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? Pioneers to feature junior-heavy lineup in 2012-13. With 15 upperclassmen out for the Maharishi School boys basketball team this winter, the biggest challenge for head coach Mitch Haas might be finding them all playing time.Though the Pioneers lost five seniors ? four of whom were starters ? to graduation this past year, they welcome back one of the more experienced squads in recent memory. Four seniors and ...

The Warrior wrestling team might be down in numbers, but that doesn?t mean they are down in talent this winter.In fact, despite only having 11 athletes in preseason practices, head coach Richard Daugherty expects to see some great individual success in his fifth season at Van Buren.?We have 11 pretty good kids. They?re a good group,? said Daugherty. ?They?re all pushing each other to better themselves and ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsVan Allen fifth grader, Jesse Krabill may just be a great artist in the making, but for now, he?s more focused on being a kid with a wide variety of hobbies and interests.And although he prefers to speak of his budding artistic abilities with modest reservation, Jesse?s mother, Sarah Krabill, and his school art teacher, Jean Caboth, say they have seen Jesse?s artistic sensibility ...

CEDAR FALLS ? Former Fairfield High School football players Mike Smithburg and Jake Dunbar will be suiting up for top-ranked Iowa Western in the National Junior College Athletic Association?s National Football Championship.The title game, pitting Iowa Western vs. second-ranked Butler Community College (Kan.), is scheduled for Sunday at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m.As members of the Iowa ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is sticking with coordinator Greg Davis, who oversaw one of the worst offenses in the nation in his first year on the job.Ferentz said Davis will return for a second season, even though the Hawkeyes scored fewer than 20 points a game and lost their last six en route to a 4-8 record ? their worst in 12 years.?I think Greg is an excellent football coach and a tremendous ...

LONE TREE ? The Pekin girls stuck to their modus operandi Tuesday, falling behind early before catching up late against Lone Tree in Southeast Iowa Super Conference basketball.The Panthers trailed 33-19 at halftime, caught up in the third quarter and took the lead with one minute to go in regulation. A Pekin buzzer-beater shot was a little off, however, as it lost to Lone Tree 58-56.?It was the same old story. ...

SULLY ? The Pekin wrestling team earned one dual win Tuesday in its season-opening meet at Lynnville-Sully High School. The Panthers wrestled three teams total in the quadrangular.Pekin topped Moravia 36-30 before falling 42-27 to Sigourney-Keota and 48-30 to host Lynnville-Sully.Pekin head coach Al Chapman saw the meet as a good learning opportunity for him as well as his wrestlers.?It gets to the point where ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe body of a construction worker who fell into the Skunk River on Monday afternoon has been found.Henry County Sheriff Rich McNamee stated in a press release that the body of Yoni Alexy Miranda-Flores, 28, of Honduras, was pulled from the Skunk River on Tuesday, March 29, at approximately 11 a.m. The body was recovered about 60 yards from where he was last seen. According to ...