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Bachar, Trojan boys catch fire in 8-3 win

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

The Trojan boys? soccer team was as cold as the weather to start their home game vs. Southeast Conference foe Fort Madison on Tuesday.It didn?t take them too long to heat up.Led by a four-goal performance from senior Roan Bachar, the Trojans erased an early three-point deficit and scored eight straight goals ? seven of them coming in the second half alone ? to rout Fort Madison 8-3 at Trojan Stadium.?The first ...

Pioneer boys? tennis picks up win No. 6

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

Sometimes the bigger they are, the easier they fall.Just ask the Pioneer boys? tennis team, which hasn?t often had much trouble knocking the much larger schools down a peg or two. On Tuesday, the Pioneers claimed another of their large school victims, and they did it with their most dominant performance to date.The Pioneers not only won every set they played against visiting Burlington, but they rarely even ...

Pekin wins Van Buren Invitational

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

KEOSAUQUA ? In their final meet prior to the Drake Relays Monday, the Pekin girls looked like a team on a mission competing at the Van Buren Invitational in Keosauqua.The undefeated Panthers amassed 153 points en route to their fifth straight meet title outdoors. Among their seven event victories Monday were individual wins from sisters Samantha Wright (400-hurdles) and Gwynne Wright (1500-run).The Panthers ...

Fairfield tennis rolls over Albia

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

The Trojan girls? tennis team cruised to its second victory of the season, a 6-3 dual win over Albia, Tuesday at the Fairfield Middle School courts in Fairfield.The Trojans picked up four match wins in singles play en route to the win, and sophomore Karley Williams once again led the way. Williams earned an 8-1 victory over Amber Mills at No. 2 singles before teaming up with Rachel Hathaway to claim an 8-4 ...

Today?s track meets, more nixed

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

The Fairfield boys? track and field team will be staying home today as its newly scheduled track meet at Mid-Prairie has been canceled.The cancellation marks the third straight for Fairfield, which hasn?t competed since the Don Newell Relays in Ottumwa last Tuesday. The team?s 4x100, Jonny Swanson (110-high hurdles) and Daniel Schwarz (high jump) will be competing at the Drake Relays starting Thursday. The ...

Fairfield girls? golf team falls Monday

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Trojan girls? golf team saw Mount Pleasant?s best and fell by 53 strokes, 193-246, in a Southeast Conference dual Monday.Lindsey Repp, a freshman, posted the Trojans? lowest score with a 53.?They?re a pretty good team. They lost their best golfer, Natalie Booton, but they have four or five really good golfers who shoot about the same. They?re real consistent,? Fairfield head coach Joe ...

Trojan eighth-graders place third

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

FORT MADISON ? Michael Fritz doubled up in the throwing events with two victories, and the Fairfield eighth-grade track and field team placed third out of seven teams at Monday?s meet in Fort Madison.Fritz had a winning launch of 145-feet, 6-inches in the discus, and his throw of 38-feet, 5.5-inches in the shot put was also a meet best.Cam Baumann was six feet short of Fritz? winning mark in the discus, ...

Freshmen, sophomores run in Burlington

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BURLINGTON ? Jordan Reid picked up a win in the high jump and was also on the winning sprint medley relay team Monday at the 27th annual freshman-sophomore Ralph White Relays in Burlington.The freshman led the Trojans with a leap of 5-feet, 2-inches in the high jump, and he teamed up with Jacob Unkrich, Narendra Martin and Zach Martin in the sprint medley for a winning time of 4:01.60.Also for Fairfield, ...

Pioneer golfers edged Monday in Fort Madison

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

FORT MADISON ? Maharishi School fell via tiebreaker Monday to Holy Trinity at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison.The two teams tied at 187, but the host Crusaders were granted the win when their fifth-highest individual score came in lower than Maharishi?s.Despite the loss, the Pioneers featured the meet medalist in Mickey DeAngelis, who fired a 40 for the honor. Also for the Pioneers, Prasad Monk ...

Pioneers claim first tourney title

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

PELLA ? Wins have been plentiful for the Maharishi School boys? tennis program this season, and Saturday proved no different as the Pioneers rolled to their first tournament title of the season.Competing at the Pella Invitational, the Pioneer boys finished first among six southeast Iowa schools with a 165-point tally. The host Little Dutch were second with 135 points and Grinnell finished third with 85.Leading ...

Punj leads Fairfield boys in Albia

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

ALBIA ? Sophomore Alexander Punj won the battle, but Albia won the war Monday as it topped Fairfield in non-conference tennis action.Punj earned an 8-0 victory at No. 1 singles to get the Trojans started, but it was just a blemish in Albia?s otherwise dominant, 8-1 dual victory over the shorthanded Trojans.Fairfield, which continues to search for its first win of the season, was without No. 2 singles player ...

Track Brief

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2569d ago

Pekin racked up 153 points on its way to the team title at Monday?s Van Buren Invitational girls? track meet. The host Warriors finished seventh (27 points) and Cardinal was eighth (14) in the nine-team field.Individual meet results will appear in Wednesday?s edition of The Ledger.