Fairfield News

Fairfield High School is upping its fundraising efforts prior to the start of the 2014 school year.Like always, the fall sports athletes will disperse around Fairfield for Canvass the Town. This event will take place Tuesday and consist of athletes going door-to-door to sell booster club memberships. There is a silver club, gold club, black club, orange club, Trojan pride club and platinum club, and becoming ...

The Fairfield Trojan Youth Football program is set to take the field again this August.The program?s mission is to teach the fundamentals of football in a positive and fun environment. Fifth and sixth graders have the opportunity to join the program. Depending on the amount of kids who register, there will be three to four teams.Registration for the league is set for Aug. 22, the night of Fairfield High ...

Fairfield football camp to begin Monday eveningThe Fairfield High School football team will begin its season Monday with football camp.The camp is for grades 9-12 and will run 6-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The cost of the camp is $40 and each camper will receive a T-shirt. If any family has more than one child participating in the camp, the cost of each additional child is only $25.Campers will only need ...

Ide Gymnastics competed for the first time at the AAU Junior Olympic Nationals in Des Moines, which were held July 23 through Sunday.After four days of competition many of the 14 Ide Gymnastics athletes walked away with medals, including Andrew Twohill, who won three gold medals. Twohill competed in the tumbling, double-mini and trampoline categories.Each of these athletes competes against their own age group ...

Pekin narrowly gets by SigourneySigourney had to defeat Keota 9-8 Monday to have the chance to play Pekin Tuesday in the Class 1A District 11 quarterfinals.Maybe momentum from their first round victory had the Savages (7-20) playing at a high level, because they gave Pekin (19-4) everything it could handle. The Panthers squeaked by with a 1-0 victory.Pekin finished with two hits, which were both from senior ...

A trip to No. 13 Oskaloosa was all that stood in between the Fairfield softball team and a berth in the Class 4A state tournament.The Trojans, however, lost to the Indians 6-0 Tuesday. Fairfield amassed just one hit, and struggled to get into a rhythm.?We?d like to think on a different night we could have done better at the plate,? Fairfield coach Bob Bradfield said. ?But when you have as many popups and ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa senior Aaron White still can?t quite put his finger on why the Hawkeyes collapsed last season.What White has learned is that the Hawks will need to worry more about their intensity than their expectations in 2014-15.White will enter next season as the face of the program with Devyn Marble?s departure to the NBA. It?ll be a major challenge for White, the leading returning scorer from a ...

The Cardinal High School baseball team?s season ended Monday with a loss to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. The Comets went 10-17 this season. The team is, from left, front row: Taylor Blunt, Cody Streeby, Conner McElderry, Nate Steele, Quinn Honomichl; second row: Justin Lemke, Chance Gustafson, Dylan Guiter, Austin Cloke, Austin Bride; third row: assistant coach Jay Olson, Dakota Miller, Trenton Durflinger, ...

It?s never too early to talk about football.Looking at the upcoming 2014 NFL season, the toughest division in the sport will again be the NFC West. The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals each finished above .500 last season. The 49ers joined the Seahawks in the NFC championship game, while the Cardinals were the best team in the NFL not to make the playoffs ...

MIAMI (AP) ? LeBron James delivered his message loud and clear, without actually saying a word.He?s willing to leave Miami, if that?s what it will take to win more championships. And what happens next will likely be up to not just the Heat, but Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh as well.Through his agent, James informed the Heat on Tuesday that he has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract, a move ...

Fairfield JV wins two over DemonsThe Fairfield JV baseball team rebounded from two loses to Davenport Assumption with a doubleheader sweep over Washington.The Trojans lost to Davenport Assumption 18-1 and 10-0 on Friday.Josh Osby went 1-2 with a double and a RBI in Fairfield?s game one 5-0 victory over Washington. Brayden Miller had two hits in the game.Cade Lisk pitched four innings and allowed just two ...

The Pekin boys? and girls? track teams continued their strong seasons Thursday at the state qualifying district meet in Highland.Both teams finished in their first overall and will be sending multiple individuals to the state meet in Des Moines Thursday. Just like in Class 3A, the Class 1A individuals who finished first or second in an event automatically qualified for the state meet.Gwynne Wright continued her ...