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NEW LONDON ? Two days after rallying for a victory against Danville, the Van Buren softball team was unable to summon the same late-inning magic against New London.Van Buren fell just shy of a win in a Southeast Iowa Superconference doubleheader Thursday, losing 4-3 in the eight-inning opener and dropping the nightcap by a final score of 8-4.The Warriors tallied six hits in the opener, as Hanna Haynes smacked a ...

BURLINGTON ? Spencer Peterman set down 16 batters via the strikeout and hit a home run for good measure Wednesday to lead the Fairfield baseball team past Burlington Notre Dame 12-3.The Trojans used a steady diet of home runs and key two-out hits to score every inning but the last, eclipsing the 10-run mark for the third straight game. Sophomore Kooper Dahlstrom and Tyler Cooksey, a junior, also smacked homers ...

MIAMI (AP) ? Music blared and confetti fell, the only celebration LeBron James really wanted in Miami.Not that one two summers ago, the welcoming rally where he boasted of multiple titles, perhaps without realizing how hard it would be to win just one.He dreamed of this moment, with teammates surrounding him and the NBA championship trophy beside him.?You know, my dream has become a reality now, and it?s the ...

Mt. Pleasant schools have music on the brain, as winter concerts are right around the corner.The Mt. Pleasant Elementary Choral and Band Concert will be held on Monday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., at the high school. The concert will feature musical presentations by the elementary choirs and fifth grade band.On Sunday, Dec. 13, the Mt. Pleasant High School Winter Concert will commence at 2 p.m. The concert will take ...

Pictured is the Fairfield Cougars 12-and-under baseball team, from left, front row: Cade Lisk, James Lyman; second row: Graham Kuehl; third row: Brandon Smithburg, Brendon Lunsford, Hunter Drish, Dante Cingire, Hunter Hoskins, Jacob Schillerstrom; back row: Steeler Higdon. The squad recently completed its 2012 season with a 12-6 record, finishing runner-up in two of four tournaments.

Seth Davisson knocked in three runs on a pair of doubles to lead the Fairfield JV team past Burlington in game one of Wednesday?s doubleheader.The Trojans won the opener 6-3, but the Grayhounds answered back with an 8-7 win in game two for the split.Also in game one, Alex Simpson pitched all six innings and allowed no runs on three hits for the win. Chet Vogt was 2 or 3 with a double and Jordan Reid had two ...

CHICAGO (AP) ? College football has always relied on polls and bowls to crown a national championship. It is an inexact science that has left many fans frustrated and wondering why they can?t settle it on the field ? like every other sport ? with a playoff.Finally, the people in charge agree with the people in the stands.A major college football playoff, albeit a small one, is closer than ever to becoming a ...

ELDON ? Cardinal needed only five innings to take care of Moravia in non-conference baseball Wednesday, turning a big fifth inning into a 14-4 home victory.?We had good discipline at the plate and were able to put the Mohawks away,? said Cardinal head coach Tom Hallgren. ?It was a nice win.?The Comets put up five runs in the first two innings and never trailed again, tacking on another run in the third before ...