Lamoni–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team fell short in its return to league action, falling to Graceland 30-10 in a Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meet Tuesday. WPU (5-4, 3-3 Heart) won just two matches, but went the distance in all but one bout. 125-pounder Jeffery Myers (Fr., Yelm, Wash., Education) put the visitors on the […]
During the week of December 12th-16th, Oskaloosa High School students participated in Act of Kindness week! They went to local nursing homes, made tie blankets, sang Christmas carols, colored, and played volleyball with the residents. Grade 9 went to Homestead and enjoyed playing volleyball with balloons. The students were very impressed with the residents’ hitting […]
Ottumwa, IA – No. 5 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball suffered its second loss of the season on Tuesday night as the Warriors fell 82-71 to No. 18 Moberly Area Community College (MO) at the Hellyer Center. The Warriors fall to 15-2 overall on the year. Playing its first contest in 2023, the Warriors fell behind […]
PELLA — Before starting the second half of its season, the Central College wrestling team is at No. 11 in the newest edition of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III dual rankings as of Tuesday. The NWCA releases both a tournament and a dual team national rankings and this is the second week of […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s basketball team returned from a short winter break and closed out the calendar with a 62-48 win over Cottey in non-conference action Friday. WPU (5-8) had defense on display all day, forcing the Comets (6-6) into 18 turnovers; the Statesmen capitalized on the mistakes with 18 points off turnovers. The navy […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team has eight individuals ranked within in the league as the NAIA released its third set of polls last week. WPU is tied for 32nd nationally with eight points as 130-pounder Mami Selemani (Jr., Iowa City, Iowa, Business Management) is ranked 16th and 136-pounder Ashleigh Denny (So., El Paso, Texas, Undecided) sits in […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team enters the second half of the season with six grapplers ranked in the conference as the NAIA released its third set of polls last week. WPU is tied for 38th in the nation with 23 points, while Grand View is first with 294 points. Life (Ga.) is second with […]
Coralville–The William Penn women’s wrestling team wrapped up the 2022 calendar year by hitting the mat at the Solider Salute last Thursday. It was an overall tough day for the navy and gold as Mami Selemani (Jr., Iowa City, Iowa, Business Management) was the only individual to claim a victory. The junior won once by […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn University Athletics Director Nik Rule is proud to announce the hiring of Marc Benavidez as the new Head Football Coach. Benavidez comes to WPU from Avila University in Kansas City, Mo. where he served in the same role for the past five years. Moving up the ranks within the program, he concluded his time […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s boys’ basketball team was clicking on all cylinders Tuesday when they hosted English Valleys in a South Iowa Cedar League contest. North Mahaska shot 62 percent from the floor including a 50 percent clip from 3-point range to roll past the Bears 96-44. All 11 players scored for the Warhawks. […]
