Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Williams' career ran the gamut at Wash

At the age of 62, Rick Williams is suddenly sensing the swiftness of life, when the years pass like weeks.

It doesn’t seem so long ago that he was a skinny kid in high-top Chuck Taylor All-Stars, an all-state guard on the only Washington High School boys basketball team to win a state championship.

But that was 44 years ago.

And this past Friday, Williams was walking the hallways of Washington for the final time as an associate principal, his last day before retiring after 37 years as a coach and educator.

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Jennings shines as Lions, Warriors split

Nick Jennings pitched a two-hit shutout as the Linn-Mar Lions defeated Washington, 11-0, in six innings in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Washington Friday night.

Lucas Matsuda and Johnny Dobbs had three hits apiece as Washington captured the first game, 10-6.

Brandt Ollinger went 2-for-4 with four RBIs for Linn-Mar in the 11-0 victory. Mitch Stickney was 2-for-3. Kyle Mortensen, Austin Stroschein and Jimmy Roth scored two runs.

Noah Dostal went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs for Washington in the 10-6 triumph. Eric Loeffleholz was 2-for-3 with two runs. Landon Akers had two RBIs and scored twice. Matt Troendle went 2-for-3.

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Surging Warriors split with Cougars

It was a classic combination of long ball and small ball.

The suddenly surging Washington girls used both Thursday night to pull out a comeback 2-1 win over Kennedy in the nightcap of their softball doubleheader at cozy Franklin Field.

In a game of errors, the Cougars coasted 5-1 in the opener.

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Warriors held to 2 hits in loss to Bulldogs

Washington was held to two hits and the Warriors were spanked Thursday night by Bettendorf, 12-0, in a five-inning non-conference baseball game at Washington.

Eric Loeffelholz and Johnny Dobbs had the only safeties for Washington (9-11).

Bettendorf's Matt Ulrich went the distance for the win. The Bulldogs scored eight runs in the fifth inning to put the game away via the 10-run rule.

Washington hosts Linn-Mar Friday.

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