by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team traveled to Newton Friday night for a matchup that on paper highly favored Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa was enjoying a good week, in which their bats, pitching and defense were all coming together nicely. Newton entered the game with a very tough pitcher, Payton Maher, who had struck out 59 […]
by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team split a doubleheader at DC-G Wednesday night winning game one 8-0 while dropping the nightcap 5-2 to improve to 7-2 on the season and 1-1 in LHC play. In the opening game, Oskaloosa scored eight runs on 13 hits and committed no errors while holding DC-G to 0 […]
by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Baseball team hit the road Wednesday for a twin bill at Dallas Center-Grimes and earned a split dropping a close first game 2-1 but came back to win 9-0 in the nightcap, and also snapped a three-game losing streak. In the first game, Oskaloosa jumped to a 1-0 lead in […]
by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team got their bats going big as they swept Washington in two games at home Wednesday. The Indians won game one 11-0 in six innings and 8-5 in the nightcap. The Indians tallied 19 runs on 25 hits in the two games while limiting Washington to five runs on […]
by Jamie Brockman Knoxville, Iowa – It took three tries thanks to Mother Nature, but finally Oskaloosa and Knoxville baseball teams got together in Knoxville for a doubleheader Thursday night. The Indians took advantage of struggling pitching from the Panthers and tallied 20 runs and 20 hits in the two games as they swept the […]
by Jamie Brockman Oskaloosa, Iowa – Fans were treated to an early-season marquee matchup featuring two successful teams as the Oskaloosa Softball team welcomed West Des Moines Valley to their complex Wednesday night. Oskaloosa came in ranked 7th in Class 4A and has been in the state tournament three of the last five seasons, including […]
by Jamie Brockman Despite graduating five key seniors from last season, and longtime Assistant Coach Bill Almond taking over as Head Coach, the Oskaloosa baseball team showed some inexperience at times but also showed big potential handling Ottumwa in the season opener for both teams 10-2 Thursday night. Ottumwa took the early lead sending six […]
By Jamie Brockman Oskaloosa softball was heard live here on Oskaloosa News with Jamie Brockman and Doug DeKock Monday night, but Mother Nature had different plans on how much we were going to be able to enjoy. Oskaloosa traveled to Albia for a season opener featuring two very successful, competitive programs, but could only finish […]
by Jamie Brockman Growing up, every athlete wants to be the best and win championships; however it takes a lot of hard work and dedication from coaches, parents and the athlete. Oskaloosa High School has won state championships in five team sports in school history. Boys golf and boys Cross Country have each enjoyed big […]
by Jamie Brockman and Ken Allsup Des Moines, Iowa – Dreams… pride… history. All that and more was accomplished on Friday night when Oskaloosa beat Little Hawkeye Conference foe Norwalk 48-44 to win the Class 3A State Basketball Championship. This was Oskaloosa’s first ever title in basketball. The team’s theme all tournament long was “Unfinished […]
