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PACKWOOD ? The Pekin Panther softball team was a perfect 3-0 in its own softball classic Saturday.The Panthers won two of their games in dramatic fashion, coming from behind in the final inning.Pekin began the day by defeating Van Buren, 5-4. Van Buren scored two runs in the fourth and two more in the seventh to take a brief 4-3 lead.In the bottom of the seventh, Maranda Baker and Tiana Slaney walked to put ...

IOWA CITY ? The Trojan softball game ran into a proverbial buzzsaw Friday and Saturday at the Clear Creek-Amana Softball Classic with games played in Iowa City.Fairfield went 1-3 in the four games against stiff competition. The Trojans lost to No. 2 Solon in 4A on Friday by a score of 12-3. The Trojans defeated Williamsburg 13-3 on Friday.Fairfield faced another tough customer in No. 3 Mid-Prairie Saturday, ...

The Fairfield 10-and-under Crush team earned second place at the Kalona Softball Tournament June 1-2. Pictured are, from left, front row: Chayse Gilchrist, Ellie Shepherd, Coty Engle and Brooke Miller; middle row: Hailey Pohren Gevock, Danielle Breen, Jenna Norris and Rachel Thomas; back row: Olivia Jones, Hannah Simpson, Delaney Breen, Brynley Allison and Averi Henderson. The coaches are Tina Breen, Amy Jones ...

Jessica Ehrenfelt was on the winning team that competed at the Ladies Blast Off Friday at the Fairfield Golf and Country Club. The other team members were Amy McDowell, Joy Padget and Nikki Hunt. Their team won the event with a 68. The event was sponsored by the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce.

Iowa Mennonite School jumped on the Pekin Panthers early in the first game of Thursday?s softball doubleheader in Packwood.IMS won game 1 by a score of 8-3. The Panthers played much better in game 2, clobbering IMS 13-0 in three innings. GAME 1IMS 8, PEKIN 3IMS scored two runs in the first, five in the fourth and one in the seventh. The team scored those eight runs on just four hits. IMS got some help from ...

Chloe Campbell, left, and Averi Henderson practice a blocking drill Thursday at volleyball camp in the Fairfield High School gymnasium. Fairfield volleyball head coach Nancy Diers organized the camp for elementary school girls.

The Trojan baseball team swept Washington in a doubleheader at home Monday.The home team won a tight, low-scoring affair in game 1, 3-2. The Trojans kept the Demons off the board in game 2 as they celebrated a 5-0 victory.Trojan pitchers kept the Demons off balance all night as they struck out 30 batters in the two games. GAME 1TROJANS 3, DEMONS 2The Trojans got on the board first in game 1 in the third ...

The Pekin Panthers have been crushing the softball at the plate this week.Pekin could hardly contain its scoring against Winfield-Mt. Union Monday in a 15-5 route in six innings. Tuesday saw the Panthers visit Columbus Junction where they finished a rain delayed game from earlier in the season and play another from scratch.Pekin came from behind to win the delayed game, 13-12, and kept the good times rolling ...