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By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Sometimes it's good to have a bad game so that it is out of the way, flushed through one's system.Washington High School gave Central Lee numerous free bases, committed fielding errors and throwing errors and lost a nonconference game Wednesday at Dick Sojka Memorial Field in Washington, 10-6.It was a close game throughout but the visitors put four runs on the board in the ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports WINFIELD ? It is said that there are no moral victories in sports. While that may be true for professionals, it is not necessarily so at the prep level.Winfield-Mount Union, with a record of 1-18, took Southeast Iowa Super Conference foe Highland High School into extra innings Monday before losing 6-5.?It definitely has a moral victory for us,? W-MU coach Kenton Klopfenstein ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports In the game of softball, a pitcher can make a huge difference, especially if that pitcher also drives in the first runs of a game while tossing a shutout.Molly Sparks pitched and hit the Washington High School softball team to a 3-0 nonconference victory over Iowa City Regina, the defending Class 2A state champions, Tuesday in Washington.Sparks sparkled in the circle by not ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports LETTS -- The Demons got the best of both worlds in their baseball doubleheader against Louisa-Muscatine Friday.Washington High School had to come from behind in a close game to score a clutch win of 8-4 in the opener and then rolled to an easy 22-0 win in the second game.The nightcap game still had some suspense as Washington had a perfect game into the fourth inning but lost ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Twenty-five hits combined in two games should equal two wins, especially when the other team has 14 total hits in the two games. But the other team got their hits at the right time, especially in the second game.That other team was Fairfield. Washington split the two Southeast Conference games Monday at Dick Sojka Memorial Field as the Demons won the opener 6-3 and lost a ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports KALONA -- It has happened to everyone and anyone who has driven on an Iowa highway -- getting stuck behind a slow-moving vehicle.Whether it be a horse and buggy, a tractor or some thing being hauled, it is a fairly common occurrence on rural highways.Usually it slows one down until there is an opportunity to pass. Usually.Usually it is just one vehicle. Usually.Usually ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports It is just a regular Iowa High School Athletic Association nonconference baseball game between the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks and the Washington Demons that will count on both teams' records.Regular except for the dimensions of the park it will be played in. Regular except for the place it will be played, which isn't in Wellman or in Washington. It won't even be played in the ...

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports KALONA -- The Southeast Iowa Super Conference high school baseball game between Cardinal and Iowa Mennonite Wednesday did not start on time and definitely did not end on time.The Cardinal team was delayed getting to the game after getting stuck in traffic behind many tractors.The IMS team did not want to lose and rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to ...