Fairfield News

BOISE, Idaho (AP) ? Drew Wiley scored a season-high 17 points and hit all five 3-point attempts to lead Boise State to a 108-64 victory over Drake on Wednesday night.Kenny Buckner scored 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and Thomas Bropleh also had 16 as the Broncos (5-1) recorded season highs for points and 3-pointers, with 14.Anthony Drmic added 15 points for Boise State, which shot 61 percent and outrebounded ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? Penn State University officials on Thursday said they will donate $1.5 million in bowl proceeds to a pair of sex-crime advocacy organizations in the wake of shocking sex-abuse allegations levied against a once-revered assistant football coach.University President Rod Erickson promised the donation the morning after he and other administrators faced pointed questions at a student-organi...

BURLINGTON ? Makenzie Zeitler and Hanna Haynes both recorded double-doubles and the Van Buren girls? basketball team held on to beat Burlington-Notre Dame Tuesday.Zeitler had 20 points and 14 boards and Haynes recorded 18 points and 15 rebounds to pace Van Buren to a 57-50 win.?I?m pretty proud of them,? said Van Buren head coach Matt Zeitler. ?We only had 13 turnovers, and we just handled the ball well and ...

WAYLAND ? Trey Sathoff didn?t waste any time finding his form in the first game back on the hardwood Tuesday.The Pekin senior went 8 of 9 from the field ? 3 of 4 from behind the arc ? and scored 20 points to lead the Panthers past WACO 58-39.His teammates were almost as efficient, and altogether the Panthers shot over 55 percent. Bryce Sines scored 10 points to go along with six boards and two blocks. Josh ...

The Pekin girls? basketball team beat WACO 62-45 Tuesday night to continue its unblemished season.Emily Ellis poured in 20 points with four three-pointers. Leslie Stone had 16 points and Cheyann Lankford added 12. Stone added to her all-around performance with 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks.The Panthers (2-0, 2-0) travel to IMS for another conference match-up Friday. PEKIN ? Ellis 20, ...

Not even a scoring draught that lasted almost the entire first quarter could derail the Fairfield seventh-grade boys? ?A? team Tuesday vs. Fort Madison.The Trojans trailed 2-5 after the first quarter, but the ?A? team soon picked up the pace to grab the 32-25 win.Cam Baumann led Fairfield with 17 points, 14 rebounds, six steals and four assists. Denver Schultz had 12 points and five rebounds; Alex Conrad ...

Members of the Fairfield ninth-grade girls? basketball team are pictured, from left, front row: Alexis Ring, Audry Hammes, MacKenzie McClure, Addison Thornton, Alyssa Fitch; back row: Harley Cook, Madison Roberts, Paris Bickham, Karley Williams and Bryana Gridley.The ninth-grade season begins Friday at Mount Pleasant.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Iowa Wesleyan College announced Thursday that Jess Settles has been named the new head coach of the men?s basketball team.The announcement comes on the heels of a decision made Wednesday to dismiss former coach Alan Magnani after he refused to submit a written statement to Jay Simmons, college president, confirming that he supported the Board of Trustees? decision to make a move from the NAIA ...

Chalk up another round of honors to the Fairfield volleyball team?s players and coach.Senior Tori Ogden, junior Erin Thompson and sophomore Sydney Burnett, along with head coach Nancy Diers, were all-district selections for the Southeast District this season.Ogden, who also earned all-state honorable mention, made the all-district team after tallying team highs in kills (235) and digs (392) this fall.Thom...

As the girls? basketball season gets under way, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its preseason rankings earlier this month.Van Buren is the lone ranked area team as it returns most of its players from last season?s 21-3 season. The Warriors are 1-0 this season after beating Cardinal on Saturday. Class 2A1. OA-BCIG2. Estherville-LC3. Kuemper Catholic4. IKM-Manning5. West ...

The Fairfield Middle School wrestling team had its season-opening meet Tuesday and a good amount of individual success came with it.With Albia, Davis County, Keokuk and Ottumwa in town, five Fairfield wrestlers posted two wins apiece. Trenton Hanen needed little more than two minutes to record two pins, while Robert Cupp, Dallas Peebler and Mitchell Burnstedt also came up with two wins by fall. Also winning ...

WELLMAN ? Free throws were the difference between Fairfield and Lisbon at Tuesday?s Mid-Prairie Jamboree.Lisbon senior Jordan Bahl made two foul shots with 12.9 seconds remaining to seal a 42-35 win for the Lions, who made 15 of 21 shots from the charity stripe.Fairfield trailed by three points with 42.7 seconds, but Lisbon senior Ben Knake, Bahl and junior John Noll each made a pair of free throws to close ...