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Washington girls golf team takes 4th at Waukee Invitational

Bill Gatchel Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

The Washington girls golf team traveled to Panora Monday, May 8, to join eight other teams in the Waukee Invitational meet. The Demon girls ended the day in fourth place.?Washington was the only 4A school in the invite,? says coach Leonard Kull.?There are some storied schools and we played on a tough course but it was nice to bounce back from the previous meet.?For the individual scores, Sarah Nacos was meet ...

Washington 8th-grade boys track in Conference meet

Bill Gatchel Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

The Washington eighth-grade boys track team took part in their final meet of the year Monday, May 8, the Southeast Iowa Middle School Conference meet.The Demons ended in fourth place out of six schools.The top finish was Spencer Sotelo, who went 17 feet 4 1/2 inches in the long jump.Results: High jump3. Wyatt Sout, 5-14. Noah Noriega, 5-0Long jump1. Spencer Sotelo, 17-4 1/2Discus2. Wilx Witthoft, ...

District track results for Washington from Thursday

Bill Gatchel

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

While the full official list of Washington track athletes who qualified for the state meet in Des Moines hasn?t been released as of press time, we know of some going based on their finishes from the district track meet held in Mt. Pleasant Thursday, May 11.Hannah Anderson qualified in two events. She took first in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet 3 inches and came in second-place in the 100-meter dash ...

Breard named MWC Hitter of the Week

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

MOUNT VERNON ? Cornell's Walker Breard of Washington has been named Midwest Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week for the period ending May 7.Breard, a two-time weekly honoree this spring, had a huge day at the plate in Sunday's 18-5, 7-3 sweep of Grinnell that propelled the Rams into this week's MWC Tournament.Breard went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and school-record eight RBIs in the Game 1 postseason clincher ...

Washington 7th grade girls track finishes in 4th place at Mt. Pleasant

Bill Gatchel

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

The Washington seventh-grade girls track team ended their season at Mt. Pleasant Monday, May 8, by taking fourth place out of seven teams participating.Ava Turner, Lindsey Lillie, Greta Rothe and Kelsey Pacha had a first-place finish in the 1600-meter distance relay with a time of 5:02.61.Pacha finished the 200-meter hurdles in first place with a time of 31.85 along with going 4 feet 9 inches in the high jump ...

Getting dirty for a good cause

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

Crooked Creek Wild had 70 people participate in the mud run/obstacle course (including the kids? course) Saturday, May 6. The challenge course consisted of crawling in mud under logs, walking through a pond, climbing over hay bales and much more. More than $3,000 was received from this new event that will go toward camp scholarships and counselor stipends. This same event will happen next year in May.

Busy week for Golden Hawk girls as regular season winds down

Bill Gatchel Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

A hectic schedule this past week on the links has been keeping the Golden Hawk girls busy as they prepare for the RVC tournament Wednesday, May 10, and then first regional Monday, May 15.The Junior Varsity team paid a visit to Durant Tuesday, May 2, for a 9-hole JV tournament. Posting a team score of 257 strokes, the girls finished fourth behind West Branch, Wilton and Durant.Freshman Kendra Schaefer led girls ...

Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys soccer tournament games

Bill Gatchel Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

Following are the brackets for the Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) Boys soccer tournament.Highland plays at Central Lee Tuesday, May 9, at 7 p.m.Schools in the upper bracket will be played at Danville Friday, May 12.Columbus will face off against Holy Trinity Catholic at 5 p.m. followed by Danville and the winner of the Highland/Central Lee game at 6:45 p.m.Iowa Mennonite is host to the lower bracket ...

Missouri Valley Conference invites Valparaiso to replace Wichita State

Gazette staff

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

The Missouri Valley Conference might have its replacement for Wichita State.The league announced Tuesday it has invited Valparaiso University to join the conference, a unanimous decision by the MVC Presidents Council.Wichita State is joining the American Athletic Conference.Valparaiso is currently a member of the Horizon League and would become the MVC?s 10th school effective July 1.From Northern Iowa?s point ...

District track winners: who advances, who does not

Bill Gatchel

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

Tomorrow night?s district track meets will determine who moves on to participate in the State meet in Des Moines next week.While it may seem easy, it can still be confusing to figure out who will compete on the Big Blue Oval at Drake.According to both the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, participants in Class 2A and 3A, the top two place winners in each event ...

Salem City Council increases compensation of city clerk

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:10 pm2696d ago

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? New Salem City Clerk Brenda Carver received a pay increase at Tuesday night?s regular meeting of the Salem City Council.Carver, however, has been logging many hours to receive that pay increase. Council members approved a monthly salary of $900 for Carver, based on 32 hours of work weekly.She formerly received $660/month but said the job responsibilities had more than ...