Fairfield News

No surprises.That?s what the Fairfield boys? basketball team can expect when the postseason dash begins Feb. 20.On Monday, the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its substate basketball assignments for Class 3A. For Fairfield (4-9), the road to the state tournament begins with a handful of well-known teams in Substate 6.Those teams are SEC rivals Fort Madison (4-8), Mount Pleasant (12-1), Keokuk ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? The Van Buren wrestling team fell 63-18 to Columbus Junction before topping Wapello 42-30 Thursday at Columbus Junction.Against Columbus, Van Buren?s Colton Putnam won his first varsity match ever with a win by fall at 120. Curtis Thomas won by fall at 182 pounds and Zach Corman won by fall at 220.In the dual with Wapello, Jacob Heisel pinned his opponent at 126, Hunter Coffman won by fall ...

AMES (AP) ? Scott Christopherson?s buzzer beater was a first.Christopherson banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a late rally that gave Iowa State a 71-68 victory over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.?I?ve never done something like that before,? the senior guard said. ?Not even in high school, not even in middle school. It was a good feeling.?The Cyclones fell behind 66-60 with less than three minutes ...

The Fairfield eighth-grade boys? basketball team kicked off the delayed season opener Tuesday with the ?A? team routing Washington 35-18.Fairfield?s Alex Crile and Jordan Reid combined for all but four of the Trojans? points; Crile scored 16 and Reid had 15. Reid also posted team highs in boards (7) and assists (6), while Crile nabbed three steals.Trevor Drish and Zach Martin rounded out Fairfield?s scoring ...

Coaches vs. Cancer night, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, will be held Friday during the Fairfield vs. Washington basketball doubleheader.Several activities are scheduled for the third annual event to be held at Fairfield High School, including a soup supper, raffle drawing and duck toss.The soup supper, planned by the FHS Student Council, will begin at 5 p.m. in the school commons and cost will ...

A program designed to present children with the necessary skills to be ready for swim teams, called ?Swim Team Here I Come,? will be held Mondays beginning Jan. 23.Children will work on swimming strokes, leaving the starting blocks as well as building endurance. Boys and girls ages 5 through 16 are invited to join.The program is broken up into four dates, with classes from 4-5 p.m. Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 6 and ...

DANVILLE ? Laci Moore hit five 3s and Lindsay Moore was at her best, but it wasn?t enough as the Cardinal girls found themselves on the wrong end of a double overtime thriller Tuesday.The Comets went toe-to-toe with Danville through four quarters and an overtime, though the Bears (6-7, 5-5 SEISC south) got hot when it mattered most to escape with a 63-55 win.Lindsay and Laci Moore scored 22 and 16 points, ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A lawyer long familiar with the University of Iowa?s handling of sexual assault allegations against athletes says the school should have acted sooner after learning running back Marcus Coker was under investigation.Attorney Roxanne Conlin said Thursday the school had an obligation to take swift action after learning a woman claimed Coker had assaulted her on Oct. 28. Prosecutors later declined ...

The Fairfield JV boys? basketball team won its third straight game Tuesday with a 46-24 pasting of Eddyville-Blakesburg.Vince Horras poured in 11 points for the Trojans (6-4), followed by Joe Hietpas with nine and Keith Burns with eight points. Landon Gamrath scored six points, while Jordan Whitney netted five and totalled three of the Trojans? 12 steals. Matt Carr added three points and a team-high five boards. ...

Pekin basketball fans are invited to ?Meet the Panthers? during Friday?s home contest against IMS at Pekin High School.In addition to JV and varsity games, several activities are set to take place during the special event.A sports booster?s tenderloin supper of tenderloin sandwiches, chips, dessert and a drink will be held from 4:30-9 p.m. Tables will be set up for visitors to meet the Pekin players throughout ...

AMES (AP) ? No. 9 Missouri was down to five players with a minute left and the host Cyclones breathing down its neck.The undermanned Tigers responded in the clutch yet again and put their only loss of the season behind them.Matt Pressey led six players in double figures with 14 points and the Tigers got past Iowa State 76-69 on Wednesday night.Phil Pressey and Ricardo Ratliffe each added 12 points for the ...

The Fairfield girls? basketball team led wire-to-wire Tuesday, holding off a 19-point fourth-quarter rally from Eddyville-Blakesburg to win its sixth game of the season, 49-45.The Trojans led comfortably, 41-26 with three quarters in the books, but a 17-3 run by the Rockets to open the final quarter abruptly turned the contest into an exercise in clutch shooting.With the Trojans grasping to a 44-43 lead with ...