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After suffering back-to-back losses in the middle of the season, it would have been easy for the Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team to stare at a .500 record and get down on themselves. Following a Jan. 30 loss on the road to Durant, the Golden Hawks had lost four of its last five games (five of its last seven), and was looking at a 9-8 record. The losses during that stretch were tight losses to good teams. A ...

A big day saw Lincoln Elementary on top once again at a home archery tournament on Saturday. In its best performance so far this season, the No. 3 state ranked Lincoln Elementary archery team scored 2,948 points as a team, winning the four-team competition. Curtis Stender had a 272 to lead the Lincoln team, finishing in second for elementary boys, while Allison Rees notched a 264 to finish second among ...

BURLINGTON ? No. 2 Danville probably had to work a little harder than expected on Thursday night. WACO gave the Bears all they could handle for three out of the four quarters played, but a rough second period doomed the Warriors as they were knocked out of the district tournament, 63-47. The Warriors started out hot, taking an early lead over the Bears with a combination of inside and outside scoring. Danville ...

PELLA ? It takes a big stage for Beth Atwood to get nervous, and maybe for the first time in the senior?s career, it happened on Monday against Van Meter. ?About a half hour before the game, someone said that our side of the stands were full,? she said. ?The year that we?ve had is just awesome, and they certainly can cheer for us.? The Panthers? faithful came in bunches, packing their entire half of the Pella ...

IMS falls in defensive struggle It was a defensive battle on Thursday night in Lone Tree, but in the key moments of the game, the Iowa Mennonite boys? basketball team was unable to generate a needed stop. Lone Tree took advantage of those possessions, and came out on top, 50-43, over IMS. ?They moved the ball and got some shots,? IMS head coach Dwight Gingerich said. ?It seemed like that whatever we were ...

The bright lights turned on in Des Moines on Thursday for the state individual wrestling tournament. Through the first two rounds of Class 1A and the first round of Class 2A, eight of the 11 area wrestlers who made the trip up to Wells Fargo Arena are still alive in competition. In the Class 2A night session, Washington had four competitors in the tournament, only one claimed a first-round victory. At 152 ...

Only eight teams get to play on the court at Wells Fargo Arena in the first week of March. The Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team signaled that they are ready to be one of those teams when the Class 3A regional rounds wrap up on Saturday night. No. 14 ranked Mid-Prairie (15-8) used its strong defense to its advantage on Wendesday night, earning a 84-52 road rout of Central Lee in the regional semifinals, ...

The No. 14 ranked Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team dominated all four quarters on Wednesday night, and now are eyeing a potential trip the Des Moines. The Golden Hawks (15-8) won in every aspect of the game in their regional semifinal at Central Lee, and came away with an 84-52 victory, advancing to face South Tama in the regional finals. Alex Rath exploded for 24 points, seven rebounds(both team hights) in ...