TIPTON – The trio of North Mahaska girls wrestled at Tipton Dec. 5 and came away with a first and two second place finishes. Seniors Jalayna Shipley, Vanessa Murphy and Libby Groom competed. Murphy was perfect on the night with three falls. She pinned Clinton’s Kendie Huizenga in 1 minutes 34 seconds. She pinned Ella […]
PELLA — After starting the dual season 2-0, the Central College wrestling team jumped into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III dual rankings at No. 10 Thursday. The NWCA releases both a tournament and a dual team national rankings and this is the first week of the dual top-25. Central is not ranked in […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Indian girls’ basketball team took down both a non-conference foe and a league opponent last week to begin the season at 2-0. OHS (2-0, 1-0 LHC) won its season opener 57-29 over Fairfield last Tuesday and then held off Pella Christian 43-41 in Little Hawkeye Conference play last Friday. OHS 57, […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team began its 2022-2023 campaign last week with two setbacks. OHS (0-2, 0-1 LHC) dropped its season opener 65-63 to non-conference foe Fairfield last Tuesday. The team then came up short versus Little Hawkeye Conference opponent Pella Christian 62-46 last Friday. Fairfield 65, OHS 63 In a back-and-forth […]
Oskaloosa–Alexis Lake (Sr., Kaysville, Utah, Nursing) turned an all-tournament award into more recognition as she was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Bowler of the Week Monday. Lake won her first weekly laurel by finishing high at the Warhawk Open last Saturday. Her efforts helped William Penn to place second in qualifying and claim […]
Oskaloosa–Jayson Miner (Sr., Silvis, Ill., Business Management) once again produced a big outing and for his efforts he was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Bowler of the Week Monday. Miner claimed his first career honor by leading the Statesmen at the Warhawk Open last Saturday. The senior finished eighth out of 276 players with […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s bowler Jayson Miner (Sr., Silvis, Ill., Business Management) and women’s bowler Alexis Lake (Sr., Kaysville, Utah, Nursing) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of November 28-December 4, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Miner finished eighth out of 276 players with a 218.5 average (1,311 pins) at the Warhawk Open last weekend. He […]
by Tony Witt The Osky boys and girls traveled to Newton on Saturday or the Newton Invitational. The girls finished in 4th place out of 7 teams and were led by Sydney Thompson with a high game of 160 and series of 299. The boys finished in 2nd place out of 7 teams and fell […]
by Alex DeJong The Oskaloosa boys freshman team was in action last Friday night against the Pella Christian Eagles for our first road test. We got off to a very slow start getting down 7-12 at the end of the first. The hoop was not our friend that night as we struggled making shots. Even though we […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s basketball team held on down the stretch as it claimed a 78-68 win over Benedictine in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Saturday. WPU (4-4, 2-1 Heart) was on fire from behind the arc, shooting 44% (11-for-25), making up for a slight deficit in total shooting, 51.0%-50.9%. The Statesmen got […]
