Sports

WATERLOO ? Maharishi School senior Thomas Weiss had a new teammate but came through with a familiar result at the individual state tennis tournament in Waterloo Friday-Saturday.Weiss, a four-time state qualifier, claimed his third medal in four tries with a fourth-place finish in Class 1A doubles along with freshman partner Sam Stickels. The Pioneer duo, which entered the tournament seeded first, won two matches ...

AMES ? For the second straight season, the Fairfield boys? golf team wrapped up its postseason run with an eighth-place finish at the Class 3A state golf tournament.Golfing against nine other teams at Ames Country Club, the Trojans shot a 336 Friday and a 340 Saturday to come up with a final score of 676. Fairfield went lower than both ninth-place Carroll (682) and 10th-place Iowa Falls-Alden (713).?This was ...

EDDYVILLE ? Haley Grunwald kept Eddyville-Blakesburg?s hot bats in check, and the Fairfield softball team won the first game of a doubleheader against the Rockets Friday.With Grunwald on the mound pitching all seven innings, the Trojans won 4-3. Grunwald struck out eight batters and allowed three runs for her second win of the season.?Haley?s eight strikeouts is either a personal best or really close to one,? ...

John Fullenkamp, left, along with his son, Ethan, right, prove you are never too old for Halloween. Both men, along with their wives, were a part of making Mt. Pleasant?s Calvary Baptist Church Trunk or Treat a success. The Fullenkamp men were dressed in their fishing best as they helped local kids net a few goldfish in exchange for candy,

BLOOMFIELD ? The Fairfield baseball team closed the first week of the season with its first win during the Davis County Classic in Bloomfield Saturday.The Trojans topped Keokuk 9-1 but fell to top-ranked Davis County (Class 2A) 12-0.Against Keokuk, Trojan senior Corbin Harwood (1-0) earned the victory, allowing just one run in the six-inning start. The Chiefs had four hits and two walks against Harwood, who ...

SIGOURNEY ? The games were a little shorter than usual, but runs were still plentiful Saturday as the Pekin softball team crossed the plate 14 times.The Panthers split a pair of five-inning contests in Sigourney, rallying for a 9-8 victory against Tri-County before falling 11-5 to host Sigourney.?We swung the bats pretty well and took some good swings on them,? said Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay. ?Hitting is ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsItems related to school personnel were a topic of much discussion during Monday night?s regular Mt. Pleasant school board meeting with the termination of bus driver Jess Amos and the approval of pay increases for three school food service workers.With business relating to Amos taking up much of the board?s attention, it was moved to terminate Amos? employment as a school bus ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsAfter one of the two candidates running for an open seat on the Mt. Pleasant Community School District Board of Education formally retracted his candidacy during Monday night?s board meeting, it was Melinda Huisinga who was approved as the official board representative for the District 2 seat.?I put my name forward to fill this position because I truly thought that at this time I ...