Sports

Pekin girls stay perfect, win another track meet

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The Pekin girls? track team won another meet Tuesday, meaning the Panthers are now a perfect 6-for-6 in outdoor meets this season.This time around, it was the Lewis L. Lundy Invitational in Montezuma. Pekin finished with 157 points, which was just 10 ahead of second place finisher PCM. South Tama, North Mahaska, Iowa Valley-Marengo and Colfax-Mingo rounded out the field in Class A.?We knew going into Montezuma ...

Pujols 1st to hit HRs No. 499, 500 in same game

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Albert Pujols smiled as he explained why he felt the need to apologize to his wife for hitting homer No. 500 so quickly after No. 499.She had planned to be there in person once he got within one of the milestone.He didn?t give her the chance.Pujols became the first major leaguer to get his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, connecting twice Tuesday night and driving in five runs in the ...

SPORTS IN BRIEF: Fairfield golf, Fairfield tennis, Van Buren golf, Libbey Schubert

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Fairfield girls? golf earns road victoryThe Fairfield girls? golf team won at Davis County 229-246 Tuesday.There was a four way tie for the individual first place medal. Abby Adam and Madelyn Swan of Fairfield tied Skylar Yahnke and Blair Bodkins of Davis County when all four players shot a 56.Fairfield?s No. 1 golfer, Lindsey Repp, finished barely behind her teammates with a 58.?Lindsey didn?t have her best ...

Pekin boys grab second at Panther Relays

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Pekin came up just short of first place at its home track Monday when it hosted the Panther Relays.The boys? track meet was won by Albia, which earned the victory with 156 overall points. The Panthers scored 119.5 points. Davis County, Cardinal, Highland and Danville placed third through sixth to round out the field.?Our runners had a lot of fun in this meet,? Pekin coach Davis Eidahl said. ?When you have a ...

Cardinal, Van Buren boys compete at meet in WACO

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The Cardinal and Van Buren boys? track teams made the trip to Wayland Tuesday for the Warriors Relays at WACO High School.Van Buren finished in sixth place, while Cardinal earned seventh. The field consisted of 11 teams that included West Burlington Notre Dame, Highland, Lone Tree, Winfield-Mount Union and Keokuk.The Van Buren 4x800 relay team finished in first place with the time of 8:51.29. Gavin Heald earned ...

FMS seventh-grade track team

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The Fairfield Middle School seventh-grade girls? track team is, from left, front row: Devika Pharasi (manager), Jenna Wickencamp, A?lia Martin, Danae Drish, Carly Ferrel (manager); second row: Madison Kraemer, Anatta Charoenkul, Jillian Dunlap, Laurel Hilger, Amber Burroughs, Madyson Adkins, Maria Fleischman, Bryanna Popejoy; back row: Blair Bowman, Olivia Roberts, Sara Lemlin, Julia Fritz, Malory Jones, Devyn ...

Prizefighter Rubin ?Hurricane? Carter dies at 76

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Rubin ?Hurricane? Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his freedom, not even after he was convicted of a triple murder, then convicted again and abandoned by many prominent supporters.For 19 long years, the prizefighter was locked in a prison cell far away from the spotlight and the adulation of the boxing ring. But when he at last won his biggest fight ? for exoneration ? he betrayed little bitterness. ...

FMS boys? track competes at Ottumwa

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The Fairfield Middle School seventh and eighth-grade boys? track teams traveled Thursday to the Ottumwa Boys Track Invitational.The seventh-grade team finished in fourth place overall out of seven teams with 75 points.Kosta Papazoglou and Tristin Waugh tied for first place in the discus competition, while teammate Austin Simpson earned first in the shot put.Dylan Harvey got second place in the 1600-meter run ...

Boston race makes room for those affected by bombs

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

BOSTON (AP) ? "I need to run."The messages started arriving just hours after the bombings, pleading for an entry into the 2014 Boston Marathon. For months the calls and emails continued, runners begging for an opportunity to cross the finish line on Boylston Street and convinced it would ease at least some of their grief."They'd say, 'I'm not a qualified runner; I don't think I ever will be. I train. I run. I ...

In like a lion

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Before temperatures could bound into the 60s this weekend, Mother Nature had to show us just what she could do. Skies turned grey Thursday morning as Henry County was met with a light snowstorm throughout the course of the morning and into the afternoon. Although snowflakes were quite large, they only stayed for a moment as blue skies and sunshine took over in the afternoon.

Lock it or lose it

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Lock it!That?s the advice of Henry County Sheriff Rich McNamee. During the department head meeting Thursday with the Henry County Board of Supervisors, the law enforcement official said there has been a rash of building and vehicle burglaries in the county during the past several weeks.?We?ve had at least seven break-ins in the last two weeks,? he said. He added that the ...

Trojan girls' soccer defeats Knoxville, boys fall on own goal

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Trojan girls? soccer topples KnoxvilleThe Fairfield girls? soccer team earned a road victory in Knoxville by the score of 3-1 Monday.Kaley Ives, Huma Liptak and Claudia Sloat each scored a goal for Fairfield. Liptak, Elaine Brandt and Courtney Gilmore each made assists.Liptak has scored in each of the Trojans? wins this season and has five goals total. Sloat has four goals on the year.Ives scored off of a ...