Fairfield News

Fairfield Parks and Rec will offer swimming lessons at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center during the week of March 26 through 30 in conjunction with FCSD's spring break holiday.Three skill levels will be offered.Beginners will introduce water skills to children that are ready to be in th pool without a parent or guardian.Intermediate focuses on stroke development and improvement and is for children that have some ...

Team standings1st Washington 4-02nd Mt. Pleasant 3-13rd Ft. Madison 2-24th Fairfied 1-35th Keokuk 0-4 Wrestler of the year:Ft. Madison, Harlan Steffensmeier, Sr. First team all-SEC106 Mt. Pleasant, Corbin Broeker, So.113 Mt. Pleasant, Brayden Ackles, Jr.120 Washington, Walker Ikerd, Jr.126 Ft. Madison, Ryan Steffensmeier, Sr.132 Washington, Dillan Sanders, So.138 Keokuk, Matt Wyatt, Sr.145 Ft. ...

The Fairfield freshman boys' basketball squad played back-to-back games this week, first hosting Albia at the Cambridge Sports Plex on Monday and then traveling to Centerville for another non-SEC matchup Tuesday.The Trojans had a difficult start with Albia, allowing the Blue Demons to build an 8-0 head start and a 24-4 lead after just one quarter of play.Fairfield responded with a 20-7 scoring advantage in the ...

The No. 13 team in Class 2A improved to 16-1 with an easy 47-25 SEISC smackdown of Highland Tuesday night in Riverside.It wasn't until the fourth quarter when Head Coach Davis Eidahl's squad even allowed double-digit points in a period, outscoring the home team 14-4. 13-2 and 12-6 in the first three frames before surrendering 13 points to their eight scored in the fourth.The Panthers will now host 2-14 Columbus ...

The Pekin boys' basketball team improved to 10-5 on the year with a 69-58 SEISC victory at Highland Tuesday night.The Panthers shot 51 percent from the field and 62 percent from behind the arc while leading at the end of each period: 18-14, 40-30, 57-49 and 69-58 for the final.Offensively, Pekin was led by senior Ryan Stansberry who had 18 points on 6-8 shooting including 5-7 from the perimeter. Fellow senior ...

By Monday evening, Fairfield Activities Director Jeff Courtright had addressed the cold weather's possible effects on tonight's non-conference home game versus the new school from North Liberty, Iowa City Liberty.As noted in Courtright's original email, temperatures have risen slightly and are expected to crescent at 3pm today around 10 degrees, a full 20 degrees warmer than it currently sits as I type this ...

The Pekin boys' basketball team hosted SEISC foe Winfield-Mt. Union Tuesday night, beating the Wolves 60-38 to improve to 6-2 both overall, and in conference play.Head Coach Ken Hutchinson has been preaching fast starts to his team all season, and although the didn't set the nets on fire, they did hold a 15-8 lead after the first period. The second period was slower offensively for both squads, with Pekin edging ...

Iowa running back Akrum Wadley ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hawkeyes to a 56-14 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in what probably was the last game of the Mike Riley era in Lincoln, Neb.The Cornhuskers suffered just their fourth losing season since 1962 and finish the season a disappointing 4-8 and 3-6 in the Big Ten. Iowa (7-5, 4-5) won the Heroes Trophy for a third straight season, ...

Fairfield junior student-athlete Danae Drish just collected another major recognition, being named as one of 13 players on the 4A Southeast all-district volleyball team for 2017.The junior Drish was a first-team all-SEC selection this fall after being named second-team in 2016.She was named to the GTNS big school all-area volleyball team, and she was selected as the best defensive player on the Trojans team at ...

The Fairfield five that swim for Ottumwa High had their first swim meet of the season Tuesday night, a duel against Dowling Catholic.Jackson Weaton and Kevin Kretz competed on the 400 yard freestyle relay team that finished second in 3:33.96.Weaton also swam the 200 yard free in 2:02.37, good for second place with Evan Huff finishing fifth in 2:31.08 and Evan Masterson coming in sixth in 2:32.95.Dylan Barras ...

The SEI Super Conference released its fall sports all-academic list for student-athletes in grades 9-12 with a 3.5 GPA or higher while playing volleyball or running cross country. This list also includes football managers and cheerleaders. Cardinal will submit a list following the conclusion of their first trimester. Pekin:Maci Gambell, Whitney Johnson, Paige Winn, Faith Oostra, Kennedy Coleman, Leah Dix, ...

Pekin head football coach Bud Blakely knew his team could compete with anyone in the state going into their first round matchup at undefeated Hudson Friday night, all they had to do was play their ballgame.Unfortunately for the Panthers, everything went the home team's way in a 35-0 victory fueled by five touchdowns from the Pirates' backfield. The tandem included juniors Christian Seres who had 27 carries for ...