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Demon win secures playoff spot

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By Matt Bryant, the JOURNAL The Washington football team punched its ticket to the playoffs with last week's win over Oskaloosa. This week, on the road against Ft. Madison, the Demons took the opportunity to tune up with a 63 ? 15 victory over the Bloodhounds.?I was really proud of our guys Friday night. It was a potential letdown spot, but our guys didn't let that happen,? said Washington Head Coach Garrison ...

Mid-Prairie drops game to Anamosa

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By John Butters, The JOURNAL A good second half wasn't enough for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks, who lost Friday to the Anamosa Blue Raiders, 35-14 at Anamosa.Mid-Prairie is now 3-5 on the season and Anamosa goes to 4-4.In a difficult first half, the Golden Hawks' offense struggled to find the end zone and the defense gave up three touchdowns to the Blue Raiders. The Hawks went into the half with a 21-0 ...

Demon volleyball team knocked out by Panthers

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By Andy Krutsinger, Golden Triangle News Service MT. PLEASANT ? The Washington volleyball season came to an end on Wednesday night with a first round regional loss to Mt. Pleasant.The Demons fell in three sets, dropping games 25-20, 25-9 and 25-19.Mt. Pleasant jumped out to a 7-3 lead early on thanks in part to three early kills from outside hitter Kalynn Batey. Washington was able to battle back to tie the ...

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Demons earn playoff spot, but the pairings could be tricky

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By Matt Bryant, The JOURNAL The high school football regular season concludes Friday with Washington heading to Fort Madison. The Demons, by virtue of last Friday's win over Oskaloosa, have secured their spot in the playoffs, but what does that mean?To earn a guaranteed spot in the Class 3A playoffs, a team must finish first or second in its respective district. Solon (8-0, 6-0) has clinched one of the spots ...

Demon XC teams place fourth at SEC meet

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By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FORT MADISON ? The Washington cross-country teams set their sails towards Ft. Madison on Thursday evening for the Southeast Conference meet. The Demons placed fourth in both team standings and had four All-SEC honorees.The Demon girls had the best score of the two teams. They finished with 71 points, just three points behind third-place Fairfield. Mt. Pleasant won the meet ...

Friday night preview

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By John Butters. The JOURNAL The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks will host the Northease Goose Lake Rebels at Wellman in a 7 p.m. game.The Hawks are 2 and 4 after losing to No. 1 Willaimsburg last week. The Rebels are 1 and 5 after losing to Camanche.Two of the Hawks leading players suffered injuries last Friday. Running back Keaton Duwa left the game with a shoulder injury and quarterback Karson Gingerich was ...

WHS results from IMS meet

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Cross-country meet results from IMSWellman Golf Course 10/2/17 Varsity Girls21. Brooke Stout 23:0033. Molly Sparks 23:3834. Ashley Telleen 23:4046. Meredith Raber 25:2448. Peyton Cuddeback 25:5157. Josie Tanner 27:0468. Hannah Rees 28:5278 TotalHigh School Girls Team Scores1. Mid Prairie 312. Solon 753. Mt. Pleasant 974. Williamsburg 1215. Danville 1376. Fairfield 1477. Clear Creek Amana 1548. ...

Mid-Prairie defeated by Williamsburg

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By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks hosted the No. 1 Williamsburg Raiders Friday night in Wellman, losing to the visitors 49-13.While Mid-Prairie head coach Pete Cavanagh might not have like the score, he did see some things on the field that indicated a good effort.?Overall, I thought we played well. It was a good effort on the part of our team. Again, it was penalties, missed blocks ...

Demons fall to Mt. Pleasant at home

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By Andy Krutsinger, Golden Triangle News Service The Washington volleyball team met up with rival Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday night for a Southeast Conference showodn. The Demons couldn't scoop up any sets against the Panthers, who won all three sets.The Panthers pulled away a little more in each of the three games. Mt. Pleasant won game one 25-18, game two 25-15 and game three 25-13.The two teams traded blows ...

WHS cross-country runs well at IMS

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By Xiomara Levsen and Stefanie Tschantz 1) How did the junior varsity/varsity teams do last night?The teams ran well last night. It was a tough course and a lot of good competition. Everyone is still running quicker than they were last year so I know we are still moving in the right direction. Brennan, Evan and Brooke all came home with medals last night. They all ran smart races by getting out and staying ...

Cross-country teams performing well

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by Xiomara Levsen and Stefanie Tschantz 1) How did the team do yesterday?The team did well, we were without 2 of our top 5 on the girls side, so that definitely factored in to the team scores but we had several girls step up and run great races.The boys team had one of their best scores of the season.By having the jv and varsity kids run together at our home meet it really allows for some nice head to head ...