Fairfield News

Pictured are award winners from the Fairfield cross country banquet held Monday evening, from left: Serena Ward (Elizabeth Manning Perfect Teammate Award), Jessica Lamb (Most Valuable Runner), Kaitlyn Daugherty (Most Improved) and Tracy Andermann (Rookie of the Year).

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Sioux City center Adam Woodbury and four other Iowa recruits made it official on Wednesday, signing letters of intent to play for the Hawkeyes starting in 2012-13.Woodbury, guards Mike Gesell, Patrick Ingram and Anthony Clemmons and center Kyle Meyer make up a class ranked 19th in the country by recruiting publication Scout.com.Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 center for Sioux City East High, turned ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? For the first time in almost a half-century, someone other than Joe Paterno is calling the shots at Penn State.The winningest coach in major college football history was fired Wednesday night, sending angry students into the streets where they shouted support for Paterno and tipped over a news van.Also relieved of duty was Penn State president Graham Spanier. Both were ousted by a ...

Tori Ogden, left, led the Blue Team to victory over the Red Team at the Senior All-Star Classic Saturday at FHS. Other Fairfield players McKenzie Lyman and Taylor Neil were across the net wearing red.

For many area harriers, a preseason brimming with high expectations was successfully met ? and in many cases surpassed ? on the courses.Several on the 2011 All-GTNS cross country team made it to the state meet in Fort Dodge last month, and a few of them can now call themselves state champions.The area team that undoubtedly carried the highest expectations into 2011 was the defending Class 1A champion Pekin ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa was let down by its offense, defense and special teams against Minnesota last week and wound up with one of the worst losses of Kirk Ferentz's 13-year tenure as coach.Iowa hosts Michigan (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten) on Saturday looking to bounce back from a stunning 22-21 loss to the Gophers. Ferentz says it was his fault the Gophers recovered an onside kick that led to the winning touchdown ...

Tori Ogden has been named the Southeast Conference Player of the Year for the second straight season after sharing the honor with Mount Pleasant?s Rebekah Kimzey in 2010.The selection of Ogden marks the sixth straight season a Fairfield volleyball player has been named the SEC?s best player.Ogden helped her team to a 28-10 record and undefeated 8-0 mark in conference play. She led the team in multiple ...

DANVILLE ? Special Olympics Iowa is hosting a Polar Plunge at noon Nov. 12 at Geode Start Park in Danville.Registration begins at 11 a.m. prior to the plunge.Participants will jump into the lake at Geode State Park ? one of 13 locations in the state to hold the annual events ? in groups of 10 or more. Participants can either recruit a team of 10 or be placed on a team the day of the plunge.All proceeds ...

FORT DODGE ? When the dust settled over Fort Dodge?s Lakeside Golf Course Saturday, there was little doubt who deserved the title of best team in Class 1A girls? cross country.The defending champion Panthers proved every bit as good as their season-long No. 1 ranking, if not better, capturing their second state title in a row and third title in four years.Pekin put on an even more dominant show than it did ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? The University of Iowa says its latest graduation success rate is tied for the best the school has ever posted.The NCAA released its latest numbers Tuesday. The report says that 74 percent of student-athletes who enrolled in 2004-05 have since earned their degrees, up 13 points from a year ago.Eighty-three percent of Iowa football players earned degrees during that time period, 14 percent ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Fairfield?s Jaci Bell will be joining 35 other divers at state after topping her own personal best at the regional diving meet in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening.The junior scored 320.45 points to finish fourth overall and set a new Fairfield High School record in the process. Bell?s previous best was 316.55.The top four divers from six regional meets automatically qualify, plus 12 additional ...

ADEL ? Gabe Vandenberg to Kevin Jennings. Ross Heitmeier to Dalton Conrad. Josh Martsching to Calvin Mathews.Fairfield has seen its share of successful quarterback-to-receiver duos in 2011, but none prepared them for A-D-M?s Gavin Glenn-to-Lane Hovey.Glenn threw up 202 yards and four touchdowns to Hovey ? out of the quarterback?s 372 aerial yards and five touchdown passes total ? as A-D-M ended Fairfield?s ...