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Highland amassed 487 yards of total offense in its 66-14 rout of Van Buren on Friday night.Sophomore Brian Garcia rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries, including an 89-yard touchdown run. Senior Derrick Stewart added two rushing touchdowns, while seniors Trey Brenneman, Jake Tate and Brett Walsh each ran for a score. Junior quarterback Kody Wood was 5-for-7 passing for 154 yards and two ...

Mid-Prairie took a 26-6 lead early in the second quarter of Monday?s junior varsity football game at West Burlington-Notre Dame, but the Nikes responded with 28 unanswered points to win 34-26 in overtime.Sophomore Austin Slabaugh returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and scored touchdown runs of 40 and 2 yards in the first quarter, and the Golden Hawks led 19-6 after one period. Freshman quarterback Ryan ...

Sigourney-Keota?s defense struggled to slow down West Branch on Friday night, and the Bears defeated the Savage Cobras 55-20.Senior Cade Jones rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries and senior Bo Bower added 117 yards and three scores on seven attempts for the Bears (4-2, 2-2 Class 1A District 6), who totaled 435 yards of offense in the contest. Senior quarterback Cole Cook also completed six of ...

Several IMS runners clocked season- or personal-best times at Thursday?s Bud Williams Invitational at the University of Iowa?s Ashton Cross-Country Course.Senior Cody Miller led the IMS boys, which placed sixth at the meet with 145 points. Miller came in 22nd with a personal-best time of 17:52, and it was the first time he had recorded a time under 18 minutes on a 5-kilometer course. Sophomore Kirby Shetler ...

Mid-Prairie head coach Pete Cavanagh said his defense gave up too many rushing yards to Tipton?s Chandler Harden in last week?s 14-7 win at Tipton. And the Golden Hawk defense will have its hands full with Columbus tailback Esteban Gutierrez this week.?He?s the leading rusher in our district,? Cavanagh said. ?That was definitely a point of emphasis this week. We gave up to many yards last week.?Gutierrez has ...

Running back Terrhyn Jacoby?s touchdown run lifted the Mid-Prairie seventh-grade football team to a 12-6 win over visiting Wilton in its season-opener on Sept. 11.With the score tied at 6-6 late in the game, Jacoby took a pitch from quarterback Ryan Slaubaugh and sprinted past several Beaver defenders on the 32-yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion try failed, but the Golden Hawk defense held on to give ...

Last year, Washington traveled to Williamsburg on the final week of the regular season, needing a win in order to qualify for the state playoffs.This year?s game between the Demons and Raiders, which will also be played at Williamsburg?s Bob Murphy Stadium, will be just as important. No. 10 Williamsburg enters the contest 3-0 in Class 3A?s District 7, and Washington is 2-0 in district play, so the winner of ...

Washington won a battle but lost the war.For the first time this season, the Demon volleyball team came out on top of a set against Mt. Pleasant.But it was the Panthers who walked away with the victory in the match once again, three sets to one, keeping themselves in the race for the Southeast Conference title.?I thought tonight we were a lot scrappier, making great plays,? Mt. Pleasant head coach Luci ...