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ALBIA ? Nearly every girl on the Fairfield JV basketball team had a hand in a 62-20 blowout win over Albia Tuesday.Fairfield freshman Mackenzie Flattery led the way with 17 points, and eight other girls scored at least two points as Fairfield dominated from start to finish.Delaney Neil scored nine points and Taylor Ferrel had eight points and eight steals. Addison Thornton and Alyssa Fitch scored six points ...

ALBIA ? The Fairfield girls found themselves in a double-digit deficit early, but late-game heroics lifted them past Albia for a 47-45 road victory Tuesday.Trailing 17-6 following the first quarter, Fairfield whittled away at the deficit to come within 26-22 at halftime. Then, a 14-4 run in the third quarter handed the Trojans their first lead of the evening ? one they would never relinquish.?Albia came out on ...

ALBIA ? The Fairfield boys? basketball team was handed its third straight loss to open the season Tuesday, falling 57-48 to Albia.Fairfield fell behind 21-9 after the first quarter and scored just eight points in the second period to trail 31-17 at halftime.?We didn?t play a good first half. We gave up a lot of good second chance opportunities, we were only 3 of 12 from the free throw line, so a combination of ...

There were times when Collin Klein?s mother couldn?t help but worry, when she would watch her son take a snap from center, dodge a couple of defenders and then take off at a gallop.The play would usually end up with Kansas State?s quarterback taking a big hit, the kind that caused Kelly Klein to gasp. The kid would invariably drag himself off the turf, blood usually seeping from his elbows. He would adjust his ...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin boys? basketball team won its first game of the season, a 78-56 rout of Columbus in SEISC north action Tuesday.Pekin head coach Ken Hutchinson said he knew his players, who had been outscored in their previous two games by a combined 30 points, would come around quickly.?When they were on JV last year, this team didn?t loss like this. I had a feeling they?d pull some stuff together and ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal boys? basketball team nabbed 17 steals in its home opener Tuesday, coming back from a first-quarter deficit to top Maharishi School 56-35 in Eldon.Comet senior Jonathan Pedersen led the comeback effort with 16 points on 5 of 12 shooting and three steals. Junior teammate Charlie Rachford scored 13 points to go with five steals and two blocks; and Dakota Showman had six points, eight assists ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Four Danville players hit double-figures Tuesday to lead top-ranked Danville (Class 1A) past Van Buren 94-33 in SEISC South boys? basketball.Danville?s Steven Soukup led all scorers with 22 points and Michael Soukup had 19. Connor Hoelzen and Connor Hogberg scored 11 and 10 points, respectively.Van Buren was led on offense by Brandon Plecker and Thomas Fitzsimmons. Each Warrior scored seven points.V...

PACKWOOD ? Not even an 8-0 hole could derail the Pekin girls? basketball team Tuesday against Columbus.Despite going scoreless in the game?s first four minutes, the Panthers rallied back behind the combined efforts of sisters Gwynne and Samantha Wright and held on for a 54-49 victory in Packwood.Freshman Gwynne scored a team-high 16 points and older sister Samantha netted 15 to lead the Panthers to their second ...