PACKWOOD – It was a wild Saturday morning for the North Mahaska softball team as they took on Pekin in a pair of nonconference games. An error in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed Pekin to edge the Warhawks 2-1 in game one, then in game two the two teams combined for 33 hits […]
COLFAX – North Mahaska used the new 8-run rule to their advantage Thursday to defeat Colfax-Mingo, 8-0 in South Iowa Cedar League softball play. The Warhawks fell to No. 15 Sigourney under the same rule Wednesday. It was Maddie Doonan’s night at the plate as she collected three hits including a home run in the […]
NEW SHARON – Lee Crawford and Kevin Kelderman have had their teams battle each other on the baseball field for many years with some of them becoming instant classics. Wednesday’s encounter at North Mahaska was another one of those. Kelderman’s North Mahaska Warhawks held a 9-4 lead after five innings before Crawford’s Sigourney Savages rang […]
COLFAX – For the second game in a row North Mahaska had the bats alive only this time they came away with the victory. The Warhawks pounded out 13 runs on 11 hits to top Colfax-Mingo 13-1 Thursday. North Mahaska also took advantage of eight free bases. NM scored two runs in each of the […]
NEW SHARON – Sigourney senior Josephine Moore was too much from the circle and at the plate Wednesday night and helped the No. 15 Savages to a 10-2 South Iowa Cedar League win. Moore struck out nine batters and smashed two homeruns to drive in six runs. The bad part of Moore’s game was the […]
by Jeffrey Ferstein Oskaloosa Varsity Indians defeated Newton Cardinal Varsity 10-0 on Wednesday thanks in part to six runs in the sixth inning. Jaden DeRonde tripled, scoring two runs, Maddux Ashman doubled, scoring one run, Linus Morrison tripled, scoring two runs, and Trey Parks singled, scoring one run. Oskaloosa Varsity Indians got on the board […]
Oskaloosa–Laila Smith (So., Olympia, Wash., Elementary Education) collected one final accolade for her outstanding 2025 campaign as the NAIA announced its All-America softball teams Tuesday. Smith was one of 20 individuals named to the Second Team, while 20 players garnered First-Team recognition and 23 picked up Honorable-Mention status. Smith is a first-time recipient, while William […]
By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: Wednesday night was truly a night to remember at the Southern Iowa Speedway as 3M of Knoxville sponsored the Teacher and School Staff Appreciation Night at the Races. The racing action was second to none with spectacular finishes and first time winners highlighting the race program. The Mid States Machine […]
by Jeffrey Ferstein We will be back in action tomorrow at home versus Newton. JV at 5 and Varsity at 7. GAME 1 Dallas Center-Grimes Varsity Mustangs scored 10 runs in the first inning, which helped them defeat Oskaloosa Varsity Indians 19-4 on Monday. Oskaloosa Varsity Indians got on the board in the first inning […]
Oskaloosa–Five William Penn softball players were honored for strong 2025 seasons in and out of the classroom as they earned academic all-district honors from College Sports Communicators Tuesday. The trio of Laila Smith (So., Olympia, Wash., Elementary Education), Tori Smith (So., Olympia, Wash., Secondary Education), and Madie Anderson (Sr., Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Elementary Education) paced […]
