Ottumwa, IA – Top-seeded Indian Hills Softball cruised to a doubleheader sweep of Southwestern Community College to advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Softball Region XI Championship round. The Warriors took game one 16-4 and game two 22-0. The Warriors upended the fourth-seeded Spartans to take the best 2-of-3 opening round […]
PELLA—As quickly as the Central College softball team jumped on top of the American Rivers race, the No. 17-ranked Dutch lost their hold on first place, suffering a 6-2, 1-0 home sweep against Luther College Wednesday. Luther fifth-year pitching ace Kendra Cooper had a dominant day, throwing 194 pitches to go the distance in both […]
by Bryan Kime The Oskaloosa girls tennis team was in action Wednesday at the Little Hawkeye conference tennis meet. It was finally a beautiful day to play tennis sunny, and very little wind. The girls finished in fifth place out of eight teams as DCG join the conference tennis meet for the first time. The […]
May 3rd, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – With a shortage of individuals in the building trades, an effort has been underway to help students enter those professions. Michelle Purdum and her father, Mike Vogt, started MVP Legacy Foundation in the fall of 2022. Mike Vogt has been in the trades for many years, while Michelle owns […]
Moravia–The William Penn women’s golf team used five solid scores to overcome blustery conditions and a field gunning for it as it once again won the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship crown Monday and Tuesday. The Statesmen finished first out of 11 teams with a three-round score of 982 (330-324-328) at The Preserve Golf […]
Oskaloosa–Tafara Hondonga (Sr., Aberdeen, S.D., Business Management) successfully executed a busy day and for his efforts he was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week Monday. Hondonga won his second award of the year after leading William Penn at both the Grand View Viking Classic and the Drake Relays last […]
Oskaloosa–Six members of the Statesmen women’s lacrosse team were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2023 NAIA Scholar-Athletes Tuesday. Tara Dryml (Sr., Independence, Iowa, Elementary Education) leads the group with a 4.00 Grade Point Average. Victoria Negron (Jr., Miami, Fla., Exercise Science) and Kenzington Winget (So., West Jordan, Utah, Sports […]
MOUNT VERNON — The bullpen came through for the Central College baseball team during a 15-inning slugfest for a 12-11 win to salvage a non-conference split Tuesday night. The Dutch (15-21) fell 11-4 in the first game against the Rams (20-17). It’s the third time since 1988 that Central played in a 15-inning affair. Tuesday’s […]
by Betsy Luck The team came home with two first place finishes at the very tough Little Hawkeye Conference Championship which were held at Pella High School on Tuesday night. Maleah Walker matched her season best in the long jump of 17-10 in her first place finish. It was a great jump by Maleah and […]
by Mike Sterner The boys track and field team was back in action Tuesday, this time at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet, hosted by Pella HS. Year in and year out this proves to be one of the toughest and most competitive conferences in Iowa. Tonight was no exception. Leading the way tonight was Tatum […]
