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A strong senior season closed out a stellar career for Iowa Mennonite senior Eli Gingerich. That year saw him recognized among the best in Class 1A, earning second-team All-State honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association. The IMS senior averaged 17.6 points per game this season, and tied for the team lead in rebounds, averaging 4.5 per game. Gingerich?s vision on the court is what helped him stand out, ...

The Washington Water Sharks went to state a week ago, and came away with some top results in the process. According to Washington Y Aquatic Director Brittanie Adrian, 15 of the Water Shark swimmers qualified for regionals with their times at the state meet. On the girls? side of the state meet in Marshalltown, there were five top-10 finishes, highlighted by the sixth-place finish of the women?s 200-meter ...

All 68 teams have been selected, and unlike Selection Sunday, we won?t learn any outcomes early from here on out.This NCAA basketball season, ?parity? has become a household word, and it has led to one of the more exciting and competitive seasons I can remember.No top team is infallible, with a record 23 losses among the No. 1 seeds, and much debate as to who is deserving of those top spots.In the days leading ...

It was a strong season for the Highland girls? basketball team and one of their members was named to one of the highest lists they could be. Junior Kelsey Hora made herself stand out from the rest, helping lead a young team and earning third-team honors in the Iowa Newspaper Association?s All-State list. Hora, who was also named first-team All-SEISC and All-District, finished sixth in Class 2A with 98 steals ...

It was a competitive year for the Southeast Iowa Super Conference, and that led to a number of postseason selections for area teams. Highland?s three first-team All-Conference selections were featured in an earlier version of The Journal, but Columbus managed to claim a spot on the first-team list, with WACO and IMS each claiming second-team athletes. Columbus? Shania Boyd was named to the All-SEISC first team ...

It was a historic day for the Washington Archery team on Saturday. The Demon archers went to Des Moines for the state archery tournament, and Allison Rees shined for Lincoln Elementary. The fifth-grader claimed the first state title in the history of the Washington Archery program, posting a 279 final score with 13 bull?s-eyes to lead the field of 144 elementary girl competitors. The finish also puts her in ...

John Freeland, president of the Mt. Pleasant Noon Rotary, left, and Melisa Bracht-Wagner, executive director of the Fellowship Cup, right, are pictured at the site of the future community gardens, located 211 South Jackson Street in Mt. Pleasant. The Mt. Pleasant Noon Rotary recently donated $1,000 towards the project, which is a partnership between the Fellowship Cup, First United Methodist Church and Iowa ...

A new season began on Thursday night, as the annual Demon Indoor Invitational kicked off the Track and Field season. Washington and Highland were the two area teams in attendance at the meet, which kick-starts the spring sports season into full swing. At its own invitational, held at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, the Demon girls? track team saw six different events place in the top 10, while Highland?s ...