Fairfield News

Fairfield?s Inferno 10-and-under soccer team went undefeated in their most recent tournament Sunday. Team members are pictured with their medals, from left, front row: David Rojo, Luke Cleveland, Ethan Heckethorn; back row: Landen Schafer, Dagan Burnett, Eli Moore and Chance Swan. The team is coached by Roeland Hekker.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? A Halloween treat came hours early for San Francisco Giants baseball fans who turned out by the thousand ? many climbing trees and rooftops ? to cheer on the World Series champions during a confetti-drenched parade through the heart of town.Fans in the team?s holiday-appropriate orange and black stood 30 deep Wednesday for a chance to see their favorite players wave from convertibles and get ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? The fifth annual Great River Hospice Fun Run and Walk is scheduled at 9 a.m. Saturday in West Burlington.The race begins on the Great River Health Systems? campus located at 1221 S. Gear Ave., West Burlington. All proceeds will support Great River Hospice House.Trophies will be awarded to the overall male and female winners of the 4-mile run, and medals will be given to the top three finishers ...

DETROIT (AP) ? Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda.All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.Nearly knocked out in the playoffs time and time again, and finally pressed by the Detroit Tigers in Game 4, Pablo Sandoval and the Giants clinched their second title in three seasons Sunday night.Marco Scutaro ? who else? ? delivered one more key ...

IOWA CITY ? Fairfield?s Baylee Bowman added on to her string of state swim meet appearances, qualifying in the 100-freestyle at the regional meet in Iowa City Saturday.Bowman, a junior, will be making her third straight trip to the state meet thanks to a third-place finish in the 100 (55.98). Her swim was a second off winner Lilian Zhu of Iowa City West (54.73) and was a tenth of a second below the tentative ...

CLINTON ? Fairfield freshman diver Katherine Mueller qualified for the state diving meet with an unfreshman-like fourth-place finish at the regional meet in Clinton Thursday.Up against divers from larger schools, Mueller turned in a finals score of 337.10 to best seven other athletes in the 1-meter dive event. Mueller?s season will continue Nov. 2 at the state meet in Marshalltown.Jacintha Thomas of Iowa West ...

EDDYVILLE ? The Pekin volleyball team?s successful run came to an end Friday at the hands of Eddyville-Blakesburg in the Class 2A Region 6 semifinals.The Rockets topped the Panthers by scores of 25-16, 29-27 and 25-16 to advance to the regional final, where they will meet top-ranked Dike-New Hartford at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Grinnell. The winner of Wednesday?s final will advance to the state tournament.On Friday, ...

All the cross country meets and miles run are just preparation for this Saturday.One area squad ? the Pekin girls? cross country team ? has qualified for the Class 1A race scheduled Saturday at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The Panthers will be joined by fellow schoolmate and freshman Austin Fariss in the Class 1A boys? event as well as Fairfield senior Jessica Lamb in the Class 3A girls? ...

Fairfield?s first middle school basketball games of the season will be played Tuesday. The eighth-grade girls play at home and the seventh-grade boys play at Washington.The games were moved from Monday due to parent-teacher conferences.

MIDLAND, Mich. ? Sean Soupiset, a part-time resident of Fairfield and former Fairfield High School tennis player, finished sixth in Michigan Division 1 doubles over the weekend at the state finals in Midland, Michigan.Playing for Traverse City Central, Soupiset and doubles partner Cam Young also set a state record in the process. The pair finished the season with a 43-2 record, surpassing the previous Michigan ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg has had one of the most miserable senior seasons anyone could imagine.It?s not going to cost him his job.Coach Kirk Ferentz reiterated on Tuesday that Vandenberg is his starter for Saturday?s game at Northwestern (6-2, 2-2 Big Ten).Many wondered if Iowa (4-3, 2-1) might go in another direction after Vandenberg and the Hawkeyes were dismantled by Penn State ...

LISBON ? The Panthers moved down into the red zone more than once Wednesday, but the end zone proved harder to find as they dropped a 14-0 game to Lisbon in the Class A playoff opener.The Panthers fumbled at the Lisbon 8 in the opening quarter, and in the second quarter the visitors came up empty on a goal-line stand inside the Lisbon 1.The Panther defense kept the game close, holding Lisbon to 272 yards ...