Sports

EDDYVILLE ? The Pekin boys? track and field team finished fourth out of seven teams in a tough field at the Eddyville-Blakesburg Rocket Relays Tuesday night.Host Eddyville-Blakesburg won the meet just 15 points ahead of fourth-place Pekin.Trey Sathoff cleared 6-feet, 7-inches in the high jump to win the event as he and teammate Bryce Sines prepare to compete in the event at the Drake Relays Thursday. Sines ...

Public meetings on tap early next week include the following:Monday ? WACO School Board, 6:30 p.m., WACO Junior/Senior High School Media Center.Tuesday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse; Henry County Health Center Board of Trustees, noon, Henry County Health Center.Wednesday ? Wayland City Council, 7:30 p.m., Wayland City Hall.

BURLINGTON ? Fairfield can?t get out of the way of Mother Nature, and lost another opportunity to the weather at Burlington Thursday evening.The meet lasted through the 400-meter dash ? nine events including four in the field ? before lightning ultimately won out.?We had a good start, were having a real competitive night, and I?m really disappointed we couldn?t finish,? said head coach Brian Dunlap. ?We ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? AJ Rachford has been big for the Cardinal track team all season, but he may have just had his best night yet at the Winfield-Mount Union Invitational Thursday.Rachford was a winner in all four of his events and broke two school records in the process. The biggest of which came in the 400-hurdles ? a race he hasn?t run since his sophomore year ?where he posted a winning time of 56.78.The ...

The Fairfield boys? soccer team went to Keokuk Thursday, but only got through 23 minutes of action.The Trojans led a 1-0 contest that was a rematch of last year?s substate game before lightning cut the night short. Haven Tichy scored the goal for Fairfield.The JV game ended in a 1-1 tie with Mason Carnahan finding the back of the net.Fairfield will try again Tuesday with its scheduled game against Fort ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Rain shortened Fairfield?s dual vs. Mount Pleasant Thursday, but the Trojans had done enough to pick up their second win of the season.Fairfield won five of six singles matches to win a 5-3 match against a Panther team that had won a 5-4 match just last week.Megan Palmer and Alex Higdon?s match at No. 3 doubles was suspended by rain with the score 2-2.Ena Alcan continued her strong run ...

WELLMAN ? After not getting to run Tuesday night thanks to rain, the Fairfield girls? track and field team had a tough night in a crowded field at the Mid-Prairie Hawk Co-Ed Thursday evening.Weather cooperated for the most part, but the Trojans came away winning just two events. Sydney Howard won the 100-meter dash (12.65) and Marisa Repp, Huma Liptak, Hanna Greiner and Jessica Lamb teamed up to win the 1600 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Pekin hosted its final unlimited-entry meet of the year Thursday at Coe College, and the Panthers showed off their depth once more before turning their attention to conference and district meets coming up next month.No team scores were kept, but Bryce Sines had another big night and helped the Panthers to wins in four different events. The junior was the top finisher in the long jump (19? ...