? Cardinal and Van Buren also land one player apiece on South?s first team.The Southeast Iowa Super Conference has announced the 2012-13 all-conference teams, naming Pekin?s Cade Millikin, Van Buren?s Thomas Fitzsimmons and Cardinal?s Dakota Showman to the first team.Millikin, a 5-foot-10 junior, helped engineer the Panthers to a 15-9 record in his first year as a starter. Millikin scored 14.8 points per ...
DES MOINES ? Michael Soukup scored a game-high 24 points to pace top-ranked Danville to a 78-46 victory over Wapsie Valley in the Class 1A opening round of the state boys? basketball tournament Monday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des MoinesThe Bears, who improved to 26-0 with the quarterfinal win, move on to the state semifinals for the third season in a row. Danville has fallen one win shy of a state title in its ...
IOWA CITY ? More snow may be in the forecast, but spring is in the air with the start of the indoor track season this week.The Fairfield girls? varsity track team kicks off its indoor season today at the Demon Indoor on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. The Trojan boys follow suit with their own indoor meet scheduled Thursday in Iowa City.Events for both indoors commence approximately at 5 p.m.
After qualifying to the state individual tournament for the second consecutive season, Fairfield seniors Seth Davisson and Jake Mineart were once again named to the all-Southeast Conference wrestling team this winter.The duo was joined by a third senior, Fairfield 145-pounder Aaron Gevock, on the first team all-SEC squad for 2012-13.Davisson, a 170-pounder, was the Trojans? lone state place winner this winter ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) ? The substance found in Oscar Pistorius? bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend was identified by his representatives Wednesday as Testis compositum ? an herbal remedy they said is used for ?muscle recovery.? A product by that name also is sold as a sexual enhancer.Testis compositum is marketed by some online retailers in both oral and injectable forms as a testosteron...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Kayla Armstrong drove into the lane and scored with 9 seconds left Saturday to give Cedar Rapids Xavier a 53-52 victory over Harlan and the Class 4A girls state championship.Armstrong scored just seconds after Harlan had taken a 52-51 lead when sophomore Taylor Wagner drove down the right side of the lane and banked in a shot.Harlan called time to set up a final shot after Armstrong scored, ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa will likely have to win out and win big in the Big Ten tournament to even be considered for an NCAA tournament spot.The Hawkeyes took an ugly but necessary step in the right direction, holding off a struggling Purdue squad on Wednesday night.Aaron White had 18 points and nine rebounds and Iowa beat Purdue 58-48 night for its fourth win in five games.Devyn Marble also had 18 for the ...
Danielle Breen, far left, guards schoolmate Jenna Norris during halftime of a Fairfield girls? varsity basketball game vs. Centerville earlier this season. Brynley Allison, right, calls for the ball. The Fairfield youth basketball program, which is open to anyone in third- through sixth-grade, gave local children the opportunity to showcase what they?ve learned during halftime of varsity basketball games throughou...
DES MOINES ? The bright lights of Wells Fargo Arena may have been too much for No. 13 Mid-Prairie.The Golden Hawks, playing at the girls? state basketball tournament for the first time since 2004, struggled with the new environment, falling behind second-ranked MOC-Floyd Valley 16-5 after one quarter of Tuesday?s Class 3A quarterfinal game.From there, Mid-Prairie could never get any closer than six points, and ...
The Fairfield High School wrestling banquet that was scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. has been rescheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.
The Mount Pleasant boys? basketball team will face Waverly-Shell Rock at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.What follows is a wrap-up of the two teams. Mount Pleasant Record: 19-5, No. 6 seedRoad to state:Defeated Clear Creek-Amana, 57-25, in first-round district game.Defeated Williamsburg, 47-26, in district championship.Defeated Solon, ...
Four gymnasts, representing the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department, competed in the U.S.A. Gymnastics 2014 Winter Wonderland Invitational Sunday in Iowa City.The event was sponsored by Iowa GymNest and held at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.Ashland Elmore, Bryanna Popejoy, and Danae Drish competed in the 10- to 14-year-old age group; Juliette Pohren competed in the 7- to 8-year-old age group. ...
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