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The Washington baseball team will play Fairfield tonight for their first game in the playoffs. The game will begin at 7 p.m. and will be in Fairfield.

Mid-Prairie had a heartbreaking loss against New Hampton on Tuesday, at Fort Dodge, ending their bid for the 3A state title.At the bottom of the first inning New Hampton got the first run on the scoreboard when third baseman Jennifer Akrom scored from an RBI single her teammate Jessica Crooks hit. For the next five innings neither team would be able to score. In the top of the seventh inning Mid-Prairie would ...

The Washington Demon softball team probably pulled off the biggest upset at the state tournament on Tuesday afternoon in Fort Dodge. They beat No. 3 ranked Solon with a score of 6 ? 1. The game heated up right away in the first inning with three Washington players scoring. Maddie Bohr hit a fly ball out to left field; Kaitlin Buchholz hit a single, which got two runners on base. Emma Wood came in to pinch run ...

Last week the Highland softball team finished its season winning all 18 games in their conference, which was a first for the team. Tonight the team will begin playing in the regional tournament against Eldon?s Cardinal.This will be the first game for the girls since last Friday, said Highland head softball coach Carrie Weiland.?We?re all pretty excited,? Weiland said. ?This is an opportunity for us to go big ...

Mt. Pleasant?s pitchers shut down Washington and the Panther hitters put up plenty of run support in a Southeast Conference sweep of the Demons on Thursday. The Panthers won by scores of 12-2 and 13-5."I thought our pitching once again was outstanding," Mt. Pleasant head coach Brent Broeker said. "[Dustin] Amos threw another gem ? I think he gave up less hits than last time. [Connor] Shull got in a bit of ...

All facets were working for the Washington softball team in a Thursday night Southeast Conference sweep of Mt. Pleasant. The Demons had the hitting, pitching and defense they needed to get the wins.They also had the promise of puppy chow as motivation.Washington junior Ashley Rausch was celebrating a birthday yesterday, and she promised her teammates that she would bring them a birthday treat for after the ...

Fifth-ranked Highland won 9-1 at Columbus on Tuesday night, running its winning streak to 12 games.Sophomore pitcher Katie Springer kept the Wildcats (10-18, 7-8 SEISC North) off balance all night, striking out 10 batters while only giving up four hits and one walk.Paige Wieland went 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple to lead the Huskies (24-2, 14-0 SEISC North), and senior Kassie Vazquez had a triple and an ...

Joe Harris of Washington cruised to a five-stroke victory at the Southeast Iowa Amateur, which was held at the Washington Golf and Country Club on June 9.Harris, who recently completed his sophomore season playing for the Valparaiso University men?s golf team, carded a 27-hole score of 104 to win the championship flight by five strokes over Matt Berg. Nathan Elseman finished in third place with a 110.Chris ...