Fairfield News

FARMINGTON ? Van Buren junior Hanna Haynes made sure every shot counted Saturday, going 9-for-9 from the field to help lead the Warriors to a 72-38 victory over Harmony.Haynes also hit two free shows to score 20 points, and she grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots. Makenzie Zeitler posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards, as well as six assists and seven steals, and Jessica Saunders had a ...

FARMINGTON ? Experience paid off for the senior-laden Van Buren boys? basketball team as it fought off Harmony to extend its winning streak to six games Saturday.Three Warrior seniors scored in double figures to help top their county rival by two points, 53-51.Elliott Remick scored a team-high 14 points along with nine rebounds. Zach Boyd and Blake Scott netted 12 points each. Boyd also dished out three ...

Fairfield girls? basketball coach Mick Flattery will take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week.As was the case Friday, it wasn?t always pretty, but the Trojan girls kept pace with the Bloodhounds in the first half prior to pulling away in the third quarter to take a 32-25 home win against Fort Madison.The win was the first for Fairfield in Southeast Conference action this season.?I thought the ...

FORT MADISON ? With the game on the line Friday, the Trojans gave the ball to Brent Buch.The senior didn?t disappoint.Buch hit 7 of 8 shots from the charity stripe in the final minutes Friday to help the Trojans to a 54-51 conference road victory over Fort Madison.The win was Fairfield?s first in the Southeast Conference this season and improved the team?s record to 3-6 going into Saturday?s contest with ...

Vince Horras recorded a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds and the Fairfield JV boys cruised to their second straight win Saturday.The Trojans downed Danville by the final score of 44-30 to improve their overall season record to 5-4.Horras connected on 8-of-12 shots from the field and went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe.Fairfield?s Jordan Whitney scored eight points, Landon Gamrath had seven, and Joe ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren head wrestling coach Richard Daugherty saw an entirely new team when his Warriors took to their home mat Saturday.?We had a good discussion before the break,? Daugherty said. ?A lot of them were out of shape and weren?t really pushing themselves. They?ve since stepped up practices and the boys started to see what potential they have, what they can do.?Three Warriors made it to the finals ...

Pekin?s winning streak swells to eightPACKWOOD ? The Pekin boys? basketball team won its eighth-straight game on Friday, defeating visiting Lone Tree 67-59.The Panthers (9-1, 8-1 SEISC north) led 43-25 at halftime, built their lead to 54-32 after three quarters, and held off a fourth-quarter comeback from the Lions.Senior Trey Sathoff scored 24 points on 50 percent shooting, and he also had 12 boards and three ...

Pekin girls fall to Lone Tree PACKWOOD ? Lone Tree scored 32 points off Pekin turnovers Friday to hand the Panthers their third loss in Southeast SuperConference action.Behind 22 points from Ella Feldman and 16 from Madelyn Flemr, the Lions dropped Pekin 67-51 in Packwood.Emily Ellis led the Panthers (8-3, 7-3 SEISC north) with 18 points and three steals. Brandy Millikin scored nine points while dishing out ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? For 14 minutes Friday, the Maharishi School boys? basketball team played arguably its best basketball of the season.The Pioneers played right with West Burlington over the first 14 minutes of the Friday contest before going cold in the second half to drop a 66-26 match-up in SEISC south play.Before the Falcons went on a 10-2 run over the final two minutes of the first half, the score was tied ...

The Fairfield freshman girls? basketball team split a pair of games last week, losing to Keokuk away before winning a home game vs. Fort Madison.In the first game on Tuesday, the Trojans dropped a 59-26 game to the Chiefs. Madison Roberts led the Trojans with 14 points, while Karley Williams and MacKenzie McClure scored seven and four points, respectively.Roberts again netted more than half the freshman team?s ...

Alex Simpson scored a season-high 13 points and also led the Fairfield freshmen with seven boards in a 46-33 loss to Keokuk Tuesday.Also for Fairfield, Cody Craff and Tanner Deao scored five points apiece, Cody Fleeman and Nick Jackson recorded four points each, and Narendra Martin scored two. Craff also pulled down six rebounds.The Trojans will next travel to Eddyville-Blakesburg on Thursday.

Boys fall to Keokuk KEOKUK ? The Trojan JV trio of Joe Hietpas, Vincent Horras and Matt Carr combined to score all but five of Fairfield?s points in a 51-39 loss to Keokuk on Tuesday.Hietpas scored 14 points, Horras had 12 points along with 11 rebounds for a double-double, and Carr scored eight. Horras also blocked four shots, and both Carr and Hietpas had a team-high in assists with two apiece.Also for ...