The 2012 Wrestling season closed on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena with Eddyville-Blakesburg finishing in the top 10. Eddyville pushed a record 11 wrestlers out of Sectionals and then 7 out of Districts on to State. Rocket grappler Brett Roberts made it to the championship bout in weight class 170 but lost to his […]
by Joe Milledge of KIIC Albia’s Shadow Leshen made it all the way to the finals held Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines for the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament – finishing second overall. Leshen lost his final match to Max Thomsen (Union – LaPorte City). Thomsen had only lost one […]
Clinton–The William Penn men’s basketball team escaped with another incredible victory over Ashford Saturday, winning 93-90 in double overtime, but leaving fans to wonder, if the teams met in the postseason, what might a third act bring. With the #2 seed for the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament on the line, most figured Saturday’s William Penn-Ashford […]
Clinton–A team always wants the ‘W’, but if it was somewhat okay to let one slip away, that came on Saturday as the Lady Statesmen lost to Ashford 59-58 in Midwest Collegiate Conference action. No matter Saturday’s outcome, William Penn (11-18, 9-9 MCC) entered the contest knowing it was the #4 seed for the MCC […]
Columbia, Mo.–Several members of the William Penn track and field teams were more than grateful for one last chance at earning a spot to compete on the big stage and they showed their gratitude with national-qualifying performances at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge Friday. Statesmen long jumper Jalen Wilson (Fr., Desoto, Texas, Duncanville HS) and the […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen wrestling team will have over a week to work out a lot of kinks after it had a tough day at the NAIA Central National Qualifier Saturday. William Penn placed tenth out of 11 teams with 33 points. #1 Grand View won the title easily with 208.5 points, while Oklahoma City was […]
PELLA — Victory or defeat bounced on the rim as the buzzer sounded Saturday. The ball almost seemed to hesitate following a last-second tip by star Wartburg center Jordan Sathoff before it fell harmlessly away and the Central College men’s basketball team was able to exhale, taking a 64-63 Iowa Conference victory Saturday. The win […]
PELLA—Forward AJ Baker (senior, Grinnell) made it a Senior Day to remember for the Central College women’s basketball team Saturday. Baker scooped up an errant Central pass and heaved a desperation 3-point shot that swished at the buzzer to cap a furious Dutch comeback and stun Wartburg College 83-82 in overtime. It was Baker’s only […]
PELLA — The Central College men’s tennis team suffered a narrow setback Saturday, falling 5-4 to NAIA opponent Graceland University. Graceland (1-0) set the tone by taking two doubles matches. Senior Seth Harris (Waverly, Neb.) and sophomore Zane Hendricks (Fort Dodge) fell 8-5 at the No. 1 spot and sophomore Kyle Freischlag (Downers Grove, Ill./ […]
IOWA CITY-The Central College men’s and women’s track and field teams wrapped up their indoor regular season at the Iowa Invitational Friday evening. No team scores were kept. Coleman leads women again-Felicia Coleman (junior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) had her hand in three strong performances Friday, taking fifth in the 60 meters (7.99 […]
