Sports

The Fairfield eighth-grade girls? ?A? basketball team is two games away from a perfect season following a 52-28 victory over Mount Pleasant on Tuesday.The Trojans started off hot Tuesday taking a 13-2 lead in the first quarter. Mount Pleasant chipped away in the second quarter, but the Trojans went into halftime up 26-14.?Tonight was another solid win for us. We had a few defensive lapses, but made up for them ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Five Fairfield Middle School wrestlers went 2-0 at a Tuesday quadrangular in Washington, Iowa.Zach Barnes, Derek Beasley, Michael Fritz, Chris Hanson and Bailey Jones all were double-winners for Fairfield.Beasley won by fall in 10 and 55 seconds, while Hanson pinned a pair of opponents in 29 seconds and 1:34, respectively. Fritz won his two matches in 29 seconds and 2:21. Barnes earned a 9-4 ...

The City of Mt. Pleasant will hold its annual Spring Clean Up during the week of April 25 - 29.Spring Clean Up is a one week opportunity for residents of Mt. Pleasant to rid their homes of unusual or large items that are too big to fit into a garbage bag during regular garbage collection.The collection work is done by Wemiga Waste. Spring Clean Up will be done during normal garbage delivery day.Items that ...

ELDON ? Dakota Showman scored 15 points and Charlie Rachford added 11 to lead the Cardinal boys? basketball team past New London 65-41 Friday in Eldon.The Comets catapulted out to a 13-2 lead after one quarter of play and held a 29-12 advantage after two quarters. The host team scored another 36 points in the second half to cruise to their second victory of the season.Cardinal?s Conner McElderry also hit ...

Forty-five local children competed in a trampoline and gymnastics intra-team competition Dec. 1 at the Roosevelt Recreation Center.In front of an overflow crowd of spectators, Kristin Burnstedt claimed first place in the trampoline competition, followed by Juliette Pohren in second place and Justin Simmering in third.Then came the gymnastics portion, which consisted of four events: floor exercises, bars, vault ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ? Tom Brady can?t stop smiling these days. Or winning.Five days after becoming a father for a third time ? something that brings the biggest grin of all to his face ? Brady threw four touchdown passes, leading the Patriots to a 42-14 rout of the Houston Texans.If the game was a measuring stick in the AFC, New England and its star quarterback aced the test with a seventh consecutive ...

If the past two games are any indication, the Pekin boys? basketball team may have finally figured it all out.The Panthers won twice over the weekend, topping Louisa-Muscatine 49-36 Friday in Letts, then besting Mediapolis 65-52 Saturday at home. Since dropping the first two games to open the season, the Panthers have rolled off three straight victories to improve to 3-2 overall.?Each game we?ve gotten a little ...

MEDIAPOLIS ? Injuries, ACTs and sickness had the Fairfield wrestling team down a few members Saturday at the Mediapolis tournament.The Trojans, who were without half a lineup, settled for sixth place out of nine teams with 88 points. Third-ranked (Class 2A) Mediapolis won the team title with 280.5 points, Fort Madison finished second (179.5) and Blue Valley North (Kan.) was third (145).Fairfield has now seen ...