Fairfield News

Southeast Iowa was a hotbed for some of the best wrestlers in the state in 2011, and Golden Triangle wrestlers were up with the best piling up wins.New London?s Sawyer Farris and Fairfield?s Dakota Simmons lead the 2011 All-Golden Triangle News Service team after wrestling in front of 15,000 fans for a shot at a state title last month. Both happened to run into opponents who hadn?t lost all season and they were

WAVERLY ? Packwood native and current Wartburg star Jordan Sathoff was named to the all-Iowa Conference basketball first team released this week.Sathoff joined Warburg?s 1,000-point club this season as led the Knights with 424 points (17.2 per game), 173 rebounds (7.2 per game), 29 blocked shots and a 52.7 percent field goal percentage.The junior finished the season with 13-straight double-figure scoring games.Satho

DES MOINES ? IMS senior Ethan Gingerich got a shot to tie Monday?s Class 1A state quarterfinal in the closing seconds, but his 3-pointer clanked off the iron and unranked Guthrie Center held off No. 2 IMS for a 53-49 win.?Right when I shot it I could tell it wasn?t going in,? a dejected Gingerich said after the game. ?I just had a feeling.?IMS had clawed its way back from a 10-point deficit in the final four

IOWA CITY ? Upwards of 25 schools were represented at Tuesday?s Demon Indoor meet on the campus of the University of Iowa for the first track competition of the year.Fairfield was one of those teams shaking off the rust against a highly talented field that included two of the four team state champions from a year ago ? Solon and Iowa City West.After one of the best freshman seasons in Fairfield history last year,

DES MOINES ? IMS senior Ethan Gingerich got a shot to tie Monday?s Class 1A state quarterfinal in the closing seconds, but his 3-pointer clanked off the iron and unranked Guthrie Center held off No. 2 IMS for a 53-49 win.?Right when I shot it I could tell it wasn?t going in,? a dejected Gingerich said after the game. ?I just had a feeling.?IMS had clawed its way back from a 10-point deficit in the final four

PACKWOOD ? Every single player on the Pekin roster scored and the Panthers (15-5, 13-5 SEISC north) rolled to a 70-37 rout of Wapello (3-17, 2-16) Thursday night.A total of 11 Panthers added to the scoreboard led by Trey Sathoff scoring 16, Bailey Donovan tallying a season-high 12 and Graham Wittrock finishing with 11. Wittrock, Sathoff and Nate Buch each hit two 3-pointers each as Pekin nailed a total of seven on

CHARITON ? Fairfield led by as many as 10 points in the second half and it proved to be just enough for the Trojans to notch their fourth win of the year.Chariton?s last-second shot didn?t find the net and a 55-53 victory was preserved Tuesday night.?It?s a senior-led team and we knew they would make a run, but we talked about not giving anything away easy,? said Fairfield head coach Tyler Miklo. ?We didn?t turn it

WASHINGTON ? Fairfield ran into a fifth-ranked Williamsburg squad strong in all the right places and saw its dual season quickly put to an end Tuesday night in Washington.Williamsburg entered the Class 2A regional dual competition with a 20-2 record and downed Fairfield by a scored of 46-17. The Red Raiders went on to dismantle Davis County 47-21 to qualify for the state dual tournament. Davis County got past Solon

The Fairfield girls? basketball team?s regular season stretch run that features three home games this week is still looking to get off the ground following a loss to Chariton Tuesday night.The Trojans (5-12) were plagued by another slow start as Chariton (6-11) jumped out to a 10-0 lead early and continued on its way to a 62-35 victory.2010 Class 3A state high jump champ Tanna Seuferer was too much for Fairfield to

Pekin 55, Lone Tree 47PACKWOOD ? One night after scoring a school-record 45 points, Pekin?s Trey Sathoff had another big game to lead the Panthers to a 55-47 victory over Lone Tree (11-8, 9-8 SEISC north) Tuesday night.Sathoff scored 28 points to go along with 18 rebounds as Pekin (13-5, 11-5) broke a 36-36 tie entering the fourth quarter with its biggest effort of the night ? a 19-point fourth quarter.The

Van Buren 44, Harmony 29FARMINGTON ? Van Buren continued its run through the SEISC south with a 44-29 victory over Harmony (6-12, 4-11 SEISC south) Saturday to set up tonight?s showdown with West Burlington.The makeup game at West Burlington can give the Warriors (18-1, 14-1) an outright conference title while a loss will end the season with a first-place tie.Makenzie Zeitler had 10 points, seven rebounds and five

KEOKUK ? Playing its first game in more than a week, the Fairfield girls? basketball team still wasn?t able to keep pace with 12th-ranked Keokuk Friday night.The Chiefs (15-3, 8-0) never missed a beat on their way to an 80-30 blowout that finished off an undefeated run through the Southeast Conference.Tori Ogden led Fairfield with 12 points and Serena Ward scored eight to go along with four rebonds and two assists.