Sports

On Friday, the Winfield-Mt. Union community celebrated the opening of the newest part of the athletic complex ? a patio. Community members came out to the patio for lunch on Friday while W-MU superintendent Pat Coen, pictured at left, talked about the patio?s value for the community. Located behind the baseball field, near the practice football field, the patio will be used by W-MU athletic teams as well as ...

A one-mile, dirt road race will raise money for the Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams.The run is on Monday, Sept. 3, on Mile Ave., which gives the race it?s name.The Mile Mile will begin at 210th Street at 9 a.m. and end one mile later at Nebraska Ave.There is a fee to enter this Labor Day event, and all the proceeds will benefit Mt. Pleasant cross-country.Parking for the race is available near the finish ...

The Extreme Challenge Super Fight Series Heavyweight Tournament mixed martial arts finale will be at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington on Saturday, Aug. 11, with Mt. Pleasant?s Parnell Davis facing Jason Huebbe.?I am ready,? Davis said.The heavyweight fighter is currently spending some time training at the Alliance MMA gym in Chula Vista, Calif. ? the same gym that UFC fighters like Dominick Cruz, Phil Davis ...

FAIRFIELD (AP) ? Don?t tell Matt Stutzman he can?t do something. Because, chances are, you?re wrong.The 29-year-old Fairfield father of three was born without arms and rejected prosthetics at a very young age. Instead, he learned to do nearly everything with his feet. He eats, drives, brushes his teeth and even changes his sons? diapers with his toes.He also can hit a target dead center with a bow and arrow ...

There will be a cross-country camp for seventh and eighth grade girls on Aug. 1-3 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at East Lake Park.The camp will prepare athletes for the upcoming season by giving them information on running, warm up and cool down routines, as well as form and sample workouts.Runners should meet at the Bill Hayward Shelter for the camp.They should wear running shoes and bring water.

A disc golf tournament was part of the Oakland Mills? family day on Saturday.At left, Steve Thirtyacre of New London ? who, along with Mt. Pleasant?s Ray Vens, organized the tournament ? prepares to make his first throw at the first hole.The doubles best-shot tournament had 46 participants (23 teams), divided into three flights that were based on scores.Shane Gerhardt and Tommy Buckallew won the A Division of ...

Each school month, Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award to acknowledge positive contributions of the students, such as assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom.The Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination and voting process is completed by each grade-lev...

WINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union will be hosting a grand opening cookout in celebration of the school?s brand new patio addition on August 3.The community is welcome to attend the event from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the patio itself, located just south of W-MU's baseball field and west of Winfield?s Prairie Ag Coop. There will be a short presentation about the new patio and how it will serve the community as ...