Fairfield News

Eight area teams are now one step closer to playing in the regular season.Fairfield traveled Tuesday to the Pekin Jamboree to face Cardinal High School. The Trojans won the two quarter long scrimmage by the score of 20-14. Coach Mick Flattery was pleased with the amount of assists and free throw attempts that his team managed.Hanna Greiner scored five points to go along with her four rebounds and two steals. ...

Bowling The Breakfast Club- Week 11Team Name W L1. The Morning Glory?s 29 152. On the Edge 28 163. Lucky Charms 26 184. Horizons Unlimited 24 205. The Bloody Mary?s 23.5 20.56. Sweet Rollers 21 237. Kessel?s Conoco 20 248. Country Gals 17.5 26.59. Kiefer Enterprises 16 2010. Flamingo Lanes 15 29 High ScoresTeam Scratch Game: Lucky Charms 461Team Scratch Series: Kessel?s Conoco 1296Team Handicap ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) ? It took Jimmie Johnson just 13 races into his rookie season with Hendrick Motorsports to prove to his team he was a rare talent.He had just won at Dover for his second victory in four weeks and was debriefing with crew chief Chad Knaus when he brought up a sensation he felt in the car that day that he was certain came from wind blowing through a gap in the grandstands.It was remarkable ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? Rio de Janeiro?s endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer?s dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.In the neon green waters around the site of the future Olympic Park, the average fecal pollution rate is 78 times that of the Brazilian government?s ?satisfactory? ...

The Fairfield eighth grade girl?s basketball team moved to 3-0 Monday with a victory over Fort Madison.The A team won 46-23 and led 30-10 at halftime. Fort Madison had a 6-foot-1-inch player that scored 21 of the Bloodhounds? 23 points.?Our offense did a nice job in the first half,? Fairfield coach Derek Philips said. ?We continue to push the ball, which wears down the other team.?Nicole Buch led the Trojans ...

Official Turkey Trot results 5K14 and under GirlsAshley Bloomquist 23:19Hollie Loper 25:34Madison Kraemer 29:02Hannah Clubb 42:49Emma Clubb 42:50 14 and under BoysRyan Baker 31:03 15-19 GirlsStephanie Jenks 18:25 15-19 BoysCade Millikin 22:50 20-29 WomenMelanie Carlson 29:35Destiny Harvey 32:05Kylie Harlan 34:32 20-29 MenLuis Correal 24:13Hernan Posada 26:19Tadele Wami 35:18 30-39 ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Devyn Marble scored 22 of his season-high 27 points in the first half as Iowa thumped Abilene Christian in a 103-41 win on Sunday.Marble scored 15 of the Hawkeyes? first 17 points. Freshman Peter Jok added 15 points for Iowa (4-0). The 62-point win is tied for the fourth-largest margin of victory in Iowa history.LaDarrien Williams scored 12 points to lead Abilene Christian (0-4).Marble put on ...

GRINNELL (AP) ? Jack Taylor renewed his membership in the Century Club.Taylor scored 109 points for Division III Grinnell College on Sunday, shooting 24-for-48 on 3-pointers in a 173-123 win over Crossroads. He poured in 53 during the first nine minutes of the second half.The 5-foot-10 guard from Black River Falls, Wis., set an NCAA record for any level by scoring 138 points last Nov. 20 in a 179-104 win over ...

CHICAGO (AP) ? As powerful as fans and even rival sports leagues believe it to be, even the NFL can?t do anything about the weather.Yet some 24 hours after the Chicago Bears closed out a dangerous afternoon at Soldier Field in light rain with a 23-20 overtime win against visiting Baltimore, more than a few people in the Windy City were still shaking their heads. And not just because of dropping temperatures and ...

MOSCOW (AP) ? The organizers of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi have introduced some of the most extensive identity checks and sweeping security measures ever seen at an international sports event, raising concerns that they are stifling dissent and violating privacy under the pretext of fulfilling their pledge to make the games ?the safest Olympics in history.?With an Islamist insurgency raging across the North ...

AMES (AP) ? While everyone focused on the debut of Michigan?s Mitch McGary, it was easy to forget that Iowa State got Melvin Ejim back too.In a matchup of returning stars, Ejim outshone McGary and led the Cyclones to one of their biggest wins under coach Fred Hoiberg.Ejim returned after missing two games with a hyperextended knee to score a game-high 22 points and Iowa State beat No. 7 Michigan 77-70 Sunday.Naz...

The Fairfield football banquet was Monday at Fairfield Middle School. The players who received awards are, from left to right, front row: Jordan Whitney (Brad Wickliff Memorial and Senior Leadership Awards), Mason Ellis (Mark Campbell Memorial Best Offensive Lineman Award), Jonathan Hoehne (Defensive Back Award), Brett Scott (Most Valuable Defensive Player Award), Kooper Dahlstrom (Duke Bisbey Memorial Attitude ...