Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Warrior boys fall in OT at Waterloo West

WATERLOO - Waterloo West outscored Washington 13-9 in overtime and beat the Warriors, 71-67, Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball.

Washington (1-8, 1-5) led 31-27 at halftime and 44-43 after three quarters. The score was tied, 58-58, at the end of regulation.

Peter Holmes scored 17 points to lead Washington. David Rosenthal had 13 points and Nehemiah Newman 11.

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Ueno leads Warrior swimmers past Kennedy

Washington's Ryo Ueno was a triple-winner and the Warriors won 7 of 11 events to beat Kennedy, 98-72, Tuesday night in a boys swimming meet at the Cougars' pool.

Ueno won the 200-yard individual medley and 500 freestyle. He also swam on the 200 medley relay.

Nick Saulnier won the 200 free, Josh Hughes the 100 breaststroke and Matt Jackson the 100 butterfly for Washington. The Warriors also claimed the 400 free relay.

Chandler Heisler was a triple-winner for Kennedy. He won the 50 free in 22.23 seconds and claimed the 100 free in 49.65. He also swam on the winning 200 free relay.

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No.10 Wash girls dumped by No.3 East

DES MOINES - The Cedar Rapids Washington girls basketball team scored only one point in the second quarter Saturday during its game against Class 5A No.3 Des Moines East.

The 10th-ranked Warriors never recovered.

Roichelle Marble led four players into double figures with 17 points as Des Moines East drubbed Washington, 67-45, in Des Moines.

Washington (8-3) trailed only 21-17 after the first quarter, but East smothered the Warriors 18-1 in the second period to grab a 39-18 cushion at intermission.

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Warrior swimmers biffed by Valley

When perennial high school swimming powers West Des Moines Valley and Cedar Rapids Washington get together each winter for a dual meet, there’s more than prestige on the line.

There’s also “Biff,” a traveling trophy resembling a boy riding atop a dolphin.

“It’s gone back and forth for the better part of 30 years,” says Warrior Coach Chris Cruise, who still holds the school record for the breaststroke from almost 20 years ago. “I think it came out of a trash can.”

Apparently born from an inside joke between legendary Washington coach Jim Voss and his Valley counterpart at the time, the trophy was there for taking Saturday afternoon on the winners’ stand at the Wash pool.

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