Fairfield News

WELLMAN ? With their big meets fast approaching in the coming weeks, both the Fairfield and Pekin girls? track team have been a model of consistency as of late with each putting together another solid performance Friday at the Lady Hawk Relays hosted by Mid-Prairie.Pekin edged Fairfield by four points and came away with a team championship even with the foursome of Kaitlin Spilman, Kristin Freeman, Annie Jones and

Let?s talk about booze, spirits, sauce. More importantly, let?s explore why we?re talking about it on the sports page.As some of you may have heard, the University of Iowa football team was hit with another run-in with the law last week when three members of the squad were charged with alcohol related offenses. One of which bears the same last name as the head coach, which has caused a little bit of media scrutiny.T

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin boys? track and field team took home the title in the green division of the Pekin Invitational Thursday night in Packwood.The Panthers received first-place finishes from Jeremy Tosh in the 800 (2:09.94 and 1600-meter (4:59) runs, Trey Sathoff in the high jump (6? 3?), Zach Mosbey in the shot put (47? 7?), Matt Jones in the long jump (19? 3.25?), Brady Lamb in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.89), and

WASHINGTON ? At the annual season-opening Washington Relays, the Fairfield boy?s track and field team competed with fresh air going through their lungs for the first time in 2009.With several runners still away for spring break, the Trojans weren?t at full strength and finished with a sixth-place team finish competing in just 11 of the 18 events. Even with the limited numbers, Fairfield came home with two

PELLA ? In their final indoor before the outdoor season gets underway, the Fairfield girls track team traveled to the Central Indoor in Pella Thursday night and came away with a handful of top three finishes including one first place.Libbey Schubert led the Trojans with top honors after running her 200-meter dash in 28 seconds flat. Chelsey Taylor was a couple strides behind with a third-place finish in 30.1

While this year?s Golden Triangle News Service girls? basketball team only has one all-state player on the roster, it does have a number of amazing players.This year?s all-GTNS squad boasts the state?s leader in free-throw attempts, the top shot-blocker in Class 3A, one of the top 3-point shooters in the state, and much more.New London senior Ciara Allen, a first-team Class 1A all-state selection by the Iowa Girls?

In the true spirit of the game, team success dictated many of the individual selections for the 2009 all-Golden Triangle News Service boys basketball ? and rightly so.Teams of the 12 players combined to average nearly 17 wins ? compared to less than seven losses ? this season led by a whopping 26 from Iowa Mennonite School, which ended its season with a third-place finish at the state tournament. The two leaders of

PELLA ? With a 2008 Class 1A state cross-country title still fresh in their memory, several holdovers from that team put the running shoes back on as the Pekin girls track team kicked off the 2009 season Friday.Pekin was hosted several 4A schools at the meet at Central College and dominated the relay events, taking four first-place finishes. The Panthers also added three more individual champions.Kristen Freeman,

Like an episode of Sesame Street, this year?s Golden Triangle News Service wrestling team is brought to you by the letter ?J.?Four wrestlers on this year?s squad are named Jake, and another is named Jac (pronounced Jake). There?s also a Jay and a Jayden on the team.Besides being a popular place for guys named Jake, the Golden Triangle was also a hotbed for wrestling this winter. Two state champions and 12 state

Pekin senior Cody Millikin has been named to the Class 2A third team all-state basketball team the Iowa Newspaper Association announced Tuesday.Millikin was selected as a frontcourt player after averaging 14.3 points per game and pulling down nearly 200 rebounds this season for the Panthers. Millikin shot just under 55 percent from the field as he help Pekin to a 20-4 overall record and a second place finish in the

AMES ? The Fairfield boys track team took a select few up to the Iowa State Indoor meet Tuesday night for what head coach Brian Dunlap calls just another tune up for the outdoor meets, which will commence in a few weeks.Sophomore Grant Curran continued his impressive start to the season with a 17th-place finish, out of 104 competitors, in the 60 meter hurdles. Curran has already clocked an 8.58 second finish in the

With a successful high school career beginning to wind down, Fairfield?s Chelsey Taylor is ready to start moving on.Wednesday morning, she took the first step in that direction as she signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for Indian Hills Community College and head coach Terry Carlson.?I?ve heard it is a good school education-wise and I would like to stay close to home,? Taylor said. ?I feel like I?ll be a