The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department recently wrapped up its men?s volleyball league, and Drish Construction was crowned the winner in the championship match. Members of first-place Drish Construction are, from left: Doug Kuehl, Ron Drish, Roger Drish and Shane Lisk.
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine?s Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made the ruling Friday after four days of arguments from prosecution and defense in Pistorius? bail hearing, and after spending about one hour and 45 minutes announcing his ...
AMES (AP) ? The start of the Big 12 track and field championships has been postponed by a winter storm that buried parts of the Midwest in more than a foot of snow.The meet was scheduled to start Friday on the campus of Iowa State but some teams and officials were not going to be able to arrive in Ames on time.The competition will follow the original schedule but now be held Saturday and Sunday. Action will ...
The looming winter storm dubbed ?Q? hasn?t even hit the nation?s midsection yet, but already it is having a major impact on boys? district final games across the state of Iowa.Among the many postponements is the Class 1A District 9 final between Pekin and Danville, originally scheduled to be played today in Muscatine. The game has been pushed back to 7 p.m. Friday, but it remains in Muscatine.Danville, the ...
KEOTA ? Nerves got the best of young Pekin early in its district semifinal game Tuesday, but the visitors settled down in time to pick up a 52-42 victory over host Keota.?It was pretty ugly, but we did get the win,? said Pekin head coach Ken Hutchinson. ?Offensively it was a struggle. I think part of it had to do with nerves. We missed some shots early on, and I think we let that linger.?While it may not have ...
DANVILLE ? Steven Soukup scored 45 points and the Danville boys advanced to the Class 1A District 9 final with an 80-40 victory over Van Buren on Tuesday.Danville, which also received 16 points from brother Michael Soukup, led 26-11 after the first quarter. The Warriors chopped the 15-point deficit to 26-23 midway through the second quarter, but Danville answered with a 20-2 run to end the first half.In the ...
Fairfield?s eighth-grade boys? basketball team dropped a pair of home games to Burlington Edward Stone on Tuesday.The ?A? team fell 33-30, and the Trojan ?B? team also dropped its contest.Fairfield?s Denver Schultz scored seven points to lead the ?A? team. Brayden Miller scored six points and Josh Osby added five. Cam Baumann finished with four points and three steals.At press time, stat leaders from the ?B? ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) ? Seth Tuttle scored 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Anthony James added 17 points, and Northern Iowa moved into sole possession of third place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 69-63 victory over Missouri State on Tuesday night.Tuttle was 6 of 7 from the field and had three steals for the Panthers (17-11, 10-6), who moved a game ahead of Indiana State in the standings after ...
Outside of Fairfield, nobody probably saw this coming.The Trojan girls? basketball team advanced to the Class 4A Region 5 final with a win over Oskaloosa on Saturday. The only team standing between them and the program?s first trip to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines since 1990 is third-ranked Benton (20-2) today.The Trojans, who had a 9-12 regular season record, have upset two straight teams in the postseason ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? The University of Iowa officials will reseat ticket holders at Kinnick Stadium for just the second time starting in 2014.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that most season ticket holders won't need to pay more to stay where they are. But about 1,600 seats near the south end zone will now require a $50 contribution by 2014.The school is also increasing the amount that fans need to donate to ...
DES MOINES ? Trailing 5-1 in his state opener Thursday, Fairfield senior wrestler Seth Davisson was one period away from a possible defeat.The 170-pound senior then went on a dramatic run.Seconds into the third period of his opening match, Davisson took down his Perry opponent Schyler Knoll for a pin, then won three of his next five matches to earn a fifth-place medal at the individual state tournament at Wells ...
KEOKUK ? Despite two regular season losses to Keokuk, Fairfield boys? basketball coach Tyler Miklo expected his team to hang with the host Chiefs in the opening round of Class 3A District 10 action Monday.And although his team did hang around in the first half, turnovers and rushed shots ended up costing the Trojans in the second half en route to a season-ending, 65-40 loss.Fairfield trailed 30-22 at the half, ...
OTTUMWA ? Jordan Reid scored a team-high 11 points, including six of his team?s final seven points, to lead the Fairfield JV boys to a 44-41 win over Ottumwa in the regular season finale last Tuesday.Alex Simpson totaled seven points and 14 boards and Keagan Drish had eight points and two assists for Fairfield. Jordan Whitney scored five points, and Tanner Deao finished with three points and five boards.Both ...
DES MOINES ? Fairfield seniors Seth Davisson and Jake Mineart moved one win away from clinching spots on the podium Thursday at the individual state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.The Trojan seniors won their respective first-round matches on the tournament?s opening day, and they will guarantee a placing in the top eight with one more win today.?People don?t understand how tough of an atmosphere it is up ...
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