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KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Iowa Wesleyan College senior Anna Jones, a senior from Cornell, Ill., has capped her Tiger career by being named an NAIA Division II first team women?s basketball all-American for the 2011-12 season.Jones is one of 10 players named to the NAIA D-II all-American first team squad. She is the 22nd NAIA all-American in school history and the seventh under Women?s Basketball Coach Steve Williamson. ...

The Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets group will hold its first 2018 workshop, following a two-week display set up at the Fairfield Public Library by Carol Sutton.The workshop will 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.The workshop is open to all ages and gender, and there is no charge.Over 100 of the weighted blankets made by members of the group have been given free to individuals, both children ...

The Panther girls? track and field team is preparing for their final meet of the indoor season after coming home from the Central College Indoor meet at Pella on Saturday afternoon with a number of top-10 finishes.?Everyone had a chance to run multiple events, so this was the first chance for the coaching staff to get times on everyone,? Coach Dave Hutchcroft said. ?Once again the competition was tough with the ...

Tuesday? MP boys? track at Iowa State Indoor meet in Ames, 4 p.m.? IWC baseball doubleheader vs. Hannibal-LaGrange University, in Mt. Pleasant, 3 p.m.? IWC softball doubleheader vs.Culver-Stockton College, in Canton, Mo., 2 p.m. Wednesday? IWC baseball doubleheader vs.Graceland University, in Mt. Pleasant, 3 p.m.

The Mt. Pleasant Competition Squads have brought home 11 trophies this season and will be finishing the year with the honor of performing halftime routines for the two Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament 3A semifinal games on Thursday, March 8, in Wells Fargo Arena.A select few teams who perform well at the Iowa Cheerleading Championships in November are asked each year to perform at the tournament. The Mt. ...

The top-seeded Danville Bears cruised to a 68-39, first-round win over St. Albert (Council Bluffs) yesterday afternoon, maintaining their undefeated record on the season. The Bears are now 26-0.Three Danville players scored in double figures in yesterday?s contest: Steven Soukup had 18 points, followed by Michael Soukup with 16 and Collin Bartsch with 15.The Bears play fifth-seeded Nordaway Valley (23-2) in ...

In observance of the first 100 years of the state tournament, the IHSAA brought together a panel of former state tournament coaches, school administrators, veteran fans (some of whom were former players and coaches), members of the media and game officials to recall ?great moments from state tournament games.?Here are some of those moments that have local connections.1912: The Iowa High School Athletic Council ...

At the Evans Middle School gym in Ottumwa, the Panthers defeated Centerville for a trip to the state tournament.It was the third time in as many years that Coach Paul Rundquist led his team to a berth in Des Moines.That feeling ? the excitement, satisfaction and anticipation ? of winning a substate game never gets old for the coach.?Absolutely not,? Rundquist said.Rundquist has been the head coach of the Mt. ...