Fairfield News

If Tori Ogden?s collision at first base on Fairfield?s first play of the game was any indication, Wednesday night was going to be a struggle.The Trojans? double header lived up that bill, but it was to be expected with the Class 4A ninth-ranked Burlington team standing in the other dugout ? a team with pitching, hitting, defense and the knowledge of how to win softball games. Fairfield hung tough most of the

FORT MADISON ? From the first pitch of the game, Fairfield pounded away at Holy Trinity Wednesday night and never really stopped until the bus was fired up.For their efforts, the Trojans tallied runs in five of six innings and ran away with a 16-4 non-conference victory paced by a 14-hit offensive explosion.?I felt we did a much better job of executing tonight. We were swinging at good balls and laying off pitcher

WAPELLO ? Trenton Northup blasted two home runs and Pekin split a doubleheader with Wapello Friday evening losing game one 6-4 and bouncing back for a 6-0 victory in game two.Northup?s solo home run was a part of a four-run first inning for Pekin in the opener ? an inning that saw Wapello bounce back for three runs in the bottom half.?We were really swinging the bats well to start game one, but we turned around and

DONNELLSON ? With baseballs flying off the bat Friday evening, the Fairfield baseball team out-dueled Central Lee from the plate in game one totaling 14 hits to take an 11-4 win in the opener.Central Lee finished with nine hits as Dakota Simmons got the win for the Trojans, but Fairfield lost 6-5 in game two.A seven-run third inning gave Simmons all the offense he needed in the first game. Lucas James, Cody Moran

KEOKUK ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team received a stellar effort from the defense, but couldn?t find its offensive groove and conclude its season with a 2-1 loss to Keokuk in the district semifinal.Pasha Bousquet scored one final goal for the Trojans on a free kick to knot the score at one in the second half. With just over a minute remaining, Keokuk converted a penalty kick to put them ahead for good and secure

CHARITON ? The ninth-ranked Fairfield golf team has set a precedent for themselves so far this year ? so much so that a third-place finish out of eight teams seems to be a bit of a disappointment to the six golfers.Third-place is where they found themselves after Saturday?s Chariton Invite behind two strong teams in Albia and Pella. Pella will also be one of the teams awaiting Fairfield at the sectional meet coming

After Pasha Bousquet scored five goals in two Trojan wins on Saturday, there wasn?t quite enough offense left in Monday?s loss to Keokuk.Bousquet scored the lone goal of the game, but the Chiefs had too much in the end and escaped with a 2-1 victory.?We?re just short a little manpower,? said Fairfield head coach Roeland Hekker. ?We can keep up at the beginning, but by the end of the game we?re a little tired.

The long roughs at Fairfield Golf and Country Club made play a little tough on the Fairfield girls? golf team against Ottumwa Monday, but they had better get used to the length with the conference tournament, which began at nine o?clock this morning taking place on the same course.Ottumwa came away with a 194-218 victory over the Trojans led by meet medalist Miranda Goodman and her round of 46. Jackie Osby led

This coming Saturday will mark the occassion of the fifth-annual Fairfield baseball work auction and scrimmage.Community members and business owners are invited out for a day of baseball and a chance to contribute to the new dugout and press box projects. Fairfield players will be auctioned off for three hours of work that can include any odd jobs around your home or business that need to be completed.The

MOUNT PLEASANT ? In a regular season finale, the Fairfield girls? tennis team ended with a 7-2 loss at the hands of Mount Pleasant, but there were still a few bright spots as the Trojans head into tournament play.One of the highlights came at No. 1 singles where Olivia Bachar fell behind 0-7, but rallied back to fend off three match points and win eight of the next nine games and then the tiebreaker to escape with a

It has been ?over 10 years of frustration? since Ron Hunerdosse has taken a Southeast Conference track championship home to Fairfield, but another chance will present itself Monday evening at Trojan Stadium.His group of girls have shown improvement every week of the season and exemplified exactly that last Tuesday at the Brookhart Relays. On the same track they will run on tonight, the Trojans posted a convincing

The Ottumwa Invite served the Maharishi School boys? tennis team with a little bit of humility Saturday putting the Pioneers in fourth place out of five teams.?Strong medicine for us today ? we hope to improve a lot before the district tournament on Thursday,? said MSAE head coach Lawrence Eyre. ?Keokuk is the host and they almost won today?s event so they will be the favorite at districts.?MSAE was shorthanded