Andy Hallman

Pekin?s high-octane offense was doused with water Wednesday in a game at New London, but it re-ignited against Mediapolis the following day.Pekin had been averaging close to 10 runs per game in recent weeks, but it could not manage to push across a single tally against one of the area?s best young pitchers in New London?s Morgan Christner. The Panthers lost the game 8-0.Just one day later, the Panthers exploded ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin?s softball game against Louisa-Muscatine Tuesday lasted only an hour, but the Panthers used the time wisely as they put up 17 runs on the scoreboard in just two innings at the bat.The Panthers scored eight runs in the first and nine in the second. The Louisa-Muscatine Falcons never got on track as they put up goose eggs in all three innings in which they batted. The game was called after 2.5 ...

The Trojans had trouble with the bats in game 1 of a doubleheader at Keokuk Thursday.Their luck turned around in game 2 when they scored eight times en route to an 8-4 victory. GAME 1CHIEFS 2, TROJANS 1Fairfield pitcher Spencer Peterman got into a bit of a jam in game 1 when he hit the first batter he saw and walked the second. Later in the inning, Brandt Ames drove in two runs with a double. That was all ...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin Panther softball team was a perfect 3-0 in its own softball classic Saturday.The Panthers won two of their games in dramatic fashion, coming from behind in the final inning.Pekin began the day by defeating Van Buren, 5-4. Van Buren scored two runs in the fourth and two more in the seventh to take a brief 4-3 lead.In the bottom of the seventh, Maranda Baker and Tiana Slaney walked to put ...

IOWA CITY ? The Trojan softball game ran into a proverbial buzzsaw Friday and Saturday at the Clear Creek-Amana Softball Classic with games played in Iowa City.Fairfield went 1-3 in the four games against stiff competition. The Trojans lost to No. 2 Solon in 4A on Friday by a score of 12-3. The Trojans defeated Williamsburg 13-3 on Friday.Fairfield faced another tough customer in No. 3 Mid-Prairie Saturday, ...

The Trojan baseball team dominated the Burlington-Notre Dame Nikes in every facet of the game Wednesday to earn a 13-0 victory in five innings.After scoring once in the first, Fairfield put up seven runs in the second, highlighted by Josh Dimmitt?s grand slam. The Trojans added five in the third.Meanwhile, Notre Dame struggled to make solid contact at the plate as Fairfield hurler Cameron Baumann surrendered ...

The Trojans waited until game 2 of their doubleheader with Centerville to score, but once they did the floodgates opened.Fairfield split the doubleheader with Centerville, losing the first game 2-0 but getting revenge in the second game, 10-0. GAME 1REDETTES 2, TROJANS 0The Trojans did not have much success at the dish in their first match against the Redettes, amassing only three hits. Katie Anderson had ...

Iowa Mennonite School jumped on the Pekin Panthers early in the first game of Thursday?s softball doubleheader in Packwood.IMS won game 1 by a score of 8-3. The Panthers played much better in game 2, clobbering IMS 13-0 in three innings. GAME 1IMS 8, PEKIN 3IMS scored two runs in the first, five in the fourth and one in the seventh. The team scored those eight runs on just four hits. IMS got some help from ...

Chloe Campbell, left, and Averi Henderson practice a blocking drill Thursday at volleyball camp in the Fairfield High School gymnasium. Fairfield volleyball head coach Nancy Diers organized the camp for elementary school girls.

The Trojan baseball team swept Washington in a doubleheader at home Monday.The home team won a tight, low-scoring affair in game 1, 3-2. The Trojans kept the Demons off the board in game 2 as they celebrated a 5-0 victory.Trojan pitchers kept the Demons off balance all night as they struck out 30 batters in the two games. GAME 1TROJANS 3, DEMONS 2The Trojans got on the board first in game 1 in the third ...

The Pekin Panthers have been crushing the softball at the plate this week.Pekin could hardly contain its scoring against Winfield-Mt. Union Monday in a 15-5 route in six innings. Tuesday saw the Panthers visit Columbus Junction where they finished a rain delayed game from earlier in the season and play another from scratch.Pekin came from behind to win the delayed game, 13-12, and kept the good times rolling ...

The Fairfield baseball team faced a formidable opponent in 14-2 Chariton Tuesday night at home and came up on the short end in both games of the doubleheader.The Trojans played the Chargers down to the wire in game 1, which Chariton won 4-3 thanks to a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning. Chariton?s bats were red hot for game 2 to complete the sweep with a 14-7 victory. GAME 1CHARGERS 4, TROJANS ...

WOODWARD ? The Pekin softball team went 2-1 in a high-scoring day of softball Saturday in Woodward at the Woodward-Granger Tournament.The Panthers started off the day well with a 13-3 victory against Panorama. Panorama actually led in the game 3-0 before Pekin scored three in the second, three in the fourth and seven in the fifth to put the game away and end it early on account of the mercy rule.Pekin head ...

Taking a peek was a dangerous proposition, for every time they did bullets whizzed past their heads.But they had no choice in the matter since they were under orders to make the perilous charge across No Man?s Land, bullets or no bullets, barbed wire or no barbed wire.Such was life for a soldier in the First World War and, for a brief time, the life of a Fairfield High School social studies student. That is ...

The Washington County Hospital Board of Trustees approved the purchase of a $34,000 gastroscope at its meeting Thursday afternoon. Surgery coordinator Linda Six explained that a gastroscope is a small camera that a patient swallows in order for the doctor to view the inside of the patient?s stomach. The finance committee had earlier approved the purchase of the gastroscope at its meeting.Washington Hospital CEO ...