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2013 All-Conference TeamThe coaches of the Southeastern Confernence have selected their All-Conference teams. Sydney Burnett of Fairfield and Brianne Potts of Mount Pleasant tied for Conference MVP. First TeamSydney Burnett FairfieldBrianne Potts Mount PleasantKelsi Phipps Mount PleasantTaryne Shull Mount PleasantBrianne Holtkamp Mount PleasantAshley Loving Mount PleasantMeagan Hoenig Fort Madison ...

Fairfield?s volleyball season came to a halt Thursday in Tiffin.The Trojans could not top Clear Creek-Amana, and fell to the Clippers 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 in the second round of the regional playoffs.Fairfield got down 4-0 to start the match. The Trojans then mounted a comeback, competing in a back and forth game with the Clippers until it was tied at 20. Fairfield couldn?t close it out however, and it was Clear ...

Sunday's snowfall made for the perfect afternoon playground, just ask this pooch.

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsChristmas is just around the corner and that means busy times ahead for the staff and volunteers of the Mt. Pleasant Fellowship Cup, and things won?t slow down until the year-end.?We had great Thanksgiving food distributions,? said Ken Brown, Fellowship Cup director. ?Now, we are gearing up for Christmas distributions and those distributions are always our biggest.?During ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Is peewee football too early to wonder about concussions? Maybe not: A major report says far too little is known about the risks in youth sports, especially for athletes who suit up before high school.And it?s not just a question for football. The Institute of Medicine found no one knows how often the youngest athletes suffer concussions or which sports have the highest rates. Nor is it clear ...

First RoundClass 4AAmes 52, Indianola 21Ankeny Centennial 49, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 28Assumption, Davenport 26, Davenport, Central 0Bettendorf 34, North Scott, Eldridge 7Cedar Falls 27, Cedar Rapids, Washington 10Cedar Rapids Xavier 45, Clinton 0Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 42, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 14Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 63, Sioux City, West 10Iowa City, City High 24, Muscatine 19Iowa ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsClayton Loving can?t remember a time when the Boy Scouts wasn?t a part of his life. So when he realized he had finally earned his Eagle Scout Award, he says it was just another rung on the ladder of his Scouting career.?I think it really lightened my load more than anything,? said Loving of his recent award of his Eagle Scout badge on Oct. 30. ?It feels good to have it now.?Repre...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Linebacker James Morris has been a fixture on Iowa?s defense since 2010, emerging as a star freshman on a team that finished well below expectations.Morris is closing out his career with one of the better seasons in recent school history ? and has emerged as a key for a team on a surprising run.Morris on Monday became the first Iowa player in nine years to win multiple Big Ten defensive player ...