Ben Sirdoreus, 8, of Fairfield, bagged the first turkey of his young hunting career today. Sirdoreus shot the 22-pound bird with a 20-gauge youth model shotgun while hunting with his father, Jerry Sirdoreus. The turkey?s beard measures 10.5 inches and its spurs measure 1-1/8 inches.
NEW YORK (AP) ? Marking the 67th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball?s color barrier, the Rev. Jesse Jackson praised Commissioner Bud Selig for the strides the sport has taken in minority opportunities over the past two decades.Jackson traveled to baseball?s 1992 winter meetings to criticize its lack of minorities in management, and he pushed for change.Selig retired Robinson?s No. 42 in 1997 ...
Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement, lured back into the pool by the fun of it and the possibility of swimming at a fifth Olympics in Rio in 2016.The 22-time Olympic medalist will compete for the first time since the 2012 London Games at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26.Bob Bowman, the swimmer?s longtime coach, told The Associated Press on Monday that Phelps is entered in three events ? the 50- and ...
The Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys? tennis team defeated Iowa City West?s JV team 7-2 in Iowa City Tuesday.Solaris Nite defeated Cole Schneider 7-5, 6-3. Other singles winners were Sam Stickels, Surya Sawhney, Chandre Morales and Girindra Selleck.Two Pioneers? doubles teams, Morales and Selleck, along with David Fleshman and Dave Wadsworth, won their matchups as well.MSAE travels back to ...
Local farmer Loretta Courtney directed a $2,500 donation to the Cardinal Community School District through America?s Farmers Grow Communities. The donation will help improve the athletic department. America?s Farmers Grow Communities is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. Monsanto representative Brent Reck and Courtney stand with the check.
BOSTON (AP) ? The anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings started with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony Tuesday morning at the site of the twin explosions, the first tribute in a day dedicated to honoring the three people who died, the more than 260 people who were injured, and the first responders, doctors and nurses who helped them.The ceremony was attended by the families of the bombing victims ? Martin ...
Ide Gymnastics wins more eventsThe Ide Gymnastics trampoline teams have competed at many recent events.The team earned seven first place finishes in Waverly on March 22 and 23. The awards went to Olivia McClaran and Andrew Twohill for double mini, Kiara Bickham, Bryanna Popejoy and Twohill for trampoline, and McClaran for rod floor.Second place awards went to Ashlyn Elmore and McClaran on trampoline, Elmore on ...
The Fairfield boys? golf team won by one stroke in Williamsburg Thursday.Fairfield finished with the score of 153, while Williamsburg scored 154. Oskaloosa scored a 186.The Trojans played without No. 4 golfer Alex Shier, who sat out because of a back injury. Five out of Fairfield?s six golfers shot a 42 or below.?This is great prep for us if we are fortunate enough to move on when it?s time for sectionals,? ...
The Cardinal High School boys? track team won the Class 2 portion of the Pekin Invitational Thursday in Packwood.The Comets competed against Keota, Sigourney and Albia. First place individual finishes for the Comets were Josh Ramos (discus), Conner McElderry (shot put), Charlie Rachford (long jump, 200-meter dash), Tyler Albert (110-meter high hurdles, 400-meter hurdles) and Trevor Albert in the 1600-meter ...
Indian Hills men?s basketball coach takes new jobThe Indian Hills Community College men?s basketball coach has resigned and is taking an assistant coaching job at a NCAA Division 1 program.Barret Peery won 93 games in three seasons as the coach. Peery is departing after completing a 34-3 season with a trip to the NJCAA championship game where the Warriors lost to Jones County (MS). The Warriors advanced to the ...
AMES (AP) ? Iowa State has given coach Fred Hoiberg a $600,000 a year raise, bumping his average annual salary to $2.6 million in an effort to keep "The Mayor" in Ames for life.Hoiberg just finished his fourth and most successful season at Iowa State. He led the Cyclones to 28 wins, a Big 12 tournament title and the program's first Sweet 16 appearance in 14 years.According to Winthrop Intelligence, a company ...
The Fairfield girls? golf team fell in Mt. Pleasant by the team score of 234-192 Tuesday.Medalists for the meet were Mt. Pleasant?s Courtney Mabeus and Brianne Holtkamp, who shot scores of 43 and 47, respectively.Fairfield?s Lindsey Repp was barely behind those scores with a 49, which led the Trojans.?Mt. Pleasant was true to form and played well on their home course,? Fairfield coach Joe Kruzich said. ?They ...
STORRS, Conn. (AP) ? The partying started Monday night on the UConn campus and spilled into Tuesday. And rightly so.It was in honor of the women?s basketball team, which beat Notre Dame 79-58 in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, capturing a record ninth national title, and the men?s team, which beat Kentucky 60-54 in Arlington, Texas, about 23 hours earlier, capturing its fourth NCAA title.?It was pretty crazy last ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? For once, Iowa appears to be deep enough at both running back and wide receiver heading into next season.What the Hawkeyes would really like to see is a few of those guys blossom into big-time playmakers.Iowa?s abundance of backs could be the envy of the new Big Ten West in 2014, and the Hawkeyes are also deep and experienced at wide receiver.But Iowa also averaged just 4.2 yards per rush and ...
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