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By John Butters, The JOURNAL The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks earned their second win of the season in a tough defensive battle against the Camanche Indians Friday night.The 27-8 victory moves the Hawks to a 3-2 record for the season. Camanche drops to 0-5.Mid-Prairie Head coach Pete Cavanagh liked what he saw on the field.?I thought we played hard. We a had a lot of players contribute. Our passing game finally ...

By Matt Bryant, The JOURNAL The Washington football team ranks in the top 10 in some of the early season polls. The Solon Spartans carry a No. 1 ranking in many of those same polls.There is a good reason for their ranking.Solon forced five turnovers and recorded its third shutout of the season, beating Washington, 40-0, in Class 3A District 5 play Friday night at Spartan Stadium.?Obviously not the result we ...

Mid-PrairieThe Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks travel to Clinton's Lumber Kings Stadium to play the Camanche Indians Friday night at 7:30 p.m.The Hawks are now 1-3 after a loss to Mount Vernon.The Indians are are 0-4.The Hawks have missed Senior quarterback Karson Gingerich, who has been sidelined with a high ankle sprain.His status remains unknown for Friday's game.?We had a pretty good week of practice. We are ...

A semi tractor trailer following the designated detour route established due to the construction on Washington Street struck a tree at the corner of Henry and Main streets yesterday morning.At approximately 10:13 a.m., April 18, the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was dispatched to the 200 block of Main Street.Upon investigation, it was determined that a 2005 Freightline Semi, owned by Bluff Creek Trucking LLC. ...

Submitted by Scott Symmonds Abel Mena led the Wildcat offense, finishing the game with 125 yards on the ground and 71 yards through the air, including a 27 yard touchdown pass to Tommy Pretz.Abel becomes more confident with each game, and he doing a great job of distributing the ball to his teammates.Wilton posed a physical challenge defensively, and the Wildcat offense showed brief glimpses of what we can do ...

By Andy Hallman, Ledger news editor The Fairfield Trojans hosted the Washington Demons in a conference showdown Tuesday.The Trojans took command of the match early, winning the first two sets going away, 25-13 and 25-9. Washington kept it close in the third set, but Fairfield ultimately prevailed 26-24. The loss drops the Demons? record to 2-10.Kara Jeffrey and Alison Godwin did much of the heavy lifting on ...

Submited by Aaron Fleming Mid-Prairie cross country competed in the Monticello Invitational today, Saturday, September 9. Girls teamYesterday we had a team goal setting session for how much they wanted to improve at this meet, and nearly the whole squad -varsity and JV - met their goals today. That?s very satisfying for the runners, to see their times improving, and the whole team improvement is a great sign ...

DEAR ABBY: My two children were in a terrible car accident and were both airlifted to a children's hospital. My son was released two weeks later, but my daughter is still there, suffering from traumatic brain injury.Abby, I was driving the car. Why can't my daughter have the life I took away from her? Why is she being punished and not me? -- ANGUISHED MOTHERDEAR ANGUISHED: You're asking a question that philosoph...