The Fairfield baseball team faced a formidable opponent in 14-2 Chariton Tuesday night at home and came up on the short end in both games of the doubleheader.The Trojans played the Chargers down to the wire in game 1, which Chariton won 4-3 thanks to a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning. Chariton?s bats were red hot for game 2 to complete the sweep with a 14-7 victory. GAME 1CHARGERS 4, TROJANS ...
After stranding 16 runners on base in the first 13 innings of Monday?s Southeast Conference doubleheader against No. 12 Washington, Fairfield wasn?t about to maroon more runners in the final inning of the nightcap.The 15th-ranked Trojans scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning of the second game to win 4-3 and earn a split of the doubleheader.?It felt pretty good,? Fairfield junior Marisa Repp said. ?We?d ...
A two-vehicle accident Sept. 22 at the intersection of Main and Monroe streets was investigated by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.According to the accident report, it was determined that a 2002 Toyota truck, owned and operated by Ba Nguyen, of Mt. Pleasant, was making a left-hand turn at the intersection.A 1998 Honda Civic, owned and operated by Ralph Erland, of Mt. Pleasant, was traveling south through the ...
PACKWOOD ? Seven errors in the field and another three outs on the base paths had Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay scratching his head Thursday as his players dropped a 9-4 game to visiting Wapello.?It?s simple softball. You need to make the routine plays, and right now we?re not doing that,? said Marlay. ?When you give teams seven or eight outs in an inning, you?re not going to win. We have seven seniors and we?re ...
The rain didn?t let up Friday, and neither did the Trojan offense.The Fairfield softball team collected 10 hits in five innings to pick up its 14th straight win, topping Columbus 11-1 via the mercy rule in Fairfield. The home win was the first for Fairfield (17-3, 6-2 Southeast Conference) since it jumped into the Class 4A state softball rankings Wednesday. The Trojans now are 15th.?We hit the ball well and had ...
? Pekin boys collect 18 hits in four-inning rout. PACKWOOD ? Hits. Walks. Errors.The Pekin baseball team benefited from a bit of all of those things Thursday and sailed to a 15-run rule victory over Columbus in Southeast Iowa Super Conference North action in Packwood. Pekin blasted the visiting Wildcats 17-2.Jaydan Nicholson went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI and senior teammate Kirk Talley was 3-for-4 ...
WOODWARD ? The Pekin softball team went 2-1 in a high-scoring day of softball Saturday in Woodward at the Woodward-Granger Tournament.The Panthers started off the day well with a 13-3 victory against Panorama. Panorama actually led in the game 3-0 before Pekin scored three in the second, three in the fourth and seven in the fifth to put the game away and end it early on account of the mercy rule.Pekin head ...
Salem Elementary showcased their artistic side with a ?Pound -A- Hound? themed float during the Homecoming Parade.
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsTwo area school boards will meet tonight (Monday) for work sessions.Mt. Pleasant School Board will meet at 6 p.m., in the High School Media Center. During the board?s meeting earlier this month, the directors agreed to use the board?s second meeting of the month as a work session. During Monday?s work session, the board will discuss content for upcoming work sessions as well as ...
DANVILLE ? The Cardinal softball team got its head back above .500 with a 16-2, seven-inning rout of Danville Thursday.The Comets, who improved to 9-8 with the victory, finished the game with a pair of home runs and eight total extra base hits.Lindsey Davis and Lindsay Moore belted the two dingers for Cardinal. Davis also hit a double and had two runs batted in, and Moore finished 2-for-5, also hitting a double ...
PACKWOOD ? Pekin took a pair of games from the Fairfield JV Orange softball team Thursday in Packwood. The Panthers beat Fairfield 8-3 in the first game and held off the Trojans for an 11-8 win in game two.In game one, Pekin led 3-1 after the first inning. Fairfield knotted the game up at 3-all prior to Pekin scoring its five final runs in the fourth.Delaney Neil took the loss for Fairfield, pitching four ...
WEST BURLINGTON ? Twice West Burlington threatened a comeback in the final two innings Thursday, and both times the Cardinal baseball team turned them away to pick up a 4-2 win in West Burlington.In the sixth inning, West Burlington loaded the bases, but Brandon Eklofe turned a 6-3 double play to get the Comets out of the inning. Then in the seventh, starting pitcher Dakota Showman struck out the game?s final ...
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