Fairfield News

Mueller fourth in divePLEASANT HILL ? Fairfield?s Katherine Mueller set a personal best in 1-meter dive competition Thursday at Southeast Polk.Mueller, a freshman, placed fourth out of 14 competing divers.Final scores will be published as soon as they are released.

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Sami Fritz won her third meet of the season Tuesday to pace the Fairfield Middle School cross country runners in Washington.Fritz won with a course time of 9:57, while Ashlyn Elmore was third in 10:13 and Kylie Kurtz finished sixth in 10:49. Maggie Ferrel (ninth, 11:11), Emily Hanna (12th, 11:17) and Ryan Pate (24th, 12:13) also finished in the top-25.Trojan eighth-grader Elijah Parr led the ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Sometimes it takes a little extra motivation to discover how to win again.Fortunately for the Cardinal volleyball team, motivation was in great supply Thursday against rival Van Buren in Keosauqua. The Comets snapped a losing streak of five games with a 14-25, 25-23, 25-15, 18-25, 15-9 victory over the Warriors.?We?ve been struggling lately but we always seem to play well against Van Buren,? said ...

KEOKUK ? The brooms were out in full force Tuesday as the Fairfield eighth-grade volleyball team took on Keokuk.The eighth-graders were able to sweep away Keokuk in all eight games, starting with a 21-14, 21-8 victory in the ?A? game.Kenady Waugh led the Trojans with five ace serves, and Natalie Angstead had three assists and four kills in the rout.The ?B? team won 21-18, 21-8. Jada Lippincott had 12 points ...

Fairfield head coach Mike Schenck doesn?t need to explain to his players the importance of Friday?s game against Mount Pleasant.The players are well aware what?s at stake. A loss to the Panthers would effectively knock the Trojans out of the playoff picture, while a win would put them back in the race for a spot.?It?s basically the first round of the playoffs for us,? said Schenck. ?We have to win out to be a ...

IOWA CITY ? Pekin rookie Gwynne Wright won her sixth meet of the season, and the Pekin girls? cross country team finished runner-up Thursday at the Bud Williams Invitational in Iowa City.The phenomenal freshman completed the 4-kilometer course in 14:27 to dominate a field made up of larger school runners. Her tape-breaking time bested runner-up Michelle Zikes of Cedar Rapids Jefferson by 35 seconds, and third-pla...

Cam Baumann and Tony Zapata combined for four rushing touchdowns, and the Fairfield eighth-grade football team routed Fort Madison 46-0 in the ?A? game Tuesday.Baumann racked up 108 yards and two scores on 10 carries and Zapata had 98 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries. Michael Fritz added 81 rushing yards with a touchdown, and Brayden Miller gained 31 yards on a pair of rushing attempts. Zapata and ...

FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield seventh-grade football teams lost a pair of games to Fort Madison on Tuesday.The ?A? team fell to the Bloodhounds by a final score of 28-0 and the ?B? team lost 36-0.Steeler Higdon led the ?A? team with 43 yards rushing and 11 tackles on defense. Logan Williams was the top tackler for the ?B? team with five stops.Both teams are now 1-3. They return home next Tuesday to play Ottumwa.

Cardinal head coach Adam Hadenfelt thought his players needed to be ?perfect? to stay in last?s week game against top-ranked Iowa City Regina.With a matchup against district opponent Wilton (4-1) in Week 6, the Comets (3-2) will need to be near perfect once more.?Wilton is a complete football team, and we?ll have to be at our best against them,? said Hadenfelt. ?They have set themselves up to be exactly where ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The NFL?s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn?t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans.After two days of marathon negotiations ? and mounting frustration throughout the league ? the NFL and the officials? union announced at midnight Thursday that a tentative eight-year agreement had been reached to end a lockout that began in June.The deal came on the heels ...

The sixth-ranked Pekin football team hopes the ?little things? turn into a big win in Week 6.The Panthers (5-0, 3-0) travel to English Valleys for a Class A District 6 battle Friday.?We always throw a few wrinkles in there but will be looking at focusing on the little things,? said Pekin head coach Joe Donovan. ?It doesn?t matter who we?re playing, the little things are always important.?For the Panthers, that ...

With the first win of the season under their belts, the Warriors now turn their focus to Week 6 opponent Highland.The Warriors (1-4) won their first game in more than a year last Friday when they topped New London 34-6. Junior Aaron Clemens gained 127 yards on 25 carries and senior Curtis Thomas had 103 rushing yards on 21 carries in the victory.The Warriors? success will once again rest on their running game, ...