SPORTS IN BRIEF: Adult softball registration, Pekin Coaches vs. Cancer, Iowa breaks attendance record

Softball league registration coming up this spring

The deadline to register for the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s adult softball league has been set for May 13.

The registration fee for teams wishing to participate in the co-ed or men?s leagues is $250, while the Masters 40 plus league fee is $200. The entire fee must be paid in full when the team registers.

There is a limit of 20 people per team and individuals can only play on one team.

Those interested can register online or drop off a completed form at the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department in the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.

There will be a team captain?s meeting on May 13 as well. A $50 fee must be paid for all late registrations.

Pekin Coaches vs. Cancer raises more than $4,000

Pekin held its Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser Feb. 7 when Winfield-Mount Union came to Packwood for boys? and girls? basketball games.

More than $4,000 was raised that night for the American Cancer Society.

T-shirts were on sale and many different auctions and giveaways took place throughtout the evening in order to raise money.

Tables were filled with silent auction baskets donated by various businesses and individuals. The crowd bid for Iowa State basketball and Major League Baseball tickets, an autographed Chicago Bears football, restaurant gift certificates, a house divided Iowa State/Iowa decorated yard disc, and much more.

Iowa sets new single-season attendance mark

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa wrestling team has set a new single-season NCAA mark for home attendance.

The Hawkeyes drew a record 61,843 fans in 2013-14, an average of 8,835 per dual meet. They averaged at least 8,000 fans for the sixth year in a row and led the nation in attendance for the eighth straight season.

Iowa also became the first team in NCAA history to draw at least 10,000 fans to three separate meets.

Penn State was second with 61,170 fans, though the Nittany Lions had one more home meet than Iowa.

The annual Division I attendance report was released Tuesday by New Jersey-based Roby Publishing. It says that 13 of the top 16 teams in terms of attendance saw their crowds numbers improve in 2013-14.