Fairfield News

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the high school track coaches and Fairfield Community School District, will be hosting the 2012 Hershey Youth Track and Field Meet at 5:30 p.m. May 22 at Fairfield High School.Some of the events include long jump, throwing events, 50-meter dash, 100-meter run, 800-meter run, 1,600-meter run and various relay events.Youth, ages 9-14, may compete ...

EDDYVILLE ? Fairfield boys? track kept running and the times kept dropping at the Ike Ryan Classic in Eddyville Thursday.Fairfield was held winless at the relays but set four more personal bests on the day, scoring 35 points and finishing sixth out of seven teams. Knoxville won the meet with 140 points and Mount Pleasant was second with 105.The highlight of the night for Fairfield head coach Brian Dunlap was ...

MIAMI (AP) ? The earliest Miami and Chicago could meet again is Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.Good thing. The tempers could use a little time to cool down. And after a game filled with shoves and takedowns, the race for the No. 1 seed in the East is still going strong.LeBron James had 27 points and 11 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 18 points and Miami tightened up the race in the East by beating the ...

FORT MADISON ? Led by Payten Hughes? medalist score of 48, the Van Buren girls? edged Holy Trinity 234-235 in Thursday golf action at Fort Madison Walton Club.Van Buren?s Monica Chapuis, Lydia Heald and Meredith Miller each shot 62. Alternates were Maddisen Hughes (64) and Callie Stribling (69).Hughes has now been medalist at four straight meets to open the season, and the Warriors have a 4-0 record to show for ...

The Fairfield girls? soccer team rallied to score two goals in the final six minutes Thursday, knocking off Washington 3-2 in Southeast Conference action at Trojan Stadium.Down 2-1 and time expiring, Fairfield?s Elaine Brandt scored the tying goal with 5:42 on the clock. Taylor Neil completed the comeback with a goal of her own at the 76-minute mark.The win improves Fairfield?s record to 2-2 overall and hands ...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin girls? track and field team made its final home meet of the season count Thursday.Pekin racked up 161 points to comfortably outscore the rest of the field at its own Pantherette Relays in Packwood. Mediapolis finished the afternoon second with 128 points, and Columbus Junction took third with 91 points.The Panthers won a total of five events Thursday. In addition to a win in the 4x800 ...

The Fairfield Middle School boys? track teams kicked off the season last week with track meets in Burlington and Ottumwa.At Tuesday?s Burlington Track Invite, the Trojan seventh-graders won two events and finished in second place with 119 points. Mount Pleasant won the team title scoring 177 points, while James Madison was third at 108.The two individual wins came from Alex Conrad, who reached 34-feet, 2-inches ...

JOHNSTON ? Voting for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Trophy presented to the winner of the annual football game between the University of Iowa and Iowa State University has begun and will continue through midnight April 30.Fans are invited to submit their vote online at www.iowacorncyhawkseries.com. Voting will be tracked in real time and votes will be tracked by fan base.The winning trophy design will be officially ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Fairfield boys? soccer head coach Felisto Guezimane knew his team was capable of an offensive outburst.The head coach certainly had a front row seat for one Thursday in Washington, as the Trojans poured in the goals vs. the rival Demons for a resounding 8-0 win.?This was a good game for us,? said Guezimane. ?We?ve been struggling to score goals, but tonight we broke loose.?Overall, four ...

Fairfield junior Tori Keltner, right, battles a Washington player for possession during Thursday?s girls? varsity soccer matchup at Trojan Stadium. Fairfield came from behind to win the contest 3-2 thanks to a Taylor Neil goal with under five minutes in regulation. A full recap will be in Monday?s Ledger.

IOWA CITY ? The Maharishi School boys? tennis team is no stranger to the team sweep, but Thursday the Pioneers found themselves on the unfamiliar end of the broom.The Pioneers were handed a 9-0 loss by perennial Class 2A contender Iowa City West at West High. The Trojans, who are now 3-0, won all but one set against the Pioneers in the dual meet.Pioneer head coach Lawrence Eyre wasn?t interested in mincing ...

EDDYVILLE ? Fairfield head coach Ron Hunerdosse needed just one word to describe the performance of the Fairfield girls? track team Thursday.??Courage? was the word tonight,? the longtime coach said.The word seemed to fit nicely as the Trojans bounced back from a sixth-place finish at Tuesday?s Pen City Relays in Fort Madison to win Eddyville-Blakesburg?s Rocket Relays Thursday. In all, Fairfield won nine ...