By Xiomara Levsen, The JOURNAL The Washington girls' track team will kick off its season today with the Demon Relays being held at Cornell College in Mount Vernon.Twenty-nine teams will be there to compete, which help the girls to perform well.?Everybody just wants a chance to run,? head coach Stephanie Tschantz said. ?We are in our fourth week of practice and you can tell the girls are ready to start ...
By Andy Krutsinger, GTNS The Southeast Iowa Super Conference released its all-conference list at the end of February and 10 Henry County athletes made the squad.Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO each had one player named to the first team and one named to the second team. New London, W-MU and WACO all had two honorable mentions.Winfield-Mt. Union's Lexee Hartsock and WACO's Kiana Miller were the county's two ...
Matt Bryant, The JOURNAL Wrestling can be a cruel sport.Practices start in November. Through the course of a season you can face 30, 40 or even 50 opponents. You must navigate two qualifying tournaments to make it to the State Tournament and once there, with two first round losses your entire season could be over before noon on day one.The Iowa High School State Wrestling Championship is tough. ?There are a ...
The Washington Demons sent three wrestlers to the State Tournament in Des Moines, and all three have made it through day one.Walker Ikerd lost his first match of the day but came back with a win in the first round consolations.Tristin Westphal-Edwards advances to the quarterfinals with a win in his first round match.Mitchell Huisenga dropped his first round match to number 1 ranked Cooper Lawson of Webster ...
The second round consolation matches at the State Wrestling Tournament are known as the ?blood round.? Win, you make the podium in no worse than eighth place. Lose and you're done.Washington had three wrestlers still chasing medals when they woke up Friday morning. None after the blood round.?All three wrestlers went to state to bring home a medal and all three fell short of their goal,? said Demon Coach Brent ...
By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Highland boys basketball defeated the Danville Bears 78-73 Thursday night in the opening round playoff at the Iowa Menonite School.The Huskies were up 18 after the the first quarter and led by as many as 21 in the first half, taking a 13 point lead into the half time break.Danville came back and got as close as two points in the third quarter and fourth quarters, but the ...
By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Washington girls' basketball team enters post-season play when they meet Southeast Conference rival Fort Madison at home in the class 4A regional quarterfinal round.Washington (6-15), defeated Fort Madison, (1-20), twice in the regular season.Senior Sarah Nacos leads the Demons with 12 points per game.
By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Washington girls' basketball team cruised to an easy 49-12 victory against Fort Madison Wednesday, in the first round of the class 4A regionals.Washington took an early 15-3 lead after the first quarter and were ahead 33-8 at the half.The Bloodhounds struggled to get the ball upcourt against the Demon press, resulting in many turnovers throughout the game.In the second half, ...
By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Demons cruised to an easy 72-34 win over the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks Tuesday night in Washington.Offensively, the Demons shot the lights out of the building. As a team, they shot 48 percent from the field and 45 percent from behind the three-point arc. The offensive onslaught put them ahead 19-12 after the first quarter and up 41-21 at the half.Leading the Demon scoring were ...
By Mat Bryant, The JOURNAL The schools have been chosen and the paperwork has been signed. On Wednesday, February 7 the Demon coaching staff and family members looked on as six seniors signed their letter of intent to play football at the next level. Coach Garrison Carter thinks there could be two more.?To have as many as eight kids from one 3A school going on to play at the next level is incredible,? said ...
RIVERSIDE ? New London and Highland had a much closer contest Tuesday night than they did the first time they met this season but the result was still a Tiger victory.New London picked up their eighth win in their last nine games, topping the Huskies 78-71.The Huskies made leaps and bounds since the last time the two teams played. New London won the previous contest 82-39 at New London in early January.Highland...
By Xiomara Levsen, The JOURNAL The Washington girls team fought hard on its home court Tuesday night, but ended up losing against Mid-Prairie.The final score was 46-57.?I thought overall we had many positives from the game Tuesday night,? head coach Jordan Bentley said. ?We shot the 44 percent from 3-point range, which is the highest for the year. We really need to focus on taking care of the basketball and ...
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