players honored on the Iowa Alliance Conference’s all-North Division teams. Bobcat freshman Emma Stupp was voted first-team all-Alliance North at first base, becoming Marshalltown’s first ...

Bobcat trio tabbed to Alliance boys tennis teams

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Marshalltown junior boys tennis player Isaac Benscoter was named to the Iowa Alliance Conference’s North Division first team, the league announced late last week. Benscoter posted a 5-8 record playing as the Bobcats’ top singles player in the spring. He was one of seven first-team ...