KEOKUK ? Times have started to roll downhill for the Fairfield girls? track and field team, and it became obvious at Tuesday?s Keosippi Relays in Keokuk.Six different Trojans set a total of eight personal bests as Fairfield rolled to a second-place finish in the final team standings behind only Burlington.?We really competed well, and with that many PR?s, you can tell we?re starting to make that push towards
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield girls? tennis team dropped an 8-1 match Tuesday on the road against Southeast Conference opponent Fort Madison.Haylee Gilpin recorded the lone victory for the Trojans with an 8-3 victory at No. 6 singles, but fell 8-5 in her doubles match along with partner Qianying Li. Emily Lemke fell a few games short of another victory for Fairfield as Fort Madison?s Stephanie Frenz won a 7-1
BURLINGTON ? President Obama did what he could to slow down Maharishi School boys? tennis team, but predictably, the Pioneers didn?t miss a beat.Traveling through southeast Iowa Tuesday, the commander-in-chief?s motorcade caused traffic ? including the MSAE team van ? to be blocked off for a half hour while passing through Mount Pleasant. The delay made the Pioneers a few minutes late for their match in Burlington,
MEDIAPOLIS ? The Van Buren boys? track team ended up fourth of seven teams at the Mediapolis Invitational Tuesday night.Central Lee won the meet with the host Bulldogs coming in second.Ben Moews, Zach Pilcher, Spencer Watson and Brad Goehring teamed up to place second in the 4x800 relay as Goehring and Pilcher also took runner up honors in the open 800 and 1600, respectively.In the field events, Jordon Hervey
EDDYVILLE ? Field events carried the Pekin boys? track team to a second place finish at Tuesday?s Rocket Relays in Eddyville, and nobody shouldered a heavier load than Zach Mosbey.The Panthers finished only behind host Eddyville-Blakesburg in the final team standings, but Mosbey came in behind nobody in both throwing events. The senior launched a career best ? by nearly 20 feet ? with a 157-feet, 3.75-inch discus
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team moved its record to 5-2 on the year, and they made it look easy.The Trojans shut out Fort Madison and posted five goals of their own in Tuesday?s victory. Pasha Bousquet and Jacob Lantz each found the back of the net twice and Deep Shrestha added one more to complete the Fairfield scoring. Kendall Mickels and Lantz each assisted on two of the goals with the other help
CEDAR RAPIDS ? With a few of its top performers gone to the Drake Relays, the Pekin boys? track and field team still posted a win as host of the Kohawk Relays Thursday in Cedar Rapids.The Panthers won the meet with 166 points ? eight ahead of second-place Marion.Zach Mosbey, Trey Sathoff and Bryce Sines were all preparing for early starts at the Drake Relays this morning.With Mosbey out of the way, two more Pekin
KEOKUK ? The short-handed Fairfield girls? soccer team fell 7-1 to a quality Keokuk team on the road Thursday night.Fairfield forward Katie Anderson scored the lone Trojan goal on an assist from Serena Ward.With a 2-3 record, they will now get set for next Thursday?s game at Mount Pleasant.
OTTUMWA ? By late April, the Fairfield boys? track team knows what to expect when they step onto the track, and so does head coach Brian Dunlap.The Trojans were right in line with what they have been for most of the year, and in a tough field at Tuesday?s Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa, took home fourth place. Host Ottumwa won the meet scoring 151 followed by Burlington and Centerville.?We did just about what we
OTTUMWA ? At Tuesday?s Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa, Fairfield?s Libbey Schubert asked whether she would get a mention on the Ledger sports page.And just as she has done all season, she made it hard to leave her name out.Schubert broke the one-minute mark for the first time in her career on her way to winning the 400-meter dash (59.90) and also helped two Trojan relays to runner-up finishes against top-notch 4A
The two big coaching openings within the Fairfield athletic department have now been cut to one.As reported in Tuesday?s Ledger, the Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors has approved the hiring of Tyler Miklo as the head boys? basketball coach, which was vacated by Jeff Ebling?s resignation last month.Miklo will also take over the open social studies teacher position at FHS beginning this fall. He
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield golf team got its first look at Southeast Conference heavyweight Washington Tuesday evening, and the Demons proved to be just that.Fairfield?s final tally fell three strokes behind Washington, 160-163, as the two squads easily disposed of Fort Madison (185) and Davis County (188) on Fort Madison?s Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course.But Tuesday certainly wasn?t the last shot Fairfield has at
OTTUMWA ? In a girl/boy soccer doubleheader in Ottumwa Tuesday, the host Bulldogs both picked up victories over Fairfield.The Fairfield boys stumbled for the first time all season against Ottumwa losing a 4-1 match. Cesar Botello scored three times for the Bulldogs while the Trojan offense couldn?t keep up. The lone goal came on a penalty kick conversion from Pasha Bousquet.In the girls? game, three different
Still looking for its first victory of 2010, the Fairfield girls? tennis team came up shy again Tuesday falling just one match short.Following a 3-3 tie coming out of singles play, Fort Madison took two of three doubles matches to take care of the Trojans by a final score of 5-4.Haylee Gilpin stayed undefeated on the season at No. 6 singles for the Trojans, winning 8-2, and Qianying Li blanked Taylor Vandenberg for
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