Ottumwa Elite USSSA softball team, coached by Robert Greiner, hosted their 3rd tournament at the Lacey Recreation Complex 5-plex on May 11-12th. 36 USSSA teams, including a few local Oskaloosa teams, participated in the SE Iowa USSSA Shootout. Over 400 players and coaches battled the 20 mph winds while running bases, pitching, catching fly balls […]
The Transform Academy Xcel gymnastics team competed at the State Meet on May 4 & 5 at the Sports Zone in Hiawatha, hosted by Twisters Gymnastics. This wraps up the season for the Xcel team gymnasts. Their coaches Alicia Jennings and Melanie Mackey were very happy with the gymnasts’ performances and could definitely see the […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 1st, 2013) – All day temperatures were in the 70‘s in Oskaloosa but by the time the races started it was twenty to thirty degrees cooler and the wind was coming from the north. That didn’t stop the speedway from seeing some action on Watters Autoland Late Model Season […]
The Stadium at the Lacey Recreation Complex was the place to be on Tuesday evening. With the rare high temperature on the final day of April many spectators gathered in the stands and along the fence to cheer on track teams from Oskaloosa, Pella, Newton, Ottumwa, Grinnell and Knoxville at the Girl’s McCormick Middle School […]
The 12U Oskaloosa Hurricanes got their inaugural baseball season off to a great start with a 3rd place finish at the May Madness NIT tournament in Des Moines this past weekend. Good pitching, solid defense, and strong hitting propelled the ‘Canes to four wins in five games against a field of sixteen teams from across […]
On Saturday April 27th and Sunday April 28th, Oskaloosa Babe Ruth hosted a Babe Ruth Senior State Tournament at the Lacey Recreation Complex, Kentfield Fields. Matt Saville, coach of Osky Maroon and Vice President of the Babe Ruth organization, thanked key people in making the tournament possible. Chad Rietveld and Sherry Vavra of MCRF, Boyd […]
The girls USSSA Oskaloosa teams hosted a 25-team USSSA tournament at the Lacey Recreation Complex Saturday and Sunday April 27 and 28th. The weather was beautiful and brought near 1000 people throughout the tournament. The tournament also ‘hit it out of the park’ for community tourism as one community member observed a line of customers […]
Mahaska County Youth Soccer Club hosted a Greater Des Moines league game for U14 girls on Sunday April 28th. Both teams fought for the win but Oskaloosa girls played strong and took the win with a 3-0 score. The weather was perfect as 75 parents, grandparents and friends cheered for the teams. “There is always […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (April 24th, 2013) – Finally after getting rained out the first three weeks, the Southern Iowa Speedway would dodge mother nature to get Edel Lawn Care Night. The First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts and this feature would be exciting. John Whalen grabbed the early lead […]
The William Penn wrestling team will again host summer camps for elementary through high school students. The camps will be July 15-17 in the wrestling room located in the Penn Activity Center. Elementary participants will meet with WPU coaches and wrestlers from 5-6 p.m. each night, while middle and high school students will meet from […]
