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Salem Old Settlers will begin Friday evening with the ham and beans supper in the shelterhouse at 5:30 p.m., a car show from 5 to 8 p.m., carnival from 5 to 10 p.m. and Amarillo from 6 to 9 p.m.Saturday begins with a pancake breakfast at the fire station from 6 to 9 a.m., Fun/Run registration at 7 a.m., followed by Kids Run at 7:30 a.m. and Adult Run at 8 a.m.The quilt show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ...

Winning three straight sets by scores of 25-9, 25-10 and 25-10, 12th-ranked New London swept WACO right out of Class 1A regional competition on Tuesday night.?We were really focused,? New London head coach Maureen Heath said. ?Our serving was really on, and we stayed aggressive with that.?It was junior Sarah Holtkamp?s 10-point serving run, which included two aces, that ended the match.Holtkamp served seven ...

Washington has already clinched the second seed in Class 3A?s District 7 and will host a first-round playoff game next Wednesday, but that doesn?t mean the Demons don?t want to win Friday?s game against visiting Centerville.?We need to win,? Washington head coach Randy Schrader said. ?I think we need that momentum going into the playoffs. I don?t? think there?s any doubt about that. We don?t want our heads down ...

While both Highland and WACO have clinched a berth in the Class A playoffs, third place in the district will be on the line when the two teams clash on Friday night in rural Riverside.?It?s huge,? WACO head coach Chad Edeker said of Friday?s game. ?We?ll still have to go on the road either way, but it?s much better to go on the road and play a No. 2 seed than to go on the road and play a No. 1 seed. That?s ...

The Mid-Prairie Middle School girls? cross-country team won the Class 2A state championship at the 19th annual Washburn Classic, which was held at Saydel High School on Saturday.Abby Tornow, who won the individual Class 2A title, led the Golden Hawks. Anna Hostetler took third place, and Calli Shaw came in seventh. Greta Schmidt?s 14th-place finish rounded out the scoring. Bailee Peiffer came in 18th, and Shelby ...

The Washington freshman football team had a tough night in Fort Madison on Friday night, falling to the Bloodhounds 49-14 at Richmond Stadium.?We shot ourselves in the foot all night long,? Washington head coach Jay Zieglowsky said. ?We would do some nice things, and then we?d do a bad thing. We recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff and began to drive, but then had a penalty. We turned the ball over on ...

Washington head volleyball coach Jeff Spenner said he felt his team wasn?t ready for Monday?s Southeast Conference match in Keokuk, and it showed as the Demons lost to the host Chiefs in four sets. Keokuk won by scores of 25-10, 25-20, 19-25 and 25-22.?We weren?t ready to play,? Spenner said. ?We lost 25-10 the first game.?The Demons originally traveled to Keokuk on Thursday night, but the match was postponed ...

Freshman quarterback Ryan Cortum threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score to lead the Mid-Prairie junior varsity football team to a 20-6 win at West Burlington-Notre Dame on Friday night.Cortum ran for a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter to put the Golden Hawks up 7-0, but the Nikes responded with a score to trim the lead to 7-6. The score would remain the same until Cortum threw an 11-yard touchdown pass ...