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The West Washington K-5 Wrestling Club will begin their first practices on October 28 for K-2 students and October 29 for 3-5 students, with regular practices beginning the following week on November 5. This first free session will be a combination of a parent meeting as well as a 1 hour long practice, and it will begin at 5:15 p.m.

Practices will be held in the wrestling room in the new West Washington athletic building (Bowsman Complex) located at 8028 W Batts Rd, Campbellsburg. Grades K-2 wrestlers will meet from 5:15-6:15 p.m on Tuesdays, while grades 3-5 will meet from 5:15-6:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

Participation cost is $25 per child per month. Parents can also opt to pay per practice ($5), or they can choose to pay $100 upfront to cover the November-February season. However, parents and students should not be discouraged by the cost. Sponsorship options are available and can be discussed at the parent meeting where more information will be shared.

Meets currently scheduled

11/24/24 - League Jamboree @ Madison

12/5/24 - Girls League Championship @ Shelbyville High School

12/15/24 - League Dual Championship @ Indian Creek High School

1/12/25 - League Individual JV and Varsity Championships @ Jennings County High School

Friendship matches are to be added as they are scheduled. These will occur throughout the week.

Coaches

Dennis Tankersley - (812) 620-2523 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bill Johnston

Mason Jones

West Washington High School Wrestlers

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Logan Dent follows his blocks around the end. He had three touchdown runs on the night.

By Josh Lewis, Writer

The Lions clinched the county championship on Friday night thanks to a convincing win over the Senators. Salem had a bit of a slow start, but a big second quarter helped propel Salem over West Washington 34-7.

Salem Head Coach Brian Glesing said it was good to win the county after having a three way tie last year. “It’s good. It’s always good to beat your county rivals. And we did in good convincing fashion both games. I’m excited about how we handled business. It was a good win on senior night and these guys deserve it.”

Both teams struggled offensively in the first quarter. Salem converted an early fourth down on an Adam Mull throw to Lenny Nguyen close to midfield, but the drive stalled in the red zone after a bad snap made it 4th and 27 at the 35 yard line. After a Senator punt, a Seth Ponsford punt return score was called back on a penalty.

The Lions offense broke the stalemate early in the second quarter thanks to some big runs from Logan Dent setting up a Mull to Ponsford 13 yard pitch and catch. Noah Deaton raced around the end for the two point try and Salem led 8-0 with 10:18 to go in the half.

Turnovers allowed the Lions to start pulling away in the second quarter. After a long run Mull ripped the ball free from a Senator ball carrier and returned it to the 38 yard line. A four yard run from Dent and a two point conversion run from Mull pushed the lead out 16-0 with 6:30 to play.

It took just one play for the Lions to get the ball back on another fumble at the 41 yard line. Dent got his second score of the night on a 17 yard run to push the lead out 22-0 with just over two minutes to go in the half.

Salem took over with just under a minute in the half and tried to go quick and get another score but Hayden Morrow ripped down an interception at the 11 yard line to end the half.

Glesing said the turnovers really changed the game after the slow start. “They pose some problems with their option game. They ran some power tosses too. We adjusted to those, but the turnovers were the big story. We got the turnovers and capitalized on that and got out to a comfortable lead. When you do that you don’t have to panic and can do some other things.”

The Lions got back on the board early in the second quarter when Mull found Deaton open down the seam for a 28 yard score to make it 28-0. The Senators though finally got some offense going. They were pinned deep but put together a drive with some gashing runs. Gavin Hunt raced up the middle to get out close to midfield. A few plays later Hudson Cress found room outside and raced for a 33 yard score. After the PAT the Lions still led 28-7 with 5:46 left in the third.

West Washington looked like they were about to put more points on the board, getting down to the five yard line but were stopped on fourth down and the Lions took over. Salem put the finishing touches on the game a few minutes later when Dent found the endzone again from one yard out to make it 34-7 and lock up the county title.

It was also senior night for the Lions. Glesing said all the seniors played well and he was happy for them. “I’m thankful for all the seniors and they all played well. Noah Lee got to start at linebacker. Braxton Backus got in and made some plays as well. The offensive line played well too. We were able to run our power game and control the line of scrimmage.”

Salem has won three games in a row. Glesing said his team is playing pretty well right now. “We wanted to play our best football in October and I think we are. We would like some games back, but hopefully we will be at full strength health wise or close to it. We have just been battling injuries like everybody does. Hopefully we will be at full strength for Clarksville next week.”

Up next is sectional play. The Lions will host Clarksville in the opening round and West Washington will travel to South Decatur.

Salem WW 4 Noah Daulton and CJ Ward bring down Colton Brown.

Salem WW 1 Logan Dent gets brought down by Colton Brown.

Salem WW 3 Jamesdon Collier finds some running room against the Salem defense.

Launching themselves straight into the IHSAA Volleyball Sectional Tournament, the Salem Lady Lions varsity volleyball team went home last night with a fantastic victory over Paoli. Finishing the night out with a 3-1 win, the Lady Lions move on to the Semifinals on October 19 where they will face off against the Eastern Musketeers at 12:30 p.m. at Eastern High School (1100 N Eastern School Rd, New Pekin).

The winner of the Salem-Eastern game will go on to face the victor of the Crawford County-Mitchell game in the Championship later that day at 6 p.m. Come support your Lady Lions and Musketeers!

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Photos by Nathaniel Smith.

Congratulations to West Washington volleyball player senior Emma Schmidt for reaching her 1,000 assists milestone! Her excellent work on and off the court has paid off and is leaving a legacy for fellow and future students to follow. Congratulations for this great achievement!

West Washington volleyball goes head to head against Henryville at 7 p.m. located at Christian Academy of Indiana at 1000 Academy Dr, New Albany for the IHSAA Sectional Championship. Come support your West Washington Senators!

By Dennis Dunn, Writer

The IHSAA conducted its annual football sectional pairings show on Sunday, Oct. 13 and all three Washington County schools found out their fate. Salem will begin the Class 2A Sectional 40 journey at home, while Eastern will travel in the same sectional. West Washington will open the Class A Sectional 47 on the road. All games begin at 7 p.m.

This year a total of 312 teams will play in the postseason in the 52nd annual IHSAA Football State Tournament.

Sectionals will begin on Oct. 25 for teams in Class A through Class 4A, while Class 5A and 6 A will begin on Nov. 1. The state finals for all even classes will be played on Nov. 29 and odd classes on Nov. 30 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Lions (3-5) will host Clarksville (0-8), while Brownstown Central (8-0) will travel to Switzerland County (6-2), the Musketeers (1-7) will travel to Paoli (8-0) and Tell City (4-4) will go to Crawford County (0-8).

The Lions are 1-1 this year against sectional opponents as they were defeated by Brownstown Central (54-12), but claimed a win over the Musketeers (37-7). The Musketeers were 0-3 against sectional opponents this year as they lost to Tell City (49-0), Brownstown Central (62-0) and the Lions.

As for the Senators (3-5), they will travel to play South Decatur (3-4). Milan (5-3) will go to Knightstown (5-3), Eastern Greene (3-5) will travel to Greenwood Christian (6-2) and North Decatur (7-1) will travel to Edinburgh (0-8).

The Senators did not play any sectional opponents during the year.

Class 2A Sectional 40

G1: Brownstown Central at Switzerland County

G2: Eastern at Paoli

G3: Tell City at Crawford County

G4: Clarksville at Salem

G5: Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2

G6: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4

Championship: Winner of G5 vs. Winner of G6

Class A Sectional 47

G1: Milan at Knightstown

G2: West Washington at South Decatur