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Columbus could do little to slow visiting Wapello on Friday night, and the Indians totaled 460 yards of offense on their way to a 52-12 win.Junior quarterback Alex Rollinger completed eight of his 11 passes for 134 yards and four touchdowns for the Indians (2-0). Senior Eric Garcia rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns, and he also caught five passes for 85 yards and two scores. Senior Zach Gish and sophomore ...

With Highway 92 closed west of Sigourney until Oct. 8, Washington football fans traveling to tonight?s game in Pella will need to find another route.The best alternate route will send fans south on Highway 1 through Brighton, and then continue west on Highway 78/149. Turn right onto Highway 23, and then left onto Highway 92 in Oskaloosa. After traveling through town, turn right and merge onto Highway 163 toward ...

IMS opened Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division play by sweeping rival Lone Tree by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-11 on Thursday night inside Hillcrest Union.?This was a great win and conference opener for our team,? IMS head coach Cindy Miller said. ?Expectations were high to come out strong and play at a high level we believe we can attain throughout the season. This group of girls have a tight team ...

Although Columbus was swept by Wapello in its Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division opener on Thursday night, the Wildcats were competitive in all three sets. The Arrows won by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-20.Senior Megan Pretz had nine kills, five blocks and six digs to lead the Wildcats on the night, and sophomore Kelsey Pretz had five kills to go with 11 assists. Senior Christine Milder had three ...

Washington finished second in its pool at Tuesday?s volleyball tournament in Wapello, but the Demons lost their third-place match to Keota.Washington opened the night by sweeping Columbus by scores of 21-9 and 21-14. Then the Demons defeated Central Lee by scores of 22-20, 17-21 and 15-11.But the Demons ran into Holy Trinity, the fourth-ranked team in Class 1A, in their final match in pool play. The Crusaders ...

Washington head coach Randy Schrader has been worried about getting his football team up to speed, so to say, this week.Washington?s opponent for Friday?s game, Pella, faced a Class 4A opponent last week. Meanwhile, the Demons defeated Class 2A Mid-Prairie. Schrader said there?s a big difference in the speed of the game between the 2A level and the 4A level.?One big thing is they played a 4A team, which is ...

Senior Mark Waechter rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns to lead Sigourney-Keota to a 35-28 win over visiting Central Lee on Friday night.Junior Kolton Greiner added 106 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Savage Cobras (1-0), and junior Chase Tremmel ran for 61 yards and a score. Sigourney-Keota gained 380 yards on the ground.Junior Derek Berg recovered two fumbles and intercepted a pass for the Savage ...

Columbus tailback Esteban Gutierrez?s second touchdown of the night tied Friday?s game at WACO 12-12 early in the third quarter, but the host Warriors outscored the Wildcats 28-6 the rest of the way to take a 40-18 win.WACO senior Tyler Ayers? 6-yard touchdown run put the Warriors (1-0) ahead for good, and then sophomore Tucker Janecek added three more touchdown runs.Janecek rushed for 219 yards on just seven ...