Sports

Tonight marks the first official night of football with all area teams in action. As the pads pop across the state of Iowa, it?s time to take a glance at what is in store for all our area squads, as they all look to improve to 1-0 on the season. For a look at Washington?s opener at Albia, check out Thursday?s edition of The Journal for a full season preview. Louisa-Muscatine at Mid-Prairie The Golden Hawks ...

The Ray Carter Memorial Golf tour has made two stops over the last month, with trips to Fort Madison and Ottumwa. On July 19, the tour traveled to the Shaeffer Golf Course in Fort Madison, bringing 28 golfers to the competition. The low net score from the regulation tees went to Mark Thode, who shot an 87, while Sid Manfull shot a 77 from the senior tees to lead that portion of the competition. In the ...

IMS senior Alijah Beatty has made big marks in the cycling world already, but her strong career continued over the past few months. Beatty traveled to Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, for track racing, where she won the national championship in the 17-18-year old scratch race, points race, individual pursuit, team pursuit and second place in the team sprint. She also took third in the Keirin competition. Over the ...

The cross-country season opened up for one area team on Tuesday afternoon, as the Columbus Wildcats traveled to a big meet at Mount Vernon. The Wildcats were the lone 1A competitor at the big-school meet, but head coach Steve Riley was happy with the effort his teams gave. ?This was a great effort,? Riley said. ?The boys gave us a taste of the great balance and depth they are going to have this season. We?re ...

It was the official beginning to the volleyball season for teams across the state of Iowa on Monday, and a few area teams traveled to English Valleys for a season-opening tournament. The tournament, hosted by Keota but moved due to damage to their gym, featured three area teams in the field, with Mid-Prairie leading the way, going 3-0 in their matches and claiming the tournament title for the second year in a ...

VICTOR ? The WACO football team had a good showing defensively in Victor in the season opener on Thursday night, but a couple of late HLV scores were enough to run away from WACO in the fourth by the score of 28-13. WACO?s offense had trouble putting the ball in the end zone in the first half, but a strong defensive effort kept HLV to 12 points, on two rushing touchdowns by running back Wyatt Kaplan. The ...

The running game was a staple of the Demons? success on the gridiron in 2015. Highlighted by a strong offensive line and an all-state quarterback who will be looking to make an even bigger impact in 2016, the Washington football team will need the running game to be a constant for continued success in 2016. The Demons return their quarterback from last year, junior Ryan Reighard, who was among the top rushers ...

This time between summer and fall sports is both a blessing and a curse. As a sports writer, many of my nights free up and I can spend more time on some of my other passions such as hiking, fishing and a few too many hours on a video game console, bringing a different kind of enjoyment that I don?t have the opportunity to truly experience while high school athletic seasons are in session. However, with no ...