PACKWOOD ? Wednesday afternoon was one final tune up for second-ranked Van Buren heading into district play and Pekin was the victim.The Warriors (24-1) belted five home runs, racked up 13 hits in 26 at-bats and won an 18-0 game in four innings to conclude the regular season. Van Buren?s lone loss came against then-top-ranked Davis County way back on May 28.Blake Scott and Court Garrett each hit two ...
WELLMAN ? Fairfield head coach Josh Allison acknowledged that his team didn?t play great baseball in Tuesday?s non-conference game at Mid-Prairie. But his Trojans were still able to pull out a 12-10 win at Paul N. Bailey Field.Fairfield committed five errors in the field and only had six hits in the game, but the Trojans scored six runs in the last two innings to come up with the win.?Hopefully you go ...
The Fairfield JV softball team hit a four-game losing streak, but will have one more chance to right the ship in the season finale at home against Burlington tonight.The Trojans dropped a pair at home vs. Keokuk Friday and lost two more at Ottumwa Tuesday afternoon. Keokuk beat Fairfield 8-0, 11-0 while Ottumwa came away with 10-0 and 11-2 victories.In the doubleheader vs. Keokuk, Madison Roberts, Harley ...
Pella broke a 5-5 tie with three runs two-out runs in the top of the eighth inning and handed Fairfield an 8-5 loss Wednesday night.The Dutch (17-14) rallied from behind twice in the game before finally taking the win in the extra frame.?I don?t believe in ?good losses,? but that type of game with some pressure packed in will be beneficial for the boys,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?With a few ...
PACKWOOD ? Pekin?s regular-season-ending skid reached five games with an 11-3 loss to Class 2A ninth-ranked Mediapolis Tuesday night.The Panthers have lost a season-worst five straight games, but get to wipe the slate clean entering Class 1A regional play tonight vs. WACO.?We?ve kind of been in a funk, but everyone in the state is now 0-0,? said Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay. ?Anyone can beat anyone, and ...
ALBIA ? The Fairfield softball team cruised to a 6-1 victory in the opening game of Tuesday?s doubleheader at Albia, but came up just short to lose the nightcap 3-2.The Trojans left 11 runners on base, including two in the top of the seventh, in the game two loss.?We played good enough to win both games ? good pitching and good defense the whole night,? said head coach Bob Bradfield. ?We just didn?t come up ...
KEOKUK ? Corbin Harwood went 4-4 and hit a home run as the winning pitcher to help Fairfield to a doubleheader sweep of Keokuk and extend the Trojans? win streak to a season-high four games.Harwood led Fairfield (10-21, 3-9 SEC) to a 6-2 win in the nightcap after Spencer Peterman struck out nine as the winning pitcher in a 10-4 victory to open the night against the Chiefs (5-17, 0-10)?It definitely feels ...
FARMINGTON ? The Cardinal bats were as hot as ever as it pounded out 21 hits in a 25-1 win at Harmony Thursday afternoon.Felisha Durflinger blasted her 13th home run of the season to extend the single-season school record she set in Wednesday?s win at Fairfield.Liz Nichols and Cory Campbell both finished 4-5 with Nichols legging out a triple as one of 10 extra-base hits in the game for the Comets. Nichols ...
KEOKUK ? Sixth-ranked Keokuk scored three unearned runs to spoil a complete game two-hitter by Fairfield?s Haley Grunwald and win a 3-2 game to open Thursday?s Southeast Conference doubleheader.The Chiefs (22-10, 12-2 SEC) scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth and then went on to complete the sweep with a 10-4 victory in the nightcap.?We played pretty well, but some of those errors came at the ...
PACKWOOD ? Pekin was in top form Thursday evening as it took a 14-4 make-up game over Cardinal in five innings.With temperatures in the mid-90s throughout the game, the Panthers started quick against Cardinal starter Conner McElderry. Hunter Maeder?s two-RBI triple highlighted a five-run first inning as Pekin went on to rack up 12 hits.?At this point, it was good to hit the ball and get a win,? said Pekin ...
Cardinal jumped out strong early, and had the bats to outlast Fairfield to sweep a late-night doubleheader Wednesday.The Comets led the whole way to take a 10-5 win in game one before getting the last laugh in a back-and-forth nightcap to win 13-9.Brittany Craff?s grand slam home run put Fairfield ahead 5-0 in the second inning of game two, but Cardinal took back the lead, lost the lead and finally took it ...
The Fairfield JV softball team split a doubleheader vs. Central Lee Tuesday night, winning game two 9-4 after dropping the opener 11-7.In the nightcap, Jolea Burkhart was the winning pitcher and helped the five-hit offense by going 1-3. Bryanna Gridley hit an inside-the-park home run while Harley Cook, McKenna Ledger and Laura Jackson also tallied hits.Addison Thornton, Miranda Metcalf and Cheyann Laux each ...
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NEW LONDON ? The first four innings couldn?t have gone much better for Pekin, the last three couldn?t have gone much worse.New London scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to complete a big comeback and upset Pekin 9-8 Wednesday night. The Panthers led 8-0 and were riding a Leslie Stone no-hitter heading into the fifth before the floor fell out to make way for a New London rally.?We ...
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