Sports

With softball and baseball season winding down, it might seem too early to talk about basketball, but two area athletes have been showing their skills off at the Primetime League in North Liberty.Going up against, or playing with, athletes such as Iowa?s Jarrod Uthoff, IMS? Eli Gingerich and Derek Anding were selected to play in the summer league event, and have taken advantage of playing with talented athletes....

Walks came back to haunt the Washington baseball team on Tuesday night, as they took on Solon in the regular-season finale.The Demons issued 11 walks and hit two batters on the night, all of them coming in the first four-plus innings of the game, as Solon cruised to a 10-3 victory over the Demons, who ended the regular season with a record of 6-19.Despite a tough record, the Demons? focus is solely on the ...

The Washington middle school softball team wrapped up its season recently with a 3-1 stretch to end the year.In a doubleheader with Fort Madison, the Demons cruised to a pair of victories, defeating the Bloodhounds 14-0 and 14-2.In Game 1, three shutout innings from Allison Rebling were all the Demons would need, as the Demons cruised to the 14-0 win.Rebling added three hits with two runs scored, while Hannah ...

?One down, three to go.?That was the message the Highland baseball team kept saying to each other after some thrilling heroics continued the season on Tuesday night.After a hard, emotional game against Iowa Mennonite, the Huskies find themselves three wins away from a potential state berth, and with a walk-off victory in the district quarterfinals, the Huskies believe they are primed for a state run.?I think ...

Unearned runs doomed the Mid-Prairie baseball team on Monday night, as they opened up their postseason play against Central Lee.Six of the eight runs given up by the Hawks went down as unearned, as Mid-Prairie fell 8-7, ending their season at home.Braeden Nielsen had the big hit for the Hawks in the fifth inning, using a double to make it 7-5 in favor of Mid-Prairie, but Central Lee rebounded in the sixth.A ...

After a strong start, the Mid-Prairie softball team couldn?t keep up with Solon on Friday night.The Hawks opened the scoring with a pair of homeruns, but that?s all they could muster, as the Spartans defeated Mid-Prairie 12-2, ending the Hawks? streak of state tournament berths at five.The loss moves Mid-Prairie to a final record of 22-14 for a season that saw them ranked throughout.The Hawks started off fast ...

One bunt, and the season ended abruptly for the Highland softball team on Friday night.A couple of days later, that bunt is still fresh in the mind of Highland head coach Carrie Wieland.?You can?t stop having the game run through your mind,? Wieland said. ?I?m so disappointed for the girls and the senior class. And I know they feel the same too. They really wanted to make it to the state tournament this year, ...

Nicholas Daniel and Kimberly Daniel, children of Mike and Deb Daniel and graduates of Mt. Pleasant Community High School, both joined the ranks of medical professionals this spring.Nick, class of 2001, graduated in 2005 from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. with a degree in biology. He then attended Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and in May graduated with a doctorate of ...