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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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Jason Collins heard his name called by Nets coach Jason Kidd early in the second quarter and headed to the scorer's table to check in.When he walked onto the court, Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the United States' four major professional leagues.He understood the significance attached to his appearance in an NBA game, but he had a job to do."It felt like, ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? In just a few days? time, the Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District will know if a summer filled with construction will be in its future.After years of researching, mulling and debating, the W-MU School Board presented the community with a $9.5 million plan to upgrade the school?s practice gym, industrial arts classroom, constructing a commons area and bringing ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? Dale Earnhardt Jr. cruised down pit road, stopping just long enough for Rick Hendrick to climb halfway inside his window for the short lift to Victory Lane.Once there, Junior slipped from the beloved No. 88 Chevrolet, bounded past TV cameras and hugged every single crew member he could find to thank them for getting him his second Daytona 500 victory.This was a celebration 10 years in ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) ? An unidentified German athlete has failed a drug test in the first announced doping case of the Sochi Olympics.The German Olympic Committee said Friday it had been notified by the IOC late Thursday that one of its athletes had tested positive on an "A'' sample. The backup "B'' sample will be analyzed Friday, the German committee said.The Germans did not name the athlete, the sport or the ...