Fairfield News

WEST LIBERTY ? Saturday was a bittersweet day for Fairfield head coach Steve Miller, who saw two of his senior wrestlers make the state tournament and two others come up just short at the Class 2A district tournament in West Liberty.Out of Fairfield?s five possible state qualifiers, seniors Seth Davisson and Jake Mineart were the only wrestlers to finish in the top two of their respective weight classes. Mineart ...

EDDYVILLE ? The Cardinal girls? basketball team was booted from the postseason Saturday, dropping a 77-57 Class 2A first-round matchup to Eddyville-Blakesburg.Senior Lindsay Moore led the way offensively for the Comets, who trailed a hot-shooting Rockets? squad 35-21 at halftime. Moore scored 25 points off 6 of 7 foul shooting, and freshman teammate Delaney Ridgway scored 17 points off 7-for-8 free throws.The ...

The Trojan seventh-grade ?A? basketball team saved its ?most complete game? for the home finale Thursday vs. Burlington Aldo Leopold.The Fairfield girls rolled out to an 18-1 lead after one quarter and never looked back on their way to a 54-13 victory over visiting Aldo Leopold at Fairfield Middle School.?Tonight was by far our most complete game of the season. We wanted to focus on not turning the ball over so ...

The Pioneer boys? basketball team saved its best for last and topped English Valleys 54-49 in the final game of the regular season Saturday in Fairfield.Maharishi School led for a majority of the contest, but English Valleys cut the deficit to 52-49 with a minute to play. Junior Rashan Anderson hit a pair of free throws in the game?s final moments to seal the victory for the Pioneers (3-18).Anderson scored 12 ...

Records will be tossed out and rivalries reignited when Class 3A boys? postseason basketball returns Feb. 18.For every team, regardless of record, it will take three consecutive wins to advance to the eight-team state tournament. For the Fairfield boys, that means beating a few teams they?ve seen on numerous occasions, and possibly a team or two they?ve yet to encounter.Fairfield (4-15) has been assigned to ...

A pulled pork dinner will be served at Fairfield?s final home basketball games today when Fairfield hosts Fort Madison. All proceeds from the dinner will support the FHS Renaissance Program.?While you are wearing black at Friday?s basketball games, you will have the opportunity to get an awesome pulled pork dinner,? said Fairfield Activities Director Jeff Courtright.Dinner will include a pulled pork sandwich, ...

Fairfield senior basketball player Sidney Baumann earned the Iowa Network Services ?Player of the Week? honor for Class 4A girls on Wednesday.Baumann averaged 29 points and connected on 65 percent of her 3-point shots over a three-game span. The Trojan poured in 32 points in two of the games, and she totaled 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals in a win over Centerville. She was 8 of 11 from beyond the ...

Matchups have been set for the 2013 Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys? basketball shootout.The shootout, scheduled Friday, pits teams that finished in the same position in their respective divisions against each other. This season, north division teams will host their south counterparts.Van Buren, which finished the regular season with the No. 4 position in the south division, will visit north division No. 4 ...

CHARITON ? For the first time all season long, the Fairfield boys got to celebrate a win on a court other than their own.And a big one it was.The Trojans used the right mix of close-range 2s and open treys to pick up their first road win of the season, thrashing 14-win Chariton 60-44 in their second-to-last away game Tuesday.The win was the fourth of the season for the Trojans (4-15, 1-6 Southeast Conference), ...

How do you stop a hot team?Not letting it shoot the ball is a good start.The Fairfield girls turned up the heat on defense and came away with 19 steals on their way to a 56-32 blowout win over streaking Chariton Tuesday at FHS Gymnasium. The non-conference victory snapped a two-game losing streak for the Trojans, and their eighth win of the season also broke a six-game winning streak for the Chargers (9-11).?We...

KEOSAUQUA ? Head coach Fred Parsons hit an historic milestone, and the Van Buren boys cruised to their 12th victory in the final game of the regular season Tuesday.The Pioneers earned a 76-26 victory over Maharishi School, helping Parsons secure the 700th victory of his coaching career in front of a home crowd in Keosauqua.?I was hoping I?d [hit the milestone] this season not just for me, but for the fact that ...

GRIMES ? Seven gymnasts, representing the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, competed in the Snowflake Invitational sponsored by Mid-Iowa Gymnastics Studio in Grimes this past weekend.The Saturday and Sunday event was held under the auspices of AmeriKids, a national organization which hosts and ranks aspiring gymnasts.Sarah Swanson placed first in bars and floor exercises, second in vault and third in ...