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, […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—Central College erased a nine-point first-half road deficit but Coe College took command in the final minute for a 63-60 American Rivers women’s basketball decision Saturday. The Dutch scrambled back after trailing 27-22 at the half and even took a 40-39 lead heading into the fourth quarter after a pair of free throws from […]
Ottumwa, IA – No. 1 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball used a 33-point second half advantage to defeat Lake Region State College (ND) 89-48 at the Hellyer Center on the opening night of the Hy-Vee Classic. The Warriors move to 14-0 overall on the year. Sophomore RJ Ogom (Chicago, IL/Fort Wayne), making his first start of […]
by Tony Witt The Osky boys and girls split both of the matches Thursday. They both best Des Moines Roosevelt and lost to Ottumwa. The girls were led by Sydney Thompson and Ava Ridenour who continue to improve with each meet they bowl in. The boys lost to Ottumwa by just 7 pins. It was […]
