Fairfield diver Katherine Mueller qualified for the second year in a row for the IGHSAU state diving meet Nov. 8 in Marshalltown. She placed fourth in her region with a score of 357.55.
2013 All-Conference TeamThe coaches of the Southeastern Confernence have selected their All-Conference teams. Sydney Burnett of Fairfield and Brianne Potts of Mount Pleasant tied for Conference MVP. First TeamSydney Burnett FairfieldBrianne Potts Mount PleasantKelsi Phipps Mount PleasantTaryne Shull Mount PleasantBrianne Holtkamp Mount PleasantAshley Loving Mount PleasantMeagan Hoenig Fort Madison ...
Fairfield?s volleyball season came to a halt Thursday in Tiffin.The Trojans could not top Clear Creek-Amana, and fell to the Clippers 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 in the second round of the regional playoffs.Fairfield got down 4-0 to start the match. The Trojans then mounted a comeback, competing in a back and forth game with the Clippers until it was tied at 20. Fairfield couldn?t close it out however, and it was Clear ...
The Pekin football team had high hopes coming into the playoffs this year.The Panthers? first round victory over Lone Tree will only raise the expectations.Pekin won 43-0 Wednesday in dominating fashion. The Panthers? defense was outstanding. Lone Tree was not able to complete a single pass and rushed for only 52 yards. Sophomore running back Jared Hudson, who has over 1,000 yards on the season, was only able ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Is peewee football too early to wonder about concussions? Maybe not: A major report says far too little is known about the risks in youth sports, especially for athletes who suit up before high school.And it?s not just a question for football. The Institute of Medicine found no one knows how often the youngest athletes suffer concussions or which sports have the highest rates. Nor is it clear ...
First RoundClass 4AAmes 52, Indianola 21Ankeny Centennial 49, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 28Assumption, Davenport 26, Davenport, Central 0Bettendorf 34, North Scott, Eldridge 7Cedar Falls 27, Cedar Rapids, Washington 10Cedar Rapids Xavier 45, Clinton 0Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 42, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 14Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 63, Sioux City, West 10Iowa City, City High 24, Muscatine 19Iowa ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? Linebacker James Morris has been a fixture on Iowa?s defense since 2010, emerging as a star freshman on a team that finished well below expectations.Morris is closing out his career with one of the better seasons in recent school history ? and has emerged as a key for a team on a surprising run.Morris on Monday became the first Iowa player in nine years to win multiple Big Ten defensive player ...
Pekin fell to West Branch Tuesday in straight sets by the score of 25-11, 25-7 and 25-8.Pekin made the second round of the playoffs by beating Wapello in a tight match last week.Van Buren fell to West Burlington by the score of 25-18, 25-17, 25-21.Libby King didn?t miss on 12 serves for the Warriors. Nicole Coffin had 12 digs and one ace. Alicia Fitzsimmons ripped eight kills and also had an ace. Shayla Filson ...
BOSTON (AP) ? Ted Williams never did it. Not Carl Yastrzemski. Not Carlton Fisk. Not even Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling, who ended The Curse nearly a decade ago but did it on the road.Practically no one alive can remember seeing such an event unfold: The Boston Red Sox could win a World Series title on the celebrated green grass at Fenway Park.When the Red Sox last won a World Series at home, Babe Ruth, ...
BOSTON (AP) ? More than an hour after the final out, players lingered on the field and fans stood by their seats, cheering, singing and applauding.A celebration nearly a century in the making was unfolding at the old ballpark, a long-awaited moment generations of New Englanders had never been able to witness.Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first. A clincher at Fenway Park.David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, ...
The Trojans won and lost on the same night.As the clock ticked down Friday on Fairfield?s 34-28 loss to non-district foe Chariton, Washington was miles away wrapping up a victory over Centerville. This outcome, combined with Keokuk?s victory over Fort Madison, forced a three-way tie for third place in Class 3A District 7. Fairfield, Centerville, and Keokuk finished the year with identical district records, which ...
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is hosting the 2013 Turkey Trot at 9 a.m. in Chautauqua Park on Nov. 16.The race starts at shelter one in Chatauqua Park. Racers will then head downhill towards the Walton Club. Turnaround points will be clearly marked and the race will be on the Jefferson County Loop Trail.All ages are welcome and the fee is $20 per person. Participants can either run a 5k or ...
The Fairfield freshmen football team defeated Chariton 28-12 Friday.Denver Schultz went 2-3 passing with 30 yards and a touchdown. He also had a rushing touchdown.Brandon Smithburg capped his season with a 238-yard, two touchdown performace. One of his touchdowns was an 84-yard run that started off the game.Josh Osby caught the two completions Schultz threw, one of which was a touchdown.Michael Fritz and ...
AKHSHTYR, Russia (AP) ? Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water ...
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