Fairfield News

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin softball team won its seventh straight Southeast Iowa Superconference north division game, dropping IMS in five innings Thursday.Behind six multi-hit performances and a total of 16 hits, the Panthers poured in 11 runs in the first three innings to pick up a quick 15-5 victory.?I was real pleased with our effort being Senior Night,? said Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay. ?We?re playing the best ...

The Fairfield softball team took two games from Fort Madison on Monday but found itself on the other side of the sweep Wednesday at Eddyville-Blakesburg.The Trojans beat Fort Madison by final scores of 12-0 and 13-1 in a pair of four-inning contests. They then lost to Eddyville 10-2 in seven innings and 9-5 in six.Starting pitchers Mikaela Amendt and Delaney Neil led the Trojans to the two lopsided victories ...

PACKWOOD ? No doubt about it: Davis County was going to be Pekin?s toughest matchup of the season.The top-ranked Mustangs (Class 2A) didn?t disappoint, topping Pekin 15-1 in a five-inning game Wednesday in Packwood.?I knew it would be a challenge for us,? Pekin coach Jeff Eeling. ?[Davis County] flat-out hit the ball well tonight.?The one-loss Mustangs had a total of 14 hits in the five-inning game. After ...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ? On the verge of victory, Maria Sharapova briefly lost her bearings.Sharapova?s old serving problems resurfaced Thursday at Wimbledon, costing her the second set before she recovered to beat dangerous Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-0.The Court 1 match took two days and ended three minutes after Serena Williams concluded her second-round victory on Centre Court, beating qualifier...

PACKWOOD ? Maleaha Earnest darted home from third base on an errant throw to score the winning run Wednesday, lifting the Pekin softball team past New London 4-3.Earnest found herself in position for the winning score as the courtesy runner for Madelyn Baker, who singled to start the final frame. A steal of second base and infield single by Cheyann Lankford advanced Earnest to third base before the New London ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? The Cardinal baseball team used a balanced attack on offense to down West Burlington 8-3 in conference action Monday.?We had a very balanced attack tonight,? said Cardinal head coach Tom Hallgren. ?We need everyone to continue to contribute offensively as we go down the stretch.?The Comets? 11-hit offense was paced by Brandon Eklofe, who went 2 for 4 with a double, as well as Ty Short?s two ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin took a little too long to get going Tuesday and fell to Central Lee 13-7 in non-conference baseball.The Golden Hawks grabbed a 4-0 lead after two innings and never trailed, building on the lead in the later innings while holding Pekin to six total hits. The Panthers scored six runs in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to four, but the offensive outburst proved too little, too late.?We waited ...

WAYLAND ? A pair of seniors stepped up to the plate with clutch two-out base knocks to lift Pekin past WACO in Southeast Iowa Superconference softball Tuesday.Paige Jensen and Brandi Millikin smacked back-to-back RBI-singles in the top of the seventh inning as Pekin left Wayland with a 5-3 victory and its sixth straight in conference play.In addition to the two pivotal insurance runs, another senior, Kelsey ...

Warriors win big twice The seventh-ranked Van Buren baseball team stretched its winning streak to 19 games with a pair of easy wins vs. Holy Trinity and West Burlington this week.The Warriors picked up a four-inning, 16-0 victory over Holy Trinity Monday at home and defeated West Burlington 14-1 in a five-inning road game Tuesday.The Warriors have scored at least 10 runs in 11 of the last 14 games.Elliott ...

A Mini-Sprint Trail Triathlon, presented by the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, will be held Aug. 4.Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. with the race to get under way at approximately 9 a.m. from Waterworks Park.The race will be broken up into a 250-yard swim, 6-mile bike ride and 1.3-mile run.Anyone 14 years of age and older may participate, with individual divisions split up into six age groups and relay ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed so obvious to so many for so long. Just have a playoff.Now the people in charge of making that decision are on board, too.Come 2014, the BCS is out. Playoffs are in.A committee of university presidents approved a plan Tuesday for a four-team playoff put forward by commissioners of the top football conferences.?It?s a great ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Fairfield JV softball team lost its first two games at the Southeast Classic but stayed tough for a game-three victory Saturday in Mount Pleasant.The Trojans fell to Washington 10-9 in eight innings and lost to Mount Pleasant 10-4 before defeating Keokuk by a final score of 13-5.In the Fairfield win, Paris Bickham went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBI to lead the Trojans. Emma Kuehl ...