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For Van Buren, it?s already a step in the right direction.The Warriors are back to playing on Friday nights after taking a year off from varsity football last fall due to low numbers. Those numbers are back up as a total of 39 players ? just missing head coach Rich Wiegand?s goal of 40 ? have been on the field for preseason practices the past two weeks.Wiegand, who was an assistant coach the past three ...

Don?t look for too much to change for Van Buren volleyball in 2011.The Warriors didn?t graduate a single player from last year?s 9-18 campaign, and as head coach Bonnie Watson settles into her third year at the helm, she provides that much more continuity.?The girls are all very comfortable with what we?re doing, and that just helps the speed at which we can practice. We?ve been going through things pretty ...

John Simmons has been able to keep numbers up in the Van Buren cross-country program, and 2011 is no different.Now the Warriors are blessed with some talent at the top of their lineups heading into the fall season.Unity Daugherty broke onto the scene as a freshman in 2010 and is the clear-cut No. 1 runner for the girls? squad. Daugherty tallied a 12th-place overall finish in the conference meet last ...

Red Rock Tavern won the Fairfield Park and Recreation department Co-ed softball B tournament Tuesday night with a 15-13 victory over Cambridge. The 14-team co-ed league was separated into two divisions for the playoffs. Red Rock team members include, front left, Aspen Light, Miranda Williams, Paige Oliver and Katie Coop; back, Bryce Buch, Scott Bowermaster, Jeramy Ingle, Davin Mondia and Travis Mondia.

The Maharishi School volleyball team is hoping last year?s growing pains will at least be something to fall back on in 2011.The Pioneers had almost an entirely new lineup last fall, but made strides from opening night to their final regional game. Now, Essa Johnson and Jonina Thorsteindottir return as the top hitters and will lead the MSAE squad.Johnson has had a big year as a Pioneer both in volleyball ...

JOHNSTON (AP) ? The new trophy designed for the winner of the annual Iowa-Iowa State gridiron showdown was scrapped Tuesday as organizers acknowledged it had too much to do with corn and not nearly enough to do with football.The Cy-Hawk Trophy was redesigned this year after complaints that the old one -- a simple bronze statue of a football and a player -- was a bit dated.With the Iowa Corn Growers Associati...

All Times EDTAmerican LeagueEast DivisionW L Pct GBNew York 77 48 .616 ?Boston 77 49 .611 ½Tampa Bay 69 56 .552 8Toronto 65 62 .512 13Baltimore 47 77 .379 29½Central DivisionW L Pct GBDetroit 68 58 .540 ?Cleveland 62 61 .504 4½Chicago 63 63 .500 5Minnesota 55 71 .437 13Kansas City 52 76 .406 17West DivisionW L Pct GBTexas 73 55 .570 ?Los Angeles 69 59 .539 ...

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe story of Arabella (Belle) Babb Mansfield is one of promise and one that can inspire women, not at Iowa Wesleyan College, but women around the country; that?s why she?s being honored with the Mansfield Symposium.The Symposium will take place on Thursday, March 26 on the IWC campus.Ashlee Whipple, chair of public relations and communications committee, said girls and women ...