Fairfield News

None of these predictions were in favor of the Seattle Seahawks. Super Bowl XLVIII will be played Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Denver is favored by 2.5 points. Denver beat the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game, while Seattle defeated the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game. Denver is 2-4 all-time in the Super Bowl. Seattle is 0-1 and was defeated by the Pittsburgh...

Pioneers defeat Harmony to earn second victoryThe Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys? basketball team won at Harmony 68-43 Thursday.The Pioneers (2-12) have now beaten Harmony twice this season. MSAE dominated the second and third quarters, outscoring Harmony 41-20 during the span.Surya Sawhney led the way with 20 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks. Giovanni Cingire finished with 19 ...

The Van Buren wrestling team defeated New London 33-30 Thursday.Colton Putnam (145), Mitch Garrels (195) and Colt Crane (126) won their matches.The Warriors also competed against WACO. There isn't a team score for this dual because WACO only has four wrestling team participants.

Fairfield seventh grade girls? basketball players won the Washington Tournament Saturday. After beating Ottumwa and Oskaloosa, the girls defeated Washington in the final game 29-24. The girls, from left, are Ashley Bloomquist, Blair Bowman, Malory Jones, Olivia Roberts, Kara Jeffrey, Alison Godwin and Madison Kraemer.

The Fairfield bowling team traveled to face Louisa-Muscatine Tuesday.The Trojans boys? and girls? varsity teams pulled out victories.?The big difference tonight is we were able to make our spares,? Fairfield bowling coach Lisa Greenig said. ?We had very few open frames from all our bowlers.?Freshmen Kyle Ruckman and Sara Trent both led their teams with huge scores. The wood lanes in Muscatine helped Fairfield ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ? Fred Hoiberg has walked into Allen Fieldhouse to face Kansas enough times as a player and coach to anticipate what would happen to Iowa State on Wednesday night.First, the sixth-ranked Jayhawks would go on a run.Then, it would be up to his team to respond.Sure enough, Kansas raced out to a big early lead, only for the 16th-ranked Cyclones to storm back and tie the game. But Iowa State ...

The Pekin boys? basketball team continued its strong season by beating Mediapolis 65-30 Tuesday and pushing its winning streak to 13 games.Pekin (13-1) held Mediapolis scoreless in the first quarter. Brody Long scored 24 points and brought down 11 rebounds.?I challenged them to give up no paint finishes with swarming defense,? said Pekin coach Ken Hutchinson.Cade Millikin scored 14 points and got five assists. ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are all settled in for Super Bowl week.Next up: media day.And who knows what will be heard ? or seen ? today at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.After two days of minimal media appearances, the AFC and NFC champions will face hordes of reporters looking to further break down the matchup between the Broncos? top-ranked offense and the Seahawks? No. 1 ...

Girls? basketball playoff pairings announcedThe 2014 Iowa girls? basketball regional playoff pairings have been announced.Fairfield (8-7) will travel to Washington (10-4) on Feb. 19 to begin the playoffs. The winner of that matchup will play Class 4A No. 13 Grinnell (13-2) on Feb. 22.The other portion of Fairfield?s bracket has Pella (10-5) playing Newton (4-11), and the winner of that game plays at No. 4 ...

The Fairfield bowling team hosted Keokuk and Louisa-Muscatine at Flamingo Lanes on Saturday.The varsity boys? team defeated both Keokuk and Louisa-Muscatine. Cody Craff bowled a 238 in game two of round one, while Kyle Ruckman finished round one with a combined score of 391 to lead the Trojans.?The boys? team picked a great day to put some good scores together,? Fairfield bowling coach Lisa Greenig said. ?They ...

The wins just keep coming.The Pekin boys? basketball team is now 12-1 after defeating Louisa-Muscatine 53-35 Friday night in Packwood. The Panthers pounced on their opponent quickly, pushing their lead to 15 by the end of the first quarter. Pekin was able to coast the rest of the game and earn the win.?We lost some intensity during the second and third quarters, but that will give us something to work on this ...

DALLAS (AP) ? Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation for a drunken car crash that killed his friend and teammate, Jerry Brown.Brent was convicted Wednesday of intoxication manslaughter for the December 2012 crash on a suburban Dallas highway that killed Brown, who was a passenger in Brent?s car. Brent could have been sentenced to up to 20 years ...