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Baseball Wapello 10W-MU/WACO 8The Wolves had 11 hits in their home game but fell just short of a win. Softball Wapello 3W-MU 2Wapello scored in the top of the seventh to win the defensive battle against the Wolves. Pekin 14WACO 4The Warriors couldn?t do much against a powerful Pekin team.

Dave and Janet Jones of rural Pleasant Plain will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary during an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Lake Darling Lodge at Lake Darling State Park near Brighton.Janet Parcell and Dave Jones were married on Easter Sunday 1968 at Fairfield Friends Church.They are retired farmers, plus Mrs. Jones was a Realtor several years ago.They raised their two children, Jim Jones of rural ...

Last week, the girls? tennis team handed out awards at their recognition and awards potluck.The following girls received varsity letters for their efforts this season: junior Shelby Barton, sophomores Taylor Beatty, Emily Hatfield, Abby Skubal, Becca Lehman and Tasha Glover, and freshman Elizabeth Shaw.Pictured at left are the special awards winners, from left: Jessica Holtkamp, Most Improved JV Player; Barton, ...

The New London baseball and softball teams each came up with a conference win over Harmony on Monday night.The girls blasted their SEISC South opponents, 13-0, and the boys claimed a 7-4 win.In the softball game, the Tigers scored all they would need when they put five runs on the board in the first inning. They added four in the second inning and four more in the fourth during the shortened game.Caitlin Chiri ...

Rain postponed all of the Henry County baseball and softball games scheduled for last night. Read below to see if and when those games have been rescheduled.? The Mt. Pleasant softball game at Ft. Madison was postponed to Wednesday, June 27, at 5:30 p.m.? The Mt. Pleasant baseball game at Wapello was postponed and has not yet been rescheduled.? The New London softball game at Van Buren in Keosauqua was ...

NEW LONDON ? The New London softball team upped its record to 5-1 with a 7-4 win over Lone Tree last night.The Tigers had only one fielding error in the contest, but they took advantage of three Lone Tree errors to score their seven runs on six hits.Lone Tree had six hits of its own, however, and the teams took turns scoring. The Tigers got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the opening inning, but ...

Registration is now being accepted for the 2012 Iowa Wesleyan College Girls? Basketball Camp, which will be July 16-19 at Ruble Arena on the IWC campus.The camp, which is for girls entering fifth to eighth grades, will include morning sessions all five days from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m..IWC Women?s Basketball Coach Steve Williamson will head the camp, and will focus on teaching offensive and defensive fundamentals ...

ANKENY ? Mt. Pleasant?s Natalie Booton placed in the top half of golfers at the Class 3A Girls? State Golf Tournament at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny this week.Booton shot rounds of 93 and 95 on the par-71 course for a two-day total of 188, which earned her 26th place overall in a field of 54 competitors.The first day on the course was windy, and Booton put a score of 50 on the first nine holes, but came ...