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Pekin?s Drake Harbison, left, takes control against Montezuma?s Kale Latcham on Tuesday. Pekin defeated host Montezuma, 33-28. Among the highlights for the Panthers, at 145, Harbison defeated Latcham in an 8-2 decision and, at 170, Hunter Conger pinned Chandler Carl in 23 seconds.

Nicole Buch scored a career-high 32 points, Sam Fritz grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and the host Fairfield Trojans crushed Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday, 74-52.?I had my adrenaline going tonight,? Buch said. ?I knew we were facing a very good team ? and that got me fired up.?Buch was on fire right from the start. She scored 12 points in the first five minutes of play ? three of her field goals off Fritz ...

Fairfield wrestlers Michael Fritz, Trenton Hanen and Brendon Lunsford placed at the Bob Lueder Tournament in Clinton on Saturday.As a team, Fairfield placed 14th out of 23 teams.?I was really pleased that six out of our nine wrestlers scored points for the team,? said Trojan head coach Steve Miller. ?We doubled our team-point performance from last year and the year before so we really stepped up.?At 195, Fritz ...

On Monday, Fairfield Middle School competed in a five-team meet at Evans Middle School in Ottumwa.Winning two matches for Fairfield were Logan Adam, Brody Angstead, Blake Metz, Toby Oliver and Edwin Small.Winning a match for Fairfield were Teddy Metcalf, Tyrone Haynes, Jacob Bland, Alex Camero, Payton Cline, Evan Murphy and Cohyn Roach.

TAMPA, Fla.? No. 17 Florida has been burned by second-half comebacks on occasion this season, but defensive back Chauncey Gardner decided to take matters into his hands.Gardner, a freshman cornerback, had two interceptions and returned one for a 58-yard touchdown to lead the Gators to a 30-3 win over Iowa in the Outback Bowl on Monday at Raymond James Stadium.The Gators finished the season 9-4 while Iowa ...

Kids and those young in heart enjoyed a performance of the Southeast Iowa Symphony's performance of ?Peter and the Wolf.? The performance was part of Kidsymphony. The performance on Saturday, Nov. 11, was a great introduction to all the instruments of the orchestra. Following the performance, families were encouraged to join the musicians on stage to meet their instruments, up close and personal.

Several Mt. Pleasant students were selected to participate in the All-State Music Festival. Back row: (left to right) Cara Canby, Meagan Sutherland, Wyatt Carlston and Lucas Lee. Front row: Callie DePriest, Charles H. Greene and Paige Stater. Participants will rehearse in Ames on Nov. 17 and 18, and the Festival Concert is Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Iowa State University. Iowa Public Television will ...

Several students were selected to participate in the 32nd annual Opus Honor Choir Festival, which will perform on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m. Students were back row: (left to right) Andrew Rauenbuehler, Kionna Parrish and Katie McCormick. Front row: Evelyn Nygren and Natalie McCormick. They will perform in the Iowa State Center in Ames. Almost 3,000 students in Iowa were nominated by their music directors to ...