Fairfield News

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Hooray for Hockeywood.The Los Angeles Kings? 45-year quest for an NHL title ended Monday night with an early flurry of power-play goals, followed by two periods of unbearable anticipation ? right up to the moment when Dustin Brown snatched the Stanley Cup from Commissioner Gary Bettman.Brown skated to center ice and thrust the 36-pound silver trophy skyward, the captain never flinching under ...

Assistant Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Alan Beste, right, addresses Laurie and Lawrence Eyre during the Eyre Tennis Center dedication ceremony Wednesday at the Maharishi University of Management rec center. The two longtime Maharishi School tennis coaches were honored with the naming of the indoor tennis facility following 25 years of coaching excellence. Lawrence, who recently ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal baseball team was again the victim of its own mistakes on its way to falling to Eddyville-Blakesburg 12-8 on Friday.The Comets, who at one point led 8-6, committed two of their four errors in the pivotal sixth inning and the Rockets scored six straight runs.Austin Deshler led from the plate, going 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Tanner Chance finished 3 for 4 with an RBI and run ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Incoming Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he is against stipends for student-athletes, pointing out that there are other places where they can play for money.Bowlsby also repeated the stance of acting commissioner Chuck Neinas, school presidents and athletic directors that the Big 12 supports a four-team playoff consisting of the highest-ranked teams to determine college football?s ...

PELLA ? Central College?s Tyler Crouse, a senior from Hedrick and former Pekin student, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District men?s track and field/cross country team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.Crouse, a biology major, carried a 3.42 grade point average. He was a first-team all-district pick and advances to the national ballot, to be voted on next week, for Academic ...

WILTON ? The Pekin baseball team managed just two hits off Wilton pitching and fell 11-2 on Wednesday.Tater Clubb and Thomas Slaney tallied the hits for Pekin ? both singles. Bailey Donovan had a sacrifice fly to knock in a run and Josh Sterling drew an RBI walk.The Beavers took a 3-1 lead into the third inning before opening the game wide open and scoring eight more runs by the bottom of the fifth.?They were ...

MOULTON ? Cardinal senior Tanner Chance struck out a career-high 16 batters and the Comets edged Moulton-Udell 10-9 in non-conference action Wednesday.The Comets trailed 7-3 in the game before a seven-run sixth inning gave them the lead for good.?It was a nice comeback and a nice win,? said Cardinal head coach Tom Hallgren.Chance (1-1) took the mound for the second time this season and pitched the seven-inning ...

CHARITON ? Fairfield baseball surrendered just one run in two games ? 16 innings ? but had no wins to show for it following Wednesday?s doubleheader in Chariton.The host Chargers (6-0-1) prevailed 1-0 in the opening game, and the two teams tied 0-all after nine innings in the second game. The nightcap ended with the tie due to a poorly lit field.?We tried a lot of things to jumpstart the offense, but nothing ...

DANVILLE ? Makenzie Zeitler hit a pair of home runs and two doubles as the Van Buren softball team rallied for a 13-11 win in eight innings Tuesday.Zeitler hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning to send the game into extras, and the senior kicked off the game-clinching eighth inning scoring the first of four runs.Zeitler went 4 for 5 with four RBI and four runs scored in the game.Twice the Warriors ...

DANVILLE ? Garrett Saunders threw a two-hitter to help lead the Van Buren baseball team past Danville in Southeast Iowa Superconference action Tuesday.The Warriors and Saunders blanked the Bears over five innings to post a 10-0 victory. The Warrior freshman struck out eight batters for the win.Colin Weaver and Ty Smith both went 2 for 3, including one double and two RBI apiece. Nic Giberson smacked a triple and ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? The Pekin softball team watched three unearned runs cross the plate and saw a win slip away in conference play Tuesday.The Panthers, after taking a one-run lead in the top of the sixth inning, surrendered the three runs in the bottom of the inning for a 6-4 loss to Columbus.?We?ve got to play more fundamentally sound softball,? said Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay. ?The game is simple. Throw ...

WATERLOO ? Maharishi School senior Thomas Weiss had a new teammate but came through with a familiar result at the individual state tennis tournament in Waterloo Friday-Saturday.Weiss, a four-time state qualifier, claimed his third medal in four tries with a fourth-place finish in Class 1A doubles along with freshman partner Sam Stickels. The Pioneer duo, which entered the tournament seeded first, won two matches ...