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With spring upon us, the Washington girls golf team is ready to get on the course for another year. Washington girls coach Leonard Kull says the team is prepared.?We had a pretty good idea who would be out this year,? he says.?We have a very young team that in some respects has had a lot of experience. I have four juniors, a sophomore and two freshmen.?Juniors Sarah Nacos, Megan Strabala and Allison Vogel are ...

With the earth?s rotation around the sun putting us just past the vernal equinox, it means it?s time to look at another of the spring sports seasons; this time golf.Boys coach Mark Berhow says he?s pleased about those returning.?I?m excited about the guys coming back and the potential we have to be successful this year. I think we have an excellent chance to make it back to state.?Dalton Myers made it to state ...

It?s a chance not everyone earned, but for 11 members of the Water Sharks swim team, that chance is to take to the swim lanes for one last time this season.Coach Brenda Adrian says, ?This is the final meet of 2017. It?s like a huge ?hurray, we?re done.? No matter what the outcome is, they are all winners.?Their goal is to continue to drop time to make their own personal best time so they know where they need to ...

Yesterday, we shared the results of the Washington track and field athletes and how well they did at the Steve Roth Relays Tuesday, March 21.Teams from Columbus, Highland, Keota and WACO also took part in the event. Here are those results from each school:discus2. Cody Fox, Columbus, 107-64. Alex Heisdorffer, Keota, 93-66. Trey Carlson, Keota, 92-57. Zack Lasek, Highland, 84-18. Gabe Reichenbach, WACO, ...

NIT marches on, without IowaRemember the NIT?That?s the basketball tournament Iowa was in until early Sunday evening. It was fun while it lasted.There was a sellout crowd of 15,400 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Sunday for TCU-Iowa, which should have freaked out TCU but instead only made it play better, and the Horned Frogs won in overtime.TCU had been to Kansas and Iowa State, so it was battle-tested in front of ...

AMES ? Iowa State sophomore Simeon Carter is transferring, the school announced Tuesday.The 6-foot-8, 227-pound forward played in six men?s basketball games this season and averaged 2.3 minutes and 1.0 points.?I met with Simeon following the season and he informed me of his desire to transfer,? Iowa State Coach Steve Prohm said in a statement.?We wish him the best and will assist him in any way we can as he ...

The Washington girls track team was part of an indoor meet at Central College Saturday, March 18, with many performing well.The Iowa Mennonite girls? track and field team opened their season at the same event.This is a large meet with a shortened order of events and unlimited team entries in each event. No team scores are kept.Hannah Anderson qualified to run in the finals of the 60-meter dash. She came in ...

Over the last week, the sports editors from the Golden Triangle have been highlighting athletes from the winter sports season.The three of us looked at girls basketball players from the smaller and large schools last Wednesday and Thursday; and Friday, the focus was on wrestlers.Yesterday, boys basketball players from smaller schools were recognized.Today, we wrap up our spotlight by looking at the All-Golden ...