PELLA — A nine-run explosion in the eighth inning for the Central College baseball team secured a 16-6 win in the opener at Nebraska Wesleyan University Sunday. The Dutch (15-20, 3-18 American Rivers Conference) lost 9-6 in the nightcap against the Prairie Wolves (18-18, 11-10 conference). Third baseman Jared Kampf (senior Peoria, Ariz., Mountain Ridge […]
PELLA—One more win. The what-ifs and if-onlys are plentiful as the Central College softball team looks back on its season but in the end a wind-blown 8-0 five-inning loss to Coe College that followed a 7-0 victory Sunday left the Dutch one win short of an American Rivers tournament berth. The University of Dubuque and […]
PELLA — Eight runs in the first inning by Nebraska Wesleyan University put the Central College baseball team in a hole it could not climb out of in 15-5 loss Saturday night. Central (14-19 [2-17 American Rivers Conference]) started strong with four runs in the top of the first inning. Colton DeRocher (sophomore, Sioux City, […]
DES MOINES — A returning national qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Caleb Silver (junior, Conrad, BCLUW HS) contested the event for the second time this spring at the Drake Relays Thursday night. One of just four Division III athletes in the 41-runner field, Silver took 38th in 9 minutes, 39.93 seconds. Daniel Michalski from Nike […]
GRINNELL—Energized by a four-hit day for right fielder Franie Burnett (sophomore, Ankeny, Centennial HS), the Central College softball offense sprung to life Thursday, sweeping Grinnell College 9-0 in five innings and 9-3. Burnett was 4-for-4 and reached base in each of her six plate appearances. She doubled, drove in four runs, scored two and swiped […]
PELLA – At the Dutchies, the Central College athletics department announced women’s tennis player Alyssa Lewton (Ankeny, Centennial HS) and football offensive lineman Josh Kuiper (Grundy Center) as the female and male senior student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPAs. Lewton carries a 3.914 GPA as a Spanish and sociology double major. She also earned a […]
Oskaloosa–Baseball player Brian Thomas (So., Shingle Springs, Calif.) and softball player Chelsey Huff (Fr., Douds, Iowa, Exercise Science) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of April 18-24, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Thomas had his best performance of the season, tossing six innings in a win over Graceland last Saturday. The […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen softball team was unable to muster any offense as it was swept by Grand View in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday. William Penn (21-19, 14-12 Heart) fell by scores of 4-0 and 6-0. The visitors, who were outhit 8-2 in the opener, were knotted in a scoreless tie entering […]
PELLA — After going down 8-3 in the third inning, the Central College baseball team battled back for a 13-9 victory over Grinnell College Tuesday afternoon. The Dutch moved to 14-18 on the season, matching last year’s win total with seven games left to play. It was also career win No. 400 coach Casey Klunder, […]
PELLA–Commemorating the last year of Central College athletics, the Central Student-Athlete Advisory Council hosted the Dutchies this past Sunday night inside P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. For the seventh year in a row, SAAC hosted the Dutchies to honor the best in Dutch athletics from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Coaches nominated their student-athletes before […]
