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Junior Ricky Rivers scored three touchdowns ? two receiving and one rushing ? but Columbus suffered a 56-22 loss at West Liberty on Friday night.Rivers caught touchdown passes of 27 and 9 yards from senior quarterback Trevor Conaway, who completed seven of his 16 passes for 114 yards. Rivers also ran for a 6-yard touchdown.Senior Esteban Gutierrez ran for 115 yards for the Wildcats (1-3, 1-1 Class 2A District ...

Sigourney-Keota defeated Wapello 50-44 in a high-scoring Homecoming game in Sigourney.Junior Kolton Greiner rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries for the Savage Cobras (2-2, 1-1 Class 1A District 6), and freshman Payton Crawford ran for 69 yards and two scores. Junior quarterback Luke Lyle added 175 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.Lyle also completed three of his four passes for 59 yards and ...

The 11th-ranked Highland boys? cross-country team won its second-straight meet at Tuesday?s English Valleys Invitational at the Knoll Ridge Country Club.The Huskies, who totaled 53 points, edged Mid-Prairie by two points for the title.Senior Matt Eden took second place in 18:24 to lead the Huskies, who took second through fourth in the boys? race. Sophomore Evan Mahler finished third in 18:30, and freshman ...

Columbus suffered a three-set loss at Pekin in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division volleyball match on Thursday night. The Panthers won by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-22.Senior Megan Pretz had six kills and four blocks to lead the Wildcats (3-9, 2-4 SEISC North). Freshman Laura Mincks had a team-high seven digs, and sophomore Kelsey Pretz had six digs to go with four assists.Pekin won the junior ...

As the 2012 Washington Demons prepare for their Homecoming game with Marion, The Washington Evening Journal is taking a look back at 50 years of Homecoming history. What follows is a look at the last 50 years of Washington Homecoming games in five-year intervals, with a summarized version of The Journal?s account of the game. 2007Keokuk 36, Washington 6Washington?s defense did exactly what it wanted to do ? ...

Washington came up 2 inches short on a two-point conversion run late in Friday?s freshman football game at Fairfield, and the Demons lost to the Trojans 22-21.After quarterback Jack Giardino scored a 1-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter, coach Jay Zieglowsky and the Demons decided to go for the win. But running back Bryce Rickey was stopped just short of the goal line on the two-point conversion ...

Washington?s Stephanie Loy and Austin Latcham both had top-10 finishes to lead the Demon girls? and boys? cross-country teams, respectively, at Tuesday?s meet at the West Liberty Golf and Country Club.Loy, a sophomore, took sixth place in the girls? race, crossing the finish line in 18:30.?Stephanie is really consistent,? Washington head coach Steve Roth said. ?She got out well and moved up after the first ...

Columbus finally got the monkey off its back last Friday night, defeating West Burlington-Notre Dame 24-0 to snap its 20-game losing streak. Wildcat head coach Jeff Martin said it was a relief.?They exploded with emotion after the game, and the whole school spilled onto the field,? he said. ?It was really huge for our young men to not have to deal with that anymore. It had been difficult for our kids do deal ...