LINCOLN, NEBRASKA-For the Central College men’s basketball team, eyes are already fixed on the road ahead. The Dutch (16-8 overall, 10-5 American Rivers) got center Joshua Van Gorp’s (senior, Pella) fourth 30-point night of the season but saw their dreams of a conference title repeat end Wednesday after failing to dislodge Nebraska Wesleyan University from […]
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA-It took a second-half scramble for the Central College women’s basketball team to dodge disappointment before escaping with a 55-50 win at Nebraska Wesleyan University and its hopes for an American Rivers tourney berth still burning brightly. At halftime, after a 26.6% shooting effort, Central found itself trailing the winless Prairie Wolves (0-20 overall, […]
PELLA-Central College opened in seventh in the NCAA Division III Region 9 men’s basketball rankings. The initial regional poll last week only listed ranked teams alphabetically. The Dutch are 16-7 coming off a 96-64 defeat Saturday at the University of Dubuque, snapping Central’s seven-game win streak. The University of Wisconsin-Platteville (19-4), which used a last-second […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn University Athletics Booster Club has announced the recipients of the January Player of the Month laurels. Junior men’s track and field athlete D’Artagnon Beaver (Rockford, Ill., Human Services) earned the Male award, while sophomore women’s wrestler Ashley Lekas (Plano, Texas, Business Management) claimed the Female honor. The laurel is the first for […]
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Both the Central College men’s and women’s track and field teams are back in the top 10 in the most recent edition of the USTFCCCA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Team Rating Index released Tuesday night. Both programs are at No. 10 on their respective list, the women moving […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska knew playing their first Class 2A regional game would not be easy. Facing a talented Pella Christian team that plays a lot of 3A and 4A teams was not going to be a rollover. The Warhawks saw a lead disappear then rallied to post a 66-54 victory and advance to […]
The Oskaloosa Boys Bowling Team competed in the team and individual state qualifying tournament today at their home bowling center today. The team event was first and the boys finished in 4th place just 13 pins out of 3rd place and only 32 pins away from the 2nd spot, which would’ve qualified them for team […]
by Alex DeJong The Oskaloosa boys freshman basketball team ended their season last night on the road at Burlington getting their 9th win of the season winning in dominant fashion. These guys really started clicking towards the end of the season and played some of their best basketball going 4-1 in their last five games […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska was clicking on both ends of the floor as they opened Class 1A District 10 tournament action with a 93-23 win over Moulton-Udell. North Mahaska drained 13 3-pointers and forced 21 Moulton-Udell turnovers to secure the win and move on to host rival Montezuma on Thursday. For the second game […]
Oskaloosa–Alyssa Hames (Jr., Ackley, Iowa, Psychology) used a career outing to help her team break a long losing streak, and for that she earned Heart of America Athletic Conference WinWon Women’s Basketball Player of the Week laurels Monday. Hames won her first career honor after leading William Penn to its first victories in weeks. The […]
