The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys golf team begins the postseason tournament Friday when they travel to Pine Knolls Country Club in Knoxville for a class 3A sectional. The Golden Hawks enter play ranked No. 30 in class 3A with a 385 average per 18 holes. Mid-Prairie is led individually in 18 hole meets this season by Dominic McCain with his average of 82.
Other schools joining the Hawks in Knoxville include Albia and their 336 18 hole average led by Landen Simpson with an 86 average, Centerville with their 395 average led by John White at 93, No. 17 Grinnell with their 349 average led by Cole McGriff at 78, No. 9 Knoxville and their 339 average led by Evan Smith at 74, No. 14 Oskaloosa and their 348 average led by Carter Parks at 86, South Tama and their 370 average led by Brayden Smith at 86 and Williamsburg with a 359 average led by Crew Klingner at 85. Action continues all day Friday in Knoxville.
The theme of nail biting playoff games this week in Southeast Iowa continued on Thursday with the Washington boys’ basketball team suffering a crushing 49-48 season ending loss to Grinnell in a class 3A substate semifinal.
As heard on KCII, the Demons were shorthanded once again playing without Lance Sobaski, but the Orange and Black threw the first punch with Trashaun Willis racking up 10 first quarter points and the home squad leading 15-11 after one. The Tigers’ 6’9’’ post player Owen Coffman started to take over recording 14 first half points and Grinnell flipped the script for a 31-25 halftime advantage. Coffman scored the game’s first six points of the second half to push the lead to a dozen when the Kasen Bailey led Demons started to chip away. The junior tallied 11 points after intermission and Washington slowly clawed their way back to a one possession deficit in the final minute. The Demon crowd erupted after Travis Leyden buried a triple from the left arc to g
By Troy Hyde
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Newton sophomore Jake Ingle, a 5-foot-7 point guard, takes the ball to the basket against 6-8 Owen Coffman of Grinnell during the Cardinalsâ season opener on Tuesday. Ingle hit a pair of free throws with 13.7 seconds to go in the game to help Newton secure a 58-55 road win. (Troy Hyde)
GRINNELL â Sophomore Jake Ingle told a teammate in the huddle during a timeout in the closing seconds of Newtonâs boysâ basketball game against Grinnell that he wanted the ball is his hands in crunch time.
Ingle played in 14 games as a freshman last year and scored 27 points. On Tuesday, in the Cardinalsâ season opener against the Tigers, Ingle hit the two biggest free throws of his prep career and the pair of freebies helped send Newton to a 58-55 road win during Little Hawkeye Conference action.