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The bad news: Fairfield has lost five of its top seven point scorers from last season.The good news: The two returnees are at the top of the list and come in the form of 2009 state meet place winners Libbey Schubert and Katie Hammes.With those two seniors leading the way, the Trojans will count on a big freshman class that takes up more than half of the roster. While the 22 freshmen may make the Trojan lineup a

IOWA CITY ? The Fairfield girls? track and field team took its first step onto the track in 2010 at Tuesday?s Demon Indoor at the University of Iowa Recreation Building in Iowa City.With almost half of the roster filled with freshmen running against varsity competition for the first time, the preseason meet that featured 21 schools ranging from Class 1A to 4A may have opened the eyes of some of the young Trojans

The three wrestlers that ranked highest for Fairfield in wins and team points were honored with Most Valuable Wrestler recognition at the Fairfield wrestling banquet Tuesday night.285-pound Michael Smithburg led the way in both categories with 32 wins and 126 team points and shares MVW honors with Dakota Simmons (125) and Logan Metcalf (215).Metcalf was a senior captain with four varsity letters to his name and now

Schools all around the state of Iowa took one step closer to football season with 2010-11 schedules being set in stone late last week.While seven of the nine regular season games were already established with the release of district assignments on Feb. 2, Fairfield has added Central Clinton and Davis County to the non-district slate. The announcement officially squashes hope of a match-up with rival Washington,

Fairfield Little League registration informationRegistration for Fairfield Little League will take place the next two weeks.The league is open to youth ages 4-12 with registration taking place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday and Saturday, March 6 as well as 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 4 at the First National Bank downstairs community room. Cost is $30 for one child, $50 for two and $60 for three or more. Birth

ANKENY ? The Fairfield swim club competed in its sectional meet Feb. 14 with the top three places qualifying for the state meet.In all, Fairfield will send 37 swimmers to the state meet scheduled for Saturday and Sunday March 6-7 in Marshalltown. Boys will compete March 6 while the girls will swim March 7.For full sectional results, read the Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Fairfield Ledger.

TIFFIN ? Fairfield held Clear Creek-Amana to its second-lowest point total of the season, but couldn?t find enough second half offense for themselves to get past the Clippers Tuesday night.Fairfield (4-16) was downed 42-32 in the Class 3A District 6 opener to put the final punctuation on the 2010 season while CC-A moves onto the district semifinal Thursday night vs. Williamsburg. Williamsburg advanced Monday with a

Beck?s Hybrids, an Indiana-based seed corn production company, has purchased the former DuPont Pioneer production facility in Mt. Pleasant. The 62-acre, fully operational site will provide Beck?s with seed processing capabilities, expanded warehouse space as well as sales and agronomic support, company officials said.Pioneer announced last spring that it was closing its plant in Mt. Pleasant. Approximately 40 ...