Fairfield News

The road to redemption goes through North Texas for a fearsome Final Four of power programs with something to prove.Florida, the top overall seed, returns to the Final Four for the first time since winning consecutive titles in 2006-07, this time without all those first-round NBA picks.Waiting for the Gators at Jerry Jones? billion-dollar stadium on Saturday will be Connecticut, back near the top of the bracket ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? Kevin Ollie and Fred Hoiberg met as high school basketball stars more than two decades ago when they went on the same recruiting trip to Arizona.Ollie chose UConn instead. Hoiberg picked Iowa State.?I think it worked out for both of us,? Ollie said with a smile.Each now coaches his alma mater, and they?ll face one another Friday in the Sweet Sixteen.In between that shared visit to Tucson and ...

A momentous decision was made Wednesday that could be the beginning of radical change in the college sports world.The National Labor Relations Board granted football players at Northwestern University the ability to form the nation?s first union of college athletes. The athletes feel that they are being treated like employees rather than student athletes, and have been fighting to form a union to protect ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ? Scottie ?McBuckets? has Florida deep in the NCAA tournament once again. The Dayton Flyers are the latest mid-major upstart still in the bracket.The Gators (35-2), the tournament?s top overall seed, will face No. 11 Dayton (26-10) on Saturday in the Elite Eight after both teams cruised to relatively easy victories in the South Regional on Thursday night.Florida pushed past No. 4 UCLA 79-68 ...

Augustana College to hold basketball summer camp Head men?s basketball coach Grey Giovanine has announced the dates for his summer basketball camp to be held on the Augustana College campus in Rock Island, Il.Day camps will be held from June 9-12, June 16-19 and June 23-26. A shooting camp will be held on June 14. Boys from second grade up to 11th grade can attend.The camps will feature detailed instruction ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The only problem Iowa had with playing three senior linebackers last season is that it now has to replace them all at the same time.The Hawkeyes have six months to find three new starters, and the process of replacing the core of an exceptional defense began this week with the start of spring practice.James Morris, Christian Kirksey and Anthony Hitchens keyed a defense that finished ninth in ...

The Fairfield Attack 17?s have finished up their winter season. The team is, from left, front row: Jolea Burkhart, Kaylee Watson; back row: coach Taylor Hjerleid, Kelsie Roberts, Mackenzi Harwood, Shelby Heston, Natalie Angstead and Paige Buch. Brooke McLain is not pictured.

The Fairfield boys? track team closed out its scheduled indoor track meets Friday by competing on the Central College campus in Pella against more than 30 other schools.Senior Austin Francisco made his mark on the event by making the finals in the 55-meter hurdles and placing ninth with the time of 8.19. Sprinters Dakota Nye and Zach Martin were able to crack the top 10 in their events as well. Plenty of Class ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? Royce White leaned back in a chair in the Sacramento Kings locker room, looked at the veteran players around him and joked about why he?d be the one getting an interview request.?I?m just a guy on a 10-day contract,? he said, chuckling.Hardly.The 16th overall pick of the 2012 draft best known for his contentious and public disagreement with the Houston Rockets over how to treat his ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Louisville?s much-debated No. 3 seed doesn?t matter much anymore.Shoni Schimmel had 26 points, seven assists and five steals to help Louisville thump host Iowa 83-53 on Tuesday night and earn its fifth trip to the Sweet Sixteen under coach Jeff Walz.Antonita Slaughter added 17 points on five 3s for the third-seeded Cardinals (32-4), who advanced to Sunday?s regional semifinal at home against ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? The NFL officiating department will help referees rule on instant replay reviews starting next season.League owners passed a rule Tuesday allowing referees to consult with director of officiating Dean Blandino and his staff to help determine whether a call should be upheld or overturned. NFL officials said the change should speed up the process.Blandino and other staff will be monitoring ...

The Billion Dollar Dream has been over for a while. Most bracket sheets are loaded with red X?s. Still, there is plenty of March Madness ahead of us in the NCAA tournament?s round of 16.You want favorites? Three No. 1s ? Florida, Arizona, Virginia ? are alive and well after two rounds.You want underdogs? How about three with double-digit seedings ? Stanford, a 10, with 11s Dayton and Tennessee.You want a ...