Fairfield News

The Fairfield eighth-grade girls? track squad is pictured, from left, front row: Cheyenne Brown, Lindsey Repp, Taylor Ferrel, Leya Haynes; middle row: Emma Kuehl, Mackenzi Harwood, Sierra Vogt, Abby Melcher, Gabrielle Kuehl, Kelsey Roberts; back row: Chloe Spalla, Mikaela Amendt, Shannon Hopwood, Molly Ryan, Alli Deao, Sheridan Nye and Brittany Hoskins. Not pictured: MacKenzie Flattery and Courtney Gilmore. The ...

WINFIELD ? The Southeast Iowa Superconference meet at Winfield-Mount Union was suspended midway through events due to lightning Thursday.Both the Pekin boys? and girls? track teams were in attendance.The meet will resume at 4:30 p.m. Monday beginning with the girls? sprint medley relay. The other six events on tap are the 4x100 and 4x400 for both girls and boys, as well as the girls? 1,500 and boys? 800-meter ...

The Fairfield girls? soccer team dropped a 3-1 contest to Oskaloosa Thursday at Trojan Stadium.In a reversal from Tuesday?s game against Mid-Prairie, Taylor Neil scored the goal and Serena Ward tallied an assist.The Fairfield girls (4-7, 2-2 Southeast Conference) have a week off as they enter the final two weeks of the regular season. The Trojans return to the Dexter Soccer Complex next Thursday for a game ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The crowning of Southeast Conference champions was cut short Thursday night, and the Fairfield girls? and boys? track teams will have to wait a little longer to know the full results.The SEC meet was suspended due to lightning between the boys? distance medley and the girls? sprint medley, leaving the girls? with four events left and the boys with three.Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, the teams ...

The Maharishi School girls? tennis team was without three varsity players Thursday but received contributions throughout the lineup to post an 8-1 win over West Burlington.?I?m very proud of how well our girls played today,? said Pioneer coach Laurie Eyre. ?Without our Nos. 1, 2 and 4 players, each girl met the challenge of playing up.?The Pioneers posted wins in five of six singles matches. Dia Huggins won 8-2 ...

Weather again decided to rear its ugly head Friday, and the Fairfield boys? tennis team had play suspended for the second time in 2012.The Trojans had to settle for their second tie due to weather, this time against Albia at Fairfield Middle School courts. The Trojans were up 4-3 against the Blue Demons when lightning cut short play of No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, though the No. 2 team of Punj and Burnstedt was ...

The Maharishi School boys? tennis team rode senior Sam Arsanjani?s coattails to victory Saturday at its own Pioneer Invitational.Arsanjani won 48 of 52 games played in No. 1 singles action to capture the title. The senior Pioneer?s wide wargin of victory gave Maharishi School the cushion it needed to fend off talented Davenport Assumpion.The Pioneers, who also had the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles champions, ...

DES MOINES ? Fairfield?s all-senior team of Max Johnson, Braz Johnson, Zach Vivier and Corbin Harwood finished 53rd in the 4x100 of the Drake Relays.Running in preliminary heat No. 5 out of 10 Friday afternoon, the foursome finished with a time of 45.15 seconds. Cedar Falls won the event in 42.17 seconds.The Trojan team qualified the relay 40th with a season-best clocking of 44.38 seconds at Eddyville-Blakesburg...

DONNELLSON ? The Fairfield girls? golf team came up empty Saturday at the Central Lee Invitational in Donnellson.The Trojans finished last in the five-team field at Green Acres Country Club with a score of 495. Washington ran away with the team title with a score of 362, and Mount Pleasant came in second at 379.Tori Ogden was the low Trojan on the par-74 course with a 116, followed by Ashley Henkel at 123. ...

Even without its No. 1 singles player, the Maharishi School girls? tennis team managed an impressive 6-3 meet win over Holy Trinity Thursday.Without Minna Mohammadi, Nos. 4-6 came through to win in singles action and the Pioneers swept all three doubles matches.At No. 4 singles, Alina Knight rallied back to win her match 9-8. Knight trailed 2-5 before forcing a tiebreaker, which she won 9-7. No. 5 Flower Shreck ...

KALONA ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team was the winner of one of two games Saturday at the IMS Invitational.The Trojans won their semifinal matchup 3-2 over Fort Madison before falling 1-0 in the championship contest to host IMS.According to head coach Felisto Guezimane, bad refereeing marred what was otherwise a good tournament for the Trojans.?I?m not one to blame referees for a loss, but this was by far ...

The band was back together for the Fairfield boys? tennis team as it posted its fifth win of the season Thursday.The Trojans, with their varsity lineup intact, topped Davis County 6-3 at the Fairfield Middle School tennis courts.Three matches came down to supertiebreakers, and Fairfield won two of the three. Both wins involved team captain and senior Matt Burnstedt, who is making a habit of losing the first set ...