KEOKUK ? The short-handed Fairfield girls? soccer team fell 7-1 to a quality Keokuk team on the road Thursday night.Fairfield forward Katie Anderson scored the lone Trojan goal on an assist from Serena Ward.With a 2-3 record, they will now get set for next Thursday?s game at Mount Pleasant.
Seemingly, it gets earlier every year. The first vendor for the craft show in Central Park that complements the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion set up shop Monday. This morning, however, brought a buzz of activity to the park. Trucks and trailers were lined up on adjacent streets and vendors were erecting their tents. One vendor said the early start was due to the possibility of rain. The threat of rain, though, ...
OTTUMWA ? By late April, the Fairfield boys? track team knows what to expect when they step onto the track, and so does head coach Brian Dunlap.The Trojans were right in line with what they have been for most of the year, and in a tough field at Tuesday?s Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa, took home fourth place. Host Ottumwa won the meet scoring 151 followed by Burlington and Centerville.?We did just about what we
OTTUMWA ? At Tuesday?s Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa, Fairfield?s Libbey Schubert asked whether she would get a mention on the Ledger sports page.And just as she has done all season, she made it hard to leave her name out.Schubert broke the one-minute mark for the first time in her career on her way to winning the 400-meter dash (59.90) and also helped two Trojan relays to runner-up finishes against top-notch 4A
The two big coaching openings within the Fairfield athletic department have now been cut to one.As reported in Tuesday?s Ledger, the Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors has approved the hiring of Tyler Miklo as the head boys? basketball coach, which was vacated by Jeff Ebling?s resignation last month.Miklo will also take over the open social studies teacher position at FHS beginning this fall. He
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield golf team got its first look at Southeast Conference heavyweight Washington Tuesday evening, and the Demons proved to be just that.Fairfield?s final tally fell three strokes behind Washington, 160-163, as the two squads easily disposed of Fort Madison (185) and Davis County (188) on Fort Madison?s Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course.But Tuesday certainly wasn?t the last shot Fairfield has at
OTTUMWA ? In a girl/boy soccer doubleheader in Ottumwa Tuesday, the host Bulldogs both picked up victories over Fairfield.The Fairfield boys stumbled for the first time all season against Ottumwa losing a 4-1 match. Cesar Botello scored three times for the Bulldogs while the Trojan offense couldn?t keep up. The lone goal came on a penalty kick conversion from Pasha Bousquet.In the girls? game, three different
Still looking for its first victory of 2010, the Fairfield girls? tennis team came up shy again Tuesday falling just one match short.Following a 3-3 tie coming out of singles play, Fort Madison took two of three doubles matches to take care of the Trojans by a final score of 5-4.Haylee Gilpin stayed undefeated on the season at No. 6 singles for the Trojans, winning 8-2, and Qianying Li blanked Taylor Vandenberg for
FORT MADISON ? Three players all shot a 41 for the Fairfield golf team Monday, and the Trojan plugged along to another victory over Fort Madison at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison.In the absense of No. 2 golfer Jordan Leazer, Derek Byrnes, Colton Fry and Davis Lowenberg all tallied the five-over 41 and CJ Shipman?s 46 completed the Trojan team score in the 169-186 victory over the Bloodhounds.?Having
The absence of Fairfield?s No. 1 player Ryan Brewington rippled through the rest of the Trojan lineup and Maharishi School took full advantage Monday evening.The Pioneers didn?t lose more than two games in any set on their way to a 9-0 blanking of the Trojans on MSAE?s home courts.Kyle Brewington moved up from his No. 2 slot to take on Thomas Weiss at No. 1 singles falling 6-2, 6-0. Will Gaub stole one game in the
The James Harlan statue will be unveiled on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus Thursday, Aug. 28, at 2 p.m.
By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsHenry County supervisors have moved to start discussions about changing policies regarding the renting and reselling of apartments and homes that were once meth labs.During their semi-weekly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, the board invited William Tyrrell from Triage Bio Clean Services to speak about the possibility of looking into changing county policies that could mandate that ...
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