Sports

The long roughs at Fairfield Golf and Country Club made play a little tough on the Fairfield girls? golf team against Ottumwa Monday, but they had better get used to the length with the conference tournament, which began at nine o?clock this morning taking place on the same course.Ottumwa came away with a 194-218 victory over the Trojans led by meet medalist Miranda Goodman and her round of 46. Jackie Osby led

This coming Saturday will mark the occassion of the fifth-annual Fairfield baseball work auction and scrimmage.Community members and business owners are invited out for a day of baseball and a chance to contribute to the new dugout and press box projects. Fairfield players will be auctioned off for three hours of work that can include any odd jobs around your home or business that need to be completed.The

MOUNT PLEASANT ? In a regular season finale, the Fairfield girls? tennis team ended with a 7-2 loss at the hands of Mount Pleasant, but there were still a few bright spots as the Trojans head into tournament play.One of the highlights came at No. 1 singles where Olivia Bachar fell behind 0-7, but rallied back to fend off three match points and win eight of the next nine games and then the tiebreaker to escape with a

It has been ?over 10 years of frustration? since Ron Hunerdosse has taken a Southeast Conference track championship home to Fairfield, but another chance will present itself Monday evening at Trojan Stadium.His group of girls have shown improvement every week of the season and exemplified exactly that last Tuesday at the Brookhart Relays. On the same track they will run on tonight, the Trojans posted a convincing

Thursday?s regular meeting of the Henry County supervisors should be brief, barring unforeseen circumstances.The lone item on the agenda is an update from supervisors on their subcommittee meetings.Supervisors meet at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.

Tom McNamar, instrumental music instructor in the WACO Community School District, gestures Monday night as he gives a report to the WACO School Board from the climate and culture committee. The report included good news for the district. This school year (first semester statistics only), student attendance has increased while the number of students failing classes has sharply decreased.

By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsNew London High School?s spring musical, ?Annie? will be pushed back a little due to make-up games.?We had to push the musical back because of all the make-up games we had due to the winter weather,? said board secretary Jessica Boyer during Monday night?s New London School Board meeting. ?The students haven?t had much time to practice, so they moved it until April 5 and ...

KEOKUK ? As if the weather turning Fairfield?s way wasn?t enough good news this week, the Trojan golf team seems to be taking notes from Mother Nature and just keeps getting better and better with each passing day.Monday?s round of 155 put them just one stroke behind one of the top teams in the state in Washington on that particular day and Tuesday?s meet at Keokuk shaved off 10 more strokes ? good for their best