Sports

The 2016 football season is almost finally here, at least for one of Henry County?s teams. WACO will begin their season, as well as their tenure as an eight-man football team on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. The Warriors will play a non-district game at HLV in Victor in their first game since voting to go to eight-man during the offseason. The game is to be played one week earlier than their original schedule ...

The spring and summer All-SEISC academic lists were released on Friday. To earn a spot on the list, all athletes must achieve a 3.50 GPA or higher. IMS was represented on the list by Emma Beachy, Avery Blauvelt, Jenna Boller, Rachel Miller, Rubye Ney, Suzanna Yoder, Alyssa Hershberger, Gretta Rempel, Joya Schrock, Payton Hart, Lara Kliewer, Jacob Boller, Blake Bontrager, Cole Ours, Jakob Schmidt, Jacob Schmieder...

As year three of the Carter era begins in Washington, the expectations are starting to rise. After posting a 15-7 career record in his first two seasons at the helm of the Washington football team, head coach Garrison Carter has a large crew of returners to help him on the gridiron this year, with expectations high for a talented group. ?It?s been three completely different phases (each year),? Carter said. ?My ...

Last season, the goal was 400 rushing yards per game. As the Washington football season grows closer, the Demon offensive line hasn?t seen that goal get any smaller in 2016. ?The coaches like to set our goals high,? Washington senior Seth Townsend said. ?It will be that or more this year.? Just like the goal, the offensive line didn?t get any smaller, either, this season. Washington?s offense will be fueled ...

A new head coach will highlight the Washington Demon volleyball team when they take the court for their first regular season matches of the year in a couple of weeks. New head coach Lexa Mahr joins the staff in 2016, and will head a team that went 6-21 last season. With practice starting this week, the team is looking to shake itself out, but few returners figure to be key contributors for the Demons. Liv ...

We are only a couple of weeks removed from the start of a new fall sports season, with volleyball and cross-country opening their first competitions on Aug. 22, and football officially opening on Aug. 26 for many of the area teams. As we take a look at the opening of the season, it?s time to take a quick glance at where each team sits coming into the year. In Monday?s edition of The Journal, we took a look at ...

We are only a couple of weeks removed from the start of a new fall sports season, with volleyball and cross-country opening their first competitions on Aug. 22, and football officially opening on Aug. 26 for many of the area teams. As we take a look at the opening of the season, it?s time to take a quick glance at where each team sits coming into the year. In Monday?s edition of The Journal, we took a look at ...

The sports editors of the Fairfield Daily Ledger, Washington Evening Journal and Mt. Pleasant News have selected the 2016 All-GTNS baseball and softball teams. Normally, we restricted it to one big team for each, combining our smaller schools and large-city schools, but with the amount of talent and excellence we witnessed this season, we?ve decided to make four teams. Here are our selections for the All-GTNS ...