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Two Washington Demons baseball players have decided to continue playing the sport at the next level.Dakota Kron and Zach Londberg recently signed letters of intent to play for Marshalltown Community College next year and they say they chose the school for several reasons.?I chose there because it is a community college and going there will save me a lot of money in the long run,? Kron says.?It also provides me ...

KALONA ? The Iowa Mennonite softball team was host to the Danville Bears Tuesday, June 20, which ended in a 10-6 victory for the home team.Danville got an early lead in the game as they scored three runs, but IMS responded by scoring a run in the bottom of the first when Calli Shaw crossed the plate, putting the score at 1-3.Danville scored another run in the top of the third, but the IMS bats came alive in the ...

The Washington softball team came away with one win out of two games played in a tournament at Oskaloosa Saturday, June 17.The girls faced Wayne in the first game which ended in a 9-1 win for the Demons.The girls lost the second game 3-8 to Albia.Washington started off the day by putting up four runs in the first inning over Wayne to get an early lead.They added two more runs in the second to go up 6-0. The ...

The Washington Area Soccer Program (WASP) competed in the end of season 641 League tournament in Centerville June 3 and 4, with one team bringing home a trophy. The U12 team won silver medals in the tournament.In pool play Saturday, June 3,the team went 2-1, advancing to the bracket Sunday, June 4. In the bracket the team beat Albia 2-0, advancing to the semi-finals against Mt. Pleasant where it was tied at the ...

The hot weather didn?t stop southeast Iowa softball teams from competing last week with most teams not having outcomes they wished.The Highland softball team won their match-up over West Burlington 7-6 in nine innings Thursday, June 8.The girls took part in a tournament at Calamus-Wheatland Saturday, June 10. In the first game, they lost 1-7 to Northeast, Goose Lake.The girls won over Camanche in the second ...

It?s been a hot week on the baseball diamond for area teams, not only in terms of temperatures, but also in scoring runs and getting wins.For Mid-Prairie, they lost to Cascade Thursday, June 8, by a 3-13 score. The boys played two games Friday, June 9.Their first game they won 15-0 over Grundy Center in three innings. They won their second game 3-2 against Denison-Schleswig.The boys played in a doubleheader ...

AMES, Iowa ? Another challenging slate of matches awaits the Iowa State volleyball team in 2017 as head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch announced the Cyclones' schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday.ISU's schedule features 13 home matches, which includes visits to Hilton Coliseum by six 2016 NCAA Volleyball Championship squads and a non-conference home tournament to open the season.For the fourth-straight ...

WEST LIBERTY ? The IMCA record book is littered with Justin Kay?s name.The orange No. 15k has won a lot of races over the last handful of years, adding championships to boot.Tuesday night, June 13, at West Liberty Raceway, Kay added another line in the history book ? a fresh one.The Wheatland driver became the first driver to sweep IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and Hawkeye Dirt Tour ...