Fairfield News

The Fairfield girls? tennis team tallied another win ? its second straight ? Thursday evening against Davis County, who had to play without their No. 2 player, with a final 7-2 score.Megan Proctor and Serena Ward both blanked their opponents in singles winning 8-0 for the Trojans as Olivia Bachar (8-1), Whitney Taglauer (8-3) and Liza Pergiel (9-8 (7-6)) also won their singles match. It was the first varsity win of

MARION ? New faces, and plenty of them, were in store for Fairfield at the Marion girls track invitational Thursday evening as the Trojans met big field of 12 teams with a head full of steam.Katie Hammes won the discus for Fairfield?s only event victory of the night, but the Trojan?s peppered in plenty of mid-range finishes to take third place (77) behind Benton Community (133) and host Marion (81). Fairfield placed

KEOKUK ? A full week of rest went into the legs of the Fairfield girls? track team before Tuesday?s Keosippi Relays in Keokuk ? a meet that gives the Trojans even more to build on with the conference meet looming in a few weeks.Using true team scoring, which essentially gives team points to every participant, emphasis is put on team depth and Fairfield ended up in third place with 246 points. That score was well

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren standouts Lewis Russell and Bryce Philips made their future official on Wednesday afternoon as each signed on to play football for head coach Todd Hafner with a William Penn University jersey on next fall.William Penn athletic director and assistant football coach Greg Hafner presented the letters of intent Wednesday to the two athletes at Van Buren High School and spoke highly of Russell,

MORAVIA ? With a brand-spanking new golf course under their feet the Fairfield boys? golf team came home with rave reviews of The Preserve golf course on Lake Rathbun. They also came home Tuesday night with a comfortable 164-215 dual-meet victory against Eddyville-Blakesburg. The Preserve opened their nine-hole course in September of last year and the full eighteen last month.?The Preserve at Lake Rathbun is going

EDDYVILLE ? Pekin finished second to a very strong Eddyville-Blakesburg team and Van Buren took fifth in a crowded field at the Rocket Relays Tuesday night in Eddyville.As the Panthers run past the midway point of the season, several season bests were set on the track in Eddyville led by the core of middle-distance runners. That group led Pekin to wins in the 4x800-meter relay and the distance medley relay as Derek

Following a strong performance against Albia on Monday girls? tennis team notched another win Tuesday with a 6-3 win over Fort Madison in Southeast Conference play.The Trojans took wins in the top four singles matches as Olivia Bachar bested Sierra Lunsden 8-5 at No. 1, Megan Proctor beat Jonna Eckhardt 8-1 at No. 2, Whitney Taglauer won 9-8 (7-5) over Julie Ham at No. 3 and Serena Ward tallied an 8-6 victory at No.

A 4-3 barnburner didn?t go Fairfield?s way at the Dexter Soccer Complex Tuesday evening and the Trojans added one in the loss column against Southeast Conference opponent Fort Madison.Pasha Bousquet scored all three goals for the Trojans to keep them in the game after Fort Madison put one in the net right out of the gate. Bousquet scored two goals in the first half, assisted by Jacob Lantz and Deep Shrestha, to cut

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Mount Pleasant put all four scorers underneath Fairfield in their 193-227 win over Fairfield in girls golf Monday afternoon in cold conditions ? weather that is quickly becoming a theme this season.Sami Herman fired a 53 at Mount Pleasant Country Club to lead Fairfield, but Mount Pleasant?s low round of 43 from Emily Prellwitz earned her medalist honors. Allison Delker and Ashley Thompson each fired

FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield Middle School boys? track and field teams competed in Fort Madison Monday evening with the eighth-grade team coming away with a third-place team finish and seventh-graders finishing as the runner-up to meet champion Burlington James Madison. Mount Pleasant was first and Burlington Oak Street was second in the eighth-grade division.The Trojans won three events on the night ? top finishes

Weiss-led MSAE blanks BurlingtonA sweep through the Burlington tennis lineup was completed by the Maharishi School boys? tennis team Tuesday afternoon, including a win by Thomas Weiss over 2008 Class 2A state qualifier Brock Anderson at No. 1 singles.Weiss, a freshman, battled back and forth with Anderson to take a 7-5, 6-4 victory and get the Pioneers rolling. The next five stormed through the Grayhounds with no

Well on its way to its second win of the season, the FHS girls? tennis team won four of six singles matches against Albia before weather cut doubles, and the match, short.No make up date has been set for the match that Fairfield holds a lead in all doubles matches. Olivia Bachar and Megan Proctor led 6-3, Whitney Taglauer and Emily Gleason led 5-0, and Serena Ward and Courtney Kerr held a 4-1 advantage when play was