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The Trojan boys did not quite dominate the opposition Monday as their classmates did next door on the softball diamond, but the baseball team still earned a sweep against the Panthers of Mount Pleasant. GAME 1TROJANS 5, PANTHERS 4The Trojans led 5-1 after three innings. Mount Pleasant made the game interesting with two runs in the sixth and another in the seventh but ultimately the rally fell short.Jordan ...

Dakota Nye, a 10th-grade student at Fairfield High School has earned a position on the Iowa National High School rodeo team and will be competing at the 65th annual National High School Finals Rodeo July 14-20 in Rock Springs, Wyo.Nye will be in the bull riding competition.Featuring more than 1,500 contestants from 41 states, five Canadian provinces and Australia, the NHSFR is the world?s largest rodeo. In ...

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 Fairfield Trojan softball team never allowed a run in its doubleheader against Cardinal Wednesday.The Trojans won the first game, 7-0. The Comets were blanked once again in game 2, 4-0.Trojan head coach Bob Bradfield said Cardinal is normally a good-hitting team that is difficult to keep off the scoreboard. The fact Fairfield shut out the Comets in two games is a testament to Trojans? pitching and defense, ...

Pekin?s high-octane offense was doused with water Wednesday in a game at New London, but it re-ignited against Mediapolis the following day.Pekin had been averaging close to 10 runs per game in recent weeks, but it could not manage to push across a single tally against one of the area?s best young pitchers in New London?s Morgan Christner. The Panthers lost the game 8-0.Just one day later, the Panthers exploded ...

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 ...