Sports

Washington's Coker long jumps a personal-best 21-1 at the Dickinson Relays

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

During Alex Coker?s track and field career, he?d long jumped over 21 feet on several occasions, but scratched each time. On Tuesday night at the Dickinson Relays, however, the Washington junior hit the jump just right.His career-best jump of 21 feet, 1 inch was good for seventh place at the large meet held inside the UNI-Dome.?He was ecstatic. He was thrilled,? Washington head coach Steve Roth said of Coker. ...

JV track meet in Fort Madison canceled

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The track meet at Fort Madison scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, which the Washington junior varsity boys? and girls? track and field teams were scheduled to participate in, has been canceled. The meet will not be made up.

Three area players earn IGCA all-district accolades

Travis J. Brown, Journal Sports Editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Three area players were honored when the Iowa Girls? Coaches Association all-district girls? basketball teams were released recently.Mid-Prairie?s Mariah Swartzentruber was selected to the Class 3A Southeast District squad after helping the Golden Hawks reach the state tournament for the first time since 2004. Swartzentruber, one of nine seniors on the Mid-Prairie roster this season, led the Golden Hawks in ...

Demons receive end-of-the-season honors

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Team awards were handed out when the Washington girls' basketball team held its end-of-the-season banquet at the high school on Tuesday, March 12.

Aldeman a part-time starter for DMACC

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Michael Aldeman of Iowa City was a member of the DMACC men?s basketball team this winter.Aldeman, a 2011 graduate of Mid-Prairie High School, played in all 31 games for the Bears this season, starting 17. The 5-foot-10 point guard averaged 5.4 points for DMACC, which finished 17-14 overall and 6-7 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. Aldeman, the son of Ed and Denise Aldeman, hit 36 percent of his ...

Washington Crush take second place at Spring Fling tournament

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The Washington Crush sixth-grade girls' basketball team placed second at the Iowa City Spring Fling tournament on Sunday.

IMS opens season at Central Indoor

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Sophomore Riley Schmieder was the team?s top finisher when the IMS girls? track and field team opened its season at the Jordan Sump Classic at Central College on Saturday.Schmieder finished 20th in the 1,500-meter run, crossing the finish line in 5:51.84. She also came in 78th in the 55-meter hurdles in 10.90 seconds.Sophomore Renee Buckwalter finished 29th in the 800-meter run in 2:55.32, and she anchored IMS? ...

Demons show continued improvement at Central College Indoor

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The Washington boys? track and field team continued to show improvement at Friday?s Central College Indoor, and the Demons had three top-10 finishes to show for it.The 4x800 relay team of Austin Latcham, Justin Hoffman, Noah Lebsack and Alan Sanchez won its heat and took fifth place overall at Saturday?s meet in a time of 9:06.04. The Demons did not record a time at the Demon Indoor on March 7.?Alan has just ...

Demons win a pair of races at the Central College Indoor

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The Washington girls? track and field team won a pair of events and had 10 top-10 finishes at Saturday?s Central College Indoor.Washington?s 4x200 relay team of Macy Marek, Rachael Hall, Natalee Enfield and Stephanie Fishback won the event in 1:54.85. And, amazingly, the Demons? B team of Dema Giardino, Sammy Ellingson, Addison Gaal and Grace Redlinger took fifth place in the 4x200 relay in 1:57.03.Ellingson, a ...

Three Golden Hawks selected to play in Senior Shoot-Out

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

There were nine seniors on Mid-Prairie?s state-tournament qualifying girls? basketball squad this season, and three of those seniors have been chosen to play in Sunday?s CVC-Big East Senior Shoot-Out in Tipton.Seniors Mariah Swartzentruber, Mallory McArtor and Erika Murphy were selected to represent Mid-Prairie after leading the Golden Hawks to an 18-8 record and the school?s first state tournament berth since ...

Washington?s Long named All-GTNS Large School Coach of the Year for the fourth straight season

Michael Leach, Golden Triangle News Service

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Although only one girls? basketball team in the Golden Triangle News Service area made the state tournament this postseason, several area teams and the individuals who led them saved their best for last.Mid-Prairie was the lone team to reach Wells Fargo Arena, but both Fairfield and Washington were on the tourney?s doorstep with deep runs through their respective regional brackets. The Demons made the regional ...

New players, same coaches lead All-GTNS boys' basketball team

Ashlee De Wit, Golden Triangle News Service

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

All 12 of the players named to this year?s all-Golden Triangle News Service team are first-time selections, but for the two men chosen as Coach of the Year, receiving all-GTNS honors is nothing new.Mt. Pleasant?s Paul Rundquist, the large-schools Coach of the Year, and IMS? Dwight Gingerich, the small-schools Coach of the Year, worked their magic again this season with a new group of star players.Gingerich took ...