Fairfield News

BURLINGTON ? Jordan Reid picked up a win in the high jump and was also on the winning sprint medley relay team Monday at the 27th annual freshman-sophomore Ralph White Relays in Burlington.The freshman led the Trojans with a leap of 5-feet, 2-inches in the high jump, and he teamed up with Jacob Unkrich, Narendra Martin and Zach Martin in the sprint medley for a winning time of 4:01.60.Also for Fairfield, ...

FORT MADISON ? Maharishi School fell via tiebreaker Monday to Holy Trinity at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison.The two teams tied at 187, but the host Crusaders were granted the win when their fifth-highest individual score came in lower than Maharishi?s.Despite the loss, the Pioneers featured the meet medalist in Mickey DeAngelis, who fired a 40 for the honor. Also for the Pioneers, Prasad Monk ...

PELLA ? Wins have been plentiful for the Maharishi School boys? tennis program this season, and Saturday proved no different as the Pioneers rolled to their first tournament title of the season.Competing at the Pella Invitational, the Pioneer boys finished first among six southeast Iowa schools with a 165-point tally. The host Little Dutch were second with 135 points and Grinnell finished third with 85.Leading ...

ALBIA ? Sophomore Alexander Punj won the battle, but Albia won the war Monday as it topped Fairfield in non-conference tennis action.Punj earned an 8-0 victory at No. 1 singles to get the Trojans started, but it was just a blemish in Albia?s otherwise dominant, 8-1 dual victory over the shorthanded Trojans.Fairfield, which continues to search for its first win of the season, was without No. 2 singles player ...

Pekin racked up 153 points on its way to the team title at Monday?s Van Buren Invitational girls? track meet. The host Warriors finished seventh (27 points) and Cardinal was eighth (14) in the nine-team field.Individual meet results will appear in Wednesday?s edition of The Ledger.

Local track teams will have to stay home ? again ? with highs projected in the mid-40s today.Both the middle school boys? meet in Mount Pleasant and high school boys? relays in Burlington have been canceled. Fairfield teams were set to attend both meets.

The official list of high school qualifiers for the 104th annual Drake Relays was released on Saturday.Seniors Daniel Schwarz and Jonny Swanson plus the 4x100 will represent the Fairfield boys, while the 4x100 will run for the Trojan girls. Schwarz made the high jump field at 6-feet, 6-inches, and Swanson will be competing on the blue oval in the 110-high hurdles with a 15.07 qualifying time.Pekin freshman ...

Rain and cold has yet to thwart the Pioneer boys? tennis team, which often has found shelter from the weather at its indoor facilities this spring.In fact, the Pioneers have been playing so well lately in the newly named Laurie and Lawrence Eyre Tennis Center, they might want to consider making it their new permanent home.Once again forced indoors by Mother Nature on Thursday, the Pioneer boys improved their ...

Due to the many canceled meets this spring, the Fairfield boys? track and field team has added one to their schedule.The Trojans will now be running at Mid-Prairie Tuesday. Start time is set for 5 p.m.Fairfield head coach Brian Dunlap said he will take every available athlete to the meet, which is allowing extra entries in events.

Don Newell Relays @ Ottumwa Fairfield Boys Individual Results (Top 6)High Jump ? 1. Daniel Schwarz (6? 4?)Discus ? 6. Jake Mineart (119? 10?)4x800-relay ? 4. Fairfield (Z. Martin, Hammel, Gevock, Richmond, 8:59)3200-run ? 6. Brandon Taglauer (10:53)Shuttle Hurdle-relay ? 4. Fairfield (Jackson, Schwarz, Francisco, Swanson, 1:03.17)400-dash ? 3. Zach Martin (54.91), 5. Josiah Wilbur (55.57)4x200-relay ? 6. ...

OSKALOOSA ? Several area athletes advanced to the Special Olympics Iowa State Summer Games with first-place finishes at the spring games held Saturday at William Penn University in Oskaloosa.Adults who qualified to state in two events were Joe Blain, who finished first in both the 50-meter dash and mini jav; Jessica Clements in the 50-meter walk and softball throw; Sarah Coleman in the standing long jump and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Fairfield Middle School?s seventh-grade girls won their first team title of the season April 8, but Saturday was the eighth-graders? turn at the Mount Pleasant Invitational.In just their second meet out, Fairfield?s eighth-graders amassed 138 points and picked up six victories on their way to edging out host Mount Pleasant (132) for the meet victory. Keokuk finished a distant third with 80 ...