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The winners of the Fairfield Elks 1192 Hoop Shoot are, from left, front row: (8-9 year old) 1st Coty Engle, 2nd Claire Roth, 3rd Ashlyn Lisk, 1st River Patterson, 2nd Evan Haines, (10-11 year old) 1st Sophie Withrock; back row: (10-11 year old) 1st Brock Long, 2nd Brayden Sobaski, (12-13 year old) 1st Mark Diers, 3rd Collin Breen, (12-13 year old) 1st Darby Kaska and Madison Kramer. The Hoop Shoot was Sunday at ...

MSAE falls to Danville on roadThe Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys? basketball team lost Thursday in Danville 86-33.The Pioneers were down 40-23 going into the locker room of halftime and could not mount a comeback.Rashan Anderson scored 15 points to lead MSAE in scoring. Surya Sawhney scored six points, got five rebounds and blocked four shots. Suraj Pullapantula scored six points.MSAE?s ...

The Super Bowl won't touch down in New Jersey until next month, but the New York restaurant scene already is rolling out the turf carpet.The city with the endless appetite for great food is going all out for the big game, mounting a culinary spectacle in keeping with the over-the-top nature of the event."We go crazy for things," said Kate Krader, Food and Wine magazine's restaurant editor and a lifelong New ...

The Fairfield JV boys? basketball team won 56-19 at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Tuesday.Nick Higgins scored 20 points and was able to get five steals. Cameron Baumann scored nine points and got three rebounds. Nathan Davidson scored six points. Landen Greiner led the team with six steals. Cody Craff and Alex Crile each scored four points.The Trojans are now 2-8 on the season. Their next game is Friday in Mt. ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The NFL may be on the hook for more money than it expected if a federal judge can?t be convinced that its $765 million concussion settlement with more than 4,500 former players will be adequate to pay out benefits over the 65-year life of the agreement.The deal hit a snag Tuesday when a federal judge asked both parties to back up their assertions that the agreement negotiated over several months ...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State says defensive line coach Curtis Bray died Wednesday morning. He was 43.Cyclones spokesman Mike Green confirmed Bray?s death to The Associated Press, but said no additional details were immediately available.Bray, a former star linebacker at Pittsburgh, spent the past five seasons working under coach Paul Rhoads with the Cyclones.Bray grew up in Monroeville, Pa. and graduated from Pitt ...

Fairfield native Spencer Drish (front with red shorts and black knee brace) completes a Mixed Martial Arts technique called a Sambo throw on opponent Justin Stevenson Oct. 12 in Knoxville at Midwest Cage Championships Contenders 3. Drish won the fight in 45 seconds. His next MMA fight is Jan. 24 against Ben Halder for the Midwest Cage Championship amateur welterweight contender spot, meaning if he wins he will ...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State can shoot it with the best of them, as the Cyclones have shown many times this season.But when those shots don?t fall, Iowa State can struggle. Factor in an opponent that?s long and tall and it results in a game like the Cyclones endured against Kansas.No. 15 Kansas got a career-high 23 points from Naadir Tharpe and overwhelmed No. 8 Iowa State on the boards in a 77-70 victory Monday ...