Fairfield News

The Fairfield freshmen girls played five matches Saturday at a tournament in Mediapolis.The Trojans beat Holy Trinity 21-19, 21-11. Fairfield was defeated by West Branch, Mediapolis, Davis County and Fort Madison.Taylor Marlay went 21-21 serving and recorded two aces. Natalie Angstead went 26-28 serving with four aces.Shelby Heston was the top hitter of the day for Fairfield, knocking down 20 kills over the ...

The Cardinal Comets volleyball team went 1-2 Saturday at the Davis County Invite.The Comets defeated Seymour in two sets. Sophomore Dakota Durflinger led the team in kills with eight. Leea Ostrander and Katey Liles each had five digs. Cassidy McMartin led the team in aces with eight.Cardinal (10-12) lost to Davis County and Central Decatur, both in straight sets.?We did not play very well,? Cardinal coach ...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2013 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:Class 4ARecordPtsPrv1. West Des Moines Dowling (14)7-014912. Pleasant Valley (1)7-013333. Ames7-012344. Waukee6-19555. Cedar Rapids Xavier6-16866. Iowa City High6-161NR7. West Des Moines ...

Van Buren FootballThe Van Buren football team lost Friday to Lone Tree 28-0.The Lone Tree defense frustrated Garrett Saunders, holding him to 108 yards passing and seven yards rushing.Casey Jones led the Warriors defense in tackles with 14. Saunders made 11 tackles on the night. Hunter Coffman had eight tackles.Brayden Starnes caught two interceptions. Fairfield JVThe Fairfield JV football team defeated ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? The University of Iowa will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former member of the women's rowing team who says the team's intense training workouts and lax oversight left her with debilitating leg injuries, both sides confirmed Monday.Margaret Krusing alleged in her lawsuit that former coach Mandi Kowal's excessive training regimen left her with chronic exertional syndrome, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Games inside Arrowhead Stadium at the end of last season seemed as if they were being played inside a morgue. There was no energy. There was certainly no sound.Not with the Chiefs headed to a two-win season, one of the worst in franchise history.Things have changed dramatically in the less than a year, though. The roar has been restored in Kansas City ? a record-setting one at that ? and ...

For the second straight week, the Warriors play a tough conference foe and a victory could catapult Van Buren into the playoff discussion.The Warriors go into Lone Tree fresh off a great week of practice and preparation.?Practice has went well this week,? coach Mike Hurley said. ?We went back to the fundamentals of tackling in hopes to improve ourselves in that area.?Garrett Saunders and the Warriors offense ...

A-H-S-T, Avoca 10, East Mills 0AGWSR, Ackley 23, Belmond-Klemme 13Akron-Westfield 21, Alta/Aurelia 6Albia 42, C-M-B, Baxter 6Alburnett 47, Durant-Bennett 13Algona 36, Iowa Falls-Alden 13Ames 70, Des Moines, North 0Ankeny 45, Sioux City, North 7Ankeny Centennial 50, Marshalltown 14Aplington-Parkersburg 48, Eagle Grove 8Assumption, Davenport 35, Muscatine 14Audubon 27, Woodward Academy 0B-G-M, Brooklyn ...

The world?s anti-doping authority is launching an ?extraordinary? audit of Jamaica?s drug-testing agency following allegations that its policing of the island?s sprinting superstars led by Usain Bolt all but collapsed in the months before they dazzled at the London Games, The Associated Press has learned.WADA?s probe follows data the former executive director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission revealed to the ...

The Pekin Panthers travel Friday to Montezuma.Both teams are undefeated in Class A District 6 play, setting up a game with colossal consequences. Both teams still have to play BGM Brooklyn, who has managed to stay undefeated up to this point as well.Montezuma has scored more than 40 points every game this season, while only giving up 22 total points all year.Speaking of colossal, the Braves have a pair of ...

Cardinal beats HarmonyThe Cardinal volleyball team defeated Harmony 25-10, 25-9, 25-18 Thursday.Leea Ostrander went 13 for 15 serving and recorded six aces. Shelby Smith was 20 for 21 serving and added in four aces.Dakota Durflinger led the team with seven kills and four blocks. Schylar Conger and Cassidy McMartin each had two blocks. Amy Hart added five kills and five digs.Katey Liles led the team in digs ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Adam Wainwright held the hug with catcher Yadier Molina a few extra seconds, soaking in his latest pressure-packed performance for the St. Louis Cardinals.?I?ve got to put it right up there with the most fun and one of the greatest moments of my career so far,? Wainwright said. ?Those are the kind of moments that starting pitchers live for. I almost didn?t want to let go of Yadier.?Wainwright ...