Fairfield News

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Eighth-grader Alli Deao threw the best game of her young varsity career, and Fairfield upset No. 7 Washington 2-0 in the second game of a Southeast Conference doubleheader on Monday night.Deao threw a four-hit shutout against a Demon squad that entered the contest averaging 13 hits and 10 runs per game.?For Alli to shut them out is something for an eighth-grader,? Fairfield head coach Bob ...

DANVILLE ? The Cardinal baseball team came within one run of an impressive doubleheader sweep of Danville in Southeast Iowa Superconference play Monday.The Comets won the opener 4-1 before a missed fly ball in the nightcap resulted in a 5-4 loss and conference split.?We lost the second game on a fly ball that got lost in the light,? said Cardinal head coach Tom Hallgren. ?We had too many mistakes in the second ...

FARMINGTON ? Van Buren?s six-game slide came to an end with a much-needed 12-0 victory over Harmony in Southeast Iowa Superconference softball Monday.?Tonight was one of those nights where we needed to stop the bleeding, and the girls came out ready to go,? said Van Buren head coach Eric Speer.Sophomore Alicia Fitzsimmons punched out a career-high 12 in the six-inning shutout, including the first six batters ...

DANVILLE ? Laci Moore pitched a gem from the mound and sister Lindsay Moore did her damage from inside the batter?s box to lead Cardinal to a 7-0 win over Danville Monday.Laci Moore threw a five-hitter over seven innings to earn her 10th victory of the season while Lindsay Moore smacked a two-run homer and crossed home plate three times.The Comets improve to 12-8 overall and remain in the thick of the Southeast ...

FARMINGTON ? Van Buren?s winning streak ballooned to 12 games with a five-inning, 13-0 shutout of neighboring school Harmony in Southeast Iowa Superconference play Monday.Nic Giberson and Elliott Remick combined to pitch the five-inning shutout. Giberson struck out six Rockets and surrendered three hits in the first four innings, and Remick tossed the final inning, fanning one and allowing one hit.Leading the ...

WAPELLO ? Pekin received at least one hit from nine of its players and rolled to a 12-4 win over Wapello in Southeast Iowa Superconference softball Monday.Madelyn Baker and Caylee Johnson led the way with two hits apiece at the bottom of the lineup, Tori Davis had a triple and two RBI and Maranda Baker tripled in three runs.?I liked the contributions from the bottom of the lineup tonight,? said Pekin head coach ...

Fairfield varsity girls basketball coach Mick Flattery will be leading a Trojan basketball camp July 9-13.Session one, for females going into eighth through 12th grades, will be 8-10:30 a.m. all five days. Girls entering fourth through seventh grades will meet for session two from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. The camp will take place at Fairfield High School Gymnasium.The sessions will focus on offensive and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? LeBron James had received plenty of help from Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and now he had to finish it on his own.With what Wade called the loudest crowd he?d ever heard booing, certain James had just fouled Kevin Durant, the league?s MVP walked to the free throw line with 7.1 seconds left and the Miami Heat?s huge lead down to two points.The guy who has endured too many fourth-quarter ...

ELDON ? Cardinal was the victim of its own first-inning mistakes in a Wednesday loss to Keokuk, but one day later it was the Comets? turn to have some early-inning fun.The girls in red and white came out swinging against conference rival Van Buren to tally eight runs in the first inning before cruising to a 12-0, four-inning victory Thursday in Eldon.?On any given night you never know what?s going to happen,? ...

WINFIELD ? The top-third of the Pekin softball team?s lineup continued its torrid pace from the plate and the Panthers won their second game in a row, beating Winfield-Mount Union 15-12 on Thursday.Maranda Baker, Leslie Stone and Cheyann Lankford all went 3 for 5 from the plate Thursday as each continues to hit above .400 on the season.?People don?t want to pitch to the three of them right now,? said Pekin head ...

KEOKUK ? Eighth-ranked (Class 2A) Van Buren?s win streak reached 11 games with an emphatic 9-3 victory over Keokuk Wednesday.Robby Laughlin pitched the seven-inning complete game for the Warriors, who have won 15 games in 2012. Laughlin allowed eight hits while striking out four.Nic Giberson led the Warriors with three RBI on 2-for-3 hitting, and Laughlin helped his own cause with a 2-for-3 day from the plate. ...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin baseball team dropped a 6-1 home game to Eddyville-Blakesburg in non-conference action Wednesday.The Panthers were held to four hits in the loss, with their one run coming in the fifth inning when sophomore Petie Clubb drove in Josh Sterling with a double. Clubb, Sterling and Bailey Donovan all finished 1 for 2.Derek Morales, who tacked on Pekin?s fourth hit, took the loss from the mound. ...