MOUNT PLEASANT ? A slow start was followed by a momentum-shifting win, and by the end of the night, the Fairfield volleyball team was playing like it was out for a conference title.Business as usual.The Trojans took their first step towards a fifth-straight Southeast Conference championship with a 16-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-21 win over Mount Pleasant to open SEC play Thursday night. The win brings Fairfield?s
By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsAbsentee ballots were on Dave Loebsack?s mind as he visited with voters and volunteers on Friday, Oct. 31, at the county Democratic Party Headquarters, in Mt. Pleasant.After a friendly greeting and minor chit-chat about trick-or-treating, Loebsack got down to business, asking campaign volunteers how they felt about votes in the area; especially absentee votes.?How are we doing ...
ELDON ? Cardinal and Maharishi School opened up SEISC south division volleyball play, but MSAE didn?t provide much resistance to the Comet squad in search of a conference title.Cardinal rolled over a young, inexperienced Pioneer team 25-12, 25-6 and 25-10. The wins moves the Comets to 2-3 on the young season while MSAE falls to 0-1.MSAE never led in the match thanks to the serving of Sara Greiner and Liz Nichols at
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsJack Hatch?s voice was a tad faint and raspy as he addressed Henry County residents at county Democrat headquarters Friday afternoon.When asked about it, Hatch chuckled and acknowledged that sprinting down the home stretch can be rough on more things than the voice.Hatch, the Democratic party candidate for governor, however, was in good spirits, feeding off the small but ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsDave Heaton said he feels as energized today as he did when he first ran for the Iowa legislature.?I go back every year just as fresh as I started,? Heaton said. ?There are always challenges and things to be dealt with.?The Mt. Pleasant Republican is running for re-election to his House District 84 seat. The district includes all of Henry County, the northern half of Lee ...
ELDON ? The ball slipped out of the hands of the Cardinal football team, and ultimately, so did the game.Three second-half fumbles were recovered by Danville, and gave the Bears enough breathing room to take a 10-7 victory from Cardinal to open the 2010 season.To make matters worse, the three fumbles all came in the span of 13 plays and deep in the Comets? territory. But even while put in some precarious
A nice little four-team tournament to open the 2010 season became rather heated by the end of the night.After Fairfield and IMS both notched victories over Albia and Eddyville-Blakesburg, the action picked up steam as the two squads did battle in a three-game match to cap the night. Class 1A ninth-ranked IMS held off a Trojan comeback effort to best Fairfield 25-19, 23-25, 15-10.Fairfield beat Albia 25-21, 25-19
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsLee Harder is probably not your typical political candidate.However, defining a typical political candidate may be more subjective than objective.Harder, who admits he does not have deep pockets nor a lot of capital for campaigning, is making his third run at public office, seeking the Iowa House District 84 seat currently held by Republican Dave Heaton of Mt. Pleasant.Previ...
The Fairfield volleyball team continued to roll through preseason practice Tuesday afternoon at FHS as Dana Diers (left) reaches up for a ball against the block of Erin Thompson (middle) and Tori Ogden. The Trojans will play an intrasquad scrimmage as part of Meet the Trojans night Thursday following player introductions scheduled for 6:30 p.m.Fairfield will begin its season Aug. 26 with a home quad meet vs.
Registration dates for the seventh season of Fairfield Trojan Youth Football ? open to fifth and sixth grade students ? have been set for later this month.Cost is $50, which includes all necessary equipment to particpate in the league, a Fairfield Trojan Youth Football t-shirt and the youth football camp. Registration and equipment check out will take place behind Fairfield High School Aug. 15 from 1-3 p.m., on Meet
The squad that will take the field under the lights at Trojan Stadium in just a few short weeks is together for the start of football camp this week.Many of the same players that played to a 7-3 record last year were there, on the same practice field and running the same drills. There was, however, one striking difference ? possibly the biggest change a team can undergo in one year ? as new head coach Jason Ganoe
After coaching in the Van Buren school district for the past 25 years, most notably the head girls? basketball position for the last 15 seasons, Randy Smith submitted his letter of resignation for the position Monday.Smith has coach junior high football, both boys and girls? basketball, girls? track, baseball and softball for Van Buren.?I?ve probably learned more from the kids than they have from me. I loved every
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