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By head coach Davis Eidahl?s own admission, the Pekin boys? track and field team lacks in starpower this season.Relatively speaking, that is.No longer do the Pekin boys have state champion Bryce Sines, nor do they have Derek Morales or Trey Sathoff. Still, thanks to depth at nearly every position, the Panthers are primed to make a splash when they compete later this week at the Iowa state track and field ...

Central College second baseman and former Cardinal High School student Chelsea Greiner makes a play on a line drive during action last week at the NCAA Division III Pella Regional championship. Central went 4-0 in the regional, yielding just three runs in four games, to advance to the eight-team NCAA Division III finals in Eau Claire, Wis. The 16th-ranked Dutch (32-8) will take on third-ranked Montclair State ...

Few Trojans ever have an opportunity to defend a state title, let alone two.But Fairfield senior Sydney Howard will get that chance in the 100- and 200-meter dashes with the start of the Iowa state track and field championships today.Howard opens the 100-dash prelims at 4:20 p.m. today and follows with the 200 prelims at 6:20 p.m. She is seeded third in the 100 behind Davenport Assumption?s Rose Ripslinger and ...

Last week, the Fairfield boys? track and field team braved the rain to qualify 11 athletes in six events to the Iowa state track and field championships.This week, the Trojans anticipate better weather but the same, positive results when they compete at the statewide event held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.?I was very pleased with how we performed last week, and I?ll be absolutely pleased if we run close or ...

Fairfield Babe Ruth?s opening night has been set for Thursday at the Fairfield Babe Ruth Field.The league?s two teams, Benjamin Franklin Cardinals and Bob?s Automotive Red Sox, will be squaring off against each other for the season-opener starting at 6:30 p.m.This season?s league consists of 25 players, including 18 13-year-olds. Although the league is down from the five teams it had last year, Bob?s Automotive ...

Amanda Lamb, bottom left, is pictured on the podium Friday with the other members of Central College?s 4x800 team following the relay?s third-place finish at the Iowa Conference championships held at Loras College in Dubuque. The foursome?s 9:38.52 run earned all-league honors by virtue of a top-three finish. The conference track meet wrapped up Lamb?s four-year track career at Central, where she earned varsity ...

NEW LONDON ? Maharishi School?s Mickey DeAngelis finished fourth overall in the Class 1A boys? golf sectional Friday at New London to advance to the next round.Behind DeAngelis? strong day, the Pioneers finished fourth in the team standings with a 371. Winfield-Mount Union won the championship with a 334 and New London ended up second at 336. Third-place Holy Trinity also advanced to the district tournament with ...

MORAVIA ? Just advance.In the postseason, it doesn?t matter how a team does it, just that a team does.Few area teams have had more recent success turning the idea into reality than the Fairfield boys? golf team, which found a way to move on to the district competition with a second-place finish Friday at the sectional tournament at The Preserve golf course on Rathbun Lake.?Like we said at the start, we don?t ...