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The Fairfield baseball team only scored in one inning against Pella Christian Saturday but they made it count.The Trojans used a six-spot in the second inning to cruise to a 6-4 victory over the Eagles, who actually out-hit the Trojans 11-6.The Eagles might have out-hit the Trojans but the Trojans played better defense as they committed two errors to the Eagles? five. Two of Pella Christian?s errors were costly ...

The Warrior baseball team has run into stiff competition in the past 10 days.Van Buren had won 12 games in a row before falling to West Liberty June 22. Since the 12-game winning streak, the Warriors are 2-3.The Warriors teed-off on New London pitching in a game in New London Friday night, winning by a score of 9-2. Saturday, Twin Cedars was teeing off Van Buren as the Warriors lost 9-5. VAN BUREN 9, NEW ...

The Trojan softball team earned a split in a pair of close road games against Keokuk Thursday night.The Trojans got the better of the Chiefs in game 1, 4-3. Keokuk responded by winning the nightcap, 5-4. GAME 1TROJANS 4, CHIEFS 3The two teams mirrored each other?s scoring until the final inning. Both teams were scoreless through three innings. When Fairfield jumped ahead by two in the fourth, Keokuk responded...

The Fairfield Trojans were staring at a sweep at the hands of Fort Madison Wednesday when they lost game 1 and fell behind 8-0 in game 2.The Trojans rallied for six runs in the fourth inning, and then tied the game on Tyler Cooksey?s two-run bomb in the fifth.The improbable comeback was complete when Josh Dimmitt scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning. GAME 1BLOODHOUNDS 2, TROJANS ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin?s softball game against Louisa-Muscatine Tuesday lasted only an hour, but the Panthers used the time wisely as they put up 17 runs on the scoreboard in just two innings at the bat.The Panthers scored eight runs in the first and nine in the second. The Louisa-Muscatine Falcons never got on track as they put up goose eggs in all three innings in which they batted. The game was called after 2.5 ...

The Trojans had trouble with the bats in game 1 of a doubleheader at Keokuk Thursday.Their luck turned around in game 2 when they scored eight times en route to an 8-4 victory. GAME 1CHIEFS 2, TROJANS 1Fairfield pitcher Spencer Peterman got into a bit of a jam in game 1 when he hit the first batter he saw and walked the second. Later in the inning, Brandt Ames drove in two runs with a double. That was all ...

Fairfield was supposed to host a pair of softball and baseball games against Fort Madison Monday but torrential rains in the afternoon forced the games to be postponed.The home varsity baseball doubleheader has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.The home varisty softball doubleheader will be played at 5:30 p.m. July 2.The junior varsity squads were supposed to play in Fort Madison Monday but their games ...

Tubby Smith has joined what was already an impressive roster of men?s basketball coaches in the Big 12.With Smith now coaching at Texas Tech and the conference?s lone newcomer, the Big 12 is the only league that can boast that all of its head coaches have taken teams to the NCAA tournament. Six of the 10 coaches have been to the Final Four.?It makes it hard. I don?t know if there?s ever been another league ever ...