Fairfield News

WILLIAMSBURG ? Illness and no diving event left the Fairfield swim team severely undermanned at Monday?s Raider Invite in Williamsburg.The Trojans were just six members strong and able to compete in eight off 11 events, yet they still edged Tipton by one point in the four-team field. Fairfield?s 24 points placed them behind both host Williamsburg (97) and Vinton-Shellsburg (76).?This was a meet that we could ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal volleyball team concluded SEISC play in Eldon with a 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 17-25 loss to Danville on Tuesday.The team?s only senior, Lindsay Moore, finished with 20 digs from the back row. Leea Ostrander, a junior, came through with 16 digs and a team-leading 10 kills. Danae Moses handed out 16 assists, and Delaney Ridgway spiked eight kills to go with four blocks. Dakota Durflinger tallied ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Fairfield volleyball continued its dominant reign over the Southeast Conference with victories in the JV and freshman matches Tuesday.Fairfield?s JV squad picked up a 25-20, 25-20 victory and the freshman team swept the Demons 25-19, 25-19 at Washington High School.In the ninth-grade match, Mackenzi Harwood led the attack for the Trojans with 10 kills, and Delaney Neil had five kills and a ...

OSKALOOSA ? Fairfield picked up a win against the host team in the Oskaloosa JV volleyball tournament Saturday.The Trojans got by Oskaloosa in two sets: 26-24, 21-17. They lost to Nevada (15-21, 17-21) and Pella Christian (15-25, 21-25) in two sets and dropped a close three-setter to Gilbert (15-21, 21-19, 15-12).Madison Roberts led the way with 38 digs, 20 kills and 11 aces. Karley Williams provided 42 digs ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa cornerback Micah Hyde apologized to his family, coaches and teammates on Tuesday in his first public comments since being booked on suspicion of public intoxication and interference with official acts early Saturday.Hyde has since been removed as a team captain, but the three-year starter is expected to play in Saturday?s game at Michigan State.

ELDON ? For three quarters Friday, Cardinal looked like a football team capable of playing with anybody in Class 1A District 6.But a game is decided by four quarters of play, and a slow start in the first period put the Comets in a 22-0 hole in Eldon. The Comets allowed just two more touchdowns the rest of the way but lost to Wapello 36-3.?Once we got past the first quarter we played well, but we have to find a ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin head coach Joe Donovan has been preaching the ?little things? all season long.Those little things ended up biting the Panthers Friday against Montezuma on homecoming night in Packwood. Montezuma pulled off a 28-20 upset win over the fifth-ranked (Class A) Panthers.?The little things really hurt us and we seemed to get complacent on third down,? said Donovan. ?We got undisciplined on defense and ...

FARMINGTON ? Lexi Fullenkamp recorded nine aces on 18-of-21 serving and the Comets swept Harmony 25-18, 25-15, 25-15 in Southeast Iowa Super Conference volleyball Thursday.Fullenkamp also finished with nine digs and Lindsay Moore had a team-high 14 digs. Cassidy McMartin was 11-for-13 from behind the service line with six aces. Shelby Smith had 11 assists and two blocks and Delaney Ridgway ripped eight kills.The...

The Pekin seventh-grade football team is pictured, from left, front row: Hunter Weinhold, Alec Coleman, Jordan Hixson, Brent Dillard, Clayton Greiner, Tyler Loyd, Elijah Sieren, Keelan Scott; middle row: Isaiah Wittrock, Clayton Culp, Dustin Tschudy, Skyler Juhl, Kaden Baker, Drake Harbison, Chandler Eckley, Keaton Baayen, Dakota Phillips; back row: Mason Nelson, coach Derek Garrels, Simon Bollinger, Jesse ...

Fairfield Middle School?s eighth-grade volleyball team defended its court well with an eight-game sweep of Mount Pleasant on Thursday.Fairfield?s ?A? team won 21-9, 21-18. Kenady Waugh and Haley Beard had five aces apiece. Natalie Angstead finished with two assists and a kill. Waugh and Brynna Bowman tacked on one kill each.Jada Lippincott served up six aces and slammed two kills to steer the ?B? team to a ...

Members of the Pekin eighth-grade football team are pictured, from left, front row: Tom Hampton, Zack Buller, Athena Hedman, Logan Kates, Brad Pregon, Gavin Tackett; back row: coach Derek Garrels, Tyler Copeland, Zack Conger, Jake Huff, Joe Hagedon, Trevor Northup and coach Tim Hadley.

Fairfield?s youth soccer teams were out in full force Saturday with matches against Centerville, Albia and even each other at the Dexter Soccer Complex in Fairfield.The local U8 team dominated its opponents and topped Fairfield?s own U9 team. Fairfield?s U10 teams also tallied wins.Fairfield?s No. 1 U12 team topped Albia 5-0, with goals made by Nicolas Frisbee and Kobe Cassens-Navesse. The No. 2 U12 team tied ...