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Fairfield boys run at Central

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PELLA ? Corbin Harwood grabbed two top-10 finishes while Dillon Fry and Jonny Swanson added another pair of top places for Fairfield at the Central Indoor in Pella Friday.Harwood, a senior, finished third in the high jump with a leap of 6-feet and came in sixth in the 55-meter hurdles with a clocking of 8.04 seconds.?He picked up where he left off last season in the high jump and then he looked really good in ...

Same look, same mission for 2012 Trojan girls

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

? Sydney Howard and Jessica Lamb highlight the list of returning state qualifiers. Anyone familiar with the 2011 Fairfield girls? track and field team won?t find many alterations in this season?s version.The defending SEC-champion Trojans lost only one senior to graduation last spring ? Edna Jones ? and return six of seven state qualifiers from 2011. Now a team without any seniors, the 40-girl squad will ...

Fairfield girls, Pekin boys run in Pella

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

PELLA ? The Fairfield girls? track and field team was the winner of two events at the annual Central Indoor in Pella Thursday.Trojan junior Sydney Howard, last year?s winner of the 55-meter dash, repeated in the sprint with a time of 7.33 seconds. The 4x200 team of McKenzie McClure, Sydney Burnett, Sesali Martin and Howard finished atop the field in 1:56.60.Fairfield also placed third in both the 4x800 and ...

Sathoff selected as small school All-GTNS captain

ASHLEE DE WIT, Golden Triangle News Service

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

The area saw a lot of success in boys? basketball this season, highlighted by Mount Pleasant?s state championship. IMS also saw some time at the state tournament; fittingly, those two teams carry the most All-Golden Triangle News Service team selections.Mount Pleasant head coach Paul Rundquist has been named All-GTNS Coach of the Year for the third year running. In those three years, he has brought a team to the ...

Cyclones take out defending champion Connecticut

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ? Jim Calhoun and Connecticut didn?t expect their season to end this way.Their future is equally unpredictable.?We?re talking about tonight?s game. We?re not talking about me,? Calhoun said after Iowa State stunned the defending national champions 77-64 in the NCAA tournament Thursday night. ?I?m going to get on the plane tomorrow, go home and do what I usually do and meet up with the team ...

Tournament toppers

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

The Cardinal seventh-grade girls? traveling basketball team recently finished its season with an outstanding 24-2 record while winning tournaments at Albia, Tri-County, Eddyville-Blakesburg, Cardinal and Pekin. Players are pictured, from left: Hunter Vittetoe, Makynna Harrington, Autumn Deshler, Riley Liles, Carli Campbell, Kaylie Blunt and Sarah Schmidt. The team was led by coaches Travis Harrington, Roger ...

Pekin?s Sathoff receives all-state nod

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Pekin senior Trey Sathoff has been named to the Iowa Newspaper Association?s Class 2A first-team all-state squad for the third consecutive season after guiding the Panthers to a 16-6 record in 2011-12.Sathoff capped his career as a Panther with averages of 23.1 points and 9.7 boards per game. He also led his team in steals (44) and 3-pointers (48) while shooting 55.4 percent from the field and hitting 44 percent ...

Pekin boys track opens indoor season

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PELLA ? Just eight days into the season, the Pekin boys? track and field team got its first taste of competition at Friday?s Bulldog-Panther Indoor at Central College.The Panthers placed in seven of 11 events at the indoor.?Many of the schools that placed were 3A and 4A schools that have been practicing for three weeks, so I feel good about how our season got started,? said Pekin head coach Davis Eidahl.Pekin ...

A leg up

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

Spring is in the air, as evidenced by a flood of Fairfield High School students filling the track lanes each evening after school. Fairfield junior Grace Smith, pictured, practices the hurdles Friday afternoon in preparation for the upcoming outdoor season. The next indoor meet for the Fairfield girls? track team is Thursday at Pella, and the outdoor season begins March 29 at Mount Pleasant.

Judge denies Sandusky bid for more particulars

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? The judge in former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky?s child sexual abuse case said Tuesday that a defense request for more information regarding when and where the alleged crimes occurred is moot because prosecutors have said they cannot produce additional detail.Judge John Cleland issued the order a day after the two sides debated the matter before him in a central ...

Trojan boys track mixing youth, experience in 2012

MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

With just five seniors on the Fairfield boys? track and field squad and 24 spots to fill, the Trojans? overall success could hinge on newcomers this spring.?We don?t have a ton of numbers, so we?ll be using a lot of our bodies,? said 14-year head coach Brian Dunlap, who added they were 33 members strong. ?In track you need 24 guys a night if you have them.?Despite the low head count of the senior class, some of ...

Babe Ruth draft Saturday

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:43 pm2694d ago

The 2012 Fairfield Babe Ruth draft will be held Saturday.If anyone has not signed up and wishes to be on a team, contact Rusty Dimmitt at 472-6048 or Brian Reid at 233-0012.