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Free-throw shooting was the difference as Winfield-Mt. Union defeated Highland 40-31 in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division game on Tuesday night.The visiting Wolves (16-4, 15-3 SEISC North) went 19-for-34 from the charity stripe, while the Huskies were just 7-for-17.?Defensively we didn?t move our feet and they took advantage by being aggressive and getting to the line,? Highland head coach Jody ...

Seniors Jade Redlinger and Lexi Sieren both had career nights on Senior Night to lead Keota to a 54-19 blowout win over visiting Tri-County.Redlinger nailed three 3-pointers and scored 10 points, and Sieren finished with seven points. Junior Kelsi Sieren scored 14 points, 10 in the first half, to lead the Eagles (11-8, 10-8 South Iowa Cedar League).

Washington had three wrestlers take second place ? and the Demons took sixth place as a team ? at Saturday?s Southern Iowa Classic in Fairfield.Junior 113-pounder Fletcher Green, junior 152-pounder Tanner Knupp and sophomore 170-pounder Brad Skubal all lost in the finals.Green, who is ranked fifth, rolled to the finals, defeating his first two opponents by a combined score of 20-1. But in the finals Green lost ...

WACO suffered an 87-38 loss at the hands of second-ranked Lone Tree on Tuesday night in Wayland.Senior Tyler Ayers scored 15 points to lead the Warriors (5-12, 5-10 SEISC North). Senior Klinton Garrett added nine points, and senior Aaron Barnhart had eight.Senior Bryan Forbes scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Lions (19-0, 16-0 SEISC North), and senior Logan Forbes added 16. Junior Trenton Gosnell chipped ...

Washington head baseball coach Nathan Miller was selected as the Class 3A Southeast District Coach of the Year at Saturday?s Iowa Baseball Coaches Association Clinic, which was held in Des Moines.Miller took a young Washington squad that had lost seven seniors from its 2011 state tournament team and finished 22-15 with a return trip to Des Moines. The Demons also shared the Southeast Conference title with Mt. ...

Columbus took second place at Saturday?s Southeast Iowa Super Conference wrestling tournament in Lone Tree.Columbus totaled 158 team points, but finished a distant second behind third-ranked Mediapolis, which won the SEISC title with 302 points. But the Wildcats finished 52 points ahead of third-place New London.Junior 195-pounder Mark Ramirez was the Wildcats? lone conference champion. He defeated Mediapolis ...

The Washington baseball team will play a game at Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, on Saturday, July 6.The Cardinals host the Miami Marlins at 1:15 p.m. that day, and the Demons will face Williamsburg approximately 45 minutes following that game. There will be a six-inning varsity contest, followed by a junior varsity game.To purchase a ticket, which will be good for admission to both the ...

Mid-Prairie crowned one individual conference champion and placed third as a team at Saturday?s Cedar Valley Conference wrestling tournament in West Branch.Junior Phirom Peterschmidt, who is ranked ninth in Class 2A, won the 182-pound championship. His 9-3 win over West Branch?s Michael Madsen in the finals was also his 100th career victory, something only three wrestlers had accomplished in school history ...