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The first half of the season concludes tonight for the Washington basketball teams when they meet up with Fort Madison for Southeast Conference action. The Demon boys (4-1) have won both of their conference games by single digits with the latest being a 67-62 victory over Fairfield on Saturday. Going 22 of 30 from the line and out rebounding the Trojans 45-30 helped the Demons close out the nail biting victory. Kasen Bailey led the way with 20 points and Ethan Patterson had 19. Trashaun Willis added 12 and Lance Sobaski hauled in 15 rebounds. Fort Madison is 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the league ...

Southeast Conference play finally got started for the Washington basketball teams last night against Mount Pleasant and the schools split on the evening. The girls’ game in Washington was heard on KCII and the Demons were on the short end of a 71-52 score. After a tough start breaking the Mount Pleasant press in the first couple minutes, the Demons started to settle in offensively and kept the game close. Josie Tanner hit three first quarter triples to trail just 17-10 after one and Anna Nacos was big in keeping it a six point game at half with 10 points at the break. Late in the third Moun...

A thorn in the Demons’ side no more. Dropping the last eight meetings against Oskaloosa dating back to 2014, the Washington boys’ basketball team bucked that trend last night by getting over the hump with a convincing 50-30 victory at home.  As heard on KCII, the Demons jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two minutes on the strength of suffocating defense that did not allow the Indians any clean looks. The advantage was 25-14 in favor of Washington at the break and the lead slowly continued to grow in the second half. Washington was short handed in this one, but got a great contribution off t...