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Highland made its second trip to state in school history, and that mark helped them earn numerous postseason awards when the All-Southeast Iowa Super Conference teams were released last week. The Huskies had a pair of first-team selections earn their way on the team, and both were able to be near the top of the state in their categories. Chase Rath finished sixth in the state (regardless of class) in strikeouts...

In their second-ever program trip to state, Highland found itself in a hole very quickly. In a Class 1A baseball state quarterfinal at Principal Park in Des Moines, St. Mary?s, Remsen, took a 4-0 lead after the first two frames. Highland wasn?t ready to back down, however. A five-run fifth-inning gave them the lead, but another rally by St. Mary?s put them back in front, and they held on for a 10-5 victory, ...

Despite the season ending sooner than they would have liked, the Washington baseball team was well represented on the Southeast Iowa Conference postseason team. The Demons went 17-14 on the season (7-7 in conference action) but were bounced in the first round of the postseason, falling to eventual state qualifier Solon. Washington?s postseason selections were highlighted by first-team All-SEC member Zach ...

DES MOINES ? The heart of the Hinton order was just too much for Van Buren on Monday afternoon, as the Warriors lost 9-1 in the state tournament opener at Principal Park. Collin Jurgensmeier and Ross Wenzel picked up three RBIs apiece in the ballgame for the Blackhawks to pace the Hinton offense. Truman Schmitt had two RBIs and Carson Covey drove in the final Blackhawk run. Skyler Beller and Terrill Henrich, the ...

The Washington baseball team held its annual banquet last week and handed out its annual end-of-the-year awards. Pictured from left to right are Zach Londberg (team MVP, silver slugger and Cy Young winner), Noah Enfield (Golden Glove award), Jacob Hall (Newcomer of the Year), Michael Ellingson (leadership award, senior award) and Cole Embree (senior award). Follow The Journal this week as All-Conference baseball ...

WASHINGTON ? In a substate contest between Fairfield and Solon on Wednesday, costly mistakes pushed the Spartans to some late momentum.Solon capitalized on the Fairfield errors, scoring five unanswered runs over the final two innings, leading to a 6-4 victory over the Trojans.?It was uncharacteristic, we don?t play that bad of defense, it?s just not us,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?I have no idea ...

FORT DODGE ? The 2016 state tournament didn?t start like the New London softball team wanted it to, but the Tigers were able to salvage the trip with a couple of big wins on Wednesday. After using a three-run eighth inning to upend West Harrison, 5-3 in extra innings to advance to the fifth-place game, New London beat up on Belle Plaine, 9-1, to pick up their third Top-5 finish in three years. New London was ...

On Friday, Fairfield?s offense struggled for 4 2/3 innings, collecting only one hit. Alex Crile took it upon himself, as a senior leader of this team, to make sure that didn?t happen again. Mt. Pleasant?s Dalton Shull settled onto the rubber and delivered the first pitch of the game and Crile didn?t miss, launching it over the right field fence and giving Fairfield an early 1-0 lead. The Trojans kept that ...