Fairfield News

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren baseball team took just four innings to score 16 runs to beat Harmony Thursday night.And the defense wasn?t bad either.In the 16-0 shutout, Court Garrett picked up his second win of the young season on the mound while striking out 11 and giving up just two hits in four innings of work.Leighton Schnedler blasted a home run and finished 2-3 with five RBI?s. Blake Scott was 2-3 with four

BLOOMFIELD ? The young Fairfield softball team passed its first test of 2010 Tuesday night at Davis CountyThe Trojans were hot from the get-go scoring runs in each of the first four innings on their way to a 12-4 victory in the season-opener. The doubleheader nightcap was cut short by rain with the Trojans leading 4-0 with two runners on in the top of the fourth inning.In her first start, freshman Haley Grunwald

PACKWOOD ? It was a tale of two games for the Pekin softball team in its season-opening double header against Central Lee Monday night.The Panthers split with the Hawks by posting a 4-1 victory in the opener before giving up seven unearned runs and falling 10-3 in the nightcap.In the 4-1 game one victory, sophomore Mackenzie Laux made her first appearance in the Panther pitching circle and picked up the win while

FORT MADISON ? A year ago, Fairfield stopped a string of Mount Pleasant conference titles at 14.At Tuesday?s Southeast Conference meet in Fort Madison, the Trojans proved they want a streak of their own.Fairfield blew away the rest of the field picked up its second straight conference title while Mount Pleasant fell to fourth. The Trojans? 111 points was well out in front of an otherwise tight race that saw three

FORT MADISON ? In the final testament to show how far they have come first taking to the track in March, the Fairfield boys? track team put in another solid performance at Tuesday?s Southeast Conference meet in Fort Madison.The Trojans scored 96 points to easily slide into second place behind Mount Pleasant (125) with plenty of cushion between third-place Fort Madison (61). Washington came in third while Keokuk took

WAPELLO ? The Pekin boys? track team has dominated their conference for the better part of two decades.And when the Panthers stepped onto the track at Wapello Tuesday night they thought, ?Why stop now??Pekin picked up an astounding 19th-straight conference title at Tuesday?s SEISC north division meet, and to long-time head coach Davis Eidahl who has been there for each and every one, it?s one more tally mark.?To

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Sami Herman shot a 90, but Fairfield fell to fourth-place out of four teams at Tuesday?s Southeast Conference meet in Mount Pleasant.The host Panthers picked up the two two scores from Natalie Booton (85) and Emily Prellwitz (87) to take the team title scoring 378. Washington was second with 409 to edge out third-place Keokuk?s 410, and Fairfield was fourth with 446.Lindsey Higgins carded a 114,

Aside from the 4x100 team that ran at the Drake Relays, the Fairfield boys? track team hadn?t been on a track since April 22.Nearly two weeks.But whether it was rest, their first chance to run in front of a home crowd or something else, improvement was apparent and the Trojans put together their ?best night of the season by far? according to head coach Brian Dunlap.Fairfield welcomed four other teams to Trojan

It was technically a road game for Maharishi School, but the trip wasn?t much more than a mile and the Pioneers appeared to feel right at home.MSAE swept through Fairfield for a 9-0 victory Tuesday evening that featured four shutouts.Angela Sickler and Minna Mohammadi each posted a 8-0 victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles for MSAE as well as another 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles vs. Fairfield?s Sara Connor and Courtney

Even with some bumps in the road, the Fairfield girls? track team made it clear to a home crowd that it has hit its stride.And they made it clear to the rest of the conference as well.The Trojans suffered a few mid-meet injuries, but regrouped and didn?t miss a beat at Tuesday?s Brookhart Relays. In what could be a preview of next week?s Southeast Conference meet, Fairfield ran away with the first place in the

KALONA ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team played the four-team IMS tournament Saturday in Kalona.The Trojans dropped a 4-2 match vs. host Iowa Mennonite in first-round action. Pasha Bousquet and Jacob Lantz found the net for Fairfield in the loss.Fairfield then cruised to a 6-1 victory vs. Pella Christian in the consolation game. Bousquet and Lantz each scored two goals apiece and Roan Bachar and Finn Trost each

The Fairfield boys? tennis team dropped a 9-0 match vs. a solid Fort Madison squad on its home courts Tuesday.Tommy Price and Matthew Burnstedt played the closest match of the day at No. 3 doubles falling 7-5, 7-6 after losing a second set tiebreaker. Kyle Brewington posted a victory in the second set of his No. 2 singles match before dropping the super tiebreaker by a score of 10-5.Quinton Bradfield posted a 6-2