by Wade Steinlage Marshall, Mo.–William Penn entered Friday’s Heart of America Athletic Conference showdown with Missouri Valley winners of nine out of its last 10 ball games. The Statesmen (31-7, 16-3 Heart) kept their winning ways going with a sweep over the Vikings (16-21, 9-12 Heart) by the scores of 10-6 and 20-6. With the […]
by Wade Steinlage Dayton, Ohio–The Statesmen women’s bowling team accomplished something that had not been done in two prior trips to nationals as it finished 1-2 at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships Thursday and Friday. WPU qualified 11th out of 16 teams with 4,434 pins in 24 games. McKendree (Ill.) topped the standings with 4,978 […]
by Wade Steinlage Dayton, Ohio–The William Penn men’s bowling team put up a good fight, but could not reach its goal of national supremacy as it owned a 1-2 record at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships Thursday and Friday. WPU qualified eighth out of 16 teams with 4,712 pins in 24 games. Wichita State (Kan.) […]
by Wade Steinlage Des Moines–The William Penn softball team was within striking distance in both games Friday, but could not come away victorious in either as it was swept by rival Grand View in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. WPU (19-27, 10-16 Heart) fell by scores of 6-5 and 1-0. The visitors trailed 2-0 […]
by Rep. Holly Brink Hello Friends, Coming off the heels of last week, we have devoted much of this week to agriculture and education. Some of the most important legislation this week introduced several much needed reforms and established the budget to our agriculture and natural resources departments, extension councils, and school district reorganization. Probably […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—It was yet another spirited late comeback for the Central College softball team but this time it ended in disappointment with a pair of losses at Coe College Friday, 5-4 and 9-0 in five innings. Trailing 4-1 entering the seventh inning of the opener, the Dutch (18-8 overall, 8-4 American Rivers) came up big […]
PELLA — Piling up 10 runs on 15 hits and holding the University of Dubuque off the scoreboard, the Central College baseball team took a 10-0 win in the opening of a three-game series Friday night. Central improved to 18-10 (8-9 American Rivers Conference) while the Spartans dropped to 16-10-1 (6-8 conference) “This is a […]
by Sen. Ken Rozenboom This week the Senate passed a bill creating a children’s behavioral health system in Iowa. Last year the legislature made significant improvements to the adult mental health system in our state, and this year we are expanding those services to children. The creation of the children’s mental health system adds to […]
by Coach Dennis Parks On Thursday April 18 the Oskaloosa Girls Golf team hosted 11 others schools in their Invitational Tournament at Edmundson Golf Course. The weather was the toughest opponent for the girls, with it being cool, cloudy and windy. Grinnell won the event with a team total of 372, followed by Washington’s 378. […]
by Jodi Steinlage Led by a pair of goals from Emma Castill-Basham, the Oskaloosa Girls’ Soccer team defeated Centerville 5-0 Thursday. On a blustery evening, the Indians were not as successful as they would have liked with the wind to their back. After several chances came up empty, Oskaloosa finally got on the board in […]
