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It took the Fairfield boys? basketball team 21 games to get on a winning streak, but their first of the season is coming at the best possible time.The Trojans rolled to their second straight win in Friday?s season finale, holding off a late Fort Madison rally and earning a 57-52 win.?We feel like we?re playing our best basketball at the right time and we?ve got to be happy with that,? said Fairfield head coach ...

Whitney Hastings (pictured), son-in-law to Sheri Haupert-Betz of Fairfield, displays his first-ever trophy mountain lion this winter.Hastings, of DeSoto, Kan., shot and killed the New Mexico lion on a guided hunt Jan. 26 in high desert country at the south end of Gila National Forest.The 34-year-old used a 44-magnum rifle to shoot the animal as it was perched 60 feet above in a tree. He then scaled the tree to ...

DONNELLSON ? The Cardinal girls? basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday, but not before rewriting a portion of the record books.Cardinal?s Lindsay Moore tied the record for points in a season with 366 and Liz Nichols broke the season record for 3-pointers with 52 during a 69-42 loss to Central Lee.Moore scored 11 points and Nichols added another 10 with three treys in the first round of regional ...

Van Buren 67, Pekin 60KEOSAUQUA ? In what could be their first of two matchups in under a week, Van Buren bested area rival Pekin 67-60 in SEISC shootout action Friday.The Warriors (15-6, 13-5 SEISC south) and Panthers (16-5, 14-4 SEISC north) started out hot in the first quarter, with Pekin grabbing a 21-20 lead. Van Buren scored another 21 in the second quarter to take a 41-34 advantage into halftime and held ...

Class 2A postseason girls' basketball begins Saturday. The winners of eight regions will advance to the state tournament in Des Moines.The Van Buren and Cardinal girls? basketball teams have both landed in Class 2A Region 4 to open postseason play. Van Buren previously beat first-round opponent Davis County this season, while Cardinal will need to get by Central Lee, a squad that has won big against the Comets ...

Henry County Health Center Foundation has announced its 2015 grant program. The HCHC Foundation seeks to support the development and delivery of important health related initiatives for the benefit of residents of Henry County and surrounding areas.The Foundation will fund projects in six health-related priority areas ? 1. Science and Technology; 2. Health Education; 3. Health Programming; 4. Workforce Developmen...

CHARITON ? Fairfield?s JV girls dropped a 33-20 contest to Chariton on Tuesday.Erica Winslow led the Trojans with nine points followed by Marisa Repp with six points, six rebounds and three steals. McKenna Ledger scored four points and grabbed a team-high seven boards, while Seaira Drish nabbed four steals.The JV girls will be looking to finish the season on a winning note Friday when they face the Bloodhounds ...

The Trojan JV boys? basketball team continued its late-season roll with a 50-34 victory vs. Chariton Tuesday.Fairfield?s Vince Horras scored 20 points and 10 rebounds and Matt Carr added 11 points to lead the JV squad to its fifth win in a row.Also for Fairfield, Joe Hietpas scored seven points, Landon Gamrath added six points, and Kyle Weirup had four points. Alex Shier swiped two steals and Jordan Whitney ...