Fairfield News

The 10-and-under Fairfield Inferno soccer team won three of four games at the 2013 Iowa Games in Dubuque last weekend to earn a silver medal. Members of the team are pictured, from left, front row: Chance Swan, Landen Schafer, Dagan Burnett, Luke Teeple; middle row: David Rojo, River Patterson, Kyle Schubik, Gavin Biancalana, Eli Moore, Ethan Heckethorn; back row: coach Roeland Hekker. Not pictured are teammates ...

Matchups have been set for the 2013 Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls? basketball shootout.The shootout, scheduled Friday, pits teams that finished in the same position in their respective divisions against each other. This season, south division teams will host their north counterparts.Van Buren, which finished the regular season with a 12-4 mark in the south division, will host north division No. 3 seed ...

CHARITON ? After all the forfeits were tallied Tuesday, the Fairfield wrestling team claimed five of six matches over host Chariton for a 39-33 dual win in the regular season finale.The Trojans forfeit five matches and received just two of their own, but they made up for the discrepancy with big wins in nearly every other match.?Chariton has a solid team here, and I was really impressed with our wrestlers ...

The Fairfield Middle School wrestling team, which featured 16 eighth-graders and four seventh-graders this winter, concluded the season Monday at a meet in Ottumwa. The young Trojan wrestlers combined to produce a match record of 170 wins and 155 losses during the year, and several individuals produced standout seasons. Michael Fritz finished the year undefeated at 21-0, pinning each of his opponents and never ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren boys? basketball team couldn?t miss to start and wrapped up a season sweep of rival Central Lee on Monday, claiming a lopsided 73-27 victory in Keosauqua.Led by Thomas Fitzsimmons? 20 first-half points, the Warriors went on a 23-0 run to kick off the contest and held a 33-2 advantage after the first quarter. Fitzsimmons ended up with a game-high 23 points.Will Mertens scored 14 points ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Cardinal?s girls/boys basketball doubleheader vs. West Burlington scheduled Tuesday was postponed due to inclement weather. Both games will be made up next Monday.

LONE TREE ? Area wrestling teams were unable to crown any champions at Saturday?s SEISC wrestling tournament in Lone Tree, but one Pekin wrestler came close.Pekin senior Austyn Vogel claimed two consecutive wins by fall to reach the championship match at 152 pounds, before losing to Bradley Conley of Mediapolis in the championship round by a 10-4 decision. The runner-up finish was Vogel?s second straight at the ...

Girls: Pekin 49, Highland 45PACKWOOD ? Pekin left its late-game blues behind and came back from a fourth-quarter deficit to pick up a 49-45 home win over Highland Friday.Trailing 33-30 at the start of the final quarter, the Panthers poured in 19 points in the final eight minutes to win their second game in a row.Leading the way for the Panthers on offense was Samantha Wright with 14 points and Beth Atwood with ...

Karley Williams scored 14 points for the Fairfield girls? JV team Thursday, but the Trojans fell to Iowa City Regina 42-37.Williams also had three steals to lead the Trojans defensively. Teammate Delaney Neil tallied seven points along with seven boards, and Taylor Ferrel and Mackenzie Flattery scored six apiece. Madison Roberts finished with four points and seven rebounds.The Trojans play at home vs. Centervill...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Michael Fritz won three more matches Friday at a wrestling meet in Mount Pleasant, and three other Trojans were double-winners on the day.Fritz pinned all three of his opponents in 1:24 or under. Zach Barnes, Trenton Hanen and Alex Sisomphane joined in on the fun with a pair of wins apiece.Hanen won by fall in 59 seconds and 1:39, Barnes earned a 15-0 win by technical fall and pinned another ...

Defensive intensity was lacking in the Fairfield girls? 71-50 loss to Iowa City Regina Thursday, and head coach Mick Flattery put the blame squarely on his own shoulders.?I?d fire the defensive coordinator if I was a football coach, and the defensive coordinator here is me,? said Flattery. ?We gave up 71 and 66 points this week. We?re just not guarding anybody right now with any intensity or any strategy in ...

Shawn Ruckman of Fairfield bowled a 300 game as part of a 759 three-game series Jan. 2 at Champion Bowl in Ottumwa.