by Brandon Schultz The Oskaloosa Heat 10U USSSA baseball team went to Johnston over the weekend to play in the Mayhem in the Metro tournament hosted by Johnston Little League. Oskaloosa went 3-0 on the weekend and brought home their first tournament win in their short existence. This was the 4th tournament the team has […]
Saturday, June 7th, Oskaloosa High School girls softball held their annual Oskaloosa Classic Softball Tournament hosted at the Lacey Recreation Complex. Sixteen schools showed up to the tournament but few actually played. After the first set of games the tournament was called off due to weather, sending disappointed fans and players running for cover. Luckily […]
With less than two weeks left of Little League, and Jr Babe Ruth well underway, the ball players have really kicked it into gear. On Monday night, June 2nd, 20 teams played Little League ball at Oskaloosa’s Lacey Recreation Complex. Also playing Monday night was two of Oskaloosa’s Junior Babe Ruth teams, whose season continues […]
Greg Walter, collegiate coach and head coach of Oskaloosa High School Girls Soccer, as well as President of Mahaska County (youth) Soccer Club, hosted a 3 day soccer camp this week June 3rd – 5th. The camp taught soccer drills and basic foundations of the game. Thirty-one players aged 4 through 13 attended the camp […]
Tuesday morning, June 3rd, the YMCA’s Oskaloosa Football League held a youth football camp for 1st through 6th graders at Lacey Recreation Complex. Almost 50 boys participated in the two-session camp, with 1st through 3rd starting in the morning and 4th through 6th following them at the stadium. The camp was lead by Coach Sterner, […]
Baseball and high spirits surfaced at the Lacey Recreation Complex this past Wednesday evening, May 28th, when the Mahaska Challenger League vs’d Cardinals of Ottumwa. Imagine the Possibilities sponsors the games at the complex which are played in surrounding community parks several times in a season. The youth look forward to playing ball at the […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 28th, 2014) – Wednesday Night began with a moment of silence for a long time fan of the Southern Iowa Speedway, Jeffrey Groenenboom. It looked great for racing all day for Fan Appreciation Night sponsored by Slideways Karting Center, Nutz Graphix And Vinyl LLC and Yaw’s Auto Salvage. During […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 21st, 2014) – Mother Nature continues to leave Track Promoter Mike Van Genderen on his toes but once again the track was in great shape all night. One driver picked up his first career feature win on Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night at the Races. First feature of the […]
The Lacey Recreation Complex in Oskaloosa sees very busy weekends in the spring and this past weekend was no exception. “More than 2,000 visited different activities over the weekend,” said Sherry Vavra, Executive Director of Mahaska Community Rec Foundation. “From Friday night until Sunday at the complex Youth Soccer games and a tournament were held […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 14th, 2014) – Exciting racing along with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees cooler welcomed fans on Farmer’s Support American and Kelderman’s Hobby Shack Night at the races. First feature of the night was the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods feature and it was Jenae Gustin grabbing the early lead. […]
