Fairfield News

ELDON ? Cardinal and Maharishi School opened up SEISC south division volleyball play, but MSAE didn?t provide much resistance to the Comet squad in search of a conference title.Cardinal rolled over a young, inexperienced Pioneer team 25-12, 25-6 and 25-10. The wins moves the Comets to 2-3 on the young season while MSAE falls to 0-1.MSAE never led in the match thanks to the serving of Sara Greiner and Liz Nichols at

ELDON ? The ball slipped out of the hands of the Cardinal football team, and ultimately, so did the game.Three second-half fumbles were recovered by Danville, and gave the Bears enough breathing room to take a 10-7 victory from Cardinal to open the 2010 season.To make matters worse, the three fumbles all came in the span of 13 plays and deep in the Comets? territory. But even while put in some precarious

A nice little four-team tournament to open the 2010 season became rather heated by the end of the night.After Fairfield and IMS both notched victories over Albia and Eddyville-Blakesburg, the action picked up steam as the two squads did battle in a three-game match to cap the night. Class 1A ninth-ranked IMS held off a Trojan comeback effort to best Fairfield 25-19, 23-25, 15-10.Fairfield beat Albia 25-21, 25-19

The Fairfield volleyball team continued to roll through preseason practice Tuesday afternoon at FHS as Dana Diers (left) reaches up for a ball against the block of Erin Thompson (middle) and Tori Ogden. The Trojans will play an intrasquad scrimmage as part of Meet the Trojans night Thursday following player introductions scheduled for 6:30 p.m.Fairfield will begin its season Aug. 26 with a home quad meet vs.

Registration dates for the seventh season of Fairfield Trojan Youth Football ? open to fifth and sixth grade students ? have been set for later this month.Cost is $50, which includes all necessary equipment to particpate in the league, a Fairfield Trojan Youth Football t-shirt and the youth football camp. Registration and equipment check out will take place behind Fairfield High School Aug. 15 from 1-3 p.m., on Meet

The squad that will take the field under the lights at Trojan Stadium in just a few short weeks is together for the start of football camp this week.Many of the same players that played to a 7-3 record last year were there, on the same practice field and running the same drills. There was, however, one striking difference ? possibly the biggest change a team can undergo in one year ? as new head coach Jason Ganoe

After coaching in the Van Buren school district for the past 25 years, most notably the head girls? basketball position for the last 15 seasons, Randy Smith submitted his letter of resignation for the position Monday.Smith has coach junior high football, both boys and girls? basketball, girls? track, baseball and softball for Van Buren.?I?ve probably learned more from the kids than they have from me. I loved every

Pekin senior Trenton Northup has gathered more post-season baseball accolades.After setting Panther school records for batting average in a season (.577) and for a career (.503), Northup has been named the Class 2A first-team all-state catcher by the Iowa Newspaper Association. Teammate and fellow senior Zach Mosbey was given third-team recognition.Northup was also selected to the first team academic all-state

FARGO, N.D. ? Phillip Laux, who will be a junior at Pekin High School this fall, added a national title to his resume last Friday.Laux defeated Darian Cruz of Pennsylvania by decision to win the 98-pound Cadet freestyle national title in Fargo, N.D.On his undefeated run to the title, he won eight straight matches against opponents from New Jersey all the way to California.As a sophomore at Pekin, Laux place third

The months of June and July went down as some of the best in school history for both Washington and Pekin, and it stands to reason the two lineups now dominate the 2010 All-Golden Triangle News Service softball team.The Demons and Panthers combined for an astounding 58-17 record and fill 10 ? Pekin leading the way with six ? of the 14 All-GTNS slots.Continuing the trend of one of the best seasons Washington fans

The Fairfield volleyball camp for girls entering grades 8-12 is set for next week.Registration is still open for the camp running from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. August 2-6 at FHS. Cost is $50 (including t-shirt).Both camps will present an opportunity for instruction and participation in an intense, technique oriented practice setting. The skills of passing, setting, hitting and serving will be emphasized in drills

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference 2010 all conference baseball team had strong representation from north division co-champion Pekin and south division champion Van Buren. Van Buren led the way with five players ? Jory Heckenberg, Court Garrett, Spencer Bartholomew, Tel Smith and Leighton Schnedler ? on the first unit and Pekin placed three ? Trenton Northup, Zach Mosbey and Dalton Stone. The south division