Springfield, Mo.–The Statesmen women’s volleyball team concluded its weekend trip to the Show Me State with a 3-0 setback to Evangel in Heart of America Athletic Conference play Saturday. WPU (11-12, 7-5 Heart), which lost by scores of 17-25, 22-25, 20-25, also lost the hitting battle .255-.106. The visiting crew actually owned a 39-38 edge […]
Olathe, Kan.–The Statesmen women’s soccer team came up short in Saturday’s matchup against MidAmerica Nazarene, losing 7-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. William Penn (2-8-1, 2-5-1 Heart), which was outshot 16-2 by the Pioneers (9-2, 6-1 Heart), permitted the game’s first goal in the opening minute of action. The goal opened up the […]
PELLA— Facing its first ranked opponent of the year, the Central College volleyball fell to No. 20 Coe College Saturday afternoon 25-21, 25-9, 24-26, 25-17. The Dutch (5-11, 0-4 conference) recovered from a tough second set to take the third set from the Kohawks (17-4, 4-0 conference). Coe has eight wins by sweep already this […]
PELLA—Central College’s resilient second-half effort pushed No. 20 Wartburg College to the brink before the No. 24 Dutch surrendered a last-minute touchdown in a 35-28 homecoming football defeat Saturday. Wartburg (6-0 overall, 4-0 American Rivers), which brought a seemingly impenetrable defense that was limiting foes to a miserly 2.0 points per game, stymied Central in […]
PELLA — Three goals in the first half propelled the Central College men’s soccer team to a 3-0 win against Coe College Saturday afternoon. The Dutch (2-10-1, 1-1-1) struck first in the third minute, as a Joe Brown (sophomore, midfielder, Norwalk) throw-in went off the head of Trysten Vasquez (freshman, defender, Cedar Rapids, Xavier HS) […]
DUBUQUE — Eight different members of the Central College women’s soccer team scored goals in an 11-0 thrashing of Coe College Saturday afternoon. The margin of victory matches Central’s largest in a conference match, equaling an 11-0 win against Upper Iowa University on October 7, 1998. The Dutch (7-3-1, 1-1-1) hadn’t reached double-digit goals since […]
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Sports Shooting squad suffered a 477-434 loss to Hawkeye Community College at the Ottumwa Izaak Walton League on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors fall to 1-2 in head-to-head conference trap matchups this year. The Warriors were led by sophomore Landon Hubble (Knox City, MO/Knox) who posted a season-high 91. Hubble […]
Cedar Rapids, IA – Freshman Alyssa Shannon (Newton, IA/Newton) broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time this season to lead the No. 21 Indian Hills Women’s Cross Country squad to a 12th-place finish at the Seminole Valley Stampede. Shannon posted a personal best time of 19:50.3 to finish 24th overall on Saturday. Shannon’s new […]
by Wade Steinlage Jonah Heckenberg has had no lack of motivating factors in his life. What separates him from the pack is how he internalizes them into success in the classroom and in the athletic arena. Heckenberg, a junior from Stockport, Iowa, was driven as a youth by watching his older siblings–nine and seven years […]
Columbia, Mo.–The William Penn women’s volleyball team opened up a weekend trip south of the state border on a sour note Friday as it fell 3-0 to #24 Columbia in non-conference play. WPU (11-11), which lost by scores of 22-25, 19-25, 22-25, was outhit .196-.116. The Statesmen played even with the Cougars (16-7) through the […]
