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Pekin track teams host final indoor Thursday

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

PELLA ? The Pekin boys? track and field team hosted its final indoor meet of the season Thursday on the Central College campus in Pella.Cory Loyd earned Pekin?s lone victory on the day, placing first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.24. The Pekin senior topped the second fastest hurdler in the event by nearly two-tenths of a second.Loyd also was on a pair of top-three relays for Pekin. Loyd and fellow ...

Senior class paces Fairfield boys in Pella

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

PELLA ? The first indoor meets of the track season provide plenty of surprises for any coaching staff.After all, the indoor season is the first opportunity coaches have to see their newcomers on a competitive stage. It was good news for Fairfield head coach Brian Dunlap, then, when most of his team?s surprises came back as positive ones at the Central College Indoor in Pella.?We were able to take everyone ...

Cyclones earn NCAA tourney bid

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa State has earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA tournament and will face Notre Dame in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday.The Cyclones (22-11), led by third-year coach Fred Hoiberg, have earned back-to-back NCAA tournament bids for the first time in 12 years.Iowa State solidified its spot in the field by sweeping Oklahoma State and West Virginia to close out the regular season. The Cyclones then rallied ...

Hawkeyes NIT-bound

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

Iowa is a No. 3 seed in the National Invitational Tournament and will host Indiana State on Wednesday.The Hawkeyes (21-12) missed out on their first NCAA tournament bid in seven years after losing to Michigan State 59-56 on Friday night. Though Iowa won 10 Big Ten games, its lack of quality non-conference and road victories proved to be its undoing.Iowa is back in the NIT for the second year in a row. The ...

Trojan girls' track picks up one win in Pella

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

PELLA ? Fairfield picked up one victory Thursday at the Pekin Indoor in Pella, and head coach Ron Hunerdosse lauded who he called his team?s ?usual suspects.?The lone win came in the 4x200 relay, where Mackenzie McClure, Sydney Howard, Marisa Repp and Cierra Bielinski topped the field with a 1:54.52 time. Howard anchored the team to victory, as Fairfield nipped second-place Ottumwa by nearly three-tenths of a ...

Baumann, Haynes captain All-GTNS hoops teams

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

Although only one girls? basketball team in the Golden Triangle News Service area made the state tournament this postseason, several area teams and the individuals who led them saved their best for last.Mid-Prairie was the lone team to reach Wells Fargo, but both Fairfield and Washington were on the tourney?s doorstep with deep runs through their respective regional brackets. The Demons made the regional final ...

Peterman selected to All-GTNS basketball squad

ASHLEE DE WIT, Golden Triangle News Service Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

All 12 of the players named to this year?s All-Golden Triangle News Service team are first-time selections, but for the two men chosen as Coach of the Year, receiving All-GTNS honors is nothing new.Mount Pleasant?s Paul Rundquist, the large school Coach of the Year, and IMS? Dwight Gingerich, the small school Coach of the Year, worked their magic again this season with a new group of star players.Gingerich took ...

Welker to Broncos on active day

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

Wes Welker sure knows how to pick his quarterbacks.The star receiver, Tom Brady?s favorite target, is leaving New England and heading to Denver, where he?ll join Peyton Manning and the Broncos.Also getting new deals were Reggie Bush in Detroit, Dashon Goldson in Tampa Bay, and even Ray Lewis ? with ESPN.Day 2 of the NFL?s free agency frenzy was highlighted by Welker grabbing a two-year deal with the Broncos, ...

All-GTNS wrestling honor goes to three Trojans

TRAVIS J. BROWN, Golden Triangle News Service

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

? Pekin senior Austyn Vogel also lands on 2013 team. History was made this wrestling season.Several Golden Triangle News Service area wrestling teams reached new heights this winter or accomplished things that hadn?t been done at their respective schools in many, many years.Washington 113-pounder Fletcher Green was not only the Golden Triangle?s first state champion since 2010, but he was also the first Demon ...

Deputies make one arrest, investigate vehicle/deer mishaps

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

One man was arrested by Henry County Sheriff?s deputies last week and the department investigated two vehicle/deer accidents.Bradd Thompson, 33, of Milton, was arrested on July 6, after deputies conducted a traffic stop at the 2000 grid of U.S. Highway 34.Thompson was charged with driving while barred, an aggravated misdemeanor; driving under revocation, a serious misdemeanor; and driving under suspension and ...

Five wrestlers get awards at Pekin banquet

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

PACKWOOD ? Pekin head wrestling coach Al Chapman doled out awards to five athletes at the team?s end-of-season banquet Monday.State qualifying senior Austyn Vogel was given both the Outstanding Wrestling Award and Bill Rex Award, which annually goes to the wrestler who shows outstanding leadership and dedication to the sport. Freshman Michael Hadley also took home two plaques, including the Most Enjoyable Award ...

More results released from Iowa State Indoor Classic

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:49 pm2570d ago

The Fairfield girls? final placings from the Iowa State Indoor Classic, held Monday on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, have been revealed.Fairfield results are listed below: High Jump ? 8. Marisa Repp60-dash ? 7. Sydney Howard, 46. Mackenzie McClure4x800-relay ? 20. Fairfield (Melcher, Lamb, Martin, Sobaski)800-run ? 38. Abby Melcher1500-run ? 29. Hannah SobaskiSprint Medley ? 24. Fairfield ...