Parkville, Mo.–The Statesmen women’s soccer team scored first, but could not hold off a huge second half in a 5-1 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to Park in its season finale Saturday. WPU (4-11-1, 1-9-1 Heart), which was outshot 24-16, dominated the opening 45 minutes, but failed to hold off the Pirates (9-5-1, 6-5 […]
Chicago, Ill.–The William Penn men’s basketball team was unable to keep up with IU Kokomo as it fell 90-60 in the championship game of the Governors State Tip-Off Classic Saturday. #19 WPU (1-1) was outshot 54.8%-37.0% and outrebounded 43-34, but was a bit better at the free-throw line at 15-for-21 (IUK was 16-for-25). The navy […]
DUBUQUE— Conceding an early goal forced the Central College women’s soccer team to play from behind nearly all the American Rivers Conference tournament quarterfinal match at the University of Dubuque, which finished as a 2-1 defeat for Central. It took not even seven minutes for the Spartans (11-5-1) to go in front of the Dutch […]
WAVERLY—Quarterback Hunter Hoffman (sophomore, Pecatonica, Ill.) threw for 267 yards but it was a one-dimensional Central College football attack and a bid for title contention was turned away by No. 3-ranked Wartburg College Saturday. The Dutch (6-2 overall, 4-2 American Rivers) were limited to a season-low 25 yards on the ground on 21 carries by […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—The Central College volleyball team was dismissed in straight sets by Coe College in a 25-20, 25-20, 25-19 loss Saturday morning. Central (20-8, 3-4 American Rivers Conference) was coming off a big win Friday night against Wartburg but was unable to continue its momentum against Coe (15-10, 5-2 conference). “We did some good things […]
Oskaloosa–The new-look William Penn women’s wrestling team has put the nation on alert as it enters the new season in the top five after the NAIA released its preseason top-20 poll Thursday. WPU is fourth nationally with 159 points, while Menlo (Calif.) is atop the standings with 201 points. Life (Ga.) is second with 180 […]
Chicago, Ill.–After a lackluster opening, the new-look William Penn men’s basketball team did exactly what its predecessors used to do and went on a huge run to grab control and run away from East-West in a 97-80 season-opening victory at the Governors State Tip-Off Classic Friday. #19 WPU (1-0) trailed by as many as 13 […]
Lamoni–The William Penn women’s volleyball team has had to go the distance quite a bit this fall, but unfortunately its recent fortunes in those five-set matches have not been good, including Friday’s 3-2 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to Graceland. Despite outhitting their hosts .157-.152, the Statesmen (15-15, 9-7 Heart) fell by scores of […]
FORT DODGE – North Mahaska senior Brayden Veiseth and sophomore Emmerson Jedlicka represented their school well at the Class 1A state cross country meet in Fort Dodge Friday. Veiseth closed out his high school long distance career with a 45th place finish. Jedlicka, making her debut at the state meet, finished 88th. Jedlicka and the […]
PELLA—It took a dramatic comeback, but the Central College volleyball team picked up win No. 20 on the season in a five-set thriller over Wartburg College Friday night. The Dutch (20-7, 3-3 American Rivers Conference) started cold, losing the first set against the Knights (9-17, 2-4 conference) 25-10, but righted the ship to win 10-25, […]
