Ottawa, Kan.– The women’s lacrosse tournament for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference had quarterfinal action going on Saturday. William Penn tried to take down Ottawa but the team struggled to find goals, especially in the second half. The Braves made the Statesmen pay for every mistake and the home side motored to a 15-3 victory. […]
Oskaloosa–Lexi Riccardi (Sr., Redwood City, Calif., Biology) left the park to secure the first game for the William Penn softball team, but late-inning heroics were not available for the nightcap in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader split against Park Saturday. WPU (16-19, 10-13 Heart) won the opener 2-1, but dropped the opener 3-2. […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn baseball team began a home series with a doubleheader against the Mount Mercy Mustangs. The Mustangs, two games ahead of the Statesmen in the Heart of America Athletic Conference northern division standings at the start of play, found themselves in a deadlock after Saturday’s contests as the Statesmen swept the doubleheader by […]
Oskaloosa — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse tournament got going Saturday with four games across the bracket. William Penn hit the road to face Missouri Baptist, who won the first meeting of the season 10-7. The Statesmen entered in good form and changed the second stanza against the Spartans in St. Louis, as […]
CRETE, NEB. — The decathlon and heptathlon are halfway done for a few Central College track and field athletes at the Jim Dutcher Memorial Classic Saturday. The meet, hosted by Doane University (Neb.), is the first opportunity for Central’s multi-event athletes to complete a women’s heptathlon and men’s decathlon. “I was pretty happy with what […]
WAVERLY — The Central College men’s soccer team struggled in a 4-0 loss at Wartburg College Saturday afternoon. Central (2-3-1, 2-3-1 American Rivers Conference) actually outshot Wartburg (4-2, 4-2 conference) but the Dutch only put three on frame as opposed to seven by the Knights. Wartburg scored twice in the first 12 minutes for an […]
by Dustin Hite Now that we have passed our second funnel, our focus shifts since only the Appropriations and Ways & Means committees are meeting for the rest of this session. I sit on Ways & Means, so my focus has been on taxes and fees while others on Appropriations work to get a budget […]
DUBUQUE — Starting pitcher Landon Vander Leest (junior, Pella) drove in three of the team’s four runs in a 4-2 victory during game one of the Central College baseball team’s doubleheader at the University of Dubuque Saturday. The Spartans (10-13, 8-8 conference) beat the Dutch (8-14, 5-11 conference) 10-1 in the nightcap. “The first game […]
PELLA—A stumble turned into a steal and the Central College softball team pulled off a 1-0, 3-2 doubleheader sweep of the University of Dubuque Saturday. Carson Fisk (sophomore, Searsboro, Lynnville-Sully HS), getting her first taste of collegiate action as an injury replacement, initially at third base and Saturday at shortstop, led off the sixth inning […]
WAVERLY — Squaring off with the team atop the American Rivers Conference standings, the Central College women’s soccer team gave Wartburg College all it could in a 1-0 defeat Saturday. The Knights (6-0-0, 6-0-0 conference) were averaging nearly four goals a game but a stifling Dutch (1-4-0, 1-4-0 conference) defense held the home team to […]
