Sports

Now that the summer sports season has ended for area schools, postseason honors begin.We have already highlighted those from Washington who received honors.Today we will look at those in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference recognized.The Conference recently released its list of athletes and Highland leads the area in honors, with six being selected.Senior Kelsey Hora was joined by Randyn Carter from Louisa-Mus...

A softball team that has been around for quite some time took first place in a recent tournament and is preparing to play in a national tournament in September.The Washington Knights of Columbus softball team played in a round robin tournament of five games with teams from Cascade, Cedar Falls, Mt. Pleasant and two from Houghton, says coach Steve Roth.?We always have the tournament the third weekend in July ...

FORT DODGE ? Resignation had set in.?I got to the dugout and thought, ?Oh, God. It?s over. We didn?t get what we wanted,?? admitted Iowa City Regina pitcher Sarah Lehman.Then the first two Regals reached base, and Lehman?s despair turned to renewed hope.?I thought, ?Maybe if I sit here in the same spot, we?ll keep the rally going,?? Lehman said. ?I had to wipe away my tears, grab a bat and go.?Moments after ...

IMS is holding a basketball camp next week for boys entering grades five to 10. The camp will run from 7:30-11:30 a.m. for grades eight-10. Those in grades five to seven will attend from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Go to www.iowamennonite.org/camps for more information.You may also contact Camp Director Dwight Gingerich at dgingerich@iowamennonite.org or 319-936-6402.

The IMS baseball team won the Class 1A District 8 title Saturday, July 15, after they defeated Sigourney in the district finals by a 10-0 score in five innings in Keota.IMS put up two runs in the first inning to take an early lead, followed by scoring two more in the second to add to their lead.They had a big five-run third inning, putting the score at 9-0 and scored their last run in the fifth to end the game ...

FORT DODGE ? Her team was nursing a tenuous lead. And suddenly, Kendall Streigle was nursing a sore ankle.?I hit a hard spot, and my whole (left) ankle gave out,? Streigle said of a third-inning tumble in the pitching circle.?I told my mom (Coach Shelly Streigle), ?I don?t know how much longer I can go.??She went the distance. And the Savages notched their second stunner in a row.Unranked Sigourney knocked ...

A total of 17 athletes brought home 24 of the top 10 placements in the USTA Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin, June 20-24.Sophia Murphy, of Washington, won a total of three trophies as part of Ide Gymnastics based in Fairfield.She took fifth place in Power Tumbling in the Novice level, seventh in Double Mini Trampoline in the Intermediate level and eighth in trampoline in the Sub-Advanced level, all in the ...

RIVERSIDE ? To say the Highland baseball team was stunned after their district semifinal game Thursday night, July 13, would be quite the understatement.The Huskies, who have been nearly uhittable in the last two years, ran into a Pekin team that had everything working for them.The Panthers exploded offensively for the second time this year against Highland and upset the Huskies, 7-2.?Pekin got us again. ...