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The Fairfield freshmen volleyball team hosted a tournament Saturday in Fairfield.The Trojans earned second place. The girls defeated Van Buren, Ottumwa and Central Lee. The only match of the day they lost was against Davis County. All the games were finished in straight sets.Kaylee Watson finished the day with 13 aces and went 46-48 serving. Haylee Beard had ten aces.Watson led the team in assists with 23 and ...

Pekin dismantled English Valleys 56-0 Friday.Pekin (5-1) dominated in all three phases of football; defense, offense, and special teams.The Panthers played stout defense, holding English Valleys to 115 yards rushing and forcing two interceptions. Pekin only allowed one completed pass.Eric Adam tallied eight tackles and continually disrupted the English Valleys running game. Two of his tackles were behind the ...

A traffic stop on Friday, Nov. 11, resulted in charges and an arrest against a Solon man.Sheriff deputies stopped a car occupied by Charles Mitchell, 42, of Solon, in the 900 block of E. Washington Street.Following the stop, Mitchell was arrested and charged with child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor; and allowing an un-authorized minor to drive (simple misdemeanor).A criminal charge is merely an ...

The Fairfield freshmen football team won its first game of the season Friday when it defeated Mount Pleasant 30-18.?It was a great win for our kids,? coach Brad Repp said. ?We?ve been working on improving every game and we took a big step Friday night.?Trenton Hanen ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Trojans. Brandon Smithburg ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns of his own. He also punched in ...

The Warriors could not find a way to score enough points Friday when they traveled to Highland Riverside.Quarterback Garrett Saunders was stymied by the Huskies defense, managing only two yards on the ground. Highland went on to win 22-8.The Warriors scored in the fourth quarter on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Saunders to Casey Jones. Saunders ran in the 2-point conversion, putting the score at 14-8.The ...

AMES (AP) ? It didn?t matter how Texas beat Iowa State.The Longhorns just needed to escape Ames with a win.They survived ? in a way the seething Cyclones might never forget.Case McCoy scored on a 1-yard plunge with 51 seconds left and Texas rallied to beat Iowa State 31-30 on Thursday night.McCoy threw for 244 yards for the Longhorns, (3-2, 2-0), who will head into next week?s game against Oklahoma with at ...

Fairfield?s only diver on the swim team, Katherine Mueller, competed Thursday in Southeast Polk at a diving competition.Mueller placed fourth out of 12 divers. Her score for her 11 dives was 363.25. She was just one point away from getting third place.

The Cardinal volleyball team did not have any problems taking down Van Buren for the fourth time this season.Cardinal (8-9) swept Van Buren 25-16, 25-15, 25-14. The Warriors (7-14) have only taken one set in their four games against the Comets this year.Sophomores Dakota Durflinger and Cassidy McMartin had huge games for the Comets. Durflinger was 13 of 14 serving, and also pitched in with 11 kills and two ...