Atchison, Kan.–The Statesmen women’s basketball team was doomed by a big fourth quarter as it fell 61-51 to Benedictine in a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup Saturday. WPU (9-17, 6-14 Heart) was outshot 43.8%-38.8% by the Ravens (9-17, 6-14 Heart) and was outrebounded 36-22. Points were hard to come by for the navy and […]
Williamsburg, Ky.–The William Penn men’s lacrosse team was unable to keep its winning streak going as it fell to #3 Cumberlands (Ky.) 18-7 in non-conference action Friday. WPU (2-1) was outshot 47-37 (27-22 in shots on goal) against the Patriots (2-0). The first period was a lopsided affair, as the home team got out to […]
Williamsburg, Ky.–The William Penn men’s lacrosse team was unable to collect a massive upset, falling 18-8 to #1 Reinhardt in non-conference action Sunday. In a game in which it was outshot 52-31 (31-21 in shots on goal), WPU (2-2) unfortunately could not get anything going through the first 30 minutes as it fell behind 15-0 […]
Kansas City, Mo.–The William Penn softball team had a rough start to the season as it was swept in a non-conference doubleheader by Avila Saturday. The Statesmen (0-2) fell to Avila (2-1) by scores of 3-2 and 10-4. No WPU batters struck out in the opener, but the navy and gold also struggled to find […]
by Travis Miller Congratulations to Kaiden Parker at 126 and Trey Miller at 132 for qualifying for the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament. The top 2 place winners in districts qualified for state. The 2A session starts at 1:30 on Wednesday. There will be a send off for these 2 wrestlers Wednesday at 8:30 in the […]
by Tony Witt The Oskaloosa Girls and Boys Bowling teams both took 2nd place in the varsity conference tournament held this Friday and Saturday that started at 9:00am at Statesmen Lanes. The Girls were in action on Friday and finished in 2nd place for the team event. They bowled great and couldn’t be more proud […]
NORTH ENGLISH – Freshman Ryan Groom led a quartet of North Mahaska state wrestling qualifiers Saturday as the team placed third at the meet hosted by English Valleys/Tri-County. Sophomore Hunter Wernli and seniors Wyatt Van Weelden and Trace Goemaat placed second to qualify for Wednesday’s state meet at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Last […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s volleyball team could not put away #13 Missouri Baptist Friday, falling 3-2 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. The fifth-ranked Statesmen (1-4, 0-2 Heart) lost by scores of 28-26, 25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 15-13. The hosts held a .279-.254 hitting clip, but committed seven more service errors (21-14) than the Spartans […]
PELLA — In a field with six Division I entries, Central College women’s track and field athlete Olivia Bohlen (freshman, Belle Plaine) took second place in the pentathlon at the Wartburg Select Friday. In the men’s heptathlon, Grant Miller (freshman, Norwalk) is in third and Gavin Smith (freshman, Audubon) is in fifth after four events. […]
CORALVILLE – Jalayna Shipley from North Mahaska was one of 448 girls to make history in earning a spot in the first ever girl’s state wrestling tournament sanctioned by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union. Only 14 of those girls will be named champion. Shipley hoped to be one of the 84 who would […]
