Press conference video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobapFX7JA0 Oskaloosa–William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule has announced the hiring of Jake Kadel as Head Women’s Wrestling Coach and Cash Wilcke as Assistant Men’s and Women’s Wrestling Coach. Both Kadel and Wilcke come to WPU from Iowa Wesleyan University and helped the women’s program to a successful 2022-2023 campaign. IWU […]
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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s golf team slid a few spots as the NAIA’s fourth top-25 poll was released last Friday. William Penn fell to #25 with 111 points. William Penn is the only representative from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the poll. British Columbia is still the NAIA’s top squad with 496 points and […]
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Oskaloosa–Baseball player Nick George (Jr., Sarina, Ontario, Sociology and Human Services) and softball player Sarah Gallivan (Sr., Round Lake, Ill., Secondary Education) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of March 27-April 2, presented by Gardner Collier Jewelry. Over the span of six games, George recorded a .625 batting average (10-for-16 […]
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by Bryan Kime Monday the girls Tennis team started the season off with a road trip to a solid Grinnell team. Even though we lost the meet 4 to 7 The girls did some really nice things for the first meet of the season. Conditions was very cold and windy but I thought the girls […]
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PELLA—Another stellar performance on the mound over the weekend for Central College baseball senior Declan O’Hare (senior, Los Angeles, Calif., John Marshall HS) earned him a second American Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Week accolade. O’Hare was previously honored on March 13 for his performance against The College of St Scholastica (Minn.) on the team’s […]
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PELLA — Strong pitching and timely hitting was the recipe for a doubleheader sweep by the Central College baseball team against Simpson College Sunday. Central (10-9, 4-4 American Rivers Conference) triumphed 3-1 in the opener before taking an 8-3 victory in the nightcap. After a 12-9 win Saturday, Central completed a three-game sweep of an […]
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WAVERLY— Mackenzie Biggs (junior, Bloomington, Ill., Normal HS) stayed steady amid fierce April winds and fired a 75 in propelling the Central College women’s golf team to the Wartburg Spring Invitational title Sunday. Biggs was at 5-over-par on the par-70 Waverly Municipal Golf Course and ran away from the field. Thea Lunning (senior, Mason City) […]
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PELLA—Amid a 19-3 start, almost as encouraging to coach George Wares as what his Central College softball team does well is how his squad is overcoming the things it doesn’t. The 19th-ranked Dutch committed five errors and found themselves trailing by three runs in the fifth inning but still emerged with a 6-5 win over […]
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PELLA — Blasting three home runs and adding another trio of extra-base hits, the Central College baseball team opened its weekend series against Simpson College with a 12-9 win Saturday afternoon. Central (8-9, 2-4 American Rivers Conference) pounded out 13 total hits, including three apiece from second baseman Logan McCoy (sophomore, Galva, Alta-Aurelia HS), left […]
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Oskaloosa–Madison Reed (Sr., Shakopee, Minn., Secondary Education) guided the Statesmen to two more wins and for her efforts she was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Reed won her third career award (all this season) as she notched two more victories for William Penn. In last Tuesday’s […]
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