by Coach Mike Sterner Tonight was an excellent conference meet run by our young men. Carter Huyser became a 4-time conference champ in one meet by anchoring the Sprint Medley, along with Aaron Blom, Casey Hill, and Brayden VanKampen. Also becoming conference champions in the Little Hawkeye tonight was the 4×400 relay team of Brayden […]
by Coach Jodi Steinlage On a very rainy and cold night, the girls’ soccer team went up against the #2 ranked Pella Dutch. The girls played a very gutsy game and held the Dutch to a 1-0 advantage well past the half way mark of the 1st half. An unfortunate call in the box that […]
PELLA–Commemorating the last year of Central College athletics, the Central Student-Athlete Advisory Council hosted the Dutchies this past Sunday night inside P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. For the fourth year in a row, SAAC hosted the Dutchies to honor the best in Dutch athletics from April 1, 2018 to March 1, 2019. Coaches nominated their student-athletes before […]
Earl E. Macksey October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2018 United States Army The flag flying over the bandstand during May is in honor of Earl Macksey. Earl Ellis Macksey, son of Thomas Dennis and Lena Belle Tessman Macksey, was born October 26, 1919, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Earl was a 1937 graduate of Oskaloosa High […]
DES MOINES – Today at the Future Ready Iowa Summit, Gov. Kim Reynolds called for expanding opportunities for K-12 students to engage in real-world, professional experiences that connect the classroom to careers. Gov. Reynolds also announced the Iowa Department of Education will develop a blueprint by the end of 2019 for the work-based learning experiences […]
PELLA—The genesis for whatever victories Central College’s Zach Greder (senior, Sloan, Westwood HS) may someday win in his quest to save the Earth can perhaps be traced to a dirt pitching mound in Auburndale, Florida. Dutch baseball coach Matt Schirm doesn’t even remember the game, an otherwise meaningless 2016 junior varsity contest with Thomas More […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It has been an exciting seven months for Michael Glesener and Matthew Gunn, owners of the Wood Iron Grille in Oskaloosa. Last fall, they opened their new restaurant with the goal of making it into the Top 10 in Iowa’s Best Burger Contest. This spring, they did that and more, not only […]
