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Sports editor Aaron Viner previews Washington girls' soccer, talks about a track record being broken for the Demons and the start of the area boys' soccer season.

Keota seniors Madison Sieren (back row, second from the left) and Madison Sheetz (back row, third from the left, joined Iowa Mennonite?s Riley Schmieder (front row, middle) in the Larry Niemeyer Senior All-Star game, sponsored by the Iowa Girls?s Coaches Association. The three girls played on the Class 1A white team, while Columbus? Kelsey Pretz was selected to the Class 2A white team, and Highland?s Chelsey ...

The boys' and girls' track meet scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Williamsburg has been cancelled due to inclement weather.Washington, Mid-Prairie and Iowa Mennonite were all scheduled to attend the meet.No make-up date has been announced at this time.

After four years at the helm of the Keota girls? basketball program, Jenny Hobbs will be stepping down from the position at the end of the school year.In an e-mail to The Washington Evening Journal, she said she is due to give birth in July and feels she won?t be able to give the 100 percent effort she feels is necessary to coach the team.?I am expecting in July, and could not fully commit to summer development ...

It?s seems like a simple enough goal, but with a young team, winning the Southeast Conference title won?t be easy for the Washington girls? soccer team.Despite only having four seniors listed on the roster, all of the veterans are focused on climbing to the top in 2015.?All the seniors are hoping to be conference champs this year,? Washington senior Kayla Shindler said. ?We want to go out with a bang. Overall, ...

The Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team will be holding a summer camp this August, and registration is now open.The camp will be held from Aug. 10-13 at the Wellman YMCA and will be open to all girls who will be in third through 10th grade as of Fall 2015.The cost of the camp is $50 per athlete, unless there are siblings, in which case it is $40 per athlete. All checks should be made payable to Mid-Prairie ...

Highland senior Chelsey Lampe officially signed her letter of intent to play basketball at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids on Monday afternoon.Lampe has familiarity with the school, as her sister, Becca Lampe, also attended the university.?I really like it,? Chelsey said. ?My sister went there, so I kind of got a preview of what it was like. I liked the program and (the coaching staff). I also liked the ...

Despite claiming the first conference title in school history last season, the Washington boys? soccer team wasn?t able to celebrate it the way they wanted to, and you can bet the Demons haven?t forgotten it.An overtime loss in a season-ending make-up game with Fort Madison robbed the Demons of an outright conference championship, and that is certainly not lost on any of the returning athletes.?I can?t explain ...