Washington Boys Basketball

Foul shots doom Wash boys in loss

Western Dubuque shot 32-of-49 from the free throw line and beat Washington, 73-59, Saturday in a boys basketball game at Washington.

Keion Wills scored 14 points for the Warriors (5-6), Keegan Moore had 11 points and Jared Printy had 10 points. Washington shot 7-of-13 from the free throw line while committing 33 fouls.

Cole Otting scored 24 points for the Bobcats. Spencer Haldeman had 18 points, shooting 13-of-20 on four shots. Nolan Baumhover had 16 points, hitting 12-of-16 from the line.

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Arrington's dunk helps Wash top Hawks

Maurice Arrington picked a great time to get the first dunk of his high school basketball career.

It helped Washington win a ballgame.

Arrington collected a thunderous dunk on a sweet feed from Keion Wills with 69 seconds left Friday night to help the Warriors trim Prairie, 61-56, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

Washington was clinging to a precarious 54-51 lead when Wills began the big play by driving down the lane.

"It was late in the game and I just wanted to make a play," said Wills. "I made a move and my big guy took it to the rim and the crowd went crazy."

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Arrington's dunk helps Wash top Hawks

Maurice Arrington picked a great time to get the first dunk of his high school basketball career.

It helped Washington win a ballgame.

Arrington collected a thunderous dunk on a sweet feed from Keion Wills with 69 seconds left Friday night to help the Warriors trim Prairie, 61-56, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

Washington was clinging to a precarious 54-51 lead when Wills began the big play by driving down the lane.

"It was late in the game and I just wanted to make a play," said Wills. "I made a move and my big guy took it to the rim and the crowd went crazy."

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Washington boys roll Wahawks 71-52

WATERLOO – The Washington boys basketball team pulled away in the second half to beat Waterloo West 71-52 Tuesday at Waterloo West.

The Warriors led 31-28 at halftime, but out-scored the Wahawks 40-24 in the second half.

Jared Printy had five 3-point goals and finished with 17 points for Washington (4-5), Laveechie Williams had 12 points, and Steven Kramer added 11.

Lincoln Conrey had 20 points for Waterloo West.

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