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The Columbus wrestling team faced Van Buren and Pekin Thursday, Dec. 15. Columbus would win over Van Buren 30-19, but would lose to Pekin 27-30.Jared Kadel (113) would win over Adam Smith by a 9-3 decision. Armando Quiroz (126) won by fall in 1:08 over Quentin Story. Felix Solis (152) won by a 6-4 sudden victory over Brody Caviness.Jose Cerezo (132) lost by a 3-2 decision to Aidan Franklin. Robert Loveless ...

The Mid-Prairie wrestling team finished the Mediapolis Invitational in second place out of five teams Saturday, Dec. 10, with a team total of 61 points. They were beat by Fort Madison by just six points.Taking to the mats was Timothy Grepl (126) who placed fourth and scored four team points. He lost the first round by fall to Wayne Briggs from West Burlington/Notre Dame/Danville (WBNDD) in 1:53.He lost the ...

The Washington boys basketball team was host to the 10th-ranked Oskaloosa Indians Tuesday, Dec. 13, and were handed a loss by their guests with the final score of 55-90.Oskaloosa would dominate the floor in the first quarter scoring 23 points and holding the Demons back allowing eight.Washington would work on recovering in the second quarter by scoring 21 points, but Oskaloosa would answer back scoring 22 to ...

The Highland wrestling was part of a dual match against Van Buren and Mediapolis Thursday, Dec. 8. Highland lost to Van Buren 33-15 and lost to Mediapolis 42-18.Taking to the mats against Van Buren was Cullen Klebe (113) who started his match against Adam Smith with a good takedown. He fought hard from the bottom position. Cory Stewart (138) wrestled a sound tactical match against Caleb Stoltz.He hit a nice ...

WINFIELD ? A steady inside scoring attack and relentless rebounding inside helped the Winfield-Mt. Union girls? basketball team pick up an SEISC North Division win Tuesday night. The Wolves topped IMS, 40-25.W-MU came out of the locker rooms on fire from inside, outscoring IMS, 11-2, in the first period. Nine of the Wolves? first period points came from the combined effort of junior posts Pearl Krieger-Coble and ...

The Washington girls? basketball team traveled to Sigourney Monday, Dec. 12, and returned home with a 40-56 loss.Sigourney took the lead after the first quarter by going up 16-8 and only allowing the Demons to score five in the second quarter while adding 18 of their own to go ahead 34-13 at the half.Both teams would score 12 in the third quarter and Washington would rally in the fourth putting up 15 to ...

The WACO Warriors battled it out on the basketball court Saturday, Dec. 10, when they traveled to Keota to face the Eagles.The girls were victorious in their quest, coming away with a 46-31 win, while the boys didn?t fare as well as they returned home with a 37-60 loss.Both girls? teams started off with a quiet first quarter as Keota would get the first point in the game from a free throw before WACO would take ...

The Washington wrestling team competed in the Mount Vernon Invitational Saturday, Dec. 10.Tristin Westphal-Edwards (160) pinned Alex Schuster from Sigourney in 3:23 in the quarterfinals. He lost to Julien Broderson from Assumption by a 6-0 decision in the semifinals and won the third-place match over Kaden Kilburg from Lisbon by a 12-6 decision.Tanner Murphy (195) won over Seth Adrian from Assumption by a 1-0 ...