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DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake has managed to be both dangerous and underwhelming this season.It only makes sense for these Bulldogs that they would manage to knock off their first ranked opponent in five years ? and still finish the night below .500Richard Carter scored 20 points and Ben Simons added 13 as the Bulldogs (9-10, 3-5 Missouri Valley Conference) beat No. 17 Creighton 74-69 on Wednesday night.Drake blew a ...

BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield girls? gauntlet of ranked teams continued Tuesday with a 66-44 loss to second-ranked (Class 1A) Burlington Notre Dame in Burlington.Senior Sidney Baumann scored 14 points with a pair of 3s, and junior Hanna Greiner had 12 points with six rebounds to lead the Trojans (6-9, 2-4 SEC), who have faced ranked opponents in three of the past four games.?It was a lot closer than the final ...

The Fairfield seventh-grade girls continued to make things look easy on the basketball court, topping Fort Madison 54-9 in ?A? action Tuesday in Fairfield.Led by Nicole Buch?s 28 points, the Trojans led 14-3 after the first quarter and held a 26-3 advantage by the half.Fairfield?s Ashtyn Drish scored 14, Kristen Daugherty and Amiah Neff supplied four points each, and Alie Kensett and Ashley Pool scored two ...

Nick Higgins scored 24 points on 11 of 15 free-throw shooting, and the Fairfield freshman boys? basketball team got back to its winning ways with a 50-41 victory over Washington Monday in Fairfield.The Trojans trailed 10-9 after the first quarter and fell behind 17-9 midway through the second, but an 11-0 run before halftime put Fairfield back in the lead for good.The Trojans increased their advantage to 36-29 ...

The offensive woes continued Tuesday for Maharishi School, which trailed Burlington Notre Dame 22-2 after one quarter and went on to lose a 67-13 game in Fairfield.Rashan Anderson led the Pioneer boys on offense with four points, while Suraj Pullapantulla scored three in addition to his three steals. Avery Mullenneaux grabbed three rebounds.A difficult week continues Friday with Maharishi School visiting ...

A small fire Thursday afternoon caused minor damage to the front porch of a house on the 100 block of North Adams Street in Mt. Pleasant. A police officer at the scene said the fire started in a container on the porch. A passerby, the officer said, used a fire extinguisher to nearly put out the fire before Mt. Pleasant firemen arrived. The fire department made sure the fire did not rekindle.

The Cherry Street and Mapleleaf Drive intersection in Mt. Pleasant will be closed weather permitting for 10 to 14 days, effective immediately. The intersection is being closed so that Mapleleaf Drive can be paved from the west side of Cherry Street, to the new pavement at the east side of Grand Avenue.Jones Contracting is in charge of the work and will pour the connecting Cherry Sttreet intersection, north and ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? As Washington?s tallest player, senior Justin Hoffman has spent more time in the post this season than outside the 3-point arc. But Hoffman, a 6-foot-3 forward, drained a pair of key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter of Friday?s game against Fairfield to help the Demons rally for a 42-35 win.Washington (4-9, 1-4 Southeast Conference) trailed 25-22 heading into the fourth quarter of Friday?s ...