Fairfield News

The Big 12 has a replacement lined up for Missouri before it even leaves the conference.The Big East, meanwhile, is in danger of losing another school before replacing the three that already have bailed on the league.Acting quickly to make sure it maintains a 10-member lineup, the Big 12 approved bringing in West Virginia to replace Missouri when the Tigers complete their move to the Southeastern Conference,...

For the Fairfield volleyball team, a journey into the postseason wouldn?t be complete without a match-up against rival Centerville somewhere along the way.The two teams will meet this Thursday in the Region 7 semifinals, and the faces on the other side of the net will be very familiar to the 27-9 Trojans.Over the last two seasons, the Trojans have run into Centerville in the postseason with differing ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Though Iowa has made a splash this season with a no-huddle look, the Hawkeyes are at their core a team that loves to grind it out on offense.They went back to the ground against Indiana in a 45-24 win last week, piling up 456 yards with a nice balance ? 253 through the air and 203 on the ground.The Hawkeyes (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) will likely try to establish the running game again when they ...

The Pekin girls? cross country team has made a habit of winning meets all season long, and a field consisting of the state?s 15 top teams and 131 fastest runners isn?t expected to slow it down.The defending state champion Panthers, which have sat atop the Class 1A girls? cross country ranking all season long, have been crowned state champs two of the past three seasons. What?s more, four runners have returned ...

KEOKUK ? Again and again the Fairfield football team coughed the ball up Friday, and like clockwork Keokuk repeatedly made the Trojans pay.Fairfield turned the ball over a season-high five times and Keokuk (6-3, 5-2 District 7) converted every turnover but one into six points as the Chiefs won the battle for the district?s No. 3 seed 48-14.The Trojans fall to the district?s fourth and final postseason spot ...

KNOXVILLE ? One Pekin cross country team came into the district meet in Knoxville as the undeniable favorite; the other was just hopeful for a shot.Both punched their tickets to the state meet in Fort Dodge, though, as the No. 1-ranked Panther girls won the meet with 39 points and the boys scored 124 points to take third.The Pekin girls? team, which has accomplished almost everything sans a state championshi...

The Fairfield JV and freshman volleyball teams ended the season on a high note Thursday vs. Fort Madison.The JV squad earned a 25-14, 25-16 sweep against the Bloodhounds.Leading the way was McKenna Ledger with five kills and four blocks. Ashley Manning had 13 blocks and two aces, Allison Angstead tallied two aces and six assists and Sydney Burnett also added two aces and six assists. Hanna Greiner recorded ...

The Fairfield volleyball team was all smiles at the conclusion of Senior and Parents Night Thursday in Fairfield, and for good reason.The Trojans capped an undefeated season in Southeast Conference play by sweeping Fort Madison by scores of 25-14, 25-15 and 25-22.?All around I was real pleased with our efforts and how we approached the game ? being an emotional night ? and I thought we just came out and ...

The Fairfield volleyball team opens Class 3A regional volleyball with a match against Oskaloosa Monday.The two teams have met just once before during a Saturday tournament in Oskaloosa, and the Indians (20-20) won the match in two sets: 22-20 and 21-14.Even so, Diers is more comfortable going into the game with a loss to the Indians than never having played them at all.?It doesn?t bother me that we?ve ...

KNOXVILLE ? The Fairfield cross country teams ran up against an extremely tough district and walked away empty-handed Thursday in Knoxville.With the top 10 finishers advancing to the state meet next weekend in Fort Dodge, Jessica Lamb missed the qualifying mark with an 18th-place finish in 16:49. Hannah Sobaski came in 41st (17:56), Tracy Andermann took 60th (18:30), Danielle Garrison was 66th (18:35) and ...

KEOKUK ? The Fairfield swim team concluded the regular season Thursday in a double dual in Keokuk against Burlington and the host Chiefs.The Trojans beat Burlington 58-51 but fell to Keokuk 63-46.Baylee Bowman broke the Fairfield High School record in the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:48.89. The old record was 5:49.11 set by Jean Matzen in 2004.Bowman also placed second in the 100-backstroke (1:10.01) ...

WAPELLO ? The Van Buren boys? and girls? cross country teams came up short at the district meet in Wapello Thursday.Unity Daugherty led the Van Buren girls? team with a 33rd-place finish in 18:17. Jessica Saunders was 41st in 18:50 and Caitlyn Millard was 60th in (19:40).In the boys? race, the Warriors scored 176 points to finish fifth in the team standings. Thomas Fitzsimmons paced Van Buren with a ...