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WAYLAND ? July not only brought the start of a new fiscal year to the WACO Community School District, but a new leader.Superintendent Jeff Dicks, whom WACO is sharing with the Washington Community School District, and the school board faced a light agenda Monday night in Dicks? first official meeting.School board members handled routine business in preparation for the 2016-17 school year ? approving fees, the ...

PACKWOOD ? Tyler Albert and a talented group of sprinters led the Cardinal boys? track and field team to a third-place finish at the five-team Ruritan Relays Thursday.Albert, a sophomore, won both the 110-meter high hurdles and the long jump as the Comets tallied 104 points. Albert ran the 110-highs in 16.30 to edge WACO?s Dylan Carlson by five-hundredths of a second. The Comet sophomore also easily won the long ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren boys? track and field team kicked off the outdoor season Thursday with an impressive second-place finish on its home track.Competing against five other teams in Class A competition, the Warriors racked up 134 points to finish behind winner Highland?s 164. Third-place Danville finished well behind Van Buren with a score of 91.Brayden Starnes picked up the lone win for Van Buren in the ...

Today?s Fairfield Relays have been canceled due to a projected high in the mid- to low-40s.Six area girls? squads, including the host Trojans and Maharishi School, were scheduled to attend.At press time, the Fairfield boys? were still scheduled to compete at today?s varsity meet in Bloomfield.

John Henriksen?s first school board meeting as superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant Community School District didn?t last long, as the board flew through the agenda.The bulk of Monday evening?s meeting was receiving updates. First off the bat was an update on the currently vacant principal position at Harlan and Salem. Henriksen said the preference was to find a one-year solution so that the district could conduct ...

Lately, seniors have been a commodity hard to come by in the Fairfield girls? track and field program.The team was without any a season ago, and the year before that it had just one fourth-year student. That drought is all set to change this year, however, as 11 familiar faces return for one final go-round.With the senior class undoubtedly leading this year?s charge, long-time coach Ron Hunerdosse and his ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? It?s hard not to view Notre Dame?s NCAA tournament draw as the worst among the top seeds.Instead of playing at home like Baylor, Stanford and Connecticut, Notre Dame was shipped off to Iowa City. On Tuesday night, they?ll face ninth-seeded Iowa in the second round in front of a hostile crowd of as many as 10,000 people.This would be a much bigger problem if the Fighting Irish weren?t so good on ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa overcame a late-season swoon, rallied to make the NCAA tournament and even posted a tourney win in front of an electric home crowd.The Hawkeyes, however, were no match for a true national championship contender like Notre Dame.Kayla McBride scored a career-high 28 points and top-seeded Notre Dame advanced to the regional semifinals of the women?s NCAA tournament with a 74-57 win over Iowa ...