Fairfield News

CLINTON, N.Y. ? Fairfield High School graduate Serena Ward dropped in seven points in her first collegiate start for Hamilton College, a 42-31 loss to SUNY Oswego, Tuesday in Clinton, N.Y.Ward, a rookie guard/forward, led the Trojan basketball team in scoring in her junior and senior high school seasons. She finished with 13.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last winter.In Tuesday?s game, Ward?s teammate Eliza ...

Pekin senior Cheyann Lankford, bottom left, signs a letter of intent to play softball next year at William Penn University in Oskaloosa. Her parents and William Penn head coach Mike Christner, bottom right, are also pictured at the signing, which took place Tuesday in Pekin Community School. Last summer as Pekin?s leadoff hitter, Lankford had a .470 batting average and broke the school?s single-season record for ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ? After opening the season with three straight victories by double-digit margins, California had to scramble down the stretch Thursday night against Drake. The Golden Bears managed by keeping their composure and controlling some frustration toward the referees.Justin Cobbs scored four of his 21 points in the final 71 seconds, Allen Crabbe had 15 points and Cal came back from nine points down ...

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) ? The crowd at the Imperial Arena was ready for the big upset. No. 2 Louisville was trying to hang on against Northern Iowa.The last time the Panthers were going after a highly ranked team they got it, beating top-ranked Kansas 69-67 when Ali Farokhmanesh was the name on everybody?s lips for quite a few days in March 2010.There was no wild celebrating this time, the Panthers just ...

Fairfield junior Landon Gamrath shows a soft touch underneath the basket Tuesday at the Mid-Prairie Jamboree in Wellman. Gamrath had two points as the Trojans lost a 19-8 scrimmage to Clear Creek-Amana in one half of play. Joe Hietpas, Spencer Peterman and Kyle Weirup also scored two points apiece. The Trojans open the season Monday at Oskaloosa.

OTTUMWA ­? Fairfield?s JV squad, which features several ninth-graders, lost a 32-15 game to Ottumwa in its season opener Tuesday.Mackenzie Flattery led the Trojan offense with eight points, while Karley Williams finished with six points and a team-high five boards. Madison Roberts also chipped in four points and hauled in four rebounds. Taylor Ferrel, Molly Ryan, Lindsey Repp and Delaney Neil totaled two ...

OTTUMWA ? It had been a while since the Trojan girls had won a season opener, and it had been even longer since they?d beaten Ottumwa.On Tuesday, the Trojans accomplished both feats ? in Ottumwa, no less ? with one of their biggest wins in years: a 48-31 statement victory over the Bulldogs.The Trojans (1-0) scored the first seven points in the contest and never trailed. The visitors held Ottumwa to just two ...

The Fairfield and Pekin football teams grabbed two spots apiece on the all-state football teams selected by the Iowa Newspaper Association.Fairfield?s Jake Mineart, a senior, was named to the Class 3A second team, and senior teammate Spencer Peterman was selected to the Class 3A third team.Mineart fills an offensive line position on the squad after having a standout season on both sides of the ball. His hard ...

WINFIELD ? The Pekin girls? basketball team started its season early with a 50-39 loss to Winfield-Mount Union in Southeast Iowa Super Conference North action Friday evening.?It took us a while to get going,? said Pekin head coach Davis Eidahl. ?Being our first game and only one player back from last year that played, it wasn?t until the second half that we really began to play as a team.?McKenna Gambell led ...

Amanda Chatfield of Fairfield points to the screen showing her perfect 300 game during Squaw League action Wednesday night at Flamingo Lanes. Chatfield is the second female to ever score a perfect game at the Fairfield bowling alley; Heather Swan was the first on Dec. 21, 1994. Chatfield is the first bowler of either gender to bowl a 300 at Flamingo Lanes since Ray Karbacka accomplished the feat three years ago.

CEDAR FALLS (AP) ? Josey Jewell led Decorah?s power running game with 160 yards and three touchdowns and the Vikings beat Sioux City Heelan 49-21 Thursday night to win the Class 3A state championship.Holt Johansen added two touchdowns for Decorah, while Jacob Kvale scored one and passed for one as the Vikings (14-0) won their first state title since 1989 and their fifth overall.Heelan (12-2), which has won ...

Members of the Fairfield eighth-grade girls? basketball team are pictured, from left, front row: manager Jenna Wickenkamp, Ashyln Elmore, Kylee Marlay, Taylor Marlay, Brynna Bowman, Sara Trent, Kellie-Ann Hovorka, Sarah Swanson, Maggie Ferrel; middle row: Mady Rauscher, Natalie Angstead, Kaylee Watson, Sarah Hardin, Amber Samuelson, Brooke McLain, Kylie Kurtz, Kenady Waugh, manager Sarah Davisson, manager Paige ...