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Jared Henry of Washington threw 6 1/3 solid innings in the opening game of Cornell College?s doubleheader against Presentation College at Southeast Polk High School on Saturday, but the Rams surrendered the lead and lost 9-7 in 11 innings.Henry, a freshman, started and allowed three earned runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out three batters and walked one. When Henry left the game, his team was ...

Despite temperatures in the 30s the last two weeks, the Washington boys? track and field team has been practicing outside nearly every day, dodging snowdrifts on the Case Field track.?There was snow on the track last night, but we ran around it,? Washington head coach Steve Roth said.Unseasonably cold temperatures and snow kept the Demons inside for the first couple of weeks of practice, but Roth and his ...

Northern Illinois 174-pounder Matt Mougin fell just short of earning All-America honors at this weekend?s NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines.The Columbus Junction native posted a 3-2 record in Des Moines, with both losses coming to All-Americans. Mougin was the first Northern Illinois wrestler since 2008 to win three matches at the NCAA Championships.Mougin opened the tournament with a 4-2 win over ...

The Washington Community Y Water Sharks swimming team took 11 swimmers to the Midwest Regional Swim Meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis this past weekend, and the Water Sharks finished in the top 25 in 18 races.Megan Buitendorp finished in the top 25 in four different individual races in the girls? 15-18 age group. She was the Water Sharks? only top-10 finisher, taking ninth in the ...

Tickets for the Washington baseball team?s game against Williamsburg at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 6 are still available. Tickets, which are good for the St. Louis Cardinals? 1:15 game against the Miami Marlins and then the high school game after, can be purchased at the Washington High School until April 24. Also, Federation Bank is planning a charter bus to the game. Contact Federation Bank for more ...

Northern Illinois junior Matt Mougin won his opening round match at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Thursday, but he lost his second-round match.Mougin, unseeded at 174 pounds, upset No. 11 seed Blake Stauffer 4-2 in his first-round match. But Mougin lost a 9-1 major decision to No. 6 seed Logan Storley of Minnesota in the second round.Mougin, who won a Class 2A state ...

After spending the basketball season suffering through an injury to the scapula in her right shoulder, Lauren Vittetoe of Washington has decided to leave the AIB women?s basketball team.And join the school?s softball team.Vittetoe signed a National Letter of Intent on Tuesday to become a member of the AIB softball program, which will begin its inaugural season later this year.?The [basketball] season was too ...

The Washington girls? track and field team?s meet at Columbus scheduled for tonight has been canceled. The meet will not be made up. The team?s next meet is scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, when the Demons are to travel to West Burlington.