Fairfield News

Friday night will be power vs. power when Pekin and Sigourney-Keota meet in Packwood to kick off the 2009 season.Last year?s power struggle gave Sigourney-Keota a win by the slimmest of margins after its come from behind victory gave them a 20-19 win to start the season. Pekin hopes to bounce back and get a win, but maybe more importantly, head coach Tom Stone just wants to see his team on the field.?The guys are

Van Buren hasn?t won a football game for 364 days.On that date, the Warriors didn?t hold anything back in the 2008 season opener and blasted Cardinal with a 54-0 trouncing. Friday, Cardinal will be back in town and may be looking for a little revenge.Warrior utility player Dennis Halverson did a majority of the trouncing with 321 total yards and four touchdowns, but the Warriors have lost Halverson to graduation ?

The growing pains suffered one year ago are hopefully headed toward growing gains.As the 2008 Trojans skidded to six losses in their final seven games, the defeats were a tough pill to swallow, but several people around the program are hoping that the experience gained is about to pay off. After starting as many as nine sophomores a year ago, experience takes the form of 21 of last year?s starters, plus several

With just a single win to its credit in 2008, the Cardinal football team is now looking to the future.New head coach Darren Hill has taken over and is prepared to take them there. Hill has already brought a tough attitude to the Comet practice field in first days of practice that he hopes will transfer to the field.?We talk about discipline and what you do off the field is what carries on to the field,? he said.

Talent, size and a smidge of experience is a recipe that has Pekin volleyball coach Jina Heisdorffer amped up for 2009.?I am very excited about the upcoming season,? she said. ?There is a lot of talent and while some of the team is fairly new to the varsity level, I?m confident in their abilities.?Outside hitter Erin Mosinski, setter Jessica Deutsch and all-around player Mycaela Crouse enter the season with the

With last season?s, last-minute rearranging of coaches, Cardinal athletic director Tony Fetter solidified the position in a big way in 2009 by hiring two head coaches.Jesse Andrews ? a familiar face around Cardinal High School ? and Amanda Totten, who was playing collegiate volleyball at this time last year, take over as co-coaches for a Comet team that posted a 12-13 record last year.?I felt the record last year

As they currently ride and eight game losing streak and deal with the loss of several talented seniors from last year?s 1-8 squad, first year head coach Randy Cochran says he is only concerned with the players on his practice field right now.?Coming in, we have a lot of guys at Van Buren not going out that should be out, but the only thing that?s going to change that is winning. So right now, I?m only focused on the

The Fairfield Trojan Athletic Booster Club will conduct its annual ?Canvas the Town? membership and fundraising drive from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.Student-athletes from all Trojan athletics will go door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout Fairfield with memberships available in varying amounts. ?Thank you? benefits are provided at specific levels, but any contribution made is appreciated.?This is our single biggest event

As Golden Triangle teams claimed both the north and south division Southeast Iowa Super Conference championships, it stands to reason that those two teams ? Pekin from the north and New London from the south ? led the 2009 all-GTNS team with four selections apiece.While New London?s Bria Mears is just a freshman age-wise, her outstanding 2009 campaign was a picture of consistency from the mound that garnered her

MORAVIA ? Somehow, someway, Cardinal got it done.But that shouldn?t come as much of a surprise to anyone.Facing a 4-1 deficit with potentially just six outs remaining in their season, the Comets went to work to add one more to their ridiculous winning streak that now stands at 17. Cardinal completed the comeback and escaped with an eight-inning 5-4 win over Moulton-Udell Thursday. More important than any streak at

While Fairfield added one win and one loss to its record Tuesday night, the Trojans now have their sights set on their biggest game of the year.Tuesday?s regular season finale against Oskaloosa saw Fairfield take an 8-4 win in game two after losing the 3-0 opener that now sets them up for Friday?s District 11 opener against Fort Madison Friday in Keokuk. Four pitchers made their way out to the mound in Tuesday?s

MORAVIA ? Cardinal had to throw out its 17-2 record and 15-game win streak Tuesday night as they faced Seymour, a team with just two 2009 victories to their credit, in the do-or-die Class 1A District 5 opener.The Comets improved those numbers to 18-2 and an unprecedented 16-game winning streak after the 12-2 victory that advances them to the district semifinal. Colton Millard knocked his ninth home run of the year,