BRIGHTON ? The fifth-ranked Pekin girls? cross country finished runner-up and the boys were fourth at Saturday?s Lake Darling invite outside of Brighton.With runners divided by grade, the Pekin girls received wins from Gwynne Wright in the ninth-grade division and Shea Dahlstrom in the eighth-grade race. They tallied nine points as a varsity squad to finish just behind Davis County?s eight.Gwynne Wright ...
WILLIAMSBURG ? Williamsburg scored four first-half touchdowns on its way to a 44-8 victory over Fairfield in JV football action Monday.The Trojans were kept off the scoreboard until the fourth quarter, when Jonathan Hoehne scored on a 5-yard touchdown run and Tanner Deao crossed the goal line on a two-point conversion attempt.?I don?t believe we were ready to play when the game started, and Williamsburg ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsState Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, told the Student Nurses? Association at Iowa Wesleyan University Monday, that he would attempt to reopen the Mt Pleasant Mental Health Institute (MHI).The legislator, however, said that he doesn?t expect to be successful.?I am going to try and put money in the budget this year to open the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute, but money ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant News?It looks like we dodged a bullet,? assessed Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss this morning.Much of Iowa was under either a blizzard or winter storm warning beginning last night. However, temperatures in southeast Iowa remained at or above freezing. Consequently, when northern Iowans woke up to inches of snow, residents in the southern part of the state saw sleet, but not ...
NEW LONDON ? The transition from quarterback to running back has so far been a smooth one for Van Buren junior Aaron Clemens.Clemens, who only made the position switch last week, rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns Friday as the Warriors topped New London 34-6.Curtis Thomas added another 103 yards and pair of touchdowns on 21 carries to help the Warriors to their first win in more than a year. The Warriors? ...
BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield volleyball team went 2-2 at Saturday?s Grayhound Invitational in Burlington.The ninth-ranked Trojans earned wins over Davis County and Burlington?s gray team in pool play. They lost to Muscatine and later fell to Southeast Conference foe Fort Madison in the championship bracket.In the early-morning opener, the Trojans faced Davis County, and in what would be a theme for the day, ...
ELDON ? The Cardinal football team was the latest victim of Iowa City Regina?s remarkable winning streak, falling to the Regals Friday by a score of 58-0 in Eldon.The win was the 33rd straight for Regina, which racked up 303 yards on the ground and 163 through the air while holding the Comets to 26 yards total offense.?They?re just better than us, and I don?t think there?s any shame in us saying that,? said ...
BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield swim team had another successful outing Saturday at Burlington?s Grayhound Invitational, despite what the team standings would indicate.Though the Trojans finished last in the 12-team field with 75 points, every Trojan swimmer who competed in Burlington improved on their season times, and freshman diver Katherine Mueller placed third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 301.95.?It is ...
BURLINGTON ? The Fairfield Middle School girls? cross country squad landed five runners in the top 20 of Thursday?s Grayhound Invite in Burlington.Sammy Fritz led the way with a third-place finish in 12:36, and Ashlyn Elmore was fifth in 13:03. Kylie Kurtz came next, taking 10th place (13:41), while Emily Hanna was 17th (14:11) and Maggie Ferrel 18th (14:15).Ryan Pate finished 26th (14:54) and Shannon Morrissey ...
Wins were plentiful for the Fairfield JV and freshman volleyball teams at their shared home triangular Thursday.The two teams combined to win six games and three matches against Eddyville-Blakesburg and Holy Trinity.Fairfield?s JV squad opened the evening with a 25-15, 25-9 victory over Eddyville. They then fell to Holy Trinity in match two by scores of 25-23 and 25-18.McKenna Ledger tallied six blocks, five ...
BURLINGTON ? Rarely does school spirit hurt a team.Yet the Fairfield cross country teams experienced one of those unlikely occurrences Thursday at the Grayhound Invite in Burlington.The Trojan girls, missing Homecoming Queen Sage Richmond and fellow court candidate Hannah Sobaski to the pep rally in Fairfield, finished fourth in the seven-team field with 93 points. The boys, meanwhile, were without queen ...
The Fairfield varsity team will be competing at the 33rd annual Grayhound Invitational Saturday in the Carl Johannsen Gymnasium in Burlington.Fairfield will be joining Muscatine, Davis County and Burlington?s gray team in pool B. The other pool of teams includes Burlington?s purple team, Galesburg, Ill., Fort Madison and Mount Pleasant.The Trojans kick off the tournament at 9:45 a.m. against the Mustangs. They ...
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