Members of the 2015 Washington girls golf team hold their Class 4A state championship trophy during a celebration this June at Washington’s Golf and Country Club. KCII File Photo.

The state champion Washington Demon girls golf team is in the running to represent Iowa in the recent installment of America’s Best Athletic Program. The national publication, USA Today High School Sports, is giving the nation a voice in who has the best sports program in the country. The group began polling states in two week increments starting at the end of August, and the voting opened for residents of Illinois, Iowa, and West Virginia this week.

The teams in the voting must have won a state title inside the last three academic year in state sanctioned sport. Washington’s girls’ golf team captured the Class 4A State Championship this past June, winning the title by 24 strokes over the rest of the field.

The voting commences in Iowa on Sunday November 29.  To find out more or to vote for America’s Best Athletic Program, click here.