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Fans get chance to ‘Meet the Trojans’
Fairfield High School hosted its annual fall 'Meet the Trojans” event Friday evening at Trojan Stadium in Fairfield. The event showcases the athletes in the fall sports – cheerleading, cross-country, girls swimming, volleyball and football – and gives the public its first glimpse at how the teams are progressing in practice through a couple of scrimmages.
The volleyball team scrimmaged in the gym while the football team scrimmaged against the visiting Pekin Panthers.
The swimming team starts its season Thursday with a contest in Ottumwa against both Ottumwa and Oskaloosa. The cross-country team had its first meet Monday, Aug. 24, in Knoxville. The volleyball team begins the year Saturday when the Trojans host a quad, and the football team opens the year by hosting Knoxville Friday.
Sophomore Alex Lippincott (71) waves to the crowd as he is introduced as a member of the Fairfield High School football team during 'Meet the Trojans' Friday at Trojan Stadium. (Andy Hallman/The Union)
Anna Westphal, center, waves as she is introduced as a member of the Fairfield High School swimming team during 'Meet the Trojans' Friday at Trojan Stadium. (Andy Hallman/The Union)
Fairfield High School girls' swimming coach Brittany Winslow and the rest of her team dressed in a beach theme during Friday's 'Meet the Trojans' at Trojan Stadium in Fairfield. (Andy Hallman/The Union)
Sophomore Dalton Mondia (51) is introduced to the crowd as a member of the Fairfield High School football team during 'Meet the Trojans' Friday. (Andy Hallman/The Union)
Senior Jakob Watson smiles as he is introduced as a member of Fairfield's cross-country team Friday during 'Meet the Trojans.' (Andy Hallman/The Union)
Sophomore Mackenzie Kaska is introduced as a member of the Fairfield High School volleyball team Friday during 'Meet the Trojans.' (Andy Hallman/The Union)
