Fairfield News

Following a disheartening loss in the season-opener last week, the Fairfield girls? basketball team needed a win.Tuesday, the Trojans did just enough to let Oskaloosa hang around until the bitter end, but in the sprint to the finish line, sophomore Serena Ward pushed Fairfield through for a final-minute 52-49 victory.Facing a 49-48 deficit, Ward rose up without hesitation, gave the ball a lap around the rim before

KEOSAUQUA ? Cardinal threw everything they could at Van Buren Tuesday night, but the Warriors took just about all of it in stride.After several different defenses failed to contain the inside-outside Van Buren duo of Jordon Hervey and Lucas Sandry, the Warriors coasted in for a 62-43 victory to open the season.?They played some man-to-man, 2-3 zone and even went to a triangle-and-two that we didn?t have much time

KEOSAUQUA ? After a mightily slow start, Cardinal ended up just a single point short from a comeback victory, and Dakota Zeitler was there to make sure of it.In a whistle-filled game with 54 fouls called, Zeitler left her feet on the game?s final play to stuff Cardinal?s Chelsea Greiner and stave off the second-half Cardinal rally.?It wasn?t ever her girl, but Dakota left her girl to make the block,? said Van Buren

The sheer numbers of eight departed seniors from last year?s Fairfield basketball team has taken its toll.With a thin Trojan bench, a deep Oskaloosa squad slowly took its toll on Fairfield leading up to the fourth quarter where they seized the game. Taking a two-point lead into the final period, the Indians outscored Fairfield 14-2 the last eight minutes to ease in for a 59-45 victory in Monday?s season-opener.?We

Like just about all wrestling teams, Pekin hopes to be a tough match at every weight class.The 2009 Panthers appear to be able to back that up.Leading the charge will be tough as nails heavyweight Darin Adam, who tacked a state tournament appearance to his already impressive 2009 resume. The state meet is where Adam has his sights set for this season and a higher finish is certainly in view as well. Several other

Head coach Davis Eidahl has his seniors.If they come together like Eidahl hopes, the wins may follow.?This is the first year I?ve had five seniors starting, and it?s not so much the experience, but moreso, just the maturity,? Eidahl said. ?These girls have played for two years now and, with the talent, it will come down to working together.?Pekin loses leading scorer Mary Maeder from a season ago, but the laundry

This year?s All-Golden Triangle News Service football team is about numbers. The players selected put up some amazing numbers ? yards, touchdowns and wins.The coach led his team to five wins and the school?s first winning season since 1996. The team?s three running backs piled up an eye-popping 4,247 yards and 48 touchdowns. The defense made 845 tackles and came away with 33 turnovers. The quarterback threw for

A dominant cross-country season by more than a handful of area runners has stacked the 2009 all-Golden Triangle News Service cross-country team.Not only did they control the pace in and around southeast Iowa, but also challengers from the entire state. One team state title, one runner-up and one more individual champ highlight this year?s squad with more than enough state-meet tested talent to fill in the rest.Leadi

It might have well of been a swift kick to the apples.As a Hawkeye fan, that one hurt. Bad. On Sunday, I coped the only way I knew how ? I went to Taco John?s. It wasn?t quite the same.At the beginning of the year, would I have taken a 9-1 record through 10 games? Yes. But Saturday was not the beginning of the year. Saturday was a home game against Northwestern, and expectations change as events happen ? events

FORT DODGE ? Heading into Saturday?s state cross country meet, Pekin had one goal on its mind ? a second state title in as many years.Last year?s 1A champ Panthers, running in 2A this year, fell just three points short of that goal but will gladly accept the runner-up finsish. Union-LaPorte City defended its No. 1 ranking they?ve held since the first meet of the season and posted its third straight Class 2A by

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Nearly every Fairfield swimmer posted season best times at Saturday?s regional swimming meet at Cedar Rapids Washington, but still didn?t have enough to qualify for the state meet.Against the top swimmers in Eastern Iowa, Rachel Swanson, who has been battling illness for the past several weeks, came within less than a second of qualifying in the 50-freestyle (26.40). Swanson ? Fairfield?s top sprinter

An unstoppable force may be lining up against an immovable object.In Wednesday?s Class 3A sub-state game, the potent Grinnell rushing attack will be going for all they can against a stout Fairfield run defense.?I?m expecting them to run the ball down our throats, that?s for sure,? said Fairfield head coach Mike Schenck.The Fairfield defense, led by big defensive lineman Matt Hotek and linebacker Jeff Guttry,