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Fairfield falls by one in girls? soccer

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

WEST BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield girls? soccer team returned to the field for the first time in more than a week Monday and shook off the rust in a 2-1 road loss to West Burlington-Notre Dame.Going into the non-conference contest, the Trojan girls hadn?t played a game since April 25.?They?re a pretty solid team, but we have to win that game,? Fairfield coach Michiel Hekker said following the loss. ?We needed to ...

Pekin girls win SEISC North title

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Poor weather could only hold off the Pekin girls? track and field team so long as the Sarah Wright-led squad celebrated its seventh consecutive title Monday at the postponed Southeast Iowa Superconference North track meet hosted by Columbus.Pekin won five events and finished top-two in several others to tally 161 points ? far ahead of runner-up Mediapolis, which scored 132 points.And to put ...

Cardinal boys finish runner-up in SEISC South

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

WEST BURLINGTON ? Cardinal won a pair of events and grabbed points in nearly every other event en route to a second-place finish and 112-point total at the Southeast Iowa Superconference South Division track meet scheduled Monday.The host Falcons won the meet title for the second year running, earning wins in 12 of the 18 events and setting conference records in two of those in front of a partisan crowd at Bill ...

Daugherty leads Warrior girls at conference

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

WEST BURLINGTON ? Unity Daugherty won the 1500 and the Van Buren girls? track team finished fifth out of seven teams Monday at the SEISC South Division meet.The Warrior girls placed ahead of both sixth-place Cardinal (61) and seventh-place Maharishi School (13). Central Lee won the team title, racking up 152 points.Daugherty, a junior, finished the 1500-run in 5:24 for the Warriors? only win. She also finished ...

Tournament winners

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

The 10-and-under Fairfield Cougars baseball team earned a first-place finish at the Clear Creek-Amana Classic this past weekend. Team members are pictured, from left, front row: Brecken Courtright, Kyle Jeffrey, Josh Brewington, Brody Angstead, Landen Schafer; middle row: coach Jeremy Jeffrey, Dagen Burnett, Nick Schillerstrom, Bradley Smithburg, Drake Rippey; back row: coaches Jack Schafer, Larry Angstead and ...

James wins MVP, but not unanimously

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

MIAMI (AP) ? LeBron James was at his best this season, and the voters tasked with selecting the NBA?s Most Valuable Player took notice.Every voter except one, that is.The NBA still does not have a unanimous MVP, though no one has come closer than James did this season. The Miami Heat star was presented with the Maurice Podoloff Trophy for the fourth time in his career on Sunday after collecting 120 of the 121 ...

Changes announced to girls? soccer schedule

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

The high school girls? soccer games between Fairfield and Ottumwa scheduled Friday, May 10, in Fairfield have been canceled. Instead, the Trojan girls will travel to Oskaloosa that day to play the make-up games that were called off Thursday.The JV game will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity contest around 7 p.m. The games will be played at Oskaloosa?s new stadium with field turf.According to Fairfield ...

DeAngelis leads Pioneers at SEISC tourney

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

FORT MADISON ? Mickey DeAngelis earned runner-up meet medalist status to lead Maharishi School to a fourth-place finish at the SEISC South golf tournament Monday and Tuesday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison.DeAngelis claimed the honor with a 7-over-par 79, finishing just four strokes behind meet medalist Nick Pundt of Central Lee. Prasad Monk (95), Davin Titus (96) and Tomas Bousquet (98) also ...

Conference track meets, more postponed

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

Area teams eager to start the postseason will have to wait a bit longer with the postponement of the Southeast Iowa Superconference track meets.The SEISC North Division?s meet at Columbus and the SEISC South meet scheduled in West Burlington have been moved from Thursday to Monday. As previously scheduled, field events will get underway at 4:30 p.m. and races will begin immediately at 5 p.m.More cancellations ...

More sporting events canceled

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

Plummeting temperatures and storms in the forecast have left local activities directors scratching their heads and scratching events off today?s calendar. Cancellations are listed below.? Fairfield High School boys? golf @ Oskaloosa Invitational? FHS girls? golf @ Oskaloosa? FHS girls? soccer @ Oskaloosa? FHS girls? tennis vs. Keokuk? FMS girls? track @ Ottumwa

Pioneer girls win crosstown rivalry

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

Fairfield seniors Haylee Gilpin and Kim O?Carroll won the most lopsided match of the evening Tuesday, but it was hardly enough as the Trojans fell to Maharishi School 8-1 on the Punj Tennis Center courts.Gilpin and O?Carroll rolled to a surprisingly quick win, winning eight games and surrendering none vs. Maharishi School?s Dia Huggins and Alina Knight. The victory not only prevented the team sweep Tuesday but ...

Middle school boys finish fourth at home meet

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

Both the Fairfield Middle School seventh-grade boys and the eighth-grade team finished fourth in the team standings Tuesday at their home Fairfield Relays.Fairfield?s eighth-graders scored 85.5 points to fall behind champion Mount Pleasant (142), Ottumwa (119) and Washington (115.5). The seventh-graders tallied 84 points to trail champion Mount Pleasant (147), Washington (101) and Keokuk (85).The host eighth-gra...