Muscatine Muskies Clinch Little Six Title Over Demons
Muscatine defeats Washington 85 to 58 to seal the Little Six crown. Kenny Riswold leads with 34 points as Muscatine grabs early control and builds a large halftime lead. Gary Gorham for Washington scores 25 amid a decisive Muscatine win.
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Lefty Schnack
Muscatine Muskies
Washington Demons
Muscatine
Washington
Demons
Muskies
Kenny Riswold
Marvin Stanley
Mark Mosier
Paul George
Dick Powell
Tom Johnson
Gorham
Demon
Gary Gorham
Edger Steeg
Gary
Manuseier
Warner
George
Humm
McCieedy
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Crawfordsville Edges Cotter Cagers 39 38 on last second shot
Crawfordsville escaped with a 39 to 38 victory over Cotter as Russ Monson scored the final field goal with 30 seconds remaining. The Bees led 12-10 after one quarter and 23-17 at halftime before Cotter surged ahead briefly. Crawfordsville won the junior varsity game 53 to 42.
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Crawfordsville
Cotter
Russ Monson
Des Moines Hawks Set Friday Showdown in Washington
The Des Moines Hawks visit Washington Friday February 24 for a game against the Sport Shop Comets. Featuring John Pritchard 6 ft 10 in forward and other Missouri Valley stars, the lineup includes Bill Evans Gordon Flick Lyle Naylor and Gene Ullrich. The game is at the high school gym with tickets 75 cents 60 cents for adults and 35 cents for children.
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Des Moines Hawks
Des Moines
Washington
Sport Shop Comets
Wayne Chamberlin
Comet
Hawk
John Pritchard
Bill Evans
Gordon Flick
Lyle Naylor
Drake
Gene Ullrich
At & Oblock
Bowling Results Highlight Strong Men’s Buckers Team
Thursday results show McCumming Co securing two wins and Read the Want Ads topping the field as the men’s bowling league produced notable scores.
Wyman Boys Clinch Tri County Loop Title
Wyman high school boys defeated Ainsworth 60 to 5 to secure undisputed first place in the Tri County boys basketball league. Mt Union girls beat Olds to leave Mt Union and Ainsworth tied for first in the girls league. Wyman led 18 13 early and 31 27 at halftime before rallying to win.
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Ainsworth
Wyman High School
Mt. Union
Olds
Wyman
Demon Reserves Fall to Muscatine 54 48
Washington high school freshman-sophomore team lost a tight game to Muscatine 54 to 48 after trailing 28 30 at halftime. Muscatine opened with a 10 15 first quarter run, then the Demons briefly led 18 15 before a back and forth second half.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Boys
Demons
Basketball scores from numerous high school games
Burlington 49 Fairfield 36 Keokuk 73 Fort Madison 26 Muscatine 85 Washington 5s Ottumwa 49 Mt. Pleasant 41 Wyman 61 Ainsworth 50 Crawfordsville 39 Cotter 38 Winfield 72 Columbus Junction 37 Total 625 742 718 2085
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Muscatine
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Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Cotter
Winfield
Columbus Junction
Winfield Rolls Past Junction Five 72 37
Winfield’s high scoring team defeated Columbus Junction 72 to 37. The winners opened with a 22 to 4 first quarter surge and led the entire game. Ron Kester scored 23 points for Winfield while Howell led Columbus Junction with 11.
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Winfield
Junction Five
Columbus Junction
Ron Kester
Howell
Demons to Play Friday In Sectional Tourney
Washingtons Demons advance to the sectional tournament at Keota on Friday evening February 24 at 7 30 p.m. They will meet the Keota Sigourney winner in the Class A sectional final. Class B teams will begin their portion of the tournament.
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Demons
Washington’s
Keota
Ainsworth Topples West Chester In YMCA Loop Clash
Ainsworth defeated West Chester 58 to 53 in a YMCA Independent league game on the YMCA floor. The winners led 29 24 at halftime and held a narrow margin most of the contest with Walter McFarland scoring 23 points and Young adding 13 for West Chester.
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West Chester
YMCA
Walter McFarland
Young
W. McFarland
Wood
Orris
Koehler
Whitehead
Pearson
Bauer
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Hotle
Dusenbery
Wellman Wildcats Subdue Brighton In League Clash
Wellman high school defeated Brighton 47 to 30 in a Ke-Wash league game. Don Opping led Wellman with 17 points while Brighton’s Jones scored 11. Wellman also took the reserve game 238 to 7.
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Welman
Wellman High School
Wildcats
Brighton Bears
Don Opping
Jones
Brighton
Wellman
Roof of the World Tibet Features High Valleys
Women bowlers tour Tibet known as the roof of the world where elevations average 16 000 feet above sea level. Even the valleys lie higher than the mountains of many nations.
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Tibet
Sectional Tournament Playoffs Scheduled for Monday Evening
A sectional tournament playoff is set for Monday at 7 30 oclock. The schedule lists a single decisive game to decide advancement, with teams seeking the regional berth under the postseason format.
This and That from the YW desk
YWCA notes urge attendance at the Feb 23 members meeting in Des Moines. Reports from the National District conference will be shared, and treasurer election planned. New program directions and upcoming craft, sewing, and swimming activities are announced, plus life guarding class interest and a World Day of Prayer event.
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Des Moines
Lloyd Marek
Bill Wilson
Harold Miller
W. C. McFadden
Don Wilson
Iowa
Virginia Carrier
Albert Farmer
Chicago
Miss Carrier
Louis McDonald
Donna Murphy
Maxine Sikes
Pat McGill
Carson
Atty
Nancy Gastman
Deie Brookhart
Presbyterian Church
Edna McCarty
Railroads Protect Possessions Surface protection needs cited
Railroads emphasize protecting assets with proper finishes. Signals, passenger cars, bridges, and freight cars receive regular painting schedules to ensure maintenance and protection, with signals painted yearly, passenger cars every three years, bridges every five years, and freight cars every eight to ten years.
Washington school bond vote shows gains and past lessons
Bruce Cowden reviews three historic school bond elections in Washington, noting the latest measure carried by a slender 60 percent threshold. He tracks voter trends by sex and date, recalls earlier defeats, and chronicles the high school project timeline from 1915 to 1919 and the McKee grammar school sale.
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Board of Education
Washington
McKee Grammar School
Washington Academy
Builying
YMC
Notable wild animals at Yale Peabody museum
Fatuma the hippopotamus Old Bill the rhinoceros and Ryo the elephant join a list of notable wild animals at Yale's Peabody museum. All three were once star performers under the big top.
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Fatuma
Hippopotamus
Old Bill
Ryo
Elephant
Yale
Peabody Museum
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