Tryouts for the Fairfield Crush ASA softball team will be held starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at O.B. Nelson Park.Any girl who will be 12 years old or younger on Jan. 1, 2013, is invited to tryout.
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? In some respects, the Wayland City Council meeting felt more like a party than a meeting Wednesday night as the council swore in its new members, celebrated the two outgoing councilmen and sang ?Happy Birthday? to the city?s treasurer.However, between the song, snacks and laughter, the council did breeze through its agenda, which included authorizing the TV inspection ...
The Wayland Youth Center will be hosting a soup supper this weekend.The meal will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Wayland Community Hall.A variety of soups will be featured during the meal and all proceeds will go to the Youth Center.
ELDON ? The Cardinal softball team took on a familiar foe Friday and made sure the result was a familiar one, too.The Comets downed Danville for the third time in 2012, advancing with an 11-1, five-inning victory in the regional semifinals of Class 2A.With the Friday win, the Comets (24-15) move on to the regional final today in Centerville, where they will face a stiff test in third-ranked Wayne (30-3). Wayne ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsThe Henry County Board of Health is bracing for repercussions from issues between Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) and the City of Mt. Union.With a current standstill between the two entities regarding a possible shutdown of many of the city?s septic systems, due to unpaid bills, the Board of Health met on Tuesday to discuss the issue, saying there is still much state ...
It was far from easy, but the Fairfield softball team came through with runs when they needed them to move past Fort Madison in Class 4A regional softball Thursday in Fairfield.The Trojans scored two runs in the final frame and knocked Fort Madison out of the postseason with a 9-7 seesaw victory in the first round of regional play.Fairfield (20-20) heads to 12th-ranked Keokuk Saturday to take on the Chiefs in ...
Cardinal?s season endsEDDYVILLE ? Cardinal baseball was held to just two hits in a 12-0 loss to Mid-Prairie in the opening round of district play Saturday.The Golden Hawks scored in every inning but the first and downed Cardinal by the mercy rule in five innings.Sam Schlegel and Austin Deshler both went 1 for 2 at the plate for Cardinal. Cardinal vs. Mid-PrairieCardinal ? 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 2 3Mid-Prairie ? 0 1 ...
WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Fairfield JV baseball concluded Southeast Conference play Thursday with a pair of big wins against rival Washington.The Trojans opened the doubleheader with a 17-3, four-inning victory and continued their dominance in the nightcap, winning 14-4.The Trojans tallied 12 hits in each contest, and Narendra Martin led the offense in game one with 2-for-2 hitting and three RBI. Patrick Ives went 1 ...
EDDYVILLE ? Laci Moore tossed eight innings of five-run ball and Lindsay Moore homered with four RBI, leading Cardinal to a 9-5 win over host Eddyville-Blakesburg in the second round of Class 2A regional softball Thursday.Like their opening round victory over Pekin, the Comets again needed every last at-bat to advance. Following a three-run rally in the seventh inning of Tuesday?s win, the Comets scored four ...
The Trojans? non-conference baseball game against Mid-Prairie ended Tuesday with little more than a flicker but a 5-4 win for Fairfield.The one-run win came in close yet shortened fashion when the game was called after five innings due to poor visibility; the field?s lights were not in working order as the sun set.Despite Fairfield?s defense committing five errors which led to four unearned runs, starter Darrin ...
The Fairfield Little League nine-and-under all-star softball team finished 2-2 in a tournament at Knoxville this past weekend. Members are pictured, from left to right, front row: Lilly Haynes, Hannah Bergren, Jenna Norris, Danielle Breen Coty Engle, Bailey Hird; middle row: Hannah Simpson, Marisa Rupe, Delaney Breen, Isabel Allen, Hailey Pohren-Gevock, Averi Henderson; back row: coaches Steve Norris, Shannon ...
ELDON ? The bottom of Cardinal?s lineup came through when it needed to, and the Comets lived to play another day with an 8-7 win over Pekin in the first round of regional softball Tuesday in Eldon.The Comets scored three runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to finish on the winning side of the back-and-forth rivalry battle. In both the final frames, Pekin fielding errors resulted in runs scored for the ...
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