Atchison, Kan.–The William Penn men’s basketball team was excellent from deep as it took down Benedictine 86-60 to claim the outright regular season Heart of America Athletic Conference crown. The Statesmen (23-2, 19-0 Heart), winners of 19 in a row, made 45.2% of their shots from the field while shooting an impressive 51.4% from three-point […]
Canton, Mo.–The William Penn men’s volleyball team had its best hitting performance of the season as it swept Culver-Stockton 3-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Saturday. #14 WPU (4-5, 3-3 Heart) defeated the Wildcats (0-9, 0-5 Heart) by scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-21. The visitors outhit C-SC .515-.054 and also managed a 9-4 […]
Pella–The William Penn men’s wrestling team had a handful of grapplers hit the mat one more time before the league championship as the Statesmen competed at the Central Last Chance Invitational Friday. Kael Bunce (Jr., Stockbridge, Mich., Mechanical Engineering) will be entering the national qualifier on a high note as he won the 157-pound weight […]
Fremont, Neb.–The Statesmen women’s wrestling team got in one last competition before its league championship as it battled at the Midland Warrior Open Sunday. Four grapplers posted two victories with 116-pounder Brittany Cotter (So., Katy, Texas, Nursing) and 130-pounder Tatiana Garcia (Fr., Amarillo, Texas, Psychology) both pinning a pair of foes. Mami Selemani (Jr., Iowa […]
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 […]
