Fairfield News

Some days you just can?t miss.For Fairfield junior Matt Carr, that day was Tuesday.Carr connected on four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 18 points to steer the Fairfield boys to their most dominant performance of the season, a 54-28 rout of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at FHS Gymnasium.?Offensively it?s what we expect out of Matt. Everybody on the team expects him to do what he did tonight, we?re just ...

Fairfield High School will be holding its fourth annual ?Trojans vs. Cancer? night Jan. 24 as part of the girls/boys basketball double-header vs. Iowa City Regina.A fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, ?Trojans vs. Cancer? will consist of several activities ranging from a soup supper to duck toss.The soup supper, sponsored by the FHS Student Council, will begin prior to the varsity contests. Cost will be ...

A busy schedule out of the holiday break appeared to finally take its toll on the Fairfield girls, who fell to visiting Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 65-50 Tuesday in Fairfield.The Trojans rolled to two straight victories Friday and Saturday, but in their third game in five days Tuesday, Fairfield head coach Mick Flattery saw a Trojans team that appeared flat. After opening Tuesday?s game dead-even through the ...

WAYLAND ? It may have taken half a season, but Cardinal?s wrestling team finally grabbed its first win Tuesday in Wayland.The Comets, who are currently 1-11 on the season, topped host WACO 30-18 but fell to Tri-County/Montezuma 42-18.In the win over WACO, the Comets received a pin from Josh Ramos at 182 pounds as well as four forfeits. Drayton Hamm (106), Ryan Cale (113), Patrick Lind (145) and Kayvin Johnson ...

The Fairfield youth basketball program presents a check worth $5,000 to the Jefferson County Foundation on Monday to go toward the new outdoor pool and public gymnasium project. Adults pictured in the back row are, from left: Dan Breen, Jodi Kerr, Joe Carr, Angela Bloomquist and Dave Swanson. The boys pictured are skill session participants in third- through sixth-grade.

ELDON ? The Cardinal boys continued their undefeated 2013 with a 59-45 win over conference foe Central Lee Tuesday.Dakota Showman and Kaleb Durflinger led the way on offense with 18 and 15 points, respectively, as the Comets improved to 2-0 after the holiday break. Cardinal also handled Moravia last Thursday.The Comets opened Tuesday?s home game taking a 13-12 advantage and leading 26-24 at halftime. They ...

DANVILLE ? The Fairfield JV boys? basketball team dropped a 66-31 road game against Danville Saturday.A trio of freshmen led the Trojans in scoring. Trevor Drish and Alex Crile totaled seven points apiece, and Jordan Reid scored six.Alex Simpson contributed five points and Landen Greiner had three assists, two blocks and a pair of steals. Tanner Deao also snagged two steals.The Trojans continue their season ...

MONROE ? Austyn Vogel continued his midseason dominance Saturday, claiming the 145-pound title at the PCM Invitational in Monroe.Vogel won by 17-2 technical fall in the championship round to conclude his undefeated day. The senior also won by 15-0 technical fall and 13-1 major decision to reach the finals.?It was a pretty dominant tournament for him, and you can see his confidence level is coming up,? said ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? A cold start was the beginning of a long night for Maharishi School, which dropped a 51-16 road game to West Burlington on Tuesday.Falling behind 13-0 after the first quarter, the Pioneers played even with West Burlington in the second quarter but still trailed 21-7 at the intermission. They then scored the first basket of the second half to narrow the deficit to 12, but it was all West ...

Five Warriors reached double figures in scoring Monday on their way to a 64-25 blowout of Maharishi School in Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys? basketball in Fairfield.The Van Buren boys were led by Thomas Fitzsimmons? 16 points, and they also received 11 points apiece from Pedrick Garrett, Will Mertens and Brandon Plecker.Suraj Pullapantula and Surya Sawhney paced the Pioneer offense with eight points ...

The Fairfield High School activities office announces changes to upcoming varsity bowling and basketball contests.The start time of a Trojan bowling meet scheduled Jan. 26 in Mount Pleasant has changed from 1 p.m. to noon due to a conflict with a city tournament.Additionally, the start time and order of events for Trojan basketball games in Pella Feb. 2 have changed. Varsity boys and JV girls will take the ...

A second half drought spanning the final two quarters thwarted the Fairfield freshman boys? team in its 39-26 loss to Fort Madison Thursday in Fairfield.Fairfield played right with the visitors through the first two quarters and trailed only 18-16 at the half. But the Trojans came out flat in the second half, as they managed just three points in the third and seven more in the final period. The Bloodhounds ...