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Mougin unseeded for NCAA Wrestling Championships

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

The brackets for the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships were released yesterday, and Northern Illinois 174-pounder Matt Mougin will have a tough first-round matchup.Mougin, a redshirt junior from Columbus Junction, will face No. 11 seed Blake Stauffer of Arizona State in the first round of the tournament. Stauffer, who is 22-3 on the season, was runner-up at the Pac 12 Championships after entering as the tournamen...

Demons show improvement at Iowa State Indoor

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

Improvement was the theme of the night for the Washington boys? track and field team at Tuesday?s Iowa State Indoor at the Lied Recreation Center.Washington head coach Steve Roth took seven athletes to the meet, and nearly every one of them improved upon their performances from Thursday?s Demon Indoor in Iowa City.Sophomore thrower Tommy Peterson threw an extra 4½ inches in the shot put competition, taking 38th ...

Washington's Green captains All-GTNS wrestling squad

Travis J. Brown, Journal Sports Editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

History was made this wrestling season.Several Golden Triangle News Service area wrestling teams reached new heights this winter or accomplished things that hadn?t been done at their respective schools in many, many years.Washington 113-pounder Fletcher Green was not only the Golden Triangle?s first state champion since 2010, but he was also the first Demon to stand atop the podium in Des Moines since 1997.It ...

Stoutner and top-ranked William Penn to play in national title game

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Taylor Stoutner of Keota is a member of the William Penn University men?s basketball team that will be playing in the NAIA Division II National Championship game tonight at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo.The Statesmen, ranked No. 1 in the nation and the tournament?s top seed, used a second-half burst to defeat No. 20 seed Grace College 79-58 in the national semifinals. William Penn was tied with the ...

Vittetoe played in 21 games for AIB this season

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Lauren Vittetoe of Washington recently finished her first season on the AIB women?s basketball team.Vittetoe, a 5-foot-9 freshman guard, played in 21 games this season, starting four. She averaged 2.7 points per game for the Eagles and scored a season-high 13 points in AIB?s 68-66 loss at Central College on Dec. 5. She went 9-for-29 from beyond the 3-point arc and 10-for-14 from the charity stripe this season.Vi...

Columbus Junction's Mougin qualifies for NCAA Wrestling Championships

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Matt Mougin of Columbus Junction took fifth place at 174 pounds at Sunday?s Mid-American Conference Championships, earning the Northern Illinois junior an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines.Mougin, the conference tournament?s seventh seed, earned his first career trip to nationals by doing it the hard way. After dropping his first match of the day to Ohio?s Cody Rogers in a 2-1 ...

Stoutner and the Statesmen fall in national title game

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

Taylor Stoutner?s college basketball career came to an end on Tuesday night when the William Penn University men?s basketball team lost to Cardinal Stritch 73-59 in the NAIA Division II National Championship game.The top-ranked Statesmen only trailed the second-seeded Wolves by three points at halftime, but a scoring drought of over six minutes to open the second half was the team?s biggest undoing. William Penn ...

Rich pitches Rockford to win in season opener

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

Kaleb Rich of Washington was the opening-day starter for Rockford College on Sunday, and he dazzled on the mound, surrendering just one run on one hit in 6 1/3 innings of work as the Regents defeated Mitchell College 6-4 at the Player Development Complex in Fort Myers, Fla.The season opener quickly turned into a pitcher?s duel as both offenses struggled to string hits together. The Regents finally broke the ...

Washington fourth-grade boys' basketball team goes undefeated

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The Washington fourth-grade boys? basketball team wrapped up an undefeated season by winning the Keota tournament on March 2. The Demons went 3-0 on the day, defeating teams from Sigourney, Keota and Highland. The squad had also gone 9-0 while playing in a league in Lone Tree this season.

Henry makes collegiate pitching debut

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

Jared Henry of Washington made his collegiate debut for Cornell College on Saturday, starting the second game of the Rams? doubleheader against Northland College at the Kino Sports Complex in Tuscon, Ariz.Unfortunately, Henry allowed seven runs, six of which were earned, on seven hits over five innings as Cornell lost 9-7 and fell to 1-3 on the season. The freshman right-hander struck out two batters and walked ...

Little Demons fifth-grade girls' basketball team wins tournament in Keota

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

The Washington Little Demons fifth-grade girls? basketball team finished its tournament season by winning a tournament in Keota on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Washington's Roder and Hoffman receive All-SEC accolades

Travis J. Brown, Journal Sports Editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:03 pm2699d ago

A pair of Washington players were honored when the All-Southeast Conference boys? basketball teams were released recently.The Demons tied Fairfield for fourth place in the conference with a 1-7 record in league play.No Washington players were selected to the all-conference first team, but senior Kyle Roder was a second-team all-conference pick. The 6-foot guard ranked fourth in the conference in scoring with ...