The Fairfield football team will likely feel like it?s looking into a mirror when it steps on the field Friday and lines up across from the Keokuk Chiefs.Whether it?s the balanced offenses, 4-2 records in district play or Southeast Conference tradition, the teams simply have very few differences aside from the color schemes and mascots.Keokuk is third in Class 3A, District 7 in rushing yards and first in ...
ELDON ? The regular season came to an end for the Cardinal volleyball team on its home court Tuesday as the Comets fell to Davis County 21-25, 17-25, 14-25.Cardinal recorded a total of 16 blocks, including Sam Nickel with seven, Jordan Smith with six and Andrea Kayser with three.Top hitters were Nickel with four kills, Smith with two kills and Kayser with two. Lindsay Moore had a team-high nine digs.Behin...
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will be holding volleyball leagues for men and women beginning in November.Four leagues are available, including Men?s Volleyball, Women?s Recreational Volleyball, Women?s Power Volleyball and Co-Ed Volleyball. Games for Men?s Volleyball and Women?s Power Volleyball will begin Nov. 7, and Women?s Recreational Volleyball and Co-Ed Volleyball will start Nov. 8.Games...
KEOKUK ? Suspense ... Who needs it?Certainly not the Fairfield volleyball team, who won the Southeast Conference title outright with its seventh conference win in as many tries Tuesday night in Keokuk.The Trojans (25-9, 7-0 SEC) unceremoniously downed the Chiefs by scores of 25-18, 23-25, 25-13 and 25-19 on Keokuk?s court.?You?ve got to be happy for the kids,? said Fairfield head coach Nancy Diers. ?It?s ...
While half the state is squaring off Friday fighting for their playoff lives or jockeying for postseason position, Van Buren and Cardinal are meeting for none of the above.The Warriors and Comets are playing for something arguably more important, though. When the players of Van Buren County and Eldon step on the field Friday, the high-schoolers will be playing for pride.Both teams enter Friday on six-game ...
The Pekin football team has all but clinched the No. 3 spot in 1A District 6, but the Panthers have all the motivation they need headed into Friday?s match-up with Highland.?We?re going into this game just like we did against Sigourney [in Week 1],? said Pekin head coach Joe Donovan. ?We?re not approaching it any different than we would any other week. Our players want to finish the year strong and at 5-4.?P...
KEOKUK ? Before the Fairfield varsity volleyball team secured the conference title, Fairfield?s freshman and JV volleyball teams started the day off right with wins of their own.The JV squad breezed to an easy 25-20, 25-7 victory over the Chiefs.McKenna Ledger led the way with nine kills as Sydney Howard and Dorian Larson tallied eight and seven assists, respectively. Ashley Manning also played well at the ...
MACOMB, Ill. ? The Iowa/MUM Flyers Ultimate Club won the Western Classic Ultimate Frisbee tournament hosted by Western Illinois University and held Saturday-Sunday in Macomb, Ill.Ultimate is a competitive sport where teams of seven players attempt to string passes together to sprinting receivers in a soccer-size field until they score, or turn the disc over, and switch to defense with no time breaks in ...
DANVILLE ? Injuries hampered the Van Buren volleyball team?s plan of making a run in the regional tournament, and the Warriors? season came to a close with a 14-25, 14-25, 23-25 loss to Danville.Payten Hughes sat out the match with a pulled muscle, and Patricia Townsend and Lydia Heald were held out of the lineup for most of the match.The lone senior on the team, Makenzie Zeitler, finished her high school ...
OTTUMWA ? Several Fairfield residents participated in the Southeast District of Special Olympics Bowling at Champion Lanes in Ottumwa on Saturday.Macayla Coffin and Ed Hoyle won blue ribbons with first-place finishes. Both will advance to the state competition to be held in November in Des Moines.Fairfield residents who took home second-place ribbons were Brenda Alderman, Dale Noe and Joe Blain. In addition,...
The inconsistent Saturday play of the Fairfield volleyball team continued at the 22nd annual Centerville Redette Varsity Volleyball Tournament in Centerville this weekend.Fairfield beat Moulton-Udell 21-8, 21-17, lost to Davis County 18-21, 17-21 and beat Seymour 21-11, 21-8 to reach the semifinal round. The Trojans concluded the day with a 11-25, 25-23, 12-15 loss to Centerville.Solid serving all around ...
ALBURNETT ? For two and a half quarters Friday, Pekin played as close to Alburnett as any team has this season.But as Pekin found out Friday, it?s how a team finishes that matters most.The Panthers trailed by seven points midway through the third quarter Friday before 32 unanswered points from Alburnett gave the Pirates a 52-13 victory and the Class 1A, District 6 crown.On Alburnett?s opening drive ...
The Fairfield freshman football team lost to Pella 41-8 Friday at Trojan Stadium.Tanner Deao led the offense with 5-of-9 for 53 yards passing, including one touchdown throw to Narendra Martin, who had four catches for 44 yards. Nick Jackson carried the ball nine times, racking up 53 yards.On defense, Jackson had five tackles. Austin Crable had four stops and a fumble recovery, and Alex Christensen and ...
SAYLOR TOWNSHIP ? If the Junior High Cross Country Championships were any indication Saturday, the Pekin cross country teams are going to continue hoisting state titles at the high school level for a very long time.The Pekin cross country teams had three individual winners in four races and won team titles in the seventh- and eighth-grade girls? events. The team victories cap a year in which both teams went ...
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