Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s basketball team was not able to match up with #4 Central Methodist Saturday, falling 82-54 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. WPU (4-6, 2-3 Heart) was outshot 41.7%-35.3% by the Eagles (9-0, 5-0 Heart), but won the three-point battle 37.5%-23.5%. Unfortunately, 29 turnovers led to 38 visitor points in […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s wrestling team got in five competitions as it hosted the William Penn Duals Saturday. WPU (5-8) opened the day with a 28-14 win over Simpson and then defeated Iowa Central CC 22-20 in an exhibition dual. The squad followed with a 32-14 setback against Midland. The day concluded with a 17-14 exhibition […]
December 12, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – One might have thought there was a major incident at the local Wal-Mart store on Friday evening. It will undoubtedly be a significant event on Christmas Day for some kids. First responders do fundraisers all year-long to help raise money for this project. The money from their annual calendars […]
Helen Laverna Smith May 4, 1935 – December 11, 2022 Ankeny, Iowa | Age 87 Helen Laverna (Van Zee) Smith passed away in her sleep on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at her home in Ankeny. She was born in Prairie City, Iowa, on May 4, 1935, to Bertha (Beyer) and William Martin Van Zee. Helen […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska forced 23 turnovers in the game and outscored Lynnville-Sully 24-5 in the first quarter enroute to a 50-27 South Iowa Cedar League victory. The host Warhawks held L-S to just seven field goals. By halftime North Mahaska had nearly tripled the score leading 32-11. Again, it was a quartet of […]
The Osky girls and boys bowling teams were finally in action at their home bowling center and got the wins against Norwalk on Saturday. The girls beat Norwalk behind some solid singles games from freshman Sidney Thompson with games of 181 and 170 to lead the team with a 352 series and her highest of […]
by Travis Miller The Oskaoosa varsity boys competed at Ankeny Saturday in a dual team tournament. The Indians finished in 7th place going 1-4 on the day. Results are below from Saturday. Oskaloosa will wrestle at home in a JV/varsity matchup Thursday against Pella with that scheduled to start at 5:30. The two Oskaloosa girl wrestlers traveled to West DesMoines […]
Ottumwa, IA – The No. 1 ranked Indian Hills Men’s Basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season on Saturday night, suffering an 87-82 overtime loss to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College on the final night of the Hy-Vee Classic at the Hellyer Center. The Warriors fall to 14-1 overall on the year. Sophomore Enoch […]
River Grove, IL – Sophomore Matthew Lewis (Centerville, IA/Centerville) dominated the 141lb bracket at the 31st Annual Art Kraft Memorial Tournament to take home first-place honors for the No. 9 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men’s Wrestling team. In total, six Warriors placed at the tournament on Saturday. Competing in his second open meet of the […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—A game-turning 15-2 run to open the second half propelled the surprising Central College men’s basketball team to its third consecutive American Conference victory, 68-65 at Coe College Saturday. Trailing 29-24 at intermission, the Dutch (7-3 overall, 3-0 conference) flurry was partly fueled by back-to-back 3-pointers from junior forward Kole Tupa (junior, Center Point, […]
