Cedar Rapids–The William Penn men’s basketball team began the new year with a victory over the Mount Mercy Mustangs by a score of 71-66. The Statesmen improve to 13-1 overall and 5-1 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play, while the Mustangs drop to 10-6 overall and 3-3 in the Heart. Both teams opened up […]
Oskaloosa–Eight members of the Statesmen men’s wrestling team are rated in the conference as the NAIA released its third set of polls recently. 149-pounder Cameron Hargrove (Fr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Undecided) heads WPU on the national scene as he is ranked 13th. Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) is not far behind in 15th place at […]
Orange City–The Statesmen women’s basketball team returned from a short winter break and showed great fight in a 71-57 non-conference loss to #13 Northwestern Thursday. William Penn (1-15) was outshot just 46.6%-44.4%, including performing better from the perimeter at 47.1%-38.1%. The eventual culprits ending up being a 39-27 disadvantage in rebounding and a 9-1 deficit […]
by Wade Steinlage Ottumwa–The Indian boys’ basketball team concluded its pre-holiday slate on a winning streak as it defeated Ottumwa 58-53 in overtime in non-conference action back on December 20. In a back-and-forth affair, OHS (2-5) outshot the Bulldogs (1-4) by a 41.9%-36.2% margin to notch its second-straight win. While shooting just 25.0% from behind […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team finally removed the proverbial monkey from its back by winning the first of hopefully many games this year. The Indians (1-5) unfortunately had to suffer through two more losses before collecting that first ‘W’, falling to #5 Washington 75-63 in non-conference action Tuesday and then losing to […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Oskaloosa girls’ basketball program earned two more victories out of conference last week to reach a high-water mark in its recent history. OHS (6-2, 1-2 LHC) opened the week by dropping Burlington 47-31 in non-conference play Tuesday. The Indians then fell 55-37 to Little Hawkeye Conference foe Norwalk Friday before defeating […]
Las Vegas, Nev.–Led by a first place overall individual performance from Gabi Evans (Jr., West Liberty, Iowa, Psychology and Sociology), the William Penn women’s bowling team finished second among 31 teams at the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational. The runner-up finish is the program’s highest ever finish at the Glenn Carlson Invitational. Beginning the tournament […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s wrestler Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) and women’s bowler Gabi Evans (Jr., West Liberty, Iowa, Psychology and Sociology) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of December 13-19, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Stanley owned a 3-0 record last Thursday at the Missouri Valley Clash Duals. His week was highlighted […]
Nevada, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team closed out its pre-holiday slate with a 68-63 loss to Cottey in non-conference action Saturday. WPU (1-14) was outshot 45.1%-40.0%, but stayed in it by holding a 63.2%-56.0% edge at the free-throw line. The Comets (6-10) tallied the first six points of the afternoon en route to a […]
Marshall, Mo.–Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) walked off the mat victorious in all three of his matches, while Cameron Hargrove (Fr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Undecided) had his hand raised twice, but unfortunately that was about all the success the William Penn men’s wrestling team enjoyed Thursday as it competed at the Missouri Valley Clash Duals. […]
