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No. 20 Iowa falls 95-89 at sharpshooting Minnesota

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2566d ago

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Iowa coach Fran McCaffrey wasn't all that upset after his team's second straight loss, a first for the Hawkeyes this season.Minnesota simply had the shooting touch, and there wasn't much the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes could do about that. But when tournament time comes next month, they're going to have to defend better than they did against the Gophers.Austin Hollins scored a career-high 27 points ...

Iowa State basketball teams with big wins

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2566d ago

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State played nearly the entire second half without the Big 12?s leading scorer and still rolled past a team that blew it out two weeks ago.The Cyclones head into March as one of the hottest teams in the country ? and they can thank their depth for that.Georges Niang scored 24 points, DeAndre Kane had 17 and 11 rebounds and No. 15 Iowa State beat West Virginia 83-66 on Wednesday night for its ...

SPORTS IN BRIEF: MSAE basketball, Ryan Cale, Trojans vs. Cancer, Iowa State

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

Season ends for MSAE boysThe Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys? basketball team lost to Twin Cedars, Bussey 74-46 Saturday at Moulton-Udell.The Pioneers trailed by just one point after the first quarter of their district playoff matchup. Twin Cedars (15-7) then began to go inside to senior Dylan Springer, who gave his team a huge boost and would go on to score 30 points on the night. MSAE was ...

SPORTS IN BRIEF: Iowa prep playoff scores, Fairfield basketball, SEISC All-Conference teams

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

JV boys fall to WilliamsburgThe Fairfield JV boys? basketball team fell to Williamsburg 54-45 Friday to close the regular season.Zach Martin led the Trojans with 10 points. Alex Crile and Alex Simpson both scored eight points. Landen Greiner led the team with 14 rebounds.The Trojans started the season 0-8, but went 6-6 down the stretch and finished 6-14.?We lost several close games early on, but these young ...

Jones nabs bid for Wayland street work

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Jones Contracting of West Point was the successful bidder among nine firms who submitted bids for the Cummings Street Paving Project in Wayland.Jones submitted a bid of $422,777, nearly $100,000 under the engineer?s estimate of $515,667. City Clerk Bev Conrad said city officials were ?very pleased? with the bid. Work is scheduled to begin in late spring.Mt. Pleasant ...

Cattlepersons of the year

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

For the past several years, two Cattlepersons of the Year have been honored at the annual Henry County Cattlemen?s Banquet. The practice continued Thursday night as a pair of Mt. Pleasant cattlemen ?Leo Larry Smith and Jerry Mabeus, above, ? received the prestigious award during festivities at Manning Hall in Mt. Pleasant. Other awards presented during the evening included the county-raised heifer award went to ...

Cattleperson of the year

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

For the past several years, two Cattlepersons of the Year have been honored at the annual Henry County Cattlemen?s Banquet. The practice continued Thursday night as a pair of Mt. Pleasant cattlemen ?Leo Larry Smith, above, and Jerry Mabeus ? received the prestigious award during festivities at Manning Hall in Mt. Pleasant. Other awards presented during the evening included the county-raised heifer award went to ...

State individual wrestling champions crowned in Des Moines

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

Class 1A ChampionshipsWeight: 1061st Place Match - Drew West (Highland, Riverside) 50-0 won by decision over Justin Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield) 25-3 (Dec 6-5)Weight: 1131st Place Match - Josh Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield) 28-0 won by decision over Zach Fowler (Alburnett) 43-5 (Dec 6-1)Weight: 1201st Place Match - Nick Williams (Lisbon) 49-5 won by decision over Cole Mills (Hinton) 47-4 (Dec 4-3)Weight: ...

Iowa prep basketball playoff scores

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

Boys BasketballClass 1AMarcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 66, Lawton-Bronson 62River Valley, Correctionville 83, Woodbury Central, Moville 79, 2OTWayne, Corydon 71, Moulton-Udell 37Ankeny Christian Academy 53, Madrid 47Lynnville-Sully 63, Woodward-Granger 27Martensdale-St. Marys 56, Colo-NESCO 46Pleasantville 71, Grandview Park Baptist, Des Moines 62Bedford 75, Central Decatur, Leon 69, OTMurray 65, Mount Ayr ...

Judging talk overshadows figure skating again

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

SOCHI, Russia (AP) ? Leave it to figure skating and judging, where winning can be obscured by whining.Any sport without a finish line or clock or some definitive standard is subject to skepticism about the results. It has happened at the Olympics before, and now it?s happened at Sochi after Adelina Sotnikova skated away with the gold medal, the first for a Russian woman in the individual event.Social media was ...

Canada rules rink, a flame dies, an Olympics ends

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

SOCHI, Russia (AP) ? The Olympic flame was snuffed out. No chance of that for the Canadian hockey team.The Sochi Games completed a 17-day run Sunday with Canada's 3-0 victory over Sweden in the men's hockey final, the last of 98 gold medal events.The end of the $51 billion extravaganza came on a day when Russia captured the medals race, and IOC President Thomas Bach lauded the host city for its "amazing" ...

Barber: early votes racking up for W-MU bond issue

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:52 pm2566d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Auditor Shelly Barber told county department heads during Thursday?s regular meting of the board of supervisors that the state auditors have completed work on their audit of the county.?Everything seemed to go well when the state auditors were here recently,? Barber said.The auditor said her office also was busy preparing for the Winfield-Mt. Union School bond ...