by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa girls’ basketball team entered Friday night’s contest against Dallas Center-Grimes, coming off their best game of the year against Grinnell on Tuesday night. DCG is yet another ranked opponent, and proved they were worthy of their #9 ranking. DCG came into the game only averaging 47 points, but was able […]
by Doug DeKock Oskaloosa and Grinnell came into their Little Hawkeye matchup Tuesday night with the #3 and #4 offenses in 3A. When it was over, both teams fell short of their season averages, as the Tigers escaped with a 55-51 win. Grinnell completed a season sweep of the Indians winning 77-66 in their first […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa girls basketball team arguably played their best game of the season in a 55-47 loss to #4 ranked Grinnell on Tuesday night. Oskaloosa was able to hang in, with the Tigers trailing 19-13 after the 1st quarter. If it wasn’t for senior Kyra Hungerford scoring 17 points for the Tigers […]
by Doug DeKock On December 2nd, 2017, the Oskaloosa Indian basketball team pulled off a shocker in defeating #1 Pella Christian, 76-70, in overtime at Pella. As the horn sounded, the student section for Oskaloosa stormed the court to celebrate one of Oskaloosa’s biggest wins in years. The P.C. people were not amused by this […]
by Doug DeKock The last time Oskaloosa and Pella Christian played on December 2nd the Indians played their best quarter of basketball and actually led P.C. into the 2nd quarter. The Lady Eagles were not going to make the same mistake twice as they raced out to an 18-8 1st quarter lead and never looked […]
by Doug DeKock “What comes around, goes around,” is what the Oskaloosa Indians basketball team is hoping for the last half of the season. Oskaloosa has been painfully close, losing back to back Little Hawkeye games by 1 point. The Indians have been knocking on the door to respectability but just haven’t quite broken through. […]
By Doug DeKock Oskaloosa improved their play from last week but that wasn’t nearly enough in a 69-34 loss Tuesday night in Oskaloosa. Pella, behind Ciara Bucheit’s 22 points, forced numerous Indian turnovers and just had too many good players for Oskaloosa. The Indian offense played much better, scoring 18 points in the 1st half […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In an election marked with very light turnout, Amanda McGraw defeated Elaine Fontana for the Oskaloosa School Board Director District 1 seat. Unofficially, McGraw pulled in 145 votes (81%) to Fontana’s 33 votes (19%). There was also one write-in vote. Turnout in Tuesday’s special election was around 1%. After the results were […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa Indian boys’ basketball team traveled down to Eddyville Saturday night after a heartbreaking loss on Friday night against Norwalk. The Rockets were trying to bounce back from a four overtime victory over Centerville on Friday night. In the end, Oskaloosa was just too much for Eddyville in the 80-56 win. […]
by Doug DeKock On paper, the matchup between Oskaloosa and Norwalk was going to be a close game, but on the court it was a different story. The first quarter was exactly what people expected, as Oskaloosa, behind Alexis Westercamp’s scoring, led 11-10 at quarter’s end. Norwalk then threw a defense at Oskaloosa that the […]
