By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District will hold a public hearing and meeting Tuesday night on the fiscal year 2013 budget, with plans to increase property taxes by 86 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation.The proposed 2012-2013 tax levy is listed at 17.22178 per $1,000 taxable valuation, an 86-cent increase over the 2011-2012 levy of 16.36 per $1,000 taxable ...
The Mid-Prairie boys golf team swept the JV/V dual meet against West Liberty Thursday, May 4.Junior Collin Gingerich led the way with 43 to earn Varsity Medalist honors.His round was highlighted with nice birdie 4 on the par 5 first hole.Five of the six varsity players finished with rounds in the 40s.Duncan McCain 46, Ryan Smit 47 and Noah Schlabaugh round out the scoring with a 48.?The weather was finally ...
Six different teams competed in the Washington middle school track invitational Friday, May 5, where the seventh grade hosts ended the day in first place, scoring 142 points.James Medrano came in first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.00.Ethan Zieglowsky had a first-place finish in the 200-meter hurdles with a time of 32.00, followed by Evan Miller in second place with a time of 32.30.In the 4x400-met...
Playing on consecutive nights against teams with winning records, the IMS soccer team overcame weary legs and tired bodies to eke out a 2-1 win over Columbus/WMU Friday, May 5.In the opening minutes anyone could likely have easily figured out which team played the night before.Columbus was a step faster to the ball putting pressure on the IMS back line of Juan Andino, Reggie Borntrager, Mitchell Schmieder and ...
The Washington girls played at Moravia Thursday, May 4, in an invitational against 11 teams.Washington finished nine strokes behind second place Mt. Pleasant in the meet to take third place.Sarah Nacos was the top individual scorer for Washington, with an 86.Megan Strabala had an 89, Allison Vogel shot a 102 and Carly Burlingame had a 114, for an overall team score of 391.?Our scores were a little higher than ...
The Washington seventh grade boys track team scored enough team points to finish the Fairfield meet in second place Tuesday, May 2, with a total of seven complete teams participating.Finishing in first place in discus was Kole Williams with a distance of 93 feet 1 inch. The team of James Medrano, Lucas Kroll, Quinn Wubbena and Ethan Zieglowsky took first in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:16.69.Jacob ...
A special summer camp is making a first of its kind in Washington this summer.Those taking part will have even have the chance to see a sports team play in a bigger venue.The major league soccer team Chicago Fire is holding the camp for children from age 2 through high school.Washington Area Soccer Program (WASP) coach Heather Perez says she learned about the camp while she was at work.?I heard about the camp ...
RIVERSIDE ? After being rained out earlier in the week, the Washington boys golf team had the chance to play make up the matchup Thursday, May 4.They ended up playing on a different course and they were challenged by Williamsburg at the Blue Top Ridge Golf Course at the Riverside Casino.Having the lowest score for Washington was Jacob Van Osdol who shot and 85 (42 43).Dalton Myers had a 93 (44 49) as did Mason ...
The Washington girls soccer team was handed a loss by the Oskaloosa Indians Tuesday, May 2, after 40 minutes of play as the Demons lost by mercy rule 0-10.Scoring for Oskaloosa came early in the game as the ball found its way to the back of the net after 38 seconds of play.Washington worked on getting control of the ball, but found it difficult as the Indians tried to keep it in their possession.They were able ...
The WACO girls track team held a track meet Tuesday, May 2, where the Warriors finished the meet in first place out of five teams participating.Helping the team achieve its first place position was Mayme Hihn in the discus and shot put.She was the leader going 83 feet 6 inches in the discus and 31 feet 4 1/4 inches in the shot put.In the 200-meter dash, Grace Conwell came in first with a time of 29.07.Kiana ...
DES MOINES ? Anna Hostetler has emerged as the top girls? distance runner in the state.Her chief challenger is her training partner.Her sister.Mid-Prairie?s Hostetler siblings went 1-2 in the girls? 3,000-meter run at the Drake Relays on Thursday at Drake Stadium.Anna, a junior, crossed the line in 9 minutes, 51.08 seconds. Marie, a freshman, was next in 9:56.78.?It?s awesome,? Anna said. ?We train together. ...
It was a battle against the wind and wet conditions Tuesday, May 2, as the Mid-Prairie boys held their Golden Hawk Invitational.?We knew it would be tough to score well so it was going to be who could battle through it and piece together a good round,? said coach Kelby Bender.The Golden Hawks did just that and used their home course knowledge to their advantage to finish runner-up out of eight teams shooting a ...
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