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The Fairfield youth soccer clinic scheduled tonight has been postponed until Sept. 20. The clinic will meet from 5:15-6 p.m.
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The Fairfield youth soccer clinic scheduled tonight has been postponed until Sept. 20. The clinic will meet from 5:15-6 p.m.
Both the Fairfield varsity and sophomore volleyball teams will be battling through tournaments come Saturday.The varsity squad is headed to Ottumwa where it will take on Eddyville-Blakesburg, Centerville and Burlington in pool play. Fairfield kicks off the tournament at 8:30 a.m. against Eddyville. The other pool includes the host Bulldogs, Mount Pleasant, Davis County and Washington. The top two teams in each ...
PACKWOOD ? The Pekin volleyball team kept its undefeated conference mark intact with a three-set victory over Columbus Thursday.Leslie Stone sent up 21 assists, Maranda Baker finished with seven kills and the Panthers topped Columbus by scores of 25-15. 25-11, 25-22.?We came aggressive the first two sets but got a little comfortable the third set,? said Pekin head coach Ashley Bartels.After running away to ...
Both the seventh- and eighth-grade Fairfield Middle School volleyball teams swept rival Washington in their respective season openers Tuesday.The two grades finished the day claiming four match wins apiece.In seventh-grade action, the Trojan ?A? team topped Washington 21-10, 15-21, 15-3. Ashley Pool led the team in setting, had 10 aces and two attacks, while Ashtyn Drish dominated with seven attack attempts. ...
KEOKUK ? The individual performances were there, but a lack of depth continued to harm the Fairfield swim team in a Tuesday dual with Keokuk.Fairfield won four events and finished runner-up in three others, but a much larger Chiefs squad grabbed its points wherever it could en route to a 124-55 win in Keokuk.?It is tough to go against a team of 18 and earn enough points to win a meet,? said Fairfield head coach ...
OSKALOOSA ? The Fairfield girls? cross country team picked up a fourth-place finish Tuesday at the crowded Oskaloosa Invite.The Trojan girls tallied 107 points to finish in the top half of the nine-team field. Williamsburg won the team title with 43 points, Newton scored 79 and Ottumwa tallied 94 points to finish ahead of Fairfield.?I thought the girls did a great job tonight running against some really good ...
Fairfield U12 player Jacob Bland passes between two Washington players to teammate Maxx Anderson (33) during action Saturday. The Fairfield Area Soccer Association hosted Washington at the Dexter Soccer Complex and won every game in which it kept score. The U8, U10 and U12 teams all scored multiple goals against Washington, while Fairfield?s U14 squad crushed Washington 11-1 and the U16 team won 7-5. Fairfield?s ...
Thomas Van Collie won a silver medal and Blake Lefler took home bronze in the 2012 Summer Iowa Games powered by the Iowa Food and Family Project.Van Collie, a resident of Fairfield, competed in the Intermediate Senior Grandmaster Male division of disc golf. Lefler, an Agency resident, took part in the Freestyle Adult division of archery.The Summer Iowa Games featured more than 14,000 athletes competing in a ...
They say football can be a game of inches.Fairfield found that out the hard way Friday. A point after touchdown kick was called wide right with 53 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, allowing rival Washington to edge the Trojans 14-13 in the Class 3A District 7 opener for both schools.Washington (2-1, 1-0 District 7) won off two touchdowns late in the second half after trailing Fairfield (0-3, 0-1) for more ...
ELDON ? The Cardinal football team played right with Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont through the first half Friday, but a disastrous third quarter ruined its shot at an upset bid.The Comets trailed Eddyville 14-6 through the first half before the Rockets rattled off four touchdowns in the third quarter. Eddyville went on the win the district opener 48-13.?We were shell shocked and didn?t respond how we needed to,? ...
PACKWOOD ? Senior signal caller Graham Wittrock threw for four touchdowns and rushed for another Friday to help lift Pekin to a 34-27 victory over district opponent Lynnville-Sully in Packwood.The senior threw for 137 yards on 7-for-12 passing, and he gained 34 yards on eight carries. Of all Wittrock?s scores, his biggest of the night came with time expiring; Wittrock found junior Cade Millikin with a 69-yard ...
BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield volleyball team got its feet wet at its first Saturday tournament of the season, winning the team title at the Burlington-Notre Dame tournament with four victories.The Trojans won pool play as well as the championship match to nearly double their wins total in 2012.Fairfield (9-0, 2-0 SEC) opened with a win against Keokuk, defeated Centerville and West Burlington and closed out the ...
The Fairfield ninth-graders remained undefeated on the season with a 25-15, 25-20 win over Washington last Thursday.No stats or scores were available from the JV contest, but the Trojans also won in two games.Molly Ryan and Mackenzi Harwood led the freshman offense with three kills apiece, and Harwood also had 14 digs to lead on the defensive end. Emma Kuehl and Delanie Neil served up four aces each, while both ...
Another cross country meet meant yet another team title for the Pekin girls, who claimed their second win of the season Thursday at the Fairfield Invite.It also meant another title for Pekin freshman Gwynne Wright, who has now won all three races in her varsity career.Wright finished first in the Class A race, breaking the tape in 15:26 to lead her Panthers to a 36-point win over second-place Lone Tree. ...
