Fairfield News

The Fairfield High School wrestling banquet that was scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. has been rescheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

The Mount Pleasant boys? basketball team will face Waverly-Shell Rock at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.What follows is a wrap-up of the two teams. Mount Pleasant Record: 19-5, No. 6 seedRoad to state:Defeated Clear Creek-Amana, 57-25, in first-round district game.Defeated Williamsburg, 47-26, in district championship.Defeated Solon, ...

Four gymnasts, representing the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department, competed in the U.S.A. Gymnastics 2014 Winter Wonderland Invitational Sunday in Iowa City.The event was sponsored by Iowa GymNest and held at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.Ashland Elmore, Bryanna Popejoy, and Danae Drish competed in the 10- to 14-year-old age group; Juliette Pohren competed in the 7- to 8-year-old age group. ...

The Iowa Barnstormers AAU girls? basketball team won the Iowa State AAU Tournament held Feb. 22-24 in Des Moines.The Barnstormers defeated All Iowa Attack in the championship game, 51-34. They will play in the National AAU Tournament July 12-17 in Kings Island, Ohio. To prepare for the National Championship, the team will participate in tournaments in St. Louis, Springfield, Chicago, Wisconsin, Omaha and ...

OTTUMWA ? James Jones, Green Bay Packers wide receiver, will be the featured speaker at the 32nd annual Celebrity Night at Indian Hills Community College on March 7. The event will be held in the Main Building Dining Room on the college?s Ottumwa campus.Jones started all 18 games for Green Bay this season, including the postseason, and led the Packers with 15 touchdown receptions. He caught 72 passes for 922 ...

VAN HORNE ? North Tama was in a unique situation. IMS was in a rare one.The Redhawks raised a state qualifier banner in boys? basketball for the first time in school history with their 55-46 win over IMS in Saturday?s Class 1A Substate 4 final, which was played at Benton Community High School.?It?s the first time in school history,? North Tama head coach Brandon Clubb said. ?To beat a team like IMS to go to ...

The Fairfield eighth-grade boys? basketball team recently wrapped up its season. Players are, from left, front row: Brian Buch, Austin Winslow, Ben Anderson; middle row: Kleyton Benedict, Cameron Burke, Eric Swan, Brayden Miller, Spencer Else, Levi Ponce, Jacob Schillerstrom; back row: managers James Lyman and Blue Schultz, Kyle Roberts, Josh Osby, Cam Baumann, coach Tony Vandegriff, Alex Conrad, Conner Johnson, ...

WEST BURLINGTON - Sanctions stemming from the post-game melee between the Southeastern and Indian Hills community college men?s basketball teams continued to be handed down a week after the game was played.Nine players ? four from SCC and five from Indian Hills ? have served or are serving suspensions from the fight that followed the 104-99 double overtime thriller Feb. 16 at Loren Walker Arena. Indian Hills won ...

The Mount Pleasant boys? basketball team put the first 13 points on the board as the Panther defense shut down Williamsburg in a big Class 3A District 9 championship win on Friday night.The Panthers defeated the Raiders, 47-26, to advance to the substate game against Solon.That game is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at Iowa City West, with the winner advancing to the state tournament.On Friday night, the ...

IOWA CITY ? The defending state champions are going back to Des Moines.After a big comeback, during which the Mt. Pleasant defense gave up only nine second-half points, the Panther boys? basketball team defeated Solon, 51-33, in the substate game at Iowa City West on Monday night.The win earns the Panthers their fourth straight trip to Des Moines.?It feels fantastic,? said Logan Mulford, a senior. ?We?ve gone ...

MUSCATINE ? Pekin fell to Danville Friday night in the semifinals of the Class 1A District 9 substate tournament.Danville defeated Pekin by a score of 88 to 58.Danville then defeated Sigourney in the substate final Saturday by a score of 61 to 29.Danville?s Steven Soukup continued his torrid play this postseason, scoring a game-high 36 points in the win over Sigourney. The Bears (25-0), who earned the top seed ...

4 or More finished runner-up in the four-team volleyball league, which also included teams Hy-Vee and Dig Deep. Members of 4 or More are, from left: Jeff Ring, Derik Wulfekuhle, Dwight Diers, Ray Chambers, Ron Haines and Shannon Bergren.