SPORTS BRIEFS: Seventh grade basketball, University of Iowa

Seventh grade basketball starts season with wins

The Fairfield seventh grade boys basketball team began its season Monday with a 63-13 victory over Washington.

Carson Crile had a big game for the Trojans with 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Austin Simpson scored 16 points while bringing down 12 rebounds. Collin Breen had 13 points, four steals and three assists.

The B team was not as lucky, and was defeated by Washington 19-16. Tristan Waugh led the Trojans with eight points. The C team lost as well, by the score of 21-16. Sage Crandell scored eight points and Seth Mickels had six points.

The A team won again Tuesday against Ottumwa by the score of 42-21. Simpson scored 16 points and had 13 rebounds. Crile had eight points, 12 rebounds, three steals, and five assists. Breen had another big game with 11 points, four steals and three assists. Cole Engle chipped in four points.

The B team lost 13-12. A.J. Greiner scored six points. Jackson Weaton, Cooper Drish, and Dylan Lox each scored two points.

The C team lost 15-14. Max Collins scored four points for the Trojans.

The boys play again Monday at Fort Madison and Tuesday at Aldo Leopold.

Iowa signs UHL, Ellingson

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa has signed prep guard Brady Ellingson and forward Dominique Uhl to national letters of intent.

Ellingson, a 6-foot-4 guard from Sussex, Wis., averaged 21.3 points a game as a junior last season. He shot 48 percent from 3-point range and was named first-team All-State.

Uhl, a 6-foot-9 forward from Point Pleasant Beach High in N.J., averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds a game last year.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says Ellingson is a ?cerebral? player and that Uhl has tremendous ball-handling skills for a player his size.