Sports

The three Washington archery teams had an outstanding day Saturday, Feb. 11, at a tournament in Ottumwa.The high school team took first place out of six teams with a score of 3,307.The middle school came in second place out of six teams with a season high score of 3,275.The Lincoln Elementary team placed second out of four teams with a 2,658, their season?s highest team score.The top finisher out of 61 girls ...

Both of the Washington bowling teams joined three other schools in the SEISC tournament at Iris Lanes in Mt. Pleasant Saturday, Feb. 11. Both Demon teams ended up in fourth place for the day.For the boys, they rolled a 2,745 total, five pins behind Mt. Pleasant.Keokuk came in second with a 2,778 and Fairfield won with a 2,883.In girls action, Washington ended with a total of 1,857. Mt. Pleasant had a 2,249 for ...

The end of the SEC boys? schedule was upon us on Friday night as Washington and No. 4 Mt. Pleasant showed down for their last conference games of the year.The Panthers scored the first 30 points of the game and the Demons could never recover as Mt. Pleasant walked out with an 88-31 victory.Mt. Pleasant?s pressure defense was too overwhelming for Washington in the first eight minutes. The Panthers outscored the ...

WAYLAND ? The boys? Class 1A District 10 began with a nail-biting opening round game Monday night.WACO hosted Cardinal in a tight district opener that ended with the Warriors holding off a late Comet rally to hang on for a 48-45 win.The Warriors jumped into the lead early behind a balanced attack that led to an 11-8 lead at halftime. Cardinal?s Zackary Steele scored all eight points for the Comets to keep them ...

The Board of Directors of The Arc of Jefferson and Nearby Counties will meet at the First United Methodist Church in Fairfield at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22.The agenda will include the following: audit committee, results of local participation in Special Olympics Mid-Winter Tournament, camp plans, Super Skate, upcoming spring games, upcoming health fair, plans for a raffle and/or silent auction and usual ...

The Wayne Soil Savers meeting was held on Feb. 21. The meeting was called to order by the president, Blake Wickham, at 7 p.m.There were 20 members present with one guest. The roll call subject was ?What is your family pet??The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Katelyn White and the 4-H pledge by McKenna White.The treasurer?s report was given by Sterling Wickham. Unfinished business was fair book ads. New ...

Other area wrestlers took to the mats Saturday, winning in their weight class to move on to action in the State tournament this week.In Class 2A, Visouth Peterschmidt from Mid-Prairie took first place in the 182 weight class.From Columbus, Jarod Kadel (106) came in second place and Tucker Morrison (170) finished in first place.In Class 1A from WACO, Cody Crawford (285) took second place.Cory Stewart from ...

The Washington bowling teams were host to Fairfield Saturday, Feb. 4, where both teams fell to their guests.The boys lost by four pins, 2,731 to 2,735 while the girls had a final score of 1,967 to Fairfield?s 2,256.Bailey Curtis led the boys team with a 215 and 210 for a 425 in the individual rounds.Tucker Renoux followed with a 365 (175, 190), Kylan Gillette rolled a 350 (162, 188), Collin Zear had a 347 ...