NEW LONDON ? Three players scored in double digits as Van Buren picked up its sixth win overall and in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division Tuesday night with a 77-34 trouncing of New London.Van Buren?s Kassie Myers led the team in scoring with 23 points to go along with 13 rebounds and Makenzie Zeitler followed up with 17 points, including a 6-of-6 performance from the free-throw line. Jessica
BLOOMFIELD ? Fairfield got things started at the free throw line, ended things at the free throw line and picked up its first win of December with a 58-53 victory at Davis County Tuesday night.The Trojans (2-5) went to the line a total of 40 times and turned a three-point lead with under three minutes remaining to a 10-point advantage with a 7-0 run that spanned two minutes.?We?ve been in those situations before
NEW LONDON ? If a person were to have seen the way the Van Buren boys? basketball team played at New London, it would be very hard to believe the team was winless so far this season.At the end of four quarters Tuesday night, Van Buren did pick up its first win. And with a 40-point lead at halftime, it was more than dominate.There was little New London could do to stop the offensive output that Van Buren showed in
Washington won its game with Fairfield Friday night, and it did all it could to win it in the first quarter.The Demons (3-1, 1-0 SEC) opened up a gaping hole on the scoreboard with an 18-2 advantage after the first quarter, and it was enough cushion to last the rest of the way. They cruised to a 59-51 victory over the rival Trojans (1-5, 0-2) in its Southeast Conference opener.Washington?s full-court pressure out
ALBIA ? Fairfield couldn?t hold its fourth-quarter lead and Albia ran away with a 56-50 victory in girls? action Tuesday night.After Fairfield (1-4) jumped out to a slim lead in the final period, the Lady Dees (3-2) took off an 11-3 run that spanned more than five minutes to take a lead they would never give back.McKenzie Wynn led Albia with 16 points and did much of that damage from the free throw line. The calls
ELDON ? Cardinal?s fast start made for a big early lead that the Comets rode through the final buzzer in Tuesday?s win vs. New London.Cardinal (3-2, 3-1 SEISC south) put together a 16-3 run that spanned most of the first quarter to open up a double-digit lead and cruised the rest of the way to take a 50-42 victory. The win was the third straight for Cardinal after beginning the year 0-2.Full-court pressure bothered
ELDON ? Cardinal showed short flashes of a dominant performance, but New London did what it could to hang around Tuesday night.The Comets (1-2, 1-2 SEISC south) appeared to have things under control leading by as many as 15 points in the first half, but New London (0-3, 0-3) made things a little too close for Cardinal head coach Kenny Hamm?s liking before succumbing by a final score of 61-43 to give the Comets their
WINFIELD ? Another game, another barn burner for Pekin.Tuesday night was the Panthers? turn to rally as they overcame a second-half deficit to squeak out a 50-48 victory at Winfield-Mount Union (3-2, 3-1 SEISC north).Pekin (3-1, 3-1) trailed by as many as six points with less than a minute left in the third quarter before taking the game with a big fourth quarter. Free throws down the stretch sealed the game for
PACKWOOD ? Nine teams descended upon Pekin high school Saturday for their first tournament action of the year.Albia continued its strong start to the season by taking the team title and six of the 14 individual crowns. The Blue Demons scored 218.5 points to easily win the tourney ahead of second-place Eddyville-Blakesburg with 131.Pekin wound up in fourth scoring 114 while Van Buren finished with 71 points to place
MANSCHESTER ? A stacked field met the Fairfield wrestling team for its first tournament action of the season as the Trojans crowned two individual champs at the West Delaware Invite.Michael Smithburg and Jac Pilcher remained undefeated for the season in capturing titles at 285 and 160 pounds, respectively. The two top finishes helped Fairfield to a sixth-place result out of nine teams in the final team standings.
Serena Ward scored 25 for Fairfield but was outdueled by Mount Pleasant?s Taylor Shull and her final tally of 36 points as Shull?s Panthers held off the Trojans 68-59 Friday night.The marks were both career highs for the pair of juniors, but Shull?s 12 fourth-quarter points helped Mount Pleasant from a four-point lead to begin the final period to a 10-point lead half way through. Fairfield climbed back to within six
MOUNT PLEASANT ? After opening their season with a win over class 4A Cedar Rapids Xavier earlier last week, the Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball team turned around and opened its Southeast Conference season.Rival Fairfield turned out to be just a speed bump as the Panthers cruised to a 57-18 win.?It?s game two and it?s opening the conference and we wanted to come out and play sound fundamentally, both offensively and
KALONA ? An early season battle against two teams that figure to battle for the SEISC north division crown lived up to expectations Friday night.From falling behind early, Pekin (1-1, 1-1 SEISC north) put a dent in the deficit time and time again, but in the end it was IMS that had enough for one final surge to win a 74-63 game over the Panthers.IMS (2-0, 2-0) led by 11 after the first period and by as many as 15
Danville 69, Cardinal 37DANVILLE ? The Cardinal boys? basketball team opened its season Tuesday night, and an early-season schedule that figured to be a bumpy road, is looking like exactly that.The Comets (0-1, 0-1 SEISC north) fell on the road against last year?s conference champ Danville (1-0, 1-0) 69-37.Cardinal trailed by 14 points at halftime, but 11 third-quarter turnovers spelled doom and Danville ran away.
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