TIPTON – The trio of North Mahaska girls wrestled at Tipton Dec. 5 and came away with a first and two second place finishes. Seniors Jalayna Shipley, Vanessa Murphy and Libby Groom competed. Murphy was perfect on the night with three falls. She pinned Clinton’s Kendie Huizenga in 1 minutes 34 seconds. She pinned Ella […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Indian girls’ basketball team took down both a non-conference foe and a league opponent last week to begin the season at 2-0. OHS (2-0, 1-0 LHC) won its season opener 57-29 over Fairfield last Tuesday and then held off Pella Christian 43-41 in Little Hawkeye Conference play last Friday. OHS 57, […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team began its 2022-2023 campaign last week with two setbacks. OHS (0-2, 0-1 LHC) dropped its season opener 65-63 to non-conference foe Fairfield last Tuesday. The team then came up short versus Little Hawkeye Conference opponent Pella Christian 62-46 last Friday. Fairfield 65, OHS 63 In a back-and-forth […]
by Tony Witt The Osky boys and girls traveled to Newton on Saturday or the Newton Invitational. The girls finished in 4th place out of 7 teams and were led by Sydney Thompson with a high game of 160 and series of 299. The boys finished in 2nd place out of 7 teams and fell […]
by Alex DeJong The Oskaloosa boys freshman team was in action last Friday night against the Pella Christian Eagles for our first road test. We got off to a very slow start getting down 7-12 at the end of the first. The hoop was not our friend that night as we struggled making shots. Even though we […]
by Alex Knoot Last week the girls were in action on Tuesday and Thursday! Tuesday at PC the girls had a tough matchup. PC brought the pressure right away and got up and down the court quickly. Our girls struggled to get into a rhythm and lost 14-51. Scorers: Cylee Smith – 7 points Haylee Parker […]
by Jakob Hasley The JV basketball team was in action against a very hot-shooting Pella Christian squad on Friday night. Early in the game, it was all Indians, as they took advantage of some eagle turnovers. They would come out of the first quarter with an 8-point lead. The second quarter was a flip of […]
PEKIN – North Mahaska has a solid showing at Pekin’s Bill Rex Invitational Saturday. The girls with two competitors placed second of nine school competing while the boys also powered their way to a runnerup spot. Pekin girls and Albia boys were the top teams. Pekin girls accumulated 50 points while North Mahaska finished with […]
by Laura Ross The OHS Storybook Players celebrated 40 years as a traveling theatre group on Saturday with two phenomenal performances at George Daily Auditorium. Forty-three Storybook Players took to the stage to perform Rumpelstiltskin, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Hansel and Gretel, and Sherklock Holmes: The Case of the […]
BROOKLYN – Senior Vanessa Murphy went 3-0 Friday night to lead North Mahaska’s girls wrestling team at the BGM round robin. Jalayna Shipley finished 2-1. Murphy opened with a 46 second pin of Baxter’s Jahlynna Epps-Bedolla then decisioned Pleasantville’s Maggie Gasparovich 7-0. In her final match Murphy took down BGM’s Greer Egerton in 1:56. Shipley, […]
