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Kriegel keeps Spartans guessing as Mustangs ride to 3-0 win

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GILMAN — Connor Kriegel was locked in for East Marshall baseball on Thursday. The Mustang senior only needed three runs in the first inning to guide East Marshall to a 3-0 win over Grundy Center in Gilman. “I had some velocity on my fastball tonight and any pitch I got a sign for, I ...

Clark’s 20 points not enough for Fever to stop Storm

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INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark scored 20 points and had nine assists while playing nearly the entire game, but the Indiana Fever continued to struggle on Thursday night in a 103-88 loss to the Seattle Storm. Jewell Loyd had 22 points and Skylar Diggins-Smith added 18 points and nine assists ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Gallentine, Comet softball pound Plainsmen

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BELLE PLAINE — Klayre Gallentine struck out 10 batters for BCLUW softball in a 13-1, six-inning rout at Belle Plaine on Thursday. The junior pitcher allowed one earned run on two hits and walked no batters. At the plate, she knocked in two runs. The Comet offense capitalized on seven walks ...

Defense better in defeat

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Marshalltown baseball is finding more defensive consistency, but the few miscues made on Wednesday added up quickly as Des Moines Lincoln swept the Bobcats in an Alliance doubleheader at Marshalltown High School. The Railsplitters won the opener, 8-3, and claimed the nightcap by a 6-1 ...

Lincoln doubles up on Bobcats

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Des Moines Lincoln’s bats were ready right off the bat. The Railsplitters scored a combined seven runs in the first innings of Wednesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference doubleheader against Marshalltown, dealing the Bobcats losses of 5-2 and 10-1 on the strength of those fast ...

Iowa’s Sandfort returning for senior year

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa junior Payton Sandfort has withdrawn from the NBA Draft to return to Iowa City for his senior season with the Hawkeye men’s basketball program, the forward announced Wednesday night. “This process has been an unbelievable experience and thanks to everyone ...