TUCSON, ARIZ.—It was a noisy start to the Central College softball season Friday as the No. 13-rated Dutch hammered Alfred (N.Y.) 9-1 and Pitt-Bradford (Pa.) 13-0 in a pair of five-inning contests at the Tucson Invitational Games. In the first inning of the 2012 campaign, catcher Caitlyn Meyer (junior, Newton) belted a 3-run homer to […]
PELLA—Junior Joseph Atwell (Jamaica, Panorama HS) bounced back from a first-round loss to earn a win at the NCAA Division III wrestling championships before bowing out of the tournament Friday night at La Crosse, Wis. Atwell met top-ranked Orlando Ponce of Augsburg College (Minn.) in his opening match at 157 pounds and suffered a 16-8 […]
FORT MYERS, FLA.—Behind eight solid innings from senior Joel Pulliam (Des Moines, Lincoln HS) on the mound the Central College team rapped out 17 hits as the Dutch cruised to a 12-0 win over Babson College (Mass.) Friday in the spring break opener. Pulliam scattered four hits and struck out seven while walking one. Sophomore […]
GRINNELL—Senior Caitlin Wilson (Oakland, Riverside HS) had a career performance in the first day of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track And Field Championships Friday, capturing fourth-place in the pentathlon with a lifetime-best performance of 3,352 points. “It was an excellent day for Cailtin,” said coach Joe Dunham. “We were excited to see her finish […]
PELLA—The Central College men’s and women’s tennis teams will play three matches in Little Rock, Ark., over spring break. The Dutch meet East Texas Baptist University Monday, Hendrix College (Ark.) Tuesday and Harding University (Ark.) Wednesday. “From what I’ve read, Harding and Hendrix will both be quite good but East Texas Baptist is an unknown […]
PELLA—The Central College women’s golf team opens it spring season in Arizona Thursday, playing host to the Dutch Desert Shootout at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park. The par-72 course is 5,806 yards and a new challenge for the squad. “None of us have seen the course before but I believe it’s a more […]
Lela Gwen Smith September , 1919 – March 09, 2012 Ottumwa, Iowa Visitation: Opens after 2 p.m. with the family present from 6 – 8 p.m. March 12, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. March 13, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery near Martinsburg, Iowa Lela Gwen Smith, 92, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – This Sunday March 11, 2012 is Daylight savings time, a time people love if you work nights and hate if you work days. Love it or hate it this day isn’t just a day that you change the time on all the clocks in the house; it’s a day that could potentially […]
Robert L. Norris September 06, 1952 – March 08, 2012 Concord, North Carolina and Formerly of Fremont Visitation: opens after 1 p.m., family present from 5 – 7 p.m. March 14, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. March 15, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Cedar Township Memorial Cemetery Fremont, Iowa Robert […]
Lee D. Brunt 77, of Oskaloosa, died March 8, 2012 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born February 24, 1935 at Oskaloosa, the son of Louis D. and Dorothy Bequeaith Brunt. They moved to Long Beach, California, and Lee attended Southern California Military School and Jordan High School, graduating in 1952. […]
