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FMS wrestlers hit mat Friday

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Michael Fritz won three more matches Friday at a wrestling meet in Mount Pleasant, and three other Trojans were double-winners on the day.Fritz pinned all three of his opponents in 1:24 or under. Zach Barnes, Trenton Hanen and Alex Sisomphane joined in on the fun with a pair of wins apiece.Hanen won by fall in 59 seconds and 1:39, Barnes earned a 15-0 win by technical fall and pinned another ...

Defense costs Trojans vs. Iowa City Regina

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

Defensive intensity was lacking in the Fairfield girls? 71-50 loss to Iowa City Regina Thursday, and head coach Mick Flattery put the blame squarely on his own shoulders.?I?d fire the defensive coordinator if I was a football coach, and the defensive coordinator here is me,? said Flattery. ?We gave up 71 and 66 points this week. We?re just not guarding anybody right now with any intensity or any strategy in ...

Rolling 300

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

Shawn Ruckman of Fairfield bowled a 300 game as part of a 759 three-game series Jan. 2 at Champion Bowl in Ottumwa.

Fairfield boys go cold in 58-38 loss to Regina

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor

Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

Trojans vs. Cancer night provided an uplifting atmosphere at Fairfield High School Thursday night, but head coach Tyler Miklo saw little that was uplifting about his Trojans? 58-38 loss to Iowa City Regina.?There?s no magic to it. We?re not a team that?s good enough to get away with not giving our maximum effort all the time, and I felt there were times where we weren?t giving our maximum effort tonight,? Miklo ...

Van Buren tops WACO in wrestling

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

WAYLAND ? The Van Buren wrestling team pulled away with a dual win vs. WACO Thursday, winning nine matches to claim a 54-15 victory in Wayland.Tyler Runyon (106), Unity Daugherty (113), Jacob Heisel (126), Hunter Coffman (132), Sheldon DeWitt (138), Jesse Fuller (145), Sam Dickinson (152), Curtis Thomas (182) and Mitch Garrels (195) all earned six points apiece for Van Buren via forfeit.The Warriors also lost ...

Panthers wrestle in Mediapolis

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

MEDIAPOLIS ? Mediapolis showed with its ranked third in Class 2A wrestling Thursday, drilling Pekin 79-0 in Mediapolis.Lone Tree also was scheduled to compete Thursday, but they dropped out of the triangular.The Panthers kick off the postseason Saturday at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament in Lone Tree.

Top-ranked Danville routs Comet boys

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

DANVILLE ? Steven Soukup scored a game-high 27 points and the top-ranked (Class 1A) Danville boys earned their 17th straight win, a 77-39 victory over Cardinal Thursday at Danville.Connor Hogberg added 17 points for the Bears and Michael Soukup scored 15 as Danville improved to 15-0 in the division.Charlie Rachford and Cody Carter scored 11 points apiece to pace the Comets, who have lost two straight following ...

Atwood?s 17 points lifts Pekin

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

KALONA ? Beth Atwood turned in a career performance with 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Pekin girls? basketball team to a 59-41 victory over IMS Tuesday evening in Kalona.Gwynne Wright also had 12 points and three assists and Madelyn Baker scored 11 points for Pekin, which has won two of its past three games.The Panthers jumped out to a 12-6 advantage to start and worked their way to a 21-18 lead by ...

Drake beats Creighton for biggest win in 5 years

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake has managed to be both dangerous and underwhelming this season.It only makes sense for these Bulldogs that they would manage to knock off their first ranked opponent in five years ? and still finish the night below .500Richard Carter scored 20 points and Ben Simons added 13 as the Bulldogs (9-10, 3-5 Missouri Valley Conference) beat No. 17 Creighton 74-69 on Wednesday night.Drake blew a ...

No. 2 Notre Dame out-shoots Trojan girls

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield girls? gauntlet of ranked teams continued Tuesday with a 66-44 loss to second-ranked (Class 1A) Burlington Notre Dame in Burlington.Senior Sidney Baumann scored 14 points with a pair of 3s, and junior Hanna Greiner had 12 points with six rebounds to lead the Trojans (6-9, 2-4 SEC), who have faced ranked opponents in three of the past four games.?It was a lot closer than the final ...

FMS girls take care of business

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

The Fairfield seventh-grade girls continued to make things look easy on the basketball court, topping Fort Madison 54-9 in ?A? action Tuesday in Fairfield.Led by Nicole Buch?s 28 points, the Trojans led 14-3 after the first quarter and held a 26-3 advantage by the half.Fairfield?s Ashtyn Drish scored 14, Kristen Daugherty and Amiah Neff supplied four points each, and Alie Kensett and Ashley Pool scored two ...

Freshman boys earn home win

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:48 pm2692d ago

Nick Higgins scored 24 points on 11 of 15 free-throw shooting, and the Fairfield freshman boys? basketball team got back to its winning ways with a 50-41 victory over Washington Monday in Fairfield.The Trojans trailed 10-9 after the first quarter and fell behind 17-9 midway through the second, but an 11-0 run before halftime put Fairfield back in the lead for good.The Trojans increased their advantage to 36-29 ...