The Fairfield girls JV basketball team is pictured, from left, front Row: Karley Williams, Alyssa Fitch, Taylor Ferrel, Mackenzie Flattery; middle row: Shannon Hopwood, Courtney Gilmore, Lindsey Repp, Addison Thornton, Harley Cook; back row: coach Brian Witzenburg, Madison Roberts, Molly Ryan, Paris Bickham, Madison Aplara, Delaney Neil and coach Jerrod Belzer.
Athleticism is one thing Pekin girls basketball coach Davis Eidahl doesn?t have to worry about in 2012-13.After all, his team is primarily made up of multiple-sport athletes who don?t like to lose, whether on the dirt diamonds in the summer, grassy courses in the fall or the hardwood in the winter.Even so, Eidahl sees one particular area that could use some work this winter.?We have the athletes but we need to ...
Pekin wrestling has leaned heavily on its senior class in recent years, and head coach Al Chapman expects the current group to be no exception.?You always look to your seniors, and you build your practice around that,? said Chapman, who is entering his fourth year in the program. ?They?ll be the ones who lead on the mat and off the mat. I?m looking for those guys to be our extra coaches.?At the top of the ...
All-state guard Trey Sathoff won?t be making opposing defenses pay from the 3-point line anymore, but Pekin head coach Ken Hutchinson thinks his team can succeed in other ways this winter.While the new group of Panthers is lacking in star power after losing Sathoff, the school?s record holder in multiple categories, as well as nine other graduating seniors, they make up for the talent turnover with unselfishness ...
DAVENPORT ? On March 30, 2016, Thomas James McLaughlin, 48, of Mediapolis, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for receiving child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Hansen was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term, comply with the sex offender registry requirement in the state ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ? Great Western Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Olson to Market President of the Burlington and Mt. Pleasant markets.Olson is a graduate of Iowa State University, earning a degree in industrial administration in 1978. Olson spent the past 38 years in the financial services sector, including five years at the Iowa Division of Banking. He joined Great Western Bank in October 2014 ...
Results of a recent Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), of which the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was a participant, revealed that the vast majority of drivers are buckling up.Some 95 percent of drivers were wearing seatbelts in a survey conducted prior to the program. A sample taken after the program had 93 percent of drivers in seatbelts.There were 71 contacts made during the program, which ran from ...
A fresh start awaits the Cardinal girls basketball team this winter, and new head coach Aaron Dose couldn?t be more thrilled.Dose, a recent University of Northern Iowa graduate and freshman science teacher at Ottumwa High School, hopes to provide some stability in the program as the seventh head coach in the past six years.?I was interested because I really wanted to coach high school this year,? said Dose, who ...
The Cardinal wrestling team won?t be at its strongest in December, but give the Comets a little time and they could do some damage by season?s end.Two of the Comets? top wrestlers, 152-pound sophomore Tyler Albert and 182-pound senior Dustin Miller, won?t even be available until January due to an injury and transfer rules. The program will be restricting other youngsters to the JV level at least until the ...
More often than not, first-year coaches are tasked with a rebuilding role after inheriting a program in flux.But that might not be the case for new Cardinal boys basketball coach Jay Olson. He already has his sights set on a top conference finish after taking the program?s reins this winter.?I?d say 15 wins is a good goal for us; finish top four in our conference,? said Olson. ?I even think we?re capable of ...
Mt. Pleasant?s Fire Department hosted its annual fundraising pancake breakfast March 26 at the fire station. Serving was from 6-10 a.m., and during most of the morning, a line formed waiting for the breakfast.
The Van Buren girls have accomplished about as much as a team can in the past two seasons, from earning 20-plus wins twice to winning back-to-back titles in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South.Still, one achievement has eluded head coach Matt Zeitler and his players: a state tournament berth.Now in Zeitler?s third season, Van Buren aims to take the next step forward and is primed for another winning ...
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