Oskaloosa–The Statesmen softball team inched closer to a postseason berth as it split a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader with No. 25 Grand View Saturday. WPU (26-18, 10-10 Heart) took the day’s first game 3-2, but dropped the second outing 7-3. Entering the final week of the season, the navy and gold sit in […]
Orange City/Canton, Mo./Cedar Rapids–The William Penn men’s track and field team took advantage of good weather as it put individuals into competition at three separate meets over the last few days. WPU battled at the Northwestern Red Raider Open Thursday, the Culver-Stockton Invitational Friday, and the Mount Mercy DeBacker Invitational Saturday. At Northwestern D’Artagnon Beaver […]
Des Moines–Despite a great pitching performance by Joseph Taylor (So., Hemet, Calif., Kinesiology), the William Penn baseball team was upended twice against Grand View in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday. WPU (16-24, 9-19 Heart) fell by scores of 11-2 and 2-1 and unfortunately lost all four games of the weekend series. The […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 19, 2025) – Rico Abreu cashed in $12,000 by taking the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash featuring the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint car Series at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night in the Rico Abreu Racing #24. The St. Helena, California driver’s win was his eighth at the Knoxville […]
April 19, 2025 Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball team swept Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday to take all three games of the weekend Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) series with the Lakers. With the sweep, head coach Matt Torrez collected his 200th career victory at the helm of the Indian Hills […]
Lamoni–Laila Smith (So., Olympia, Wash., Elementary Education) was a one-woman wrecking crew Friday as the Statesmen softball team swept Graceland in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader. William Penn (25-17, 9-9 Heart) won the opener 9-1 in five innings and took the nightcap by the same 9-1 score (6 innings). The navy and gold […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s volleyball team finished its 2025 campaign in the receiving votes section as the NAIA released its sixth and final top-15 poll Wednesday. William Penn (16-11, 13-6 Heart), which closed its season last Saturday in the league championship quarterfinals, is unofficially tied for 20th in the nation with 16 points. Missouri Baptist now […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen baseball team was unable to pick off the top team in the league as it was swept by Grand View in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Friday. William Penn (16-22, 9-17 Heart) fell by scores of 7-4 and 3-1. The teams will meet up Saturday for another Heart twinbill at […]
PELLA – A three-run ninth inning by Nebraska Wesleyan University broke a scoreless tie as the Central College baseball dropped the series opener with a 3-0 loss Friday. Central (14-16, 5-11 American Rivers Conference) and Nebraska Wesleyan (17-13, 6-8 conference) were locked in a scoreless tie through eight innings. It was a pitcher’s dual as […]
PELLA- The Central College softball team finished its stretch of 14 games in 13 days with a doubleheader split with Luther College. The Dutch (20-6, 5-3 American Rivers) lost game one 12-5 but came back with an 11-2 win in five innings in game two. In the opening game, Luther (20-14, 5-5 American Rivers) scored […]
