Fairfield News

ELDON ? As the seconds ticked away in the fourth quarter Friday, senior wideout Cody Carter slinged his first career pass into the waiting hands of junior Tyler Batterson for a 19-yard touchdown.Cardinal?s only score of the game ? on a reverse pass, no less ? barely made a dent in West Branch?s 52-6 victory in Eldon, but Cardinal head coach Adam Hadenfelt felt the touchdown signified much more.?I thought it was ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren head coach Rich Wiegand didn?t know what to expect coming into Van Buren?s season finale vs. Danville in Keosauqua.Turns out, it would be one of those nights he and his players would never forget.Senior Curtis Thomas set a school record for most rushing yards in a game with 293, and the Warriors won their second game of the season, a 44-8 drubbing of Danville on Senior Night.?It?s one of ...

Success hasn?t been exclusive to the Pekin varsity football team in 2012.The JV team found its share of success as well and finished with a perfect 7-0 record following a 14-12 victory over Burlington-Notre Dame last Monday.The Panthers also beat New London, WACO, Pleasantville, Montezuma, North Mahaska and BGM while outscoring their opponents 244-28. They gained 2,641 total yards on offense and held opposing ...

All eyes on the Fairfield volleyball team are focused on the state tournament.To get close, they?ll have to first get past Knoxville (14-25) Monday and then Mount Pleasant (15-15) on Thursday.Though one of Region 6?s byes went to Mount Pleasant instead of the Southeast Conference champs, the good news for Trojan fans is they?ll have homefield advantage all the way to the substate round. The Trojans haven?t lost ...

FORT MADISON ? With the Southeast Conference banner already en route to Fairfield, the Trojan volleyball team had a new goal in mind.?The kids didn?t want to be 7-1 [in conference games],? Fairfield head coach Nancy Diers said. ?There?s not a lot of teams that can go through and say they won the conference 8-0, even our own squads.?With the Trojans? 16-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 victory over Fort Madison on ...

ELDON ? Hanna Haynes turned in her most dominant performance to date Wednesday, leading Van Buren past Cardinal in four sets in the opening round of Class 2A regional volleyball.Haynes spiked down 25 kills while also tallying 16 digs and nine blocks as Van Buren toppled Cardinal by final scores of of 27-25, 23-25, 25-16 and 25-17 at Cardinal High School.?She?s really turned it around,? Van Buren head coach Matt ...

BURLINGTON ? Trojan swimmers Jade Greiner and Baylee Bowman and diver Katherine Mueller placed first in events Thursday at Burlington.Greiner won the 100-breaststroke in 1:17 before scratching a pair of later races due to shoulder pain. Bowman was first in the 100-freestyle with a time of 58.02 seconds, and Mueller won the diving event with a score of 196.10.Senior Jaci Bell scored 166.5 points to finish ...

Thursday?s Class 1A state-qualifying cross country meet at Wildwood Park in Ottumwa was postponed due to weather. The meet has been rescheduled to Monday at 4 p.m.Area teams scheduled to run include Pekin, Van Buren and Cardinal.

There will be no playoffs for Cardinal and Van Buren this season, but both squads have an opportunity to go out winners in their respective season finales Friday.Both teams also will be playing at their home stadiums, with Cardinal set to host West Branch (6-2) and Van Buren taking on Danville (3-5).West Branch enters Friday?s game in Eldon having won its last four contests after falling to Iowa City Regina and ...

KEOKUK ? With less than one week to go until Class 4A regionals, the Fairfield volleyball team is showing no sign of letting up anytime soon.Fairfield (24-7) locked up its second consecutive Southeast Conference title Tuesday with a three-game sweep of Keokuk. The Trojans dropped the host Chiefs by scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-22 to continue their stranglehold on the SEC.?What a nice and great thing for our ...

Even after eight weeks of football, it?s hard to make sense of the convoluted mess that is Class A District 6.Expect things to look a lot clearer after Week 9.With one week to go in the regular season, district frontrunners Pekin and BGM will meet Friday in what could amount to the de facto championship game. The only problem is two other teams ? Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma ? are also tied atop the District 6 ...

Pekin senior Leslie Stone, pictured, sets the ball Saturday during the Fairfield Tournament at FHS. Stone, the school record holder for most assists in a match, led the Panthers to two victories at the tourney. Pekin beat Twin Cedars 25-13, 25-20 and toppled Louisa-Muscatine 25-12, 25-17. They fell to Davis County in three close games (25-18, 25-27, 9-15) and were swept by Fairfield (4-25, 13-25). The Panthers ...