Don Newell Relays @ Ottumwa Fairfield Boys Individual Results (Top 6)High Jump ? 1. Daniel Schwarz (6? 4?)Discus ? 6. Jake Mineart (119? 10?)4x800-relay ? 4. Fairfield (Z. Martin, Hammel, Gevock, Richmond, 8:59)3200-run ? 6. Brandon Taglauer (10:53)Shuttle Hurdle-relay ? 4. Fairfield (Jackson, Schwarz, Francisco, Swanson, 1:03.17)400-dash ? 3. Zach Martin (54.91), 5. Josiah Wilbur (55.57)4x200-relay ? 6. ...
OSKALOOSA ? Several area athletes advanced to the Special Olympics Iowa State Summer Games with first-place finishes at the spring games held Saturday at William Penn University in Oskaloosa.Adults who qualified to state in two events were Joe Blain, who finished first in both the 50-meter dash and mini jav; Jessica Clements in the 50-meter walk and softball throw; Sarah Coleman in the standing long jump and ...
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? A gas pipe replacement was the hot topic Wednesday night during the Wayland City Council meeting.Barry Leichty, gas superintendent, said there had been a water leak on lot five of the mobile home park on East Railroad Street. When crews began digging down, it revealed plastic PVC pipe. Leichty said a new riser, attachments and shut-off valves would be installed for each ...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? Fairfield Middle School?s seventh-grade girls won their first team title of the season April 8, but Saturday was the eighth-graders? turn at the Mount Pleasant Invitational.In just their second meet out, Fairfield?s eighth-graders amassed 138 points and picked up six victories on their way to edging out host Mount Pleasant (132) for the meet victory. Keokuk finished a distant third with 80 ...
For 25 years under head coach Lawrence Eyre, success and Maharishi School tennis went hand in hand.With Eyre?s sudden retirement last spring, it ended one of the most successful head coaching stints in Iowa prep history. Yet it also opened up an opportunity for a new era of Pioneer boys? tennis.In walked Steve Briggs, a long-time Fairfield resident and even longer time tennis player who achieved individual ...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? Van Buren finished seventh and Cardinal took 10th in the small school standings of Tuesday?s Panther Relays in Mount Pleasant.Junior Unity Daugherty was the top finisher for Van Buren, which ended up with 38 points. Daugherty opened the night placing second in the 3000-meter run (11:44), and later finished second in the 1500 (5:38) to score nearly half her team?s points.Hanna Haynes also ...
MONTEZUMA ? The Pekin girls? track and field team won its second straight meet Tuesday, racking up 167 points to best five other teams at the Lew-Lundy Relays in Montezuma.Pekin won eight events, including five individual contest, to distance itself from runner-up South Tama and its 140-point total. PCM scored 85 to finish in third place.Led by freshman Gwynne Wright, the Panthers once again owned the long ...
Spring sporting events were again hit by cancellations and postponements today thanks to unseasonably cold temperatures and rain. All area changes are listed below:? Girls? track meet at Mid-Prairie, which was to include the Fairfield and Pekin girls, has been canceled.? The Ike Ryan Relays hosted by Eddyville-Blakesburg has been called off, and no make-up date has been scheduled. The Fairfield boys? track team ...
OTTUMWA ? The scoring drought continued for the Fairfield boys? soccer team as it surrendered a 2-0 loss to the Ottumwa Bulldogs Tuesday night in Ottumwa.Just one day earlier, the Trojans fell to Knoxville by a final of 1-0.And on Tuesday, the Trojans were experiencing the wear and tear that inevitably comes with playing two games in two days. The Trojans, who were already missing senior Darrin Dimmitt, started ...
OTTUMWA ? Slow starts are starting to become a thing of the past for the Fairfield girls? soccer team.Just one day removed from scoring a first-minute goal in a win over Knoxville, Claudia Sloat again found the back of the net early Tuesday to kick off a big day for the Trojan girls? soccer team.This time, Sloat scored just 11 seconds out of the gates vs. an unprepared Ottumwa squad, and the Trojan girls rolled ...
Alexander Punj and Josh Alonso continued to prove themselves a formidable doubles duo Tuesday, defeating Fort Madison?s Wes Bernhardt and Lance Hocker at No. 1 doubles during a Southeast Conference dual in Fairfield.The Fairfield doubles team claimed a 6-1 win in the first set and capped the match with a 7-5 second set, earning their second straight win in doubles play and third victory overall. Punj and Alonso ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? Leaders of the drive to place a veterans memorial in Salem are nearing their fundraising goal.Memorial committee member Gene Stewart told the Salem City Council that the committee has raised $43,909.60 thus far toward a goal of $55,000. Initially the goal was $50,000, but committee members increased the goal for some breathing room.Stewart and Jim Dean, another ...
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