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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...