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IMS falls to big inning

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By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports KALONA -- The beginning of the Iowa Mennonite School and Cardinal High School Southeast Iowa Super Conference softball game didn't start on time and ended sooner than scheduled Wednesday in Kalona when the visitors scored seven runs in the fifth inning.The Cardinal team arrived late due to getting stuck behind a cavalcade of tractors, then ended the game early by the 10-run ...

DEMONS ARE STATE CHAMPS

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports When the Washington High School van left Coldwater Links Golf Course in Ankeny Wednesday, no one called shotgun. No one fought over who got to sit in front. The front passenger seat was already reserved for a very special occupant.The Class 3A girls golf state championship trophy was seat-belted into that front seat for the safe ride back to Washington.The Demons outclassed ...

Mid-Prairie focused on postives

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Focus on the positive and learn from the negative.That was Mid-Prairie head softball coach Kara Beatty's message to her team after a 15-4 lost to Keokuk Friday in Kalona.?We have young crew out there on the field,? Beatty said. ?We have to work on the controllable things like our infield communication and knowing where to go with the ball before the ball is hit. We struggled ...

Washington gets first win of softball season

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By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor It took four games for the Washington High School softball team to get its first win, but the Demons are looking at the big picture.?Our goal is to win the conference and make it to the state tournament,? Washington head softball coach Ben Obermann said.These games are basically preseason for the Demons.?We want to focus on the process and doing things the right way,? ...

No. 2 IMS ekes out win over No. 7 Notre Dame

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor KALONA ? Sometimes there are occasions in sports when timing is everything, in fact most of the time. Tyler Swantz has only scored three varsity goals in his life, but that third one he called the most important goal of his life.Swantz found the back of the net with 13 minutes and 57 seconds left in Iowa Mennonite School's Class 1A substate soccer match against seventh-r...

On to state: Washington wins regional title

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor The rain came and went. The sun came and went. The wind came and went.Through it all, the Washington High School girls golf team stayed steady Monday at Emeis Golf Course in Davenport and earned a Class 3A regional title to advance to the state tournament in Ames next Tuesday and Wednesday.?Our motto is mind over matter,? Washington coach Len Kull said. ?If you don't ...

Remaining state qualifiers announced

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

Area teams saw their state qualifying contingent grow when the respective state organizations released its tentative list of the remaining state qualifiers. The list will be confirmed sometime todayThe top two finishers in each event at the Class 2A and 3A district track meets Thursday qualified for the state meet May 17-19. In addition, the next best eight times from all the districts that did not finish in the ...

Demons demolish competition

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By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor It may seem that winning a Southeast Conference championship came easy for the Washington High School girls golf team. What looks easy requires a lot of determination and teamwork.The Demons had the top five individual scores at the conference tournament Monday in Mount Pleasant and nearly bested second-place Mount Pleasant by 100 strokes.?I wasn't sure how things ...

No. 4 Iowa Mennonite School defeats Washington

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

After a tough weekend in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament, Iowa Mennonite School got back in the winning column with a 4-1 boys soccer victory over Washington.?The brackets are set for the postseason and we've been nursing some injuries, so I was trying to allow for that,? WHS head coach Sally Hart said. ?You want to be competitive, you want to come out and be competitive, but you don't want to ...

Severe storm strikes Wayland area

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

See today's Mt. Pleasant News for photos from the storm. Click here for the story and photos.

Torres' blast ends overtime in Demons' favor

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor Washington High School head boys soccer coach Sally Hart has a condition that may have put a little more stress on her when the match with Southeast Conference rival Fort Madison went into overtime Friday in Washington.?Being seven months pregnant, I don't want to know what my blood pressure was during the overtime,? Hart said.Anthony Torres kept the blood ...

Washington gets first girls soccer win in three years

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:11 pm2696d ago

By Doug Brenneman, JOURNAL Sports Editor CENTERVILLE ? It finally happened. It was long overdue. The last time it happened was almost exactly three years ago.The Washington High School girls soccer team got a victory Monday for the first time since May 15, 2015 when it won at Columbus 3-1.Not only did the Demons win, they won big and they won on the road, taking a 10-0 mercy win from Centerville.Callyn ...