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The Iowa Mennonite volleyball team opened its season at the Fairfield quadrangular on Thursday night, and came away with a 1-2 record to start the year.IMS took on No. 5 ranked Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in the first match of the year and fell in the first set 25-9. IMS fell by the same score in the second set, but head coach Shannon Miller said she was pleased with the level of play her team played with in ...

Friday night marked new seasons for the football teams in the state of Iowa.In Monday?s issue of The Journal, you can see how three area teams did (Columbus winning a wild game against WACO, Washington suffering a loss to the No. 1 ranked team in the state), but two other teams claimed victories in their season opener.Recaps from the three other area teams follow below: Mid-Prairie soars over DurantThings ...

WAYLAND ? Don?t give up.That was the message that seemed to define the Columbus football team on Friday night.The Wildcats used that mantra to push themselves through a number of trying situations in the season-opener against WACO, but things looked bleak as time wound down.WACO had strung together an impressive drive in the final 4:30 of the ballgame, capping off the drive with the fifth Bryce Achen touchdown ...

Last year, the Mid-Prairie girls? cross-country team made history. This year, the boys? and girls? teams plan to double down for the Golden Hawks.With a high number of returning athletes, the Hawks plan to send both of their teams to the state meet this season.The 2014 trip to state for the girls? side was the first for the program in school history, and led by sophomore Anna Hostetler, they return much of the ...

In running, having a person to run with, tends to make the journey easier. This season, Highland cross-country head coach Angie Strobel has had to be a little creative.Huskie senior Keiffer Sexton finished eighth in the state cross-country meet a season ago, but lost running partner Evan Mahler (fourth in the Class 1A state meet) due to graduation. With the loss, Strobel has picked up some wheels to help push ...

One.That?s a number that has probably been talked about for much of the preseason around the Washington community, and for a number of reasons.The Demon football team will open their season on Friday night against the No. 1 ranked Pella Little Dutch, who defeated Washington twice en route to a 14-0 state-championship season in 2014.That number also describes the amount of career snaps under center new Demon ...

The season officially began for most area volleyball teams on Monday, and a pair of teams were in Wayland to start the year.Columbus went to the WACO tournament to kick things off, and wasn?t able to get out on the right foot.The Wildcats fell to the host Warriors in the opening match, losing 21-12, 21-16, before playing a tight match against Van Buren in the second match of the day.Columbus fell in the first ...

The pads were popping on Friday night at Mid-Prairie, where two area teams had their final tuneups of the season.The Golden Hawks hosted Highland in the annual Gator Bowl scrimmage at Mid-Prairie High School, and both teams left feeling good about their teams.As Week 1 practices begin around the state today, recaps on both Highland and Mid-Prairie?s performances can be found below:HighlandThe Class 1A Huskies ...