CEDAR RAPIDS ? The Pekin girls? and boys? track teams combined to win eight events Monday at the Cornell Co-Ed Relays in Cedar Rapids.The Pekin girls claimed the overall team title, nipping North Linn by nine with a 147-point total. The Panther boys finished first in six races, including four relays.Look for more results from the meet in Thursday?s edition of The Ledger.
ALBIA ? Mick Flattery?s Trojan golfers got their first look Tuesday at what figures to be a season-long rival in Centerville.The Big Reds claimed battle No. 1 at the Albia Invite by finishing seven strokes ahead of the Trojans, who were coming off a 43-stroke victory vs. Eddyville Monday. Centerville shot a 317 compared to Fairfield?s 324.?It was great competition between ourselves and Centerville, as it looks ...
Featuring a new coach and a roster full of young players, the Maharishi School girls? tennis team produced the same old winning results Monday at its season-opening dual vs. West Burlington/Notre Dame in Fairfield.The Pioneer girls took wins in four of six singles matches, then shut the door on the visitors with two more wins in doubles action for a no-nonsense, 6-3 team victory.?It was great to start the ...
Fresh off a victory Thursday vs. sixth-ranked Pella, the Fairfield boys? soccer team once again prevailed Friday with a 3-1 win over Oskaloosa at Trojan Stadium.Thanks to goals by senior Roan Bachar and junior Austin Lauderman, the Trojans put the game away early and carried a 3-0 lead into the break. Bachar scored the contest?s first two goals after booting in the winning goal Thursday, and Lauderman tacked on ...
The Fairfield girls? tennis squad fell just shy of its first meet victory Thursday, claiming four matches to Southeast Conference rival Mount Pleasant?s five on the Fairfield Middle School courts.The Trojans received victories from sophomore Karley Williams and senior Courtney Laux in singles action. Haylee Gilpin and Kim O?Carroll, and Williams and Rachel Hathaway also won in doubles play.Williams jumped out ...
PACKWOOD ? The Pekin and Cardinal boys? track squads won their respective divisions at the Pekin Invitational Thursday in Packwood.Pekin amassed 205 points in the Red Team field to blast runner-up Sigourney by 47 points. Cardinal scored 167 points in the Black Team division, topping second-place Albia by 27.For the host Panthers, it was another win in a long line of them on their home track. Pekin also crushed ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ? Maharishi School scored one for the little guy with a third-place finish at the 2013 Warrior Invitational tennis tournament Saturday in Cedar Rapids.The Pioneers earned 143 points in the tournament to finish behind defending Class 2A state champion Iowa City West (184) and perennial power Cedar Rapids Washington (151). Other schools in attendance included 2A teams Cedar Rapids Kennedy (105) and ...
Graham Wittrock of Pekin, flanked by parents Mark and Antoinette Wittrock (seated), has committed to play football and run track at Iowa Wesleyan College following graduation this spring. The senior also is a recipient of the Wesleyan Presidential Scholarship. Pictured with Graham and his parents are Pekin football coach Joe Donovan (top left) and track coach Davis Eidahl.
KEOSAUQUA ? The Fairfield girls? golf team won its first meet of the season in just its second try Friday at a golf triangular at Riverview Golf Course in Keosauqua.Fairfield freshman Lindsey Repp continued her hot start to the season taking runner-up medalist honors with a 53. Ashley Henkel and Madelyn Swan each carded 65, and Kristen Terrell had a 68 to round out the Trojans? winning score. Alternates were ...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? Sophomores Govi Punj and Alex Simpson both claimed wins in singles action during the Trojan boys? 7-2 loss to Mount Pleasant on Thursday.Punj topped Mount Pleasant?s Chase Higginbotham 8-2 in No. 1 singles to stay undefeated on the young season, while Simpson eked out a 9-8 (12-10) tiebreak win over Sterling Wickham at the No. 5 spot.The Trojans (0-2) return to the tennis courts today at Ottumwa.
Noah Whitten earned runner-up medalist honors in the Van Buren boys? golf team?s home opener Friday vs. Davis County and Clark County (Mo.).Whitten shot a 43 to lead the Warriors to a 191 team score. The host team came up 11 shots short against Davis County (180) but handled Clark County (222) in the triangular.Meet medalist honors went to Davis County?s Sam McClure.
PELLA ? Senior Roan Bachar scored a goal minutes into the second half Thursday, and the Fairfield boys? soccer team held on to shock sixth-ranked Pella 1-0.Bachar received a pass on the right wing, dribbled past a defender and took a difficult shot from a tight angle for the only point the Trojans would need. The goal came at the 50th minute.?Starting the second half we were exactly where we wanted. We knew if ...
Both the Fairfield varsity tennis teams fell to Southeast Conference rival Mount Pleasant on Thursday. The Trojan boys lost their away dual 7-2, and the girls were edged at home 5-4.A full recap of the two meets will appear in Monday?s Ledger.
DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake Relays director Brian Brown says Des Moines native Lolo Jones has committed to run in her hometown meet later this month.Jones won the 100-meter hurdles every year from 2005-08 at Drake. She then lost three straight before pulling out in 2012, an Olympic year, because of poor weather conditions.Jones will compete against rival Kellie Wells and Dawn Harper for a $50,000 purse, the largest ...
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