
Oskaloosa–Destynd Loring (Sr., Charleston, S.C., Sports Management) capped off an extraordinary award season with three more accolade wins recently. Loring, who had already been picked as an AFCA-NAIA First-Team All-American earlier in December, was honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Associated Press (AP), and Victory Sports Network (VSN). The senior was chosen as […]
Jan 5 2026 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–Marquis Harry (So., Pompano Beach, Fla., Business Management) was lauded one more time for a successful 2025 season as the Victory Sports Network announced its All-America Teams recently. Harry was chosen as an Honorable Mention two weeks after being named an AFCA-NAIA Third-Team All-American. He helped William Penn to its most-successful season in school history […]
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Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team got a huge shot in the arm entering the new year as the NAIA released its fourth set of polls this week. The Statesmen are fourth nationally with 172 points, while Life (Ga.) is on top with 209 points. Providence (Mont.) (186) is second, while Grand View (177) and […]
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Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s wrestling team opens the new year with four individuals ranked in the conference as the NAIA released its fourth set of polls this week. As a team, WPU is tied for 50th in the nation with seven points as 133-pounder Lane Scorpil (Sr., Columbus Junction, Iowa, Business Management) is 20th at […]
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Peru, Neb.—The William Penn men’s basketball team mounted multiple comeback attempts but could not complete the rally, falling 88–84 to Peru State in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Saturday. The Statesmen (9–5, 4–3 Heart) fell behind early as the Bobcats (7–7, 3–4 Heart) jumped out to an 18–11 advantage. William Penn responded by trimming […]
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Peru, Neb. — The William Penn women’s basketball team fell to conference foe Peru State 77-50 in its first game following the winter break Saturday night. Despite being outshot 50% to 26.7% and outrebounded 46-16, William Penn (5-10, 2-5) stayed within striking distance through the first half before Peru State (9-6, 6-2) pulled away in […]
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The Oskaloosa boys and girls bowling teams got an early start to the 2026 calendar year with a 9 a.m. triangular against Pella and Pella Christian on Saturday, Jan. 3. The Oskaloosa boys had a big morning, sweeping the triangular with two wins. Oskaloosa finished with 2,934 total pins, beating Pella (2,458) by 476 pins […]

PELLA – The reserves of the Central College men’s wrestling tournament got the new year started as the program hosted its annual Under Armour Invitational Saturday. No team scores were kept amongst the 13 schools in attendance. There was a gold and silver bracket for each of the 10 weight classes. None of Central’s primary […]
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PELLA – Ending a three-game losing skid in its first contest of 2026, the Central College women’s basketball team defeated Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) 68-58 Saturday afternoon. The Vikings (3-10) raced out to a 10-0 lead to start the game, but the Dutch (7-5) rallied with a 16-2 run to end the first quarter. Emily […]
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA- With a game-high 26 points from freshman guard Kyle Cason (Grimes, Dallas Center-Grimes HS), the Central College men’s basketball team won 82-69 and handed Occidental College (Calif.) its first loss of the season at the D3hoops.com Classic late Monday night. The Dutch (6-5) took the lead from the Tigers (6-1) midway into […]
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