Fairfield News

MEDIAPOLIS ? Mediapolis showed with its ranked third in Class 2A wrestling Thursday, drilling Pekin 79-0 in Mediapolis.Lone Tree also was scheduled to compete Thursday, but they dropped out of the triangular.The Panthers kick off the postseason Saturday at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament in Lone Tree.

DANVILLE ? Steven Soukup scored a game-high 27 points and the top-ranked (Class 1A) Danville boys earned their 17th straight win, a 77-39 victory over Cardinal Thursday at Danville.Connor Hogberg added 17 points for the Bears and Michael Soukup scored 15 as Danville improved to 15-0 in the division.Charlie Rachford and Cody Carter scored 11 points apiece to pace the Comets, who have lost two straight following ...

KALONA ? Beth Atwood turned in a career performance with 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Pekin girls? basketball team to a 59-41 victory over IMS Tuesday evening in Kalona.Gwynne Wright also had 12 points and three assists and Madelyn Baker scored 11 points for Pekin, which has won two of its past three games.The Panthers jumped out to a 12-6 advantage to start and worked their way to a 21-18 lead by ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake has managed to be both dangerous and underwhelming this season.It only makes sense for these Bulldogs that they would manage to knock off their first ranked opponent in five years ? and still finish the night below .500Richard Carter scored 20 points and Ben Simons added 13 as the Bulldogs (9-10, 3-5 Missouri Valley Conference) beat No. 17 Creighton 74-69 on Wednesday night.Drake blew a ...

BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield girls? gauntlet of ranked teams continued Tuesday with a 66-44 loss to second-ranked (Class 1A) Burlington Notre Dame in Burlington.Senior Sidney Baumann scored 14 points with a pair of 3s, and junior Hanna Greiner had 12 points with six rebounds to lead the Trojans (6-9, 2-4 SEC), who have faced ranked opponents in three of the past four games.?It was a lot closer than the final ...

The Fairfield seventh-grade girls continued to make things look easy on the basketball court, topping Fort Madison 54-9 in ?A? action Tuesday in Fairfield.Led by Nicole Buch?s 28 points, the Trojans led 14-3 after the first quarter and held a 26-3 advantage by the half.Fairfield?s Ashtyn Drish scored 14, Kristen Daugherty and Amiah Neff supplied four points each, and Alie Kensett and Ashley Pool scored two ...

Nick Higgins scored 24 points on 11 of 15 free-throw shooting, and the Fairfield freshman boys? basketball team got back to its winning ways with a 50-41 victory over Washington Monday in Fairfield.The Trojans trailed 10-9 after the first quarter and fell behind 17-9 midway through the second, but an 11-0 run before halftime put Fairfield back in the lead for good.The Trojans increased their advantage to 36-29 ...

The Fairfield JV girls? basketball team evened its record to 7-7 with a come-from-behind 51-48 victory over Burlington Notre Dame Tuesday.Fairfield?s Karley Williams, who finished with nine points and four rebounds, blocked a 3-point shot as time expired to hold on to the road win. The Trojans trailed by double digits early in the game.Also for Fairfield, freshmen Mackenzie Flattery scored a game-high 15 ...

The offensive woes continued Tuesday for Maharishi School, which trailed Burlington Notre Dame 22-2 after one quarter and went on to lose a 67-13 game in Fairfield.Rashan Anderson led the Pioneer boys on offense with four points, while Suraj Pullapantulla scored three in addition to his three steals. Avery Mullenneaux grabbed three rebounds.A difficult week continues Friday with Maharishi School visiting ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? As Washington?s tallest player, senior Justin Hoffman has spent more time in the post this season than outside the 3-point arc. But Hoffman, a 6-foot-3 forward, drained a pair of key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter of Friday?s game against Fairfield to help the Demons rally for a 42-35 win.Washington (4-9, 1-4 Southeast Conference) trailed 25-22 heading into the fourth quarter of Friday?s ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? After Fairfield?s Sidney Baumann scored half of her team?s 18 points in the first half of Friday?s Southeast Conference game at No. 14 Washington, the host Demons did everything they could to keep the ball out of the senior point guard?s hands in the third quarter.The result was a 15-2 run that turned an 18-18 halftime tie into a 50-36 Washington victory.?We kind of locked in on Sidney ...

PACKWOOD ? Finishing games has been a struggle for the young Pekin girls? basketball team all season, but it had no trouble finishing off visiting Louisa-Muscatine Friday.The Panthers scored just 17 points in the first three quarters before pumping out 16 more in the fourth to earn a bruising 33-21 victory in Southeast Iowa Super Conference North action.The Pekin girls had lost three straight games by five ...