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Warrior girls pound Jefferson

Fri - 28 Jan Written by Carl Gonder

Offensive rebounds and defense was the name of the game.

The No. 7 ranked Washington Warriors collected an astonishing 27 offensive rebounds and defeated the Jefferson J-Hawks 74-41 Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game at the Jefferson gym.

Washington moved to 14-3 overall, 11-2 in the MVC. Jefferson dropped to 5-11, 4-9.

A rare statistical feat was achieved by the Warriors. The visitors had more offensive rebounds than defensive (26) and dominated the J-Hawks, 53-21, in rebounding. Also, 12 Warriors hit the scoring column. Washington also drilled nine 3-point baskets and held Jefferson scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the game.

“I was really pleased with our defensive effort the first part of the game,” Warriors Coach Frank Howell said. “We did a good job getting some offensive rebounds and the combination of guarding well on one end and getting some second chance opportunities on the other end was the key.”

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Last Updated on Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:41

Washington - Girls Basketball

Washington girls dunk Hempstead, 70-43

Tue - 25 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

The fifth-ranked Washington Warriors won their 13th game in 16 tries Tuesday night in convincing fashion over Dubuque Hempstead, 70-43, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

“I thought overall it was a pretty good performance,” Washington Coach Frank Howell said. “We didn’t start the third quarter the way we wanted to, but we started the game very well and led 15-6 after the first quarter.”

Howell’s squad moved to 13-3 overall and 10-2 in the MVC. Hempstead dropped to 5-11 overall and 3-8 in league play.

Three players hit double-figure scoring for the Warriors. Janay Pritchett had a team-high 12 points, Ashley Piper added 11 and Tia Dawson had 10.

The Mustangs were led by Brittani Graves with a game-high 15 points.

Washington led at halftime, 36-15.

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Last Updated on Friday, 28 January 2011 23:29

Washington - Girls Basketball

Warriors fall on last second hoop

Sat - 22 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

Jennifer Keitel scored with 16 seconds left Saturday to give DeWitt Central a 43-42 victory over Washington on Rivalry Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Keitel, a 6-foot-2 center who has signed with the University of Northern Iowa, blocked a shot by Washington's Janay Pritchett in the final seconds to preserve the victory.

Keitel led DeWitt Central (14-2) with 21 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots. Lindsay Smith, a 5-10 guard who has signed with Wisconsin, collected 15 points, six rebounds, three steals and two assists despite foul problems.

Alissa Oney led Washington (12-3) with 11 points. Tia Dawson finished with eight points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots.

DeWitt Central is ranked No.7 in Class 3A, while Washington is ranked No.5 in Class 4A.

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Last Updated on Friday, 28 January 2011 23:29

Washington - Girls Basketball

4th quarter rally boosts Wash girls

Sat - 22 Jan Written by Carl Gonder

Out-shot, out-rebounded, but not out-hustled.

The No. 5 Washington Warriors used a thrilling 14-4 run in the fourth quarter to engineer an important and hard-fought 57-54 come-from-behind win over No. 8 Iowa City High on Friday night in girls basketball at the Warrior gym.

Washington moved to 12-2 overall (9-2 MVC) and Iowa City High dropped to 12-4 overall (7-4 MVC).

Washington led only once early in the first quarter, before finally taking the lead against at 50-48 with 2:26 left to play. City High dominated the boards (35-20) and scored six more field goals than the Warriors (18 to 12).

Washington won the game by hitting 28-of-38 from the foul line and outscoring City High, 23-10, in the final eight minutes.

“I didn’t want to hear that,” Warrior Coach Frank Howell said when informed of the rebounding stats. “I knew we were getting outrebounded pretty badly, but I don’t think it will hurt my mood too much. It turned out OK.”

City High committed 28 turnovers against the vaunted Warrior full-court press. Howell went inside to Jazz Royster down the stretch.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 January 2011 18:39

Washington - Girls Basketball

Dawson sets record as Warriors roll

Wed - 19 Jan Written by Carl Gonder

Tia Dawson sure knows how to fill out a stat line. And the record books.

The 6-foot-2 Washington senior became the school’s all-time leader in blocked shots Tuesday night and dominated Prairie in a 67-51 win at the Hawks' gym.

Dawson passed Kayla Pirtle (1991-95), who had 231 blocks during her Washington career. Dawson now owns the single-season, single-game and career records. She needed just two rejections to break the record, but had four to give her 234.

“I didn’t know that,” Dawson said of the record. “That feels amazing.”

Fueled by a loss and poor performance against Linn-Mar’s Kiah Stokes last week, Dawson had her best all-around game of the year with 19 points, 13 rebounds and four rejections. She altered another 10 shots or so and was a dominating presence inside against the smaller Hawks.

“We knew that we had a height advantage,” Dawson said. “We wanted to come back after the Linn-Mar loss.”

The Warriors moved to 11-2 overall and 8-2 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Prairie dropped to 3-10 and 2-8.

Dawson, now in her fourth year as a varsity regular, already owns several other school records including single-game rebounds (22), single-season rebounds (272) and rebounding average (11.3). She is 85 rebounds shy of Pirtle’s career rebounding total of 795.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 00:16