Fairfield News

Fairfield?s Anatta Charoenkul and Dayna Price each captured a championship on Saturday at the Fort Madison Girls Tennis Invitational.Charoenkul, a sophomore, won her title in No. 1 singles. Price, a senior, earned her crown in No. 2 singles.?I was very glad that they both took first place,? said Trojan head coach Heidi Grunwald. ?I was not surprised. Anatta placed second in state singles last year and she is ...

They?re a respected bunch, that?s for sure.On Tuesday at the Fairfield Relays, after Pekin?s Remi Duwa, Shea Dahlstrom, Cari Duwa and Mackenzie Martin captured the gold medal in the 4x800 relay in dominating fashion, quite a few Fairfield Trojans and Fort Madison Lady Hounds rushed over to congratulate the quartet.Pekin won the race with a time of 10:21.18, Fairfield took silver (10:34.86) and Fort Madison ...

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Charley Hoffman just feels in a good place every time he plays Augusta National and he proved it in emphatic style by shooting a superb 65 in the U.S. Masters first round on Thursday.The American world number 52 made light of high winds to plunder nine birdies in a brilliant display which earned him a four-shot advantage, the biggest opening-round lead in the year?s first major for ...

Mason Porter, of New London, was named Most Valuable Player of the All-Golden Triangle News Service Small School Boys? Basketball Team. Others on the squad are Zack Lasek, Jacob Wickenkamp, Nick Yutzy, Ben Dentlinger and Bryce Robison.~Zack LasekLasek is a freshman from Highland and was the leader in scoring for the Huskies. He had 368 points, averaging 15.3 points per game. He connected on 68.7 percent from ...

Fairfield?s Hunter Drish leaped 19 feet, capturing fifth place in the Long Jump at the 30-team Central College Boys High School Track and Field Meet in Pella on Friday.?We found out the Long Jump will be a very good event for Hunter,? said Trojan head coach Brian Dunlap. ?That was one of our big highlights of the night.?And there were plenty of highlights.Trojan Leone Gichure-Marira leaped 18-7.5, finishing ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) ? When Purdue needed him the most, when the Boilermakers were on the brink of a heartbreaking loss, Caleb ?Biggie? Swanigan lived up to his nickname ? over and over again.Swanigan had 20 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and Purdue reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in seven years with a wild 80-76 victory over Iowa State on Saturday night.The Cyclones erased a 19-point deficit in the ...

The Fairfield Trojan girls? track and field team begins its 2017 season today, 4 p.m., at Mount Vernon in a 25-team meet.?Practices have been great so far,? said Trojan head coach Jerrod Belzer. ?We?ve been very blessed to have the weather that we?ve had so it?s been nice to be outside. Rarely are we jumping, throwing, hurdling and sprinting outside so early in the season. The girls are enjoying it and have all ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? For most of the season, Iowa seemed destined for the NIT.A fantastic February has the Hawkeyes hoping to hear their name called on Selection Sunday.Iowa (18-13, 10-8 Big Ten) put itself in the NCAA Tournament discussion by closing the year with a flourish. The Hawkeyes have won four straight and finished two games above .500 in a Big Ten that, while down from years past, is still among ...

After Thursday night?s Fairfield Trojan 74-52 stomping of Burlington Notre Dame, Trojan head coach Mick Flattery talked with The Ledger sports editor Allan Mandell. Flattery?s Trojans are currently 12-4 and ranked No. 14 in Iowa. Coach, you stress defense so much. You had to be pleased tonight, correct? Correct. They?ve got kids 6-feet-2. We?re a bunch of 5-8 kids. Mikaela Lunsford, Kara Jeffrey were tough. ...

Pekin?s Drake Harbison, left, takes control against Montezuma?s Kale Latcham on Tuesday. Pekin defeated host Montezuma, 33-28. Among the highlights for the Panthers, at 145, Harbison defeated Latcham in an 8-2 decision and, at 170, Hunter Conger pinned Chandler Carl in 23 seconds.

Nicole Buch scored a career-high 32 points, Sam Fritz grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and the host Fairfield Trojans crushed Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday, 74-52.?I had my adrenaline going tonight,? Buch said. ?I knew we were facing a very good team ? and that got me fired up.?Buch was on fire right from the start. She scored 12 points in the first five minutes of play ? three of her field goals off Fritz ...

Fairfield wrestlers Michael Fritz, Trenton Hanen and Brendon Lunsford placed at the Bob Lueder Tournament in Clinton on Saturday.As a team, Fairfield placed 14th out of 23 teams.?I was really pleased that six out of our nine wrestlers scored points for the team,? said Trojan head coach Steve Miller. ?We doubled our team-point performance from last year and the year before so we really stepped up.?At 195, Fritz ...