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Main Street Mt. Pleasant hosted its Holiday on Main event Dec. 4 to kick off the season of giving. Santa made his first visit to town, top photo, and Grace Gonzales, 7, was the first child to visit him. Gonzales said she had been waiting an hour for the bearded one.

Fairfield opened up a five-point advantage early, Davis County led by as many as 16 in the third quarter and Fairfield climbed back to within three before one final burst made everything add up to a 69-56 victory for the Mustangs.Aaron Halls and Kyle Graves each dropped a game-high 20 points and were integral to several Davis County (5-1) runs that created the final result. The Mustangs had an 11-0 burst in the

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

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

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.