One-third of Iowa’s Congressional Delegation inside Smokey Row. Oskaloosa, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa on Saturday. She visited with small business owners in the downtown area, getting to know what types of goods and services they provide and finding out what small businesses need to stay viable. Ernst said some of […]
January 25, 1951 – November 21, 2019 United States Navy The flag flying over the bandstand during March is in honor of Henry “Hank” Norton. After Hank graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1969, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, June 24 of that year. Hank served on the U.S.S. Durham, which transported troops out […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s lacrosse team gave its fanbase a glimpse of the future Saturday, and the future looks fun and bright as the Statesmen defeated North Central (Minn.) 29-5 in non-conference play. In the first home game in its history, WPU (1-1) cruised to the victory, outshooting the Rams (0-1) by a 69-22 tally […]
Peru, Neb.—It took a couple of overtimes but William Penn found a way to grit out a victory in its regular season finale. The Statesmen (27-3, 21-3 Heart) picked up their ninth straight win, defeating the Bobcats (16-14, 15-9 Heart), 93-88, on the backs of a couple of double-doubles and five in double-figures scoring. WPU […]
Olathe, Kan.—William Penn continued its Heart of America Athletic Conference opening weekend with a pair of games against MidAmerica Nazarene After dropping game one, the Statesmen (10-8, 1-3 Heart) rebounded to grab their first conference with over the Pioneers (8-5, 3-1 Heart) by the score of 8-2. WPU 1, MNU 3 A pitcher’s duel commenced […]
Canton, Mo.—The Statesmen capped of their week with a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup with Culver-Stockton. William Penn was able to push Culver-Stockton in all three sets but were unable to finish any of them as they lost by the scores of 25-22, 25-21, and 25-21. The navy and gold were outhit in .195-.047 […]
Batesville, Ark. — 452 miles of travel brought the Statesmen softball team to Arkansas as they went to take part in a tri-way set of games against Lyon College (Ark.) and Judson University (Ill.). WPU played both teams once on the leap day of 2020 but the team came up short in each contest, losing […]
Springfield, Mo.—The Statesmen began their quest of defending their 2019 Heart of America Athletic Conference regular-season championship with a doubleheader against Evangel on Friday. William Penn (9-7, 0-2 Heart) dropped both of the conference-opening games to the Crusaders (9-5, 2-0 Heart) as they couldn’t shut the door in game one and couldn’t complete a heroic […]
Oskaloosa—William Penn hosted Briar Cliff in non-conference action Friday night inside the Penn Activity Center. Briar Cliff (12-4) got the best of the Statesmen (2-13) in the first meeting of the two teams in four sets back on February 15. Unfortunately, WPU would face a similar fate, dropping the match in three sets to the […]
DECORAH— Scoring in all five of Friday’s events at the American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, the Central College men’s track and field team is 18 points out of first place. Central has 24 points and is in fourth place after the first day. Wartburg College leads the nine-team field with 42 points. […]
