Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s uncommon for a three-year program to have won one national title, but the William Penn Shotgun Team has now won two in a row. Head Coach Steve Heaton says the success is with the student-athletes. “At this level, it’s more about building their confidence and giving them the opportunity, give them […]
Centerville, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball team picked up two more Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) wins with an afternoon sweep of Marshalltown Community College on Wednesday. The Warriors dropped the Tigers 8-7 and 22-2 at Pat Daugherty Field. The Warriors improve to 21-9 overall and 12-4 in league play on the year […]
PELLA—Central College linebacker Gregory Ricketts (senior, Rochelle, Ill.,, Rochelle Township HS) gets it. Much like NCAA legislative minutiae, details about his Student-Athlete Advisory Committee duties are typically met by teammates and friends with the same glassy-eyed indifference that one might bring to paging through a home appliance owners’ manual. He once had the same view. […]
Oskaloosa–A quintet of William Penn men’s volleyball players garnered national recognition as the AVCA NAIA All-America teams were announced Monday. The trio of Ike Papes (Jr., Elwood, Ill., Sports Management), Charlie Figy (Jr., Appleton, Wis., Secondary Education), and Eli Herro (Sr., Dousman, Wis., Business Management) were all selected to the Second Team. Landon Krause (Jr., […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn softball team again split a doubleheader as it faced off with Iowa Wesleyan Tuesday in its final non-conference games of the season. The Statesmen (13-23) dropped the opener 4-2, but won the second bout 5-1. Iowa Wesleyan (7-19) scored all four its opening-game runs in the second inning. The home team tried […]
MARENGO – Andy Knockel accounted for 17 of North Mahaska’s points at the boy’s version of the Ruth Ahrens Relays at Marengo Tuesday. BCLUW won the meet with 126 points with North Mahaska heading a list of seven South Iowa Cedar League schools with 100.5. Belle Plaine placed third with 90 points. Knockel tied for […]
MARENGO – In what may be the prelude to the South Iowa Cedar League track meet, Montezuma and North Mahaska battled for the team title Monday at the Ruth Ahrens Relays in Marengo. Iowa Valley hosted the annual meet which included seven SICL teams plus PCM. Montezuma won the meet with 147 points while NM […]
by Mike Sterner The Indians were back in action ready to compete Tuesday at the Fairfield Trojan Invitational. The team came away with a strong 3rd place finish, while being led by several gold medal performances. Tatum Westercamp won the 110 Hurdles, as well as anchoring the Shuttle Hurdle relay squad with teammates Dom Piersel, […]
by Betsy Luck After missing two meets earlier in the season due to weather, the Oskaloosa girls track and field team picked up a meet and headed to Fort Madison on a beautiful day for a meet. The team finished third in the team standings. The girls came home with six individual champions: Maleah Walker […]
PELLA—Freshman pitcher Emma Beck (Holland, Grundy Center HS) posted a career-high 11 strikeouts and none was bigger than the one that nailed down a wild 8-7 victory and a Central College softball doubleheader sweep at Simpson College Tuesday. The No. 21 Dutch (22-4 overall, 3-1 American Rivers) were 4-2 winners in the opener. Beck (6-0), […]
