The Washington girls basketball could not cash in on a chance to make up ground on the upper half of the Mid-Illini Conference.
Mid-Illini Conference winter standings through February 2
The Washington wrestling team won in lopsided fashion Saturday at the Mid-Illini Conference tournament.
The Panthers were credited with 219.5 points as eight athletes won individual titles in Canton. Each will be a first-team all-league honorees.
Washington had nearly a week to fine-tune its game.
The Panthers’ rigorous week of practice paid off in a big way Friday in a Mid-Illini Conference boys basketball contest at East Peoria.
Washington (16-4, 5-2) thumped the Raiders, 77-32, to complete a regular-season sweep and run its January winning steak to eight games.
The decision was simple for Brittany Miller.
The Washington Community High School senior signed Thursday with Illinois Central College, where she will play softball for the Cougars.
The Washington boys swimming team recorded its first win of the season Jan. 17.
The Washington wrestling team looks to capture its third consecutive Mid-Illini Conference title Saturday.
Mid-Illini Conference winter standings through January 25
Thursday's varsity schedule
Limestone completed a Mid-Illini Conference sweep of the Washington girls basketball team Friday.
The Washington boys basketball team earned the in-season tournament title it fell just short of in two previous attempts.
By beating Class 4A opponents Bartlett and Moline Jan. 16, the Panthers completed a 4-0 run through the two-day Moline Martin Luther King Classic for its second consecutive championship in the event.
Sara Ohlman was a key contributor this fall for the Coe College women’s tennis team.
A strong fourth quarter Jan. 10 lifted the Washington girls basketball team to victory in a must-win game.
Mid-Illini Conference winter standings through January 18
The state’s newly-minted eighth-ranked Class 3A boys basketball team produced a pair of double-digit wins Saturday.
Washington, which broke into the Associated Press rankings after a runner-up finish at the Pekin Insurance Holiday Tournament, successfully began defense of its Moline Martin Luther King Classic title.
