Highland picks up pair of wins The Highland boys? basketball team stayed at the top of the conference race over the weekend, picking up a pair of conference victories to improve their record to 11-3 on the season. After picking up a 63-47 victory over Wapello on Friday night, the Huskies went on to take on New London on Saturday and came out with a 66-49 win. In the contest, senior Tucker Hall notched 15 ...
Michael Powers, originally of Pleasant Plain, sang before a trio of celebrity judges in his audition earlier this year to appear on the television show American Idol. Powers performed in front of the show?s judges, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez. Powers may be featured on the show when it premiers its 11th season tonight at 7 p.m. on Fox.Powers works as a 911 dispatcher at the Washington County ...
Iowa Mennonite School announced the hiring of a new softball coach on Monday, naming Kathryn Ney to the position. Ney will be taking over for Kim Wood, who stepped down from the position after last season. The new head coach comes to the position, having previously served as an assistant coach for IMS from 2006-08, while being a teacher at IMS. She played her high school softball at Winfield-Mt. Union and ...
After a slow second quarter, the Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team looked to rally in the second half against a top-5 ranked team. The Golden Hawks were looking to avenge an earlier 29-point loss to West Branch on Friday night, and despite drawing within two points late, they couldn?t close the comeback, falling 51-47. ?I?m extremely proud of the girls? effort after losing by 29 the first time, and now have a ...
It was a tight contest, but the Washington boys? bowling team fell just short of knocking off rival Fairfield on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-four pins were all that separated the Demon boys from a victory on Saturday afternoon at Flamingo Lanes in Fairfield, as they fell in a final score of 2,514 to 2,490. The big difference came in the individual rounds, which saw Fairfield outscore the Demons by 20 pins. The ...
According to a press release this morning from the Washington County Sheriff?s office, missing rural Crawfordsville woman Sharon Hopf has been located in Texas and is safe with family.Hopf, who along with her husband, Perry, owns businesses in Kalona and Coralville, had been missing since Jan. 6 and had been the subject of massive hunts in Iowa and Missouri.Her abandoned car was located last week near St. ...
Four cars were involved in one incident on icy Washington Street yesterday morning.Alejandra Rojas had been operating a 2006 Buick while traveling east on Washington Street in the inside lane. The vehicle then stopped and was waiting for traffic to clear before turning left on to Cherry Street. A 2007 Chevy van operated by Danial Guttierrez had also been traveling east on Washington Street in the inside lane, ...
Slush causes Salem woman to wreckA 2007 Chrysler Town and Country van owned and operated by Sandra Lynn Anderson was involved in a one vehicle accident in the 1200 grid of 310th Street on Jan. 15, at approximately 2:23 p.m.Anderson, 36, of Salem was westbound on 310th Street when she hit some slush and snow in the road. She lost control of the vehicle and it entered the north ditch.The Town and Country then ...
The strong start to 2016 continued for the Washington girls? basketball team on Saturday evening, as the Demons picked up their fourth win in their last five tries. A home victory over Oskaloosa, 53-50, helped the Demons get back to .500 for the third time this season, as the team sits at 6-6 on the season (2-2 in conference play). Despite a high-scoring first half for the Demons, they didn?t start to do their ...
Mid-Prairie senior Nolan Faselt puts in two of his team-high 12 points on Friday night, but it wasn?t enough as Mid-Prairie fell to West Branch 58-46. A 19-2 West Branch run in the fourth quarter helped spark the Bears? win. Mid-Prairie also competed at Bellevue on Saturday, falling 51-35, led by senior Ryan Cortum?s nine points.
The Demon wrestlers continued their strong season this past weekend with a tournament in Solon on Saturday, and came away finishing second as a team.The Washington wrestling team posted 210.5 points at the tournament, finishing behind only tournament champion Lisbon, who scored 256.5 team points.Individually, the Demons saw four wrestlers advance to the championship match, with Trey Van Weelden (152 pounds) and ...
It?s the end of an era for Washington softball. The Demons saw their longtime head coach of 15 years step down from her position on Wednesday at the Washington School Board meeting, as her resignation was accepted. ?I was trying to do what I thought was best for the players and the program,? Angie Shrader said. ?We haven?t been necessarily stuck in a rut, but consistently finishing second in conference and ...
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