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This is Washburn s second-ever state title with their first coming back in 2000.
April 19, 2021
WASHBURN, Wis. – What a weekend for the Washburn volleyball team. Not only did they finish their season undefeated, but they also brought home the school’s second-ever state championship.
The Castle Guards captured the Division 2 title for the alternate spring season defeating top-seed Brodhead in four sets after winning the state semi-finals in a five-set thriller. Washburn had lost in the section finals in 2018 and 2019, so to finally get over the hump lifted a huge weight off their shoulders.
“Honestly as a first-year coach, I guess I’m still speechless. I feel so proud of the girls and so incredibly happy for all of them. They put in this work and this is all they every dreamed about since they started playing volleyball. It makes me kind of emotional now. It’s just a really great moment for them and I am so so proud of them,” said head coach Jenna Galligan
Trans people are Iowans : Dozens rally in Iowa City to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Temperatures dropped. The National Weather Service s Quad Cities Office warned of 35 mph wind gusts. And yet despite the conditions, dozens of eastern Iowans raised trans and nonbinary flags at the Pentacrest in downtown Iowa City Wednesday to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility. We are trying to let people know that trans people are Iowans, said Aiden Bettine, an organizer of Wednesday s rally and the director of the LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library.
The day recognizes and celebrates transgender people in Iowa and around the world, bringing awareness to the reality of discrimination and violence that can result from increased visibility and calls for acceptance and access.