Sports

The Trojans? varsity softball team was stymied offensively on Thursday night, as Keokuk?s Makenzie Pezley and Jakala Hall held Fairfield without a single run through two games.The Chiefs? offense got to Alli Deao early in game one, forcing across six runs in the bottom of the first inning. Five of the eight runs that Keokuk scored against Deao were earned. The senior allowed seven hits and struck out three ...

Fairfield baseball had an absolutely dominant day over the Chiefs, picking up 15-0, 13-0 victories for the varsity, while the junior-varsity squads won 11-1 and 15-0.Graham Kuehl threw a five-inning no-hitter for the Trojans in game two of the varsity doubleheader, striking out nine batters and walking only two. Cameron Baumann led the team offensively with four RBIs and three hits on the day. Every Trojans? ...

Cassidy McMartin and Makayla Jager picked up a pair of RBIs apiece as Cardinal earned a 7-5 victory over Van Buren on Tuesday afternoon.Erika Ash earned the win, pitching all seven innings and allowing only six hits in her outing. The freshman struck out three and did not walk a batter. One of her five runs allowed was unearned.Shelby Smith was a perfect 2-2 with an RBI at the plate for the Comets. Lindsey ...

The Comets rallied back from a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the sixth and a three spot in the seventh to steal a 5-3 road win from the Nikes.Cameron Honomichl earned the win, pitching six innings for Cardinal and scattering eight hits and three runs, two earned. He walked four and struck out three. Trevor Albert pitched the seventh for the save, striking out two and walking one without allowing a hit.Austin ...

Anatta Charoenkul?s quest to be the state champion in singles? tennis began today in Waterloo, as the Fairfield freshman defeated Paige Edens of Camanche 6-1, 6-0 to open play.Charoenkul earned the top seed in the 1A singles? bracket after a season where she only lost five games all year. Not five sets, five games. And the games she lost came to Davis County?s Jordyn Thompson, the runner-up at the state-qualifyin...

Cade Lisk?s walkoff single sent the Trojan fans home happy, as the team?s 3-2 victory in game two secured a sweep of a Southeast Conference rival and an undefeated mark in the conference to begin the season.?They?re used to winning down in the JV program too and it?s nice for them to step in here with that expectation to play the game the right way and have fun,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?We?ve ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Mphatso Nguluwe began her presentation at First Presbyterian Church about the needs in her country of Malawi on Wednesday, Sept. 27, by joking about her height.?I'm not blessed with height, but very blessed with color,? she said with a laugh, engaging the audience immediately with her comic relief from the heavy topics she was about to dive into.Nguluwe shared with the ...

A Mediapolis motorist received a citation following a two-vehicle accident Sept. 23 at the intersection of East Washington and South Adams streets in Mt. Pleasant.Chase Parrott was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device. Parrott, according to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department's accident report, was driving a 2000 Mazda, owned by James Chase of Mediapolis, east on Washington Street and approaching ...