Fairfield News

Fairfield and Mount Pleasant trudged through 79 minutes of scoreless soccer Monday evening, but lucky for the Panthers, the game clock was set for 80 minutes.David Litchfield snuck past the Trojan defense and found the net with 49 seconds to play to break a 0-0 tie and give Mount Pleasant (1-2) its first win of the season.The score was actually the first breakthrough in 179 minutes for Mount Pleasant, which ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Maharishi School stepped onto the course for the first time this spring and picked up two conference wins in a closely-contested triangular at Riverview Country Club in Keosauqua Monday.Freshman Mickey DeAngelis, playing in his first meet, tied as the runner-up medalist with a 45 to lead the Pioneers to wins against host Van Buren and Holy Trinity. MSAE combined for a team score of 195 to best Holy ...

BLOOMFIELD ? The thin group of middle-distance runners will go a long ways in telling what kind of year the Fairfield boys? track and field team will have, and Tuesday night was a step in the right direction at the Dennis Anderson Relays.Alex Love anchored the 1600 medley relay team to a win, while Travis Schombert helped the 4x400 team to runner-up and the 4x800 squad to third as the Trojans ended up third in ...

Lawrence Eyre has always enforced performance-based goals as opposed to outcome-based goals to his Maharishi School tennis teams.He stresses improvement and playing to ones potential, but suffice to say, the outcomes have worked out pretty well too.And lucky for Eyre, he has an ultra-talented roster full of players who have bought in since joining the team as freshmen.?We?re the smallest school in the ...

At the Fairfield Relays Tuesday evening, the Trojans had several competitors win events in JV competition.Danielle Garrison was the 1,500-meter champ with a time of 5:49 and also ran on the winning 4x800 team Claudia Sloat, Maggie Cubbage and Kaitlyn Daugherty filled out the quarter that finished in 11:44.Taylor Silvers added one more victory in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the finish line in 19.97.

The Maharishi School boys? tennis team was ?all business? according to head coach Lawrence Eyre in its season opener, and it showed in the final result.The Pioneers surrendered just two games ? both coming in the No. 3 doubles match ? the entire afternoon on their way to a 9-0 victory over an inexperienced West Burlington team. Freshman Solaris Nite and senior Brenton Schwartz won that doubles match 6-1, 6-1 ...

BURLINGTON ? The Van Buren girls? golf team easily shot past West Burlington-Notre Dame with a 66-stroke victory, 204-270, Tuesday evening at Flint Hills.Maddisen Hughes led the Warriors with a medalist score of 49 while Kaila Butts and Payten Hughes shared the runner-up spots one stroke back with a 50.Alex Rambo rounded out the team score with a 55 and Meredith Miller turned in a 66 as an alternate. ...

Fairfield has developed a tradition of playing at the state golf tournament in recent years with the exception of missing out on a trip last spring.The Trojans didn?t qualify past sectionals as a team and Derek Byrnes bowed out at districts. Now with the 2011 season beginning next week, a seasoned group of veterans is fired up to make the 2010 result just an unlucky blip on the radar.?I think they?re hungry ...

ALBIA ? The Pekin boys? track and field team took advantage of unlimited entries and ran a full lineup at the Albia Quad meet Thursday night.The foursome of Hunter Maeder, Josh Sterling, Jordan Hagedon and Quinton Garrels teamed up for victories in both of the sprint relays posting wins in the 4x100 (46.8) and 4x200 (1:41.2).Trey Sathoff was also a victor as he matched his career-best high jump mark ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren track team was the winner of six different events at the Van Buren Invite Thursday evening and cruised to the team title on its home track.Ryne Smith was responsible for three of those wins and Spencer Watson claimed two more to lead the Warriors.Smith easily won the high jump (5? 10?) as well as the 110-high (16.56) and 400-low hurdle (1:02.77) events.Watson picked up gold in ...

As area track and field teams dive into their early-season schedules this week, Fairfield golf, soccer and tennis season openers are in sight.The Fairfield boys? soccer team will travel to Albia for a JV and varsity contest Friday night before hosting Centerville for a boy-girl doubleheader at Trojan Stadium Monday.The Trojan boys? golf team will also open things up Monday with a trip to the Keokuk Country ...

WASHINGTON ? Eight members of Fairfield?s 36-man roster were on hand for the season-opening Washington Relays Thursday night, but although the group was thin, a few Trojans were able to get their feet wet.Between spring break, a chorus trip and a few early-season ineligibilities limiting the roster head coach Brian Dunlap?s goal was to stay healthy and see what some young guys could do in the chilly conditions....