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The Washington girls basketball team pulled out a victory over Davis County Tuesday, Jan. 31, ending a streak of five losses in a row, by a final score of 67-33.Davis County would have the first points in the game going up two to nothing, but Washington would make sure they would get on the board after Morgan Brinning would put in two from the free-throw line after being fouled.She followed up with two more ...

The pairings for the Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls basketball ?shootout? games have been released.Playing at Danville Saturday, Feb. 4, is Highland against Danville. The game will begin 15 minutes after the Wapello-Holy Trinity game.WACO will play against Louisa-Muscatine at New London followed by Columbus-New London. IMS travels to Cardinal where they play against West Burlington.All games start at 6 p.m.

The Washington girls basketball team played in a road game at Cedar Rapids Prairie Saturday, Jan. 28, which resulted in a loss for the Demons, 35-57.Washington started off the game by scoring 12 points in the first quarter while Prairie put up 19 to have a seven-point lead.Prairie scored 10 more points in the second quarter while Washington added 11 putting the score at 23-29 Prairie at the half.Returning to ...

The Columbus girls basketball team played at Mediapolis Tuesday, Jan. 31, and returned home with a loss after a final 46-73 score. Mediapolis took an early lead in the first quarter going up 19-12 and kept that lead the rest of the game as Columbus put in six more in the second quarter to Mepo?s 22, putting the score at 18-41 at the half.After the break, Mepo added 24 more points to Columbus? five in the third ...

The Washington seventh-grade girls basketball teams were host to Keokuk Thursday, Jan. 26, where both teams lost to their guests.The A team would be held scoreless the entire first quarter while Keokuk scored 10 points. Washington added nine in the second quarter while Keokuk put up another 15 points to have a 25-9 lead at the halfway mark.In the third quarter, Keokuk scored 10 points while Washington added ...

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional bracket for Class 4A noting who each team will be playing along with the date and time of each game. In Region 6, Washington will play at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. The winner of that game goes on to play at Marion Sat. Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.

The Washington Archery Program had another successful tournament at Alburnett Saturday, Jan. 28.The high school and middle school teams received top honors by shooting their season-high team scores and placing first. The elementary team also shot their season's highest score and placed fourth.The Washington High School Team scored 3,313 out of a perfect score of 3,600 and placed first out of nine teams.Medal ...

The Mid-Prairie basketball teams were host to Camanche Friday, Jan. 27, with both teams losing to their guests. The girls fell 46-48 and the boys lost 58-76.The girls would fall behind by one after the first quarter, 10-11 and would make a comeback in the second quarter going up by one with the score sitting at 24-23 at the half.Camanche would come out strong after the break scoring 15, while Mid-Prairie put up ...