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AMES (AP) ? Former Ames High star and current Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg is being inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame.The federation announced Thursday that Hoiberg is one of 12 members of the hall?s 2012 class.Hoiberg led Ames to the 1991 state title in basketball and was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball after averaging 29.8 points a game that season. He also was ...

The Fairfield bowling program landed 11 individuals on the Southeast Conference?s all-academic team this season.Fairfield recipients are Jacob Adam, Randy Andermann, Wyatt Andersen, Shannan Baker, Amanda Chatfield, Mitch Goudy, Stian Hoff, Ben Hull, Gabe Hull, Jacob Kessel and Kristen Terrell. Kessel and Ben Hull earned the top grade point averages at 3.96.The 11 selections is a major improvement from one ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The Braves are remembered for one of baseball?s epic collapses.Too bad for Atlanta the playoffs weren?t expanded a year earlier.Negotiators for baseball players and owners are working toward an agreement to increase the postseason field to 10 teams this season. They had hoped to reach a deal by Thursday, but both sides said talks could continue if they needed additional time to deal with the ...

Fairfield senior Davis Lowenberg is a first-time selection to the all-Southeast Conference second team after leading the Fairfield boys? basketball team to an 8-14 record in 2011-12.Lowenberg was fifth in the SEC in both scoring (12.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg) this season. The power forward also led the Trojans in blocks with 12.Senior teammates Brent Buch and Cody Kool were all-SEC honorable mention. Buch, ...

Parents or adults interested in serving on the board for Fairfield Area Girls? Senior League Softball are encouraged to attend a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church.The league is open to 13- to 17-year-old girls in Fairfield and surrounding areas. Games will be played weekday evenings May through early June at O.B. Nelson Park.For information about the league or meeting, call Bob Bradfield at ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is again offering softball leagues this spring and summer.Three leagues ? a Men?s Softball League, Co-Ed Softball League and Masters 40-plus Softball League ? are available for registration. Games will be held from 6-10 p.m. weeknights beginning April 30 at O.B. Nelson Park.The deadline for team registration is 5 p.m. April 24. Cost for Men?s Softball League and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ? Matt Gatens wasn?t shooting like the hottest player in the Big Ten, Roy Devyn Marble still hadn?t scored and Iowa was clinging to a one-point lead against woeful Nebraska 6 minutes into the second half.And Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery wasn?t happy.Thanks to some sudden offense from Gatens and Marble, Iowa finally broke open the game and went on to defeat Nebraska 62-53 on Wednesday ...

Mallory Eagen, left, and her two grandsons, Gavin Dunkin, 12, center, and Coen Dunkin, 9, right, enjoy some ice cream from Short Stop in New London. Eagen and the boys had just gotten back from playing put-put golf in Burlington.