Just 10 days remain between now and the Fairfield football team?s season opener at Davis County Aug. 26.The Trojans are in full pads and running through full-contact drills this week, and even a light rain this morning couldn?t dampen the spirits of head coach Mike Schenck, who has regained the reigns on the program he led from 1989 to 2009.?The attitude has been great, kids have been hustling through ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSummer construction season has not yet begun.The Mt. Pleasant City Council, however, took a step in that direction during their regular meeting Tuesday night, awarding a contract for East Savannah and Prairie Street construction projects.Shipley Construction of Burlington, who will also be finishing up work on the North Iris Street project this spring, will construct the two ...
Fairfield soccer players play a game of keep-away as part of the British soccer camp that was in Fairfield this week. Area soccer players aged 6-9 played from 9 a.m. to noon while an older group worked on skills from 5-8 p.m. each day this week at the Dexter Soccer Complex. A total of more than 40 players participated in the camp. Instructors were Katie of Birmingham, England, and Ash and Chris, both of Manchester...
Des Moines ? St. Patrick?s Day is quickly approaching. Unfortunately, this holiday has become a deadly day with a dramatic spike in drunk-driving fatalities.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013, 40-percent of all crash fatalities during the St. Patrick?s Day weekend involved drunk drivers, and that number rose to 55-percent in the post-party hours of midnight ? 6 a.m., ...
INDIANAPOLIS ? Fairfield?s Samantha Fritz wrapped up the summer long course swimming season the last two weekends with big performances. She swam the Iowa Summer Long course Championship meet in Iowa City July 28-31 and the 2011 Central Zone Championship Meet in Indianapolis Aug. 5-7.She competed in nine individual events ? placing first in six ? and won all four of her relay events. She finished first in High ...
The Fairfield Crush 12-and-under softball team will be holding tryouts at 5 p.m. Sunday at O.B. Nelson Park.The tryout is open to all Fairfield girls who turn 12 on or before Jan. 1, 2012. Girls are asked to bring their own equipment to the tryout.Questions can be directed to Bob Bowman at (641) 919-7822.
Pictured is the Fairfield Little League 9-10 all-star team, from left to right, front row: Mason Allen, Clinton Morrison, Drew Martin, Fabian Perez, Cooper Drish; middle row: Austin Simpson, Collin Breen, Cole Engle, Tristan Waugh, Mark Diers; coaches: Eric Engle, Terry Drish. The team took first place in two tournaments following district play including a 3-0-1 record in the Ottumwa Nationals Tournament July 30 ...
GLENVIEW, ILL. ? Family Video, the nation?s largest movie and game rental chain is taking a leading role in the fight against Lymphoma. For the fourth consecutive year, Family Video customers are invited to ?Round it up for Lymphoma? in locations between March 13 and March 29.In the past three years, 100 percent of the $3.4 million dollars collected has been donated towards lymphoma research programs. By simply ...
Everyone is invited to praise and worship at Bethel Mennonite Church on Sunday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. with "The Elim Arrival". This is a worship team from The Well (a church currently meeting at the Coralville Rec Center in Coralville). Pastor Ajai Prakash will also speak. He was born in India and has come as a missionary to the United States. Youth are encouraged to attend. A free will offering will be taken.
Registration and practice dates have been set for the eight season of the Fairfield Youth Football League open to fifth and sixth-grade students.Registration and equipment check-out will take place behind Fairfield High School 1-3 p.m. Sunday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 (Meet the Trojans Night) and 1-3 p.m. Aug. 21.Orientation for fifth-grade players will be Aug. 29 and all players in grades 5-6 will have camp ...
Area soccer players entering grades 1-6 are invited to be part of the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s Youth Soccer League.A clinic date is set for Aug. 30 with players in grades 1-2 meeting at 5:15 p.m. and grades 3-6 to follow at 6 p.m. The clinic will provide the opportunity to select teams and will also serve as a brief practice.Games are scheduled for Saturday mornings Sept. 10 through Oct. ...
Wins came in handfuls for Golden Triangle News Service teams in 2011, and when it came tournament time, a few more dug a little deeper.Mid-Prairie was just over .500 with a 20-18 record in the regular season, but second-year head coach Justin Lutjen never let his team stop believing they could beat anyone. After all, the Golden Hawks faced a gauntlet of ranked opponents during the regular season, 15 in all, ...
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