Sports

Washington head boys? basketball coach Bryce Smeins will be conducting the Demon Basketball Camp on June 3-6 at the Washington High School. The camp, which is open to all boys entering grades 3-8, will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. For further information, contact Smeins at school (319-653-2143), home (319-653-6130) or by e-mail ~

Hosting its first meet since a new all-weather track was built at the Highland High School last fall, the Husky boys won their home meet on Tuesday while the girls took second place.The Highland boys won four events and scored 151 points, cruising to a 35.5-point victory.Sophomore Evan Mahler had a big night for the Huskies, winning both the 1,600-meter run and the 3,200-meter run. Mahler won the 1,600 in ...

Wartburg College first baseman Drew Yoder, a Wellman native and 2009 graduate of Mid-Prairie High School, was recently named a Capital One/CoSIDA first-team academic all-district honoree for District Eight.The accounting and business double major has a cumulative grade point average of 3.71 and was the only selection from the Iowa Conference.?Drew has been an outstanding young man in our program,? Wartburg head ...

The Cedar Valley Conference track meet, which the Mid-Prairie boys? and girls? track and field teams were scheduled to compete at today, has been postponed until Monday, May 6. The meet will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Durant High School.

The tin roof on the Merlin Burden farm east of Mt. Pleasant, received a new, fresh coat of paint last week. Doing the painting is Levon Hafield of Memphis, Tenn.

The Washington boys? soccer team went on the road and blanked Fort Madison 4-0 on Monday night, marking the first time since the 2009 season that the Demons had won back-to-back matches.?I thought we played a great game,? Washington head coach Steven Caulk said. ?We?re looking better and better. We?re really coming out now and playing as a team.?Washington (2-5, 1-3 Southeast Conference) came out and put ...

The Washington boys? soccer team may have lost 3-1 at Keokuk on Thursday evening, but head coach Steven Caulk said he was pleased with his team?s effort.?Keokuk won, but they didn?t trounce us like they have in years past,? he said.The Demons lost to the Chiefs by scores of 13-5 and 9-2 last season, and Keokuk won in Washington 4-0 earlier this season.The Chiefs (5-4, 4-2) scored a pair of goals in the first ...

Senior Dillon Bender?s overtime goal helped No. 8 IMS overcome a determined Highland squad 3-2 on Thursday evening amid cold, rainy conditions.Playing with determination and purpose on Senior Night, Highland (2-6) came out strong and quick. Going into the wind, the Huskies moved down the field to send a swirling shot on goal, which got past the IMS goalie to give Highland an early 1-0 lead.IMS gathered itself ...