DECATUR, ILLINOIS — The Central College wrestling had a pair of individual champions at the Millikin Open Saturday in Brock Beck (junior, 133 pounds, Grinnell) and Rob Areyano (fifth year, 149 pounds, Selma, Calif.). No team scores were kept at the nine-team tournament. A total of 17 wrestlers earned top-six finishes in their respective weight […]
Tallahassee, FL – Three individuals represented the Indian Hills Men’s and Women’s Cross Country programs at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Cross Country National Championship on Saturday. On the women’s side, Lizeth Flores (Harvard, IL/Harvard) and Alyssa Shannon (Newton, IA/Newton) took part in the women’s 5k event while Brady Millikin (Hedrick, IA/Pekin) […]
SUPERIOR, WIS.—An airtight defense is likely to be the Central College men’s basketball team’s calling card this year and it almost yielded a big second-half comeback victory in the Merrill Thompson Classic Friday. But the tourney host University of Wisconsin-Superior (2-0), which saw a 10-point lead vanish in the closing minutes, held off the Dutch […]
Fulton, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team nearly overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half, but ultimately fell 54-51 to William Woods in a non-conference game Thursday. WPU (2-2), which trailed by as many as 10 points early in the third quarter, could not get past being outshot 46.0%-35.0%. The visitors were able to […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team was unable to do get much going Thursday as it fell 35-11 to Iowa Wesleyan in Heart of America Athletic Conference dual-meet action. The Statesmen (0-1, 0-1 Heart), who lost all six of the night’s contested matches to the Tigers (1-0, 1-0 Heart), got on the scoreboard via a […]
PELLA—A persistent effort on the glass and 23 points from sophomore transfer Abby Johnson (Ankeny) let the Central College women’s basketball team deliver first-year coach Moran Lonning her first collegiate victory Thursday, a 78-64 triumph over North Central University (Minn.). The Dutch (1-1) outrebounded North Central 54-45, getting 20 offensive boards to allow them to […]
Ottumwa, IA – The No. 2 nationally ranked Indian Hills Volleyball team found out its seed and opponent Thursday for the upcoming National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Volleyball National Tournament in West Plains, MO. The Warriors earned the No. 2 overall seed and will take on No. 15 seed Monroe College (NY). The […]
Olathe, Kan.–Joaquim Gil (Sr., Valencia, Spain, Master’s of Sports Management) stole not just the ball, but the entire show as his goal in the 90th minute lifted the William Penn men’s soccer team to a 1-0 upset over #3 seed MidAmerica Nazarene in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals Wednesday. #7 seed William […]
Centerville, IA – The two-time defending national champion Indian Hills Women’s Wrestling program made history once again on Tuesday night. The Warriors defeated North Iowa Area Community College 35-14 to claim the first-ever Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) women’s dual victory. Hosting the Trojans at the Multi-Purpose Building on the Indian Hills Centerville campus […]
Oskaloosa–Edan Sears (So., Telford, England, Sports Management) played an integral part in William Penn advancing in the postseason with an upset last weekend and for his efforts he was named NAIA Defensive Player of the Week Tuesday. The national weekly award is the third all-time for the program (all since 2018) and the first since […]
