Fairfield News

AMES (AP) ? Through the years, the Iowa State women's basketball team almost always found a go-to player, someone to serve as the face of the program.Stacy Frese filled that role. So did players such as Angie Welle, Anne O'Neil, Alison Lacey and, last season, Kelsey Bolte.But Bolte is gone, taking with her a 17-point scoring average, four seasons of experience in the Big 12 and an understanding of how to ...

Eighth-grade team wins seven of nine gamesBURLINGTON ? The Fairfield eighth-grade volleyball team traveled to Burlington Monday for matches against James Madison Middle School.The ?A? team played strong but ended up losing in three games with scores of 10-21, 21-12 and 11-15. The ?B? team won both games, defeating James Madison 21-10, 21-16. Kelsey Roberts and Emma Kuehl had five and four assists, respective...

FARMINGTON ? The Van Buren volleyball team snapped a five-game losing streak Monday with a decisive 3-0 sweep of Harmony.The Warriorettes took wins by scores of 25-15, 25-23 and 25-21.Hanna Haynes had a team-high 13 kills, and Jordan Billups added 11 digs. Makenzie Zeitler, Haynes and Billups blasted three aces apiece.?The girls played solid tonight and never gave up,? said head coach Bonnie Watson. ?We ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? It was business as usual for Cardinal?s Lindsay Albert at the Columbus Junction Invite Monday.Albert crossed the line in 18:15 to take sixth overall. Also for Cardinal, Emily Miller was 40th (21:42), followed by Jenny Gordy in 55th (26:42), Kelsey Waddle in 56th (31:21) and Elizabeth Denniston in 57th (31:23).For the Cardinal boys, Cody Waddle was the top Comet in 52nd with a clocking of ...

In order to beat Oskaloosa?s single-wing offense, Fairfield head coach Mike Schenck knew his defense would need to force turnovers, penetrate the offensive line and eliminate the big play.The Trojans were able to do two out of three well, recovering two fumbles and tallying several tackles for losses, but it was Oskaloosa running back Adam Rowley and the big play that broke the Trojans? backs Friday at Trojan ...

IOWA CITY ? The defending state champion Pekin girls? cross country team didn?t disappoint in its tuneup for the postseason at the Bud Williams Invitational Thursday.Pekin scored 55 points and finished second, only behind host school Iowa City High?s 20. Ottumwa was third with 72 points.Celsey Conger won the race, finishing 16 seconds ahead of the second-place runner with a clocking of 14:57. It was her ...

FORT MADISON ? Tony Zapata gained more than 200 yards on the ground, and the Fairfield Middle School seventh-grade ?A? football team broke into the win column Tuesday.The Trojans beat the Bloodhounds in Fort Madison 22-8 to improve to 1-2 on the season.Zapata carried the ball 19 times for 222 yards, was a perfect 4-of-4 passing for 37 yards and scored all three touchdowns for the ?A? team, including one ...

Last year, neighboring rivals Cardinal and Pekin came into their matchup with 0 wins on the season.This time around, things are a little more positive for both squads, though one team seems to have all the momentum.Pekin (2-3, 2-1 District 6) is coming off a huge 60-6 win over Van Buren last week, while Cardinal (1-4, 0-3 District 6) fell to Alburnett 61-16 in Week 5.To turn things around, Cardinal has ...

The Fairfield freshman volleyball team needed just two games to beat Fort Madison Tuesday.Jolea Burkhart, Karly Williams and Jessica Ring combined for 14 aces on 36-of-39 serves, and the Trojans won 25-9, 25-9.Madison Roberts put down a team-high eight kills. Ring, Hannah Morgan and Abby Shaner added one kill apiece.Defensively, Williams had eight digs. Ring and Burkhart each had five. Roberts tallied ...

FORT MADISON ? A slow start threatened to derail the 14th-ranked Fairfield volleyball team Tuesday night, but the Trojans? depth proved to be the winning factor in Fort Madison.The Southeast Conference matchup featured close scores throughout but Fairfield swept past the Bloodhounds 26-24, 25-19, 25-15.?We just had some struggles on the night in serve receive and some hitting, and I was very thankful for ...

The Van Buren volleyball team?s offense sputtered Tuesday as the Warriors fell to Danville 18-25, 13-25, 7-25.Van Buren?s Makenzie Zeitler was 9-of-10 on serves with one ace, and Alicia Fitzsimmons also tallied one ace in the match.Also in the back row, Jordan Billups was a perfect 7-of-7 on serves and Payten Hughes recorded a team-high four digs, while Billups had three digs.Offensively, Billups also ...

The Fairfield JV volleyball team swept Fort Madison on Tuesday, needing two games to take care of the SEC foe.Cheyanne Laux was a perfect 11-of-11 on serves with four aces and the Trojans won 25-21, 25-18.Sydney Burnett also was perfect on serves, going 8-of-8 with three aces, and Dorian Larson went 3-of-3 on serves.Top hitters were Kristen Terrell, Ashley Manning and McKenna Ledger with four kills ...