Sports and Activities
410 and 360 Features Postponed Due to Rain by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 22, 2019) – Russ Hall picked up his first ever Pro Sprint Series presented by Pace Performance win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The native of Pleasant Hill, Iowa held…
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PELLA—Central College shortstop Garrett Saunders of Bonaparte is making the leap to professional baseball. Saunders signed a free-agent contract Saturday with the Atlanta Braves and has been assigned to Danville (Virginia), the club’s rookie-level Class A affiliate in the Appalachian League. The short-season team opened…
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by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule is proud to announce the hiring of Bailey Rimes as Head Women’s Golf Coach. Rimes graduated in May from WPU with a degree in Business Management. She began her Statesmen career as a player and soon…
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Aleeya Cheney finished off her Senior year by being named to the 2A Central All-District 1st Team. It is Cheney’s 4th time being named to the All-District team. Aleeya leaves the program with 54 goals and 23 assists becoming the All-Time leading scorer for the…
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by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa softball team picked up another win Thursday night beating DC-G 2-1. The win marks their fourth in a row and six of their last seven. Oskaloosa scored a run in the first inning with two outs when Ava Vandewall reached…
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by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa baseball team used strong pitching and timely hitting to pick up a big conference win at home Thursday night against Dallas Center-Grimes 5-1. Oskaloosa has now won nine of their last eleven games and improved to 13-5 overall and 9-4…
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PELLA — The spring sports American Rivers Conference all-academic team was announced Thursday and 37 Central College student-athletes were honored for their academic and athletic excellence. Central’s baseball team led the way with 12 honorees. Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams had…
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by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa baseball team traveled to Grinnell Wednesday night and came home with a split. The Indians claimed game one 4-1 but dropped the nightcap 3-1. In game one, Oskaloosa faced Grinnell’s top pitcher Jayden Gibson, who beat them earlier this season…
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by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team traveled to Grinnell Wednesday night and swept the Tigers winning game one 9-1 and the nightcap 5-1. Oskaloosa’s bats are coming alive at the right time of the year as the Indians have now won three straight games…
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by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Heart of America Athletic Conference honored its top academic achievers as its 2018-2019 Scholar-Athletes were announced Monday. William Penn recorded 47 award recipients over 24 conference-sponsored sports, led by eight honorees from the women’s volleyball program. A total of 813 student-athletes…
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