By Troy Hyde
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Newton junior Kael Swarts, left, tallied 10 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals during their home win over Marshalltown on Thursday. Newton has begun the season 3-0. (Troy Hyde)
Newton sophomore Brody Bauer has been the Cardinals spark plug off the bench in the first two games of the season.
On Thursday night, in the home opener, Bauer swiped the biggest steal of his young career with Newton s boys basketball team leading by a single point and less than 20 seconds to play in the game.
After the steal, Bauer took it to the bucket and his layup with 12.1 seconds to play sealed the 53-48 victory.