Oskaloosa, Iowa – Not every person is a football fan, but the majority of Oskaloosa gathered around those flickering big screen TV’s to watch their own hometown ‘Giant’ defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI (46). Fellowship Bible Church held it’s own Super Bowl party, which is probably a fairly common happening in […]
Waverly — The Central College men’s tennis team opened its spring schedule by coming up on opposite ends of two shutout contests Sunday, blanking Edgewood College (Wis.) 9-0 before being shut down by Iowa Conference foe Wartburg College, 9-0. Commanding performances in doubles action set the tone against Edgewood. Sophomore Kyle Freischlag (Downers Grove, Ill./ […]
Sioux City–The Statesmen wrestling team had one of its best overall performances of the year as two more grapplers garnered national-qualifying status at the Briar Cliff Open Saturday. 125-pounder Isaiah Mayorquin (Fr., Yuma, Ariz., Cibola HS) and 149-pounder Carey Cloud (Fr., Havelock, N.C., Tucker HS) both met qualifying standards by placing fourth with 4-2 records […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s basketball team failed to take advantage against a slumping program as Iowa Wesleyan knocked off the navy and gold 91-83 in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Saturday. William Penn (14-12, 9-5 MCC) was fortunate, however, to remain in second place in the league as Ashford was also upset by Clarke. For at […]
Oskaloosa–The Lady Statesmen hoopsters were unsuccessful in their attempt to avenge one of the toughest losses of the year in a 69-54 Midwest Collegiate Conference loss to Iowa Wesleyan Saturday. William Penn (9-16, 7-7 MCC) lost, but fortunately so did Viterbo. Therefore the Lady Statesmen are still listed as the #4 seed in the league […]
Mount Vernon–A pair of school marks and a meet record were all set as the William Penn track and field teams competed at the Hilltop Invitational hosted by Cornell Friday and Saturday. Sam Taylor (Fr., Eddyville, Eddyville-Blakesburg HS) was joined by his squad’s 4×800-meter relay squad as school record-setters. Taylor placed third in the 60-meter […]
Mount Vernon–Fatoumata Samura (Fr., Bronx, N.Y., Dewitt Clinton HS) helped the William Penn women’s track and field team break two more marks as the navy and gold competed at the Hilltop Invitational hosted by Cornell Friday and Saturday. Samura broke her own 200-meter dash record with a second-place time of 26.69 seconds and was a […]
WAVERLY—Competing away from H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse for the first time this season, the Central College men’s and women’s track and field squads collected five event victories Saturday at the Wartburg Select meet in Waverly. The Dutch men scored 170 points to take third place while Wis.-Platteville took the men’s title with 188 points. Central’s women […]
PELLA—Guard Demarco Turner (senior, Des Moines, East HS) poured in 29 points as the Central College men’s basketball team outshot Cornell College 83-50 Saturday. One of three players to reach double digits, Turner hit nine-of-16 from the field and had six 3-pointers, including four in the first half. Forward Jack Bruns (senior, Story City, Roland-Story […]
PELLA—Central College yielded 15 points at the end of the first half and never recovered, suffering a 62-55 women’s basketball defeat to Cornell College Saturday in Iowa Conference action. The Dutch (5-16 overall, 0-12 conference) jumped to a 4-0 start with back-to-back buckets from guard Sarah Paulson (senior, Ottumwa) and made a 7-0 run with […]
