The Washington baseball and softball teams unofficially opened up thier seasons on Monday in their annual sports drink scrimmage. This season the teams played a game of wiffleball on the softball field. Pictured above are (left) Taylor Dicks preparing a throw to first base, and (right) baseball fielders Cole Embree and Ryan Loy both going after an infield pop fly.
The Washington Archers saw where they sat with the best across the country over the weekend, and came away with strong results. The Demon archery team went to Louisville, Kentucky, for the national competition, and came away as the 74th best team in the country that weekend, taking home a team score of 3,299. On Saturday, Washington split into two teams and competed in the 3D shoot, finishing in 63rd and 67th. ...
Last season, the Washington baseball team played nine games that were decided by two runs or fewer.The Demons lost seven of those close games. If they were able to alter those outcomes with them finishing on top, it would have meant a .500 record.That isn?t lost on Washington baseball head coach Nathan Miller as they come into a new season.?If everyone can make incremental gains, those tight games we were in, ...
Mid-Praririe girls start strong The Mid-Prairie girls? golf team opened up postseason play with a strong start, and they will see more action next week. The Golden Hawks hosted their own first-round regional qualifier at the Kalona Golf Club on Monday, and came away in second place with a team score of 415. That second-place finish is good enough to advance to the second round of regionals for Class 3A, ...
A pair of area schools went to Eddyville-Blakesburg for their state-qualifying track meet last Thursday, and came away with numerous representatives who will run at the Blue Oval this weekend. Mid-Prairie put together an area-high 14 event qualifications on the day, while Columbus had five events qualify. The Golden Hawk boys claimed two individual titles on the day, with Levi Duwa sweeping the shot put and ...
All season, the focus for the Washington boys? golf team has been to get back to, and conquer, the Amana Colonies golf course. Thursday, they earned their opportunity to do so. The Demons went down to Burlington for their sectional tournament at Flint Hills Golf Course, and earned a qualification into the district meet by taking second place as a team. That district meet will be held at the Amana Colonies on ...
The athletic abilities of numerous area athletes were on full display in Wayland on Thursday evening. Four area teams were competing for state track berths at the district track meet hosted by WACO, with each school ending up represented in the Class 1A state field. Highland led all teams in the area in state qualifications at the meet, with nine events earning the nod to go to Des Moines this week. On the ...
Over the last week, Columbus has continued its strong season. The Wildcat boys? soccer team earned another pair of wins over the most recent span, improving to 12-0 on the year, with a 5-0 win over Mediapolis and an 8-0 victory over Wapello. The No. 3 ranked Wildcats have not given up a goal for the last five contests, and given up three regulation goals in the entire season. In the contests against Mediapoli...
On Friday, area archers will be going up against the best in the nation, and hoping to leave their mark. The Washington Archery team is sending 18 archers to compete in the team?s third straight national tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, this weekend, and the team has its sights high. ?It?s a plus for our program,? Washington archery coach Joleen Cerka said. ?It keeps the kids working every year for a goal, ...
Spring sports are starting to wind down, which means postseason play is set to get underway. On Tuesday, the Southeast Iowa Super Conference released the pairings for the conference soccer tournament which will kick off on Wednesday. No. 8 seed Highland will open the tournament at home against No. 9 seed Mediapolis on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in an opening round game, with the winner of that contest moving on to ...
Area athletes will be in competition for a berth in the state track meet on Thursday night. When the district track meets get underway, anything can happen, allowing many surprises into the field, as well as seniors attempting to make it to the Blue Oval in Des Moines in their final season. Washington will be in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, competing against all the other Southeast Conference schools, along with ...
The Mid-Prairie boys went to Muscatine for their conference meet on Wednesday, and took 10th in the 13-team golf meet. The Hawks carded a 374 on the day as a team, two strokes behind ninth-place Camanche, while Monticello claimed the meet title with a score of 339 and Tipton carded a 340 to take second. Mid-Prairie was led by junior Zach Owens and sophomore Ryan Slaubaugh, who each carded 92s on the day, while ...
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