Sports editor Aaron Viner talks about the resignation of Demon girl's basketball head coach Jay Zieglowsky and touches on a couple of track and field teams that will be competing as spring sports begin to get underway.
The Mid-Prairie girls? basketball team held their end-of-the-year banquet and recognized a number of athletes for their work this season. Earning the Most Valuable Player award, as voted on by the players, was junior Alex Rath, who led the team in steals with 48, finished second on the team in assists with 34, while averaging 7.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. The top offensive player was senior Ali ...
Tony Johnson officially submitted his resignation on Monday night during a Highland School Board meeting. Johnson, who currently serves as Highland?s athletic director, head football coach and transportation director, as well as helping with junior high baseball in addition to being a physical education and health teacher, will be accepting the seventh through 12th-grade principal position at Easton Valley in ...
Sports editor Aaron Viner talks about the opening of track season in the area, the state archery tournament and a resigning that happened in the past week. Check out the podcast below for more.
The Washington boys? track team got its season started on Friday afternoon at the Demon Indoor Invitational. The Demons hosted the meet at Cornell College in Mount. Vernon, and senior Tommy Peterson picked up right where he left off last season. Peterson placed third at the state meet in the shot put last season, and opened up the season with the second-best throw of his career, posting a throw of 52 feet - 9 ...
The state meet for the Washington archery teams ended with a lot of success for the Demons. The combined efforts of Lincoln Elementary, Washington Middle School and Washington High School helped the Demons qualify 16 archers to the national tournament, held May 7-9 in Louisville, Ky. Lincoln Elementary took fifth in the state as a team, with a score of 2,922, finishing behind eventual champion Mount Vernon, ...
Despite a disappointing 6-16 record, the Washington boys? basketball team was well represented on the Southeast Conferences? All-Conference teams. Senior Thomas Bump averaged 10.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and had a team-high 10 blocks on the season, en route to being named to the second-team All-Conference. Joining Bump on the second team is junior Derek Anding. Anding led the team with 13.4 points per game in ...
The temperature outside won?t seem to climb, but that isn?t stopping the spring sports from getting ready to kick off in the next couple of days. The Washington girls? track team will open up the spring sports season on Thursday afternoon in an Indoor Invitational at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, and they are excited to get going. ?I?m anxious to get the season started,? Washington girls? track head coach ...
With the sound of a gunshot, spring sports officially got under way on Thursday afternoon. The Washington girls? track and field team held its annual Demon Indoor Classic on Friday, at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, and overall, it was a success for the Demons. ?Overall I thought it was a pretty good meet,? Washington head coach Stefanie Tschantz said. ?It is very early, but it gave several kids a chance to ...
The Keota girls? basketball team had three seniors recognized by the South Iowa Cedar League?s postseason team. Madison Sheetz was named to the All-Conference second team, leading the team with an average of 13 points per game, while picking up a team-high 8.4 rebounds on the season and averaged nearly two steals per game. Sheetz is also the all-time career scoring leader for Keota. Madison Sieren picked up ...
Washington sophomore Colin Zear pictured earned a second-team spot on the All-District bowling team, joining senior Kailey Martin, who earned second-team honors on the girls? side. Senior Ivy Hamilton earned an honorable mention for the girls.
Check out the Washington Evening Journal for the first week of March. In this episode, sports editor Aaron Viner wraps up the area basketball season and previews the area archery team as they prepare for Saturday's state meet.
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