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IOWA CITY (AP) ? For once, Iowa appears to be deep enough at both running back and wide receiver heading into next season.What the Hawkeyes would really like to see is a few of those guys blossom into big-time playmakers.Iowa?s abundance of backs could be the envy of the new Big Ten West in 2014, and the Hawkeyes are also deep and experienced at wide receiver.But Iowa also averaged just 4.2 yards per rush and ...

Pekin girls win Anderson RelaysThe Pekin girls? track team won the Dennis Anderson Relays Monday in Bloomfield.The Class A team scored 196 points overall and finished above second place Wayne by a wide margin.Gwynne Wright won the 800-meter run by 23 seconds, while her teammate Taylor Lock finished second. Samantha Wright, Shae Dahlstrom, Mallory Reed, Taylor Reynolds and Kaylee Linder each won individual ...

DETROIT (AP) ? When Michigan State was fighting to stay afloat despite a succession of injuries to key players, Lacey Holsworth was there.When the team rebounded to win the Big Ten tournament, the 8-year-old from St. Johns, Mich., was there.And as the cold-shooting Spartans bowed out of the NCAA tournament at the hands of eventual champion Connecticut one win short of the Final Four, she was there.Now, Lacey ...

The Van Buren boys? golf team opened up its season with a home victory Monday at the Riverview Country Club over Lone Tree.The Warriors scored a 182, while Lone Tree shot a 213.Austin Bartholomew led the Warriors by shooting a 41 on the nine hole, par-36 course. Bartholomew birdied hole No. 3, which is a par-5 hole.Three of his teammates also shot in the 40s. Noah Witten shot a 44, Robby Laughlin shot a 48 and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ? On a day when the weather was more suitable for ducks than racing, the Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway became NASCAR?s first rainout of the season.The Robertson family from ?Duck Dynasty? had prominent roles at Sunday?s race, called the Duck Commander 500, but Uncle Si never got to give the command to start engines. NASCAR pulled the plug after a delay of about four hours.The ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ? Shabazz Napier walked slowly through the hallway of the stadium ? the tears still drying, the twine from the cut-down net still hanging around his neck.?Bittersweet. Bittersweet. Bittersweet,? he said, over and over again.Bitter because it?s over. Sweet because UConn won it all after being left behind and told to go away.Napier turned in one final masterpiece as a college player Monday ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? Florida State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for possible Title IX violations in its response to sexual violence complaints.USA Today first reported the investigation by the Office for Civil Rights. It stems from a complaint filed with it by the accuser in quarterback Jameis Winston?s sexual assault case.No charges were filed by State Attorney ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant?s Volunteer Fire Department is getting a number of false-alarm calls and is growing wary of the practice, especially when the calls are made in the wee hours of the morning.Consequently, the city council, meeting in regular session Wednesday, referred the matter to the city?s ordinance committee for study.In the past 12 months, nine false alarms have been ...