Fairfield News

DUBUQUE ? The 2013 Special Olympics Iowa Winter Games will bring approximately 413 athletes from across the state to Dubuque to compete in the 28th annual event Jan. 14-16.Competition will include alpine and Nordic skiing, figure skating, snowshoeing and speed skating. Additionally, there will be a sports banquet at the Grand River Center, a dance and pool party.?We have more than 170 coaches and chaperones, as ...

FORT MADISON ? Lindsay Moore, Danae Moses and Delaney Ridgway scored all but five of the Comets? points en route to a 55-50 overtime victory over Holy Trinity in Fort Madison.Moore led the Comets with 18 points on 12 of 16 free throw shooting, Moses had 17 points, and Ridgway totaled 15 points and a team-high seven boards.The Comets, who trailed 24-20 at halftime, came within one point at the end of the third ...

PACKWOOD ? The young Pekin girls? basketball team struggled to find its groove in a 43-23 loss to Winfield-Mount Union Tuesday in Packwood.The Panthers, who were led by freshman Gwynne Wright?s 12 points, started slow out of the gates and quickly found themselves in an 8-0 hole.Pekin scored its first bucket of the night with two minutes to go in the first quarter and trailed 11-4 headed into the second period. ...

NEW LONDON ? A strong finish to the first half for New London turned a close contest into a lopsided one Tuesday as the host squad picked up a 55-32 victory over Maharishi School.The visiting Pioneers (2-6) were in the game to start, trailing only 16-11 with a few minutes remaining before halftime. The Tigers rolled off 12 straight points to close the half, however, taking a 28-11 advantage into the locker ...

EDDYVILLE ? Outmanned and outgunned, the Comet wrestling team dropped a pair of duals to Eddyville-Blakesburg and Davis County at Tuesday?s triangular in Eddyville.Cardinal lost to Davis County 52-18 and fell 72-9 to the second-ranked Class 1A Rockets.The bright spot for Cardinal was its junior state-qualifier Ryan Cale, who finished the day 2-0. The 113-pound Comet pinned Davis County?s Kody Smith in just 19 ...

IOWA CITY ? Seth Davisson won his second tournament of the season Saturday, leading Fairfield to a fifth-place finish (119 points) in the Iowa City Regina tournament.Mount Vernon won the 12-team tournament with a score of 224. West Branch was second with 204 points and Maquoketa Valley finished third at 156.Davisson rolled off two wins in a row at 182 pounds for the title. The senior Trojan pinned Pekin?s ...

The Fairfield boys? bowling team won its first dual of the season in its home opener Saturday, blasting Southeast Conference rival Mount Pleasant 2844-2560.Once again, sophomore Andrew Chatfield and senior Brady Hammes led the boys? team, which built a 195-pin after round one. Chatfield eclipsed 200 in both his games and finished 55 pins above his practice average. Hammes rolled the best game (228) and series ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? With a perfect season within reach Friday, Fairfield Middle School?s eighth-grade girls didn?t disappoint.The Trojan ?A? team blasted Washington 47-7 in the season finale to wrap up their second straight perfect season at 12-0. Last season, they finished 11-0 at the seventh-grade level.?I am just really proud of all the girls this year and the great season we had yet again,? Fairfield coach ...

Top-ranked (Class 1A) Danville held Maharishi School to one point in the first quarter Friday, turning a 62-4 halftime lead into a 94-20 victory in Fairfield.The Pioneers did much better against Danville?s suffocating defense in the third quarter, where they dropped in 14 points. They only attempted 21 shots in the game, though they were 5 of 9 from 3-point range.Maharishi School?s Suraj Pullapantula and Alex ...

OTTUMWA ? Fairfield Middle School?s seventh-grade boys won two out of three games vs. Ottumwa in basketball action Thursday.The Trojans edged Ottumwa in the ?A? contest 33-31, and they also won the ?C? game 20-16. They dropped the ?B? game 32-2.In the ?A? game, Kolten Webber led the way with 10 points and four steals. Steeler Higdon totaled seven points, nine boards and two steals; Cade Lisk scored six points ...

FORT MADISON ? Mitch Garrels won the 195-pound title at the Fort Madison Invitational Saturday, leading Van Buren to an eighth-place finish out of 10 teams. The Warriors tallied 65 points.Unity Daugherty (106), Jesse Fuller (145) and Dakota LaRue (182) all finished fifth for Van Buren.The Warriors are off until the Van Buren Invitational scheduled Jan. 5.

ELDON ? Pekin couldn?t miss from the field Thursday. Neither could Cardinal.In the end, though, it came down to who hit their free throws.Pekin junior Petie Clubb hit four straight free throws in the closing minutes Thursday, lifting the Panthers to a wild 97-90 double-overtime victory in front of a raucous crowd in Eldon.Clubb was 13 of 16 from the charity stripe with 21 points, and Pekin came back from ...