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Highland crowned one individual champion and had seven other wrestlers place at Saturday?s Willard Howell Invitational at Wapello.Junior Travis Cole, who is ranked third in Class 1A, won the 126-pound title. Cole won a 9-3 decision over Wapello freshman Ruger McNeil in the first round, and then defeated Mt. Pleasant junior Alex Lanphier by technical fall, 15-0, in the semifinals. Finally, he won a 4-2 decision ...

The Washington girls? bowling team opened its season with a fourth-place finish at the Muskie Invitational at PlaMor Lanes in Muscatine on Saturday.The Demons totaled a team score of 1,742. DeWitt Central won the tournament with a score of 2,418, and North Scott was second with a score of 2,394. Louisa-Muscatine finished third with a score of 2,125.Junior Brandi Hagans led the Demons on Saturday. Her identical ...

No. 7 Mid-Prairie tried to claw its way back from a 24-14 halftime deficit, but West Branch held off the Golden Hawks for a 48-42 upset victory.Senior Mariah Swartzentruber scored 13 points to lead the Golden Hawks (2-1, 1-1 Cedar Valley Conference), who suffered their first loss of the season. Sophomore Taylor Kurtz added eight points and eight rebounds, and senior Mallory McArtor also scored eight points.

A strong defensive effort lifted the Washington junior varsity boys? basketball team to a 52-36 win over visiting Durant on Friday night. The Demons had 17 steals as a team in the contest.Junior Walker Breard scored 14 points to lead the Demons (2-0), and he also had four rebounds and three steals. Junior Noah Lebsack and sophomore Gage Redlinger added 10 points apiece. Lebsack also had three assists and three ...

A poor second quarter proved costly for the Washington junior varsity girls? basketball team in its game with Williamsburg on Thursday.The Demons led 8-3 after one quarter of play, but were outscored 15-6 in the second frame. The Raiders led 18-14 at halftime, and went on to defeat Washington 40-31.?We just went dead,? Washington head coach Jay Zieglowsky said of the second quarter. ?We did not come out and ...

Wrestling in its first tournament of the year, Washington finished second to seventh-ranked Albia at Saturday?s Pekin Invitiational.The Blue Demons won the nine-team tournament with 183.5 points, and the Demons were second with 173 points. Davis County, which scored 144.5 points, was a distant third.?I figured it would come down to us and Albia,? Washington head coach Brent Van Weelden said. ?In the last round ...

Second-chance baskets were the key as Solon knocked off No. 12 Washington 55-49 on Saturday night.The biggest two came midway through the third quarter. The two teams were tied at 26 at halftime, but Solon missed its first six shots of the second half and the Demons opened up a 31-26 lead, the biggest advantage for either team. But Solon senior Emma Rickels grabbed an offensive rebound and kicked it out to ...

Washington lost to a big, athletic Pella Christian squad 72-37 on Saturday night.?They?re obviously very good,? Washington head coach Bryce Smeins said. ?All of their guys were between 6-2 and 6-6 and they were very athletic. They brought in a freshman who was 6-4 and 195. We just had a hard time matching up with them.?Pella Christian (2-0) jumped out to a 19-7 lead after one quarter of play, and the Eagles led ...