By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 22
A mediation team appointed by the Department of Education was expected to make its ruling on Camanche’s petition to join the Cedar Valley Conferenc...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 22
By the way Luke Lyle nervously danced around during the postgame interview, you’d never know the sophomore forward had calmly knocked down five ...
Feb 22
HLV came out in Tuesday’s Class 1A District 11 semifinal at IMS with a game plan to hold the basketball and keep it away from the home team. For ...
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Feb 22
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team closed its season with a 46-37 win at rival Mt. Pleasant on Feb. 10.
“Any time you play Mt. ...
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Feb 22
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team suffered a 42-34 loss at Mid-Prairie on Feb. 7.
The Demons had defeated the Golden Hawks ...
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Feb 22
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team handed visiting Clear Creek-Amana its first loss of the season on Feb. 4.
“I told the girls ...
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By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 21
Washington head football coach Randy Schrader found out which schools his team will face in the first two games of the next two seasons when the ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 21
Keokuk’s big men — 6-foot-7 center Kendall Clark and 6-foot-4 forward Kevin Jennings — controlled the glass in Monday’s Class 3A District 11 ...
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By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 21
The Columbus and Highland girls’ basketball teams, which tied for fourth place in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division standings ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 20
Following Saturday’s Class 3A Region 6 semifinal, Washington senior Sydney Greiner’s eyes welled with tears as she talked about her team’s ...
Feb 20
After losing his first match of the state wrestling tournament to the top-ranked wrestler in his weight class, Highland senior Jess Hahn won five ...
Feb 20
Washington senior Makenzie Martin opened Thursday’s Class 1A state qualifying meet with a pedestrian 138 in her first game. But she came back with ...
Feb 20
A much taller Central Lee squad used its height advantage to defeat Columbus 42-27 in Friday’s Class 2A Region 4 semifinal in Mt. Pleasant.
Central...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 18
Washington head boys’ basketball coach Bryce Smeins was taken aback when he was told how many free throws his Demons had attempted in Friday’s ...
Feb 17
Washington’s wrestlers had a tough first day at the state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, losing five of their six matches on Thursday ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 17
With four new players, three of whom are sophomores, in Keota’s starting lineup this year, those young Eagles looked a bit nervous at the beginning...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 17
At 6-foot-4, Keota center Casey Sieren has been known to erase opponents’ shots during his career.
He’s also taken an eraser to the school’s ...
Feb 17
IMS overwhelmed Iowa Valley 98-37 in Thursday’s Class 1A District 11 quarterfinal inside Hillcrest Union.
IMS (19-4), which shot a smoldering 71 ...
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Feb 17
Holy Trinity won the rubber match against WACO on Thursday night, defeating the Warriors 44-41 in a Class 1A District 13 quarterfinal game in ...
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Feb 17
Iowa City Regina began Thursday’s Class 2A District 11 semifinal absolutely on fire, scoring on each of its seven possessions to put visiting ...
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Feb 17
No. 10 Lone Tree rolled to an 82-48 win over rival Highland in Thursday’s Class 1A District 11 quarterfinal.
Junior Jake Hootman scored 12 points ...
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Feb 17
The Washington eighth-grade boys’ basketball team lost a close A game to visiting Fort Madison on Feb. 2, but the Demon B and C teams came back ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 16
No. 11 Washington’s 48-30 win over Fort Madison in Wednesday’s Class 3A Region 6 quarterfinal wasn’t pretty.
But the scene following the game was ...
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Feb 16
The Department of Natural Resources will be offering two opportunities in the area to take a Hunter Education course. Anyone born after 1972, who ...
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Feb 16
The Washington girls’ bowling team placed third at Saturday’s Southeast Conference tournament at Flamingo Lanes in Fairfield, with a pair of Demon ...
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Feb 16
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team blew out Fort Madison 60-14 on Feb. 3.
The Demons (14-4) forced 25 Bloodhound turnovers while ...
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Feb 16
Washington and Pella traded the lead several times the closing minutes of regulation and an overtime period of a junior varsity girls’ basketball ...
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Feb 16
The Washington seventh-grade girls’ basketball team split a pair of games with visiting Keokuk on Jan. 30.
The Demon A team lost to the Chiefs ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 15
Heading into the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament at Clear Creek-Amana on Feb. 4, Washington junior Mitchell Hora had won just one tournamen...
Feb 15
Washington trailed by two points heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s non-conference game at Williamsburg, but the Demons out-scored the ...
By Ashlee De Wit, GTNS ... - Feb 15
After struggling through the first half of Tuesday’s Class 1A regional quarterfinal, Winfield-Mt. Union picked up the tempo on offense and ...
Feb 15
Leading West Burlington by nine points heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Class 2A Region 4 quarterfinal, Columbus did not allow the ...
Feb 15
Iowa City Regina won the rubber match between the Cedar Valley Conference co-champions, defeating Mid-Prairie 58-38 in Tuesday’s Class 2A Region 5 ...
Feb 15
IMS fell behind 18-4 after one quarter of play in Tuesday’s Class 1A Region 5 quarterfinal at Lisbon, and IMS was unable to dig its way out of ...
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By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 14
After wrapping up its 8-0 run through the Southeast Conference with a dominating 68-40 win at rival Mt. Pleasant on Friday night, No. 11 Washington...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 14
Mid-Prairie’s young boys’ basketball squad struggled through the regular season, winning just four games. But the Golden Hawks are 1-0 in the ...
Feb 14
Junior Jake Hootman scored 26 points to lead Highland to a 79-42 win over visiting English Valleys in Monday’s Class 1A District 11 opener.
Highlan...
Feb 14
Sixth-ranked Keota capped a perfect regular season with a 75-54 win at Belle Plaine on Friday night.
Senior Casey Sieren scored a game-high 24 ...
Feb 14
Junior Chance Miller’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer capped an 18-3 second-quarter run as IMS pulled away from Burlington Notre Dame in Friday’s ...
Feb 14
Highland snapped a six-game losing streak with an 83-71 win over Cardinal in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference Shootout game on Friday night.
Junio...
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Feb 14
WACO suffered a 50-43 loss at Holy Trinity in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference Shootout game on Friday night.
Senior Christian Roth led the ...
Feb 14
Mid-Prairie only trailed West Liberty by four points at halftime of Friday’s Cedar Valley Conference contest, but the Comets pulled away in the ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 13
Washington sophomore Fletcher Green turned 16 on Saturday.
The best birthday present he received? A repeat trip to the state wrestling tournament.
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By Ashlee De Wit, GTNS ... - Feb 13
The Washington girls’ basketball team finished regular-season play with a perfect Southeast Conference record after a 68-40 win at Mt. Pleasant on ...
Feb 13
Columbus senior Ruby Noble put back a missed shot in the final minute to tie Saturday’s Class 2A regional opener, and junior Heaven Chandler made ...
Feb 13
Mid-Prairie made free throws down the stretch to hold off West Branch for a 33-31 victory in Saturday’s Class 2A regional opener inside Tim Grady ...
Feb 13
Highland only trailed Iowa City Regina 17-13 at halftime of Saturday’s Class 2A regional opener, but the Regals out-scored the Huskies 34-6 in the ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 13
The first time rivals Mt. Pleasant and Washington met this season, the Panthers led by 16 points at halftime and stretched their lead throughout ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 10
Brad Skubal went 13-0 during his eighth-grade season on the Washington junior high wrestling team last year, pinning all 13 of his opponents.
While...
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By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 10
Washington is sending five wrestlers to Saturday’s Class 2A district tournament on Saturday — by far the most in head coach Brent Van Weelden’s ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 10
After his team won just four regular-season games this season, IMS head girls’ basketball coach Aaron Gingerich stressed to his squad that ...
By Ashlee De Wit, GTNS ... - Feb 10
Winfield-Mt. Union started Thursday’s Class 1A regional opener with some hot outside shooting, and from there the Wolves held off WACO for a 49-32 ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 09
When spring of his seventh-grade year rolled around, Maverik Goodwin had an easy choice to make. Of course he would go out for the track and field ...
Feb 09
Dillon Krotz, the grandson of Delbert and the late LaVaughn Krotz of Washington, signed a letter of intent on Monday to play football at Drake ...
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Feb 09
Washington led Keokuk 24-20 at halftime of a junior varsity girls’ basketball game on Jan. 27, but the host Chiefs rallied for a 51-43 win, ...
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Feb 09
The Washington eighth-grade boys’ basketball team won two of three games over rival Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 26, with the Demon A team picking up its ...
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Feb 09
Every player in a Demon uniform scored as the Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team blew out visiting Burlington 63-27 on Jan. 23.
Sopho...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 08
With his team leading Tuesday’s non-conference game at Mid-Prairie by just four points at halftime, Washington head coach Phil Long emphasized ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 08
Mid-Prairie’s young team gave Washington fits all night long, but in the end, the Demons’ experience was too much for the Golden Hawks on Tuesday ...
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Feb 08
Washington won five matches against Denver-Tripoli in Tuesday’s Class 2A regional dual tournament semifinal, but the top-ranked Titans proved to ...
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Feb 08
After squeaking out a four-pin victory over Fairfield at Flamingo Lanes on Jan. 14, the Washington girls’ bowling team came back with an even ...
Feb 08
Visiting WACO trimmed IMS’ lead to 44-41 with five minutes remaining in Tuesday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division contest, but ...
Feb 08
Sixth-ranked Keota clinched its fourth-straight South Iowa Cedar League championship with its hard-fought 50-47 win over BGM on Tuesday night.
“It’...
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Feb 08
Wapello snapped its nine-game losing streak with a 58-50 win over visiting Highland on Tuesday night.
Sophomore Josh Brase scored 13 points and ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 07
Mid-Prairie’s players gathered onto the Tim Grady Gymnasium floor following Monday’s game to accept their first girls’ conference championship ...
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Feb 07
Mid-Prairie High School will not be charging admission for tonight’s boy/girl basketball doubleheader against Washington or Friday’s boys’ ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 07
When Brock Kimball was a boy, he dreamed of playing with the big boys on Case Field.
“It’s pretty cool if you think how you’ve changed starting ...
Feb 07
IMS used a 12-2 run in the game’s final four minutes to rally for a 52-49 win over visiting Cedar Valley Christian on Monday night in Hillcrest ...
Feb 07
Senior Casey Sieren and sophomore Kolton Greiner led sixth-ranked Keota to a 74-40 win over visiting English Valleys on Monday night.
Sieren was ...
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Feb 07
Third-ranked Mt. Pleasant jumped out to a 46-5 halftime lead and rolled to a 75-23 win over visiting Mid-Prairie on Monday night.
“We obvioulsly ...
Feb 07
Senior Shawna Sieren had a big game inside, scoring 19 points and grabbing eight rebounds to lead Keota to a 60-49 win at Iowa Valley on Friday ...
Feb 07
Mid-Prairie made it a perfect dozen, rattling off its 12th win in a row with a 58-43 win over visiting Wilton on Friday night.
The Golden Hawks ...
Feb 07
Mid-Prairie fell behind by 12 points in the third quarter, but rallied for a 66-61 win over Wilton on Friday night inside Tim Grady Gymnasium.
“I ...
Feb 07
Senior Casey Sieren stuffed the stat sheet as he led seventh-ranked Keota to a 57-31 win at Iowa Valley on Friday night.
Sieren finished with 25 ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 06
Washington senior Parker Turner, a wrestler who had placed third at sectionals three straight years, finally crested the hill and earned a trip to ...
Feb 06
Following Friday’s 50-31 win at Fort Madison, Washington’s players and coaches ate cake and celebrated their Southeast Conference championship.
“Th...
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Feb 06
No. 15 Washington caught fire in Saturday’s non-conference game against Clear Creek-Amana, shooting 43 percent from the field in a 65-37 blowout ...
Feb 06
Washington built a 15-point lead in the third quarter of Friday’s game at Fort Madison, and then held on down the stretch for a 62-56 win.
“We ...
Feb 06
Highland head coach Jody Fink said his girls played their “best so far” in Friday’s 60-25 win over Cardinal in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference ...
Feb 06
WACO used an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away from New London for a 49-29 win in Friday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference ...
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Feb 06
WACO used an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away from New London for a 49-29 win in Friday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 03
Columbus senior Torie Hathaway drained a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left in regulation to send Thursday’s game at Louisa-Muscatine to overtime, but ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 03
Louisa-Muscatine’s players appeared to be a little too pumped up for their Senior Night game with rival Columbus on Thursday night, firing up ...
Feb 03
Highland led 17-11 late in the first quarter on Thursday night at IMS, but the home team closed the first quarter on an 11-0 run and never looked ...
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Feb 03
WACO fell behind 22-5 after one quarter of play and went on to lose Thursday’s game at Mediapolis 76-47.
Junior Brant Shelman came off the bench ...
Feb 03
Clinging to a three-point lead midway through the third quarter of Thursday’s game at IMS, Highland used a 9-0 run to take control of the game. ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 02
Washington senior Parker Turner’s stomach turns a little bit when he thinks about how his wrestling season has ended each of the last three ...
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Feb 02
In a game of runs, Pella had more of them on Tuesday night, defeating Washington 75-50.
The Demons (9-7) were trailing by just five points late in ...
Feb 02
Mid-Prairie poured in a season-high 64 points as the Golden Hawks defeated visiting Cedar Valley Christian by 30 on Tuesday’s Senior Night.
Junior ...
Feb 02
Junior Heaven Chandler scored 19 points to lead Columbus to a 45-31 win at WACO on Tuesday night.
Junior Megan Pretz also pulled down 13 rebounds ...
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Feb 02
Highland fell behind 36-15 by halftime of Tuesday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division game at Pekin, and although the Huskies played ...
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Feb 02
WACO had three players score in double figures as the Warriors defeated visiting Columbus 51-35 on Tuesday night.
Junior Tyler Ayers led WACO ...
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Feb 02
Highland struggled to stop all-state guard Trey Sathoff, who scored 27 points and pulled down 13 points to lead Pekin to a 68-37 win over the ...
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Feb 02
Mid-Prairie head coach Don Showalter was upset with his team’s lack of toughness after Tuesday’s 56-27 loss to visiting Cedar Valley Christian.
“Ce...
Feb 01
Washington didn’t shoot the ball very well in Tuesday’s non-conference game at Pella, but the Demons played good enough defense and made enough ...
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Feb 01
Washington won a pair of dual meets on Tuesday night in Sigourney, defeating Pella and Sigourney-Keota by identical scores of 52-21.
Freshman ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 01
There have been times this season when IMS head coach Dwight Gingerich has questioned the toughness of his basketball team. The second quarter of ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Feb 01
IMS only trailed sixth-ranked Mediapolis by 14 points at halftime of Tuesday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division contest inside ...
Jan 31
The Washington wrestling team placed 11th out of 17 teams at Saturday’s Southeast Iowa Classic in Fairfield.
The Demons totaled 90 points, ...
Jan 31
The Washington boys’ bowling team picked up its first win of the season on Saturday at Melody Lanes, defeating Keokuk by 151 pins.
The Demons, who ...
Jan 31
Highland’s Jess Hahn and Travis Cole won individual conference titles at Saturday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference wrestling tournament in West ...
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Jan 31
The Washington seventh-grade girls’ basketball team suffered a 39-25 loss at rival Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 26.
Alexi Evans scored nine points to lead ...
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Jan 31
The Washington eighth-grade boys’ basketball team hosted Ottumwa on Jan. 24, and the Demons lost all three games to the visiting Bulldogs.
Ottumwa ...
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Jan 31
The Washington seventh-grade girls’ basketball team edged Ottumwa 28-26 on the road on Jan. 24.
Alexi Evans scored 15 points, pulled down seven ...
By Travis J. Brown, ... - Jan 30
To quote the catch phrase of former SportsCenter anchor Dan Patrick, Keokuk was “en fuego” during the first half of Friday’s Southeast Conference ...
Jan 30
Washington clinched at least a share of the Southeast Conference title with its 57-52 win at Keokuk on Friday night.
“Any time you can go to ...
Jan 30
Neither No. 7 Keota nor visiting Lynnville-Sully made a field goal in the overtime period of Friday’s South Iowa Cedar League contest, but the ...
Jan 30
Every IMS player but one scored in the team’s 74-44 win at Columbus on Friday night.
IMS (13-4, 12-3) jumped out to a 22-10 lead after one quarter ...
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Jan 30
Winfield-Mt. Union senior Clayton Robison had a monster game in Friday’s game at Highland, pouring in 30 points and grabbing 19 rebounds to lead ...
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Jan 30
No. 10 Lone Tree jumped out to a 23-8 lead after one quarter of play on Friday night, and visiting WACO could never recover, losing to the Lions ...
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Jan 30
Mid-Prairie held first team all-stater Jordan Hay to 10 points and 6-foot-10 center Josh Sander to nine points, but it wasn’t enough, as the ...
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Jan 30
Mid-Prairie led visiting Fairfield 33-29 heading into the fourth quarter of Saturday’s non-conference contest inside Tim Grady Gymnasium, but the ...
Jan 30
Mid-Prairie jumped out to a 15-2 lead after one quarter of play and led by as many as 28 points in Friday’s 46-22 win at North Cedar.
The Golden ...
Jan 30
Mid-Prairie extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 46-33 non-conference win over Fairfield on Saturday.
The Golden Hawks (13-4) only led ...
Jan 30
Columbus only led visiting IMS by five points at halftime of Friday’s Southeast Iowa Super Conference contest, but the Wildcats out-scored IMS ...
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Jan 30
Visiting Winfield-Mt. Union held off Highland for a 43-37 win on Friday night.
Junior Kelsey Doreo scored a game-high 15 points to lead the ...
Jan 27
Former girls’ basketball star Rachel Yeggy was inducted into Highland’s athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony at halftime of the boys’ basketball...
Jan 27
Mid-Prairie won its second-straight game, defeating Tipton 46-38 on Thursday night inside Tim Grady Gymnasium.
“I was proud of our team to come ...
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Jan 27
The Columbus wrestling team won a pair of Southeast Iowa Super Conference dual meets at Highland on Thursday night. The Wildcats blasted West ...
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Jan 27
The Washington eighth-grade boys’ basketball team defeated visiting James Madison in two of three games on Jan. 19.
James Madison defeated the ...
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Jan 27
The Washington seventh-grade girls’ basketball team opened its season with a 32-12 loss to James Madison on Jan. 19.
Lexi Redlinger led the Demons ...
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Jan 27
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team won 52-29 at Fairfield on Jan. 20.
“We played a lot better down there,” Washington coach Jay ...
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Jan 27
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team blew out Burlington 63-27 on Jan. 23.
Sophomore Dema Giardino scored 10 points to lead the ...
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Jan 27
The Washington seventh-grade girls’ basketball team split a pair of games with visiting Fairfield on Jan. 23.
The Trojans won the A game 34-3. ...
Jan 26
Mid-Prairie led 29-17 at halftime and then held off visiting Durant in the second half for a 51-46 victory — the Golden Hawks’ second win of the ...
Jan 26
No. 7 Keota jumped out to a 31-9 halftime lead and rolled to a 60-25 win at Tri-County on Tuesday night.
Sophomore Luke Lyle led the Eagles (16-0, ...
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Jan 26
WACO won its fourth-straight game with a 52-33 victory over visiting Wapello on Tuesday night.
Senior Justin Freyenberger scored 15 points and ...
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Jan 26
Highland trailed by just five points heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game at Louisa-Muscatine, but the host Falcons pulled away in ...
Jan 26
Mid-Prairie forced visiting Durant into 22 turnovers and held the Wildcats to just 23 shot attempts during Tuesday night’s game inside Tim Grady ...
Jan 26
Highland led by just six points heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game at Louisa-Muscatine, but the Huskies pulled away from the ...
Jan 26
Keota held a slim three-point lead at the end of the first quarter of Tuesday’s game at Tri-County, but the Eagles out-scored the Trojans 43-15 ...
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Jan 26
Pekin senior Emily Ellis scored the game-winning basket in the closing seconds to lift the Panthers to a 37-35 win at Columbus on Tuesday night.
El...
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Jan 26
Wapello defeated WACO 48-31 on Tuesday night, handing the Warriors their fifth-straight loss.
Freshman Aaliyah Brown scored 12 points to lead WACO ...
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Jan 26
The Washington junior varsity boys’ basketball team’s rally fell short in a 57-51 loss to West Liberty on Jan. 17.
The Demons (7-6) trailed by 21 ...
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Jan 26
The Washington junior varsity girls’ basketball team fell behind 22-0 after the first quarter at Muscatine on Jan. 17, and the Demons never quite ...
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Jan 26
The Washington junior varsity boys’ basketball team lost 53-42 at Iowa City Regina on Jan. 14.
Sophomores Elijah Wood and Alex Coker scored nine ...
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Jan 26
The Washington eighth-grade boys’ basketball team opened its season at Fairfield on Jan. 17, winning two of three games.
The Demon A team lost to ...
