Cedar Rapids–The Statesmen women’s basketball team found scoring to be elusive Saturday as it fell 66-41 to Mount Mercy in a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup. WPU (8-14, 5-11 Heart) was outshot 40.0%-25.8% by the Mustangs (9-13, 5-11 Heart), including a 35.5%-13.6% deficit from behind the arc. The visitors, who defeated MMU earlier in […]
by Alex DeJong Last week the Oskaloosa boys freshman team had a long road trip to Mt. Pleasant taking on the MTP Panthers. You could tell it was a long bus ride because the energy wasn’t all there at the beginning of the game as we let them hang around in the first half. At […]
by Jakob Hasley The JV boys basketball team took on Indianola for the second time this season. The first game was lost because of self-inflicted mistakes, so the Indians looked to correct those and come out with a different approach this time around. It was a tightly contested game early as the first quarter ended […]
Dubuque–The Statesmen women’s bowling team claimed gold for the first time this season as it topped the standings at the Clarke Invitational Saturday and Sunday. WPU was first out of 11 teams with 8,023 pins in five regular games and 16 Baker rounds. Culver-Stockton (Mo.) was a distant second, over 300 pins behind the navy […]
Dubuque–The William Penn men’s bowling team finished in the middle of the pack as it faced off against a load of regional foes at the Clarke Invitational Saturday and Sunday. WPU finished sixth out of 12 teams with 7,806 pins in five regular games and 16 Baker rounds. Iowa Western CC took the team crown […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s track and field athlete Keaten Griffen (Fr., Longview, Texas) and women’s bowler Madison Ross (Sr., Charles City, Iowa, Exercise Science) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of January 16-22, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. In just his third collegiate competition last Saturday, Griffen set a new school record in the […]
The Oskaloosa boys and girls teams were in action on Saturday and both came away with the wins against Pella Christian at home. The Oskaloosa girls improve to 12 and 4 on the season and were led by freshman Sidney Thompson with the high games of 182 and 170 for the two game total of […]
PELLA—After a dominant week in the post, Central College’s Allison Van Gorp (sophomore, Pella, Pella Christian HS) was named the American Rivers Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Van Gorp, a 6-foot-3 center, put up 44 points, 26 rebounds and eight blocks as Central pushed Simpson College to overtime before suffering an 83-79 home-court […]
High school seniors living in Mahaska County and attending any high school are eligible to apply now for a Chamber Scholarship sponsored by the Mahaska Chamber & Development Group. Information is available from one’s school counselor or the web at https://www.mahaskachamber.org/resources/scholarships/ where you will find a link to the fillable form. Scholarships are sponsored by […]
by Travis Wahlert This past week Osky hosted Knoxville for the first game of the season. In the A game the Indians started off slow while Knoxville built a small lead. Osky chipped away by getting getting the ball into the paint and playing good defense. The Indians ended up winning 35-32. Stats: Carl Ashamn […]
