Ames–A five-year drought is over as the William Penn softball team came out of the loser’s bracket to win the Midwest Collegiate Conference Final Four Tournament Sunday. The Lady Statesmen (46-16) began their improbable run with a 5-0 elimination-game win over #3 seed Mount Mercy to reach the finals against #4 Iowa Wesleyan. The squad […]
Clinton–Gabriel Green (Jr., Anniston, Ala., Anniston HS) paced the William Penn track and field teams with three triumphs at the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships Friday and Saturday. The Statesmen placed fourth out of eight teams in the league with 88 points, while Grand View defended its crown with 238 points. The Lady Statesmen produced 31 […]
MONMOUTH, ILL.—The Central College foursome of Kyle Wood (senior, Newton), Trevor Veach (senior, Grinnell), Alex Edwards (freshman, Knoxville), and Allen Scovel (senior, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) won the 4×400-meter relay in a time of three minutes, 14.33 seconds at the Monmouth Invitational Saturday and put themselves in the running for a spot in the NCAA […]
DECORAH—That Central College got an eighth-inning walk-off single by designated player Abbey Strajack (freshman, Davenport, Assumption HS) to capture the Iowa Conference softball tournament championship Saturday almost seemed secondary to the grit the Dutch displayed in getting there. The No. 6-rated sqiad (35-8) had two walk-off victories in winning three straight games in one day […]
Ames–The Lady Statesmen softball team began the Midwest Collegiate Conference Final Four Tournament Saturday with less than desirable results, forcing it to now fight from the consolation side to qualify for nationals. Top-seeded William Penn (43-16) lost its first game to #4 seed Iowa Wesleyan 5-1, but rebounded to stay alive with an 8-6 victory […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – After being selected to the second team last year, Grinnell College’s Mike Nodzenski ’12 has moved up to the elite squad on the Capital One Academic All-District Baseball Team. Nodzenski, a biology major from Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North), is having another banner season for the Pioneers. He leads the team in batting […]
Mr. James H. Miller BORN: January 14, 1918 DIED: May 6, 2012 LOCATION: Grinnell, Iowa James H. Miller, 94, of Grinnell, Iowa, died on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at the Mayflower Health Care Center in Grinnell. Mass of the Resurrection will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 10, 2012, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with […]
Oskaloosa–After a dominating regular season, it is only fitting that the William Penn softball team would also dominate postseason recognition as the all-Midwest Collegiate Conference softball teams were announced today. Lady Statesmen right fielder Khyia Lewis (Sr., Ottumwa, Ottumwa HS) was named MCC Player of the Year, while southpaw Jennifer Whitehead (So., Oskaloosa, Oskaloosa HS) […]
Beacon, Iowa – Small towns are searching for ways to help navigate their way through continued increases in regulation, and Beacon is no different. On Tuesday evening starting at 6 pm in the Beacon City Hall, residents will have an open floor to listen and ask questions about the possible future of how those services […]
Dennis Lloyd Selby, 61, of Oskaloosa died Friday, May 4, 2012, at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born Wednesday, February 21, 1951, in Iowa City, the son of Lloyd and Shirley Arthur Selby. Denny graduated from Eddyville High School with the class of 1968. Following school, he worked for the old Ideal Manufacturing Company […]
