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With the first win of the season under their belts, the Warriors now turn their focus to Week 6 opponent Highland.The Warriors (1-4) won their first game in more than a year last Friday when they topped New London 34-6. Junior Aaron Clemens gained 127 yards on 25 carries and senior Curtis Thomas had 103 rushing yards on 21 carries in the victory.The Warriors? success will once again rest on their running game, ...

Make no mistake: The road to the Southeast Conference title still runs through Jefferson County.The Fairfield volleyball team made that perfectly clear with a bold, three-set victory over Fort Madison on Tuesday. The Trojans won the match 25-17, 25-20, 25-17 at Fairfield High School gymnasium.The result was much different than the last time the teams met, just a few days earlier. The two teams faced off for the ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? Salem has moved one step closer in establishing a veteran?s memorial.Members of the memorial planning committee appeared at the council meeting, saying they could not proceed until they had a location. The committee has met once, about a month ago.The city council tentatively approved a location north of the bell in the community?s central park during its regular ...

HARMONY ? Seth Dickinson and Unity Daugherty both finished runner-up on the Indian Lake course to lead the Van Buren cross country teams to a pair of meet victories Tuesday.Van Buren scored 32 points in the boys race to finish 26 ahead of second-place Central Lee. The Warrior girls tallied 41 points to top Cardinal?s 45.Dickinson finished with a time of 16:38, and Dalton Haynes was fourth in 17:15. Tyler Runyon ...

MEDIAPOLIS ? Slow starts kept the Pekin volleyball team from pulling off an upset bid in a 25-17, 25-15, 25-9 loss to SEISC north rival Mediapolis on Tuesday.?The girls started off slow the first two sets but fought back aggressively,? said Pekin coach Ashley Bartels. ?In the third set they started off slow again and couldn?t execute.?Maranda Baker led the offense with seven kills. Leslie Stone had 13 assists ...

The Fairfield ninth-grade and JV volleyball teams started Tuesday off right in their respective home matches vs. Fort Madison.The ninth-grade squad lost their first game 25-19 but rallied for back-to-back wins by scores of 25-19 and 15-9. The JV team topped Fort Madison with a little less fanfare, winning a two-set match 25-7, 25-19.Valerie Vayne and Seaira Drish led the Trojan JV team with three aces apiece, ...

Fairfield ninth-grade quarterback Jordan Reid evades a would-be tackler during Fairfield?s 58-18 loss to Williamsburg in the freshman game Friday. Reid threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and he also rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown in the loss. Alex Crile caught five passes for 89 yards and a touchdown, Nick Higgins snagged five catches for 40 yards and Zach Martin made a 54-yard touchdown catch. ...

BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield Middle School seventh-grade volleyball team was back in action Monday in Burlington against Aldo Leopold.Ashtyn Drish put down four kills and six good serves to lead the Trojan ?A? team to a 21-8, 21-10 victory. Sophie Allen had several great passes and 12 good serves.The Trojans lost the ?B? game 21-11, 21-17. Kristin Burnstedt led the way with nine good serves, while Macy Holderbaum ...