by Cory Sheeley This week the 7th Grade girls competed against Pella Christian and Knoxville. The A team played in both games and the B team played against Knoxville. The girls have been making lots of progress over the last few weeks and we were able to play a tight game against Pella Christian and […]
The Oskaloosa wrestling team traveled to Grinnell last night for their 1st competition of the season. The Indians wrestled in a quad vs Grinnell, Saydel, and Chariton. Osky went 3-0 on the night in varsity competition. The varsity travels to DCG tomorrow for a tournament and then wrestles at home vs Norwalk and Winterset on Thursday. […]
Baldwin City, Kan.–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team replicated its outing from earlier this week as it went 1-1 in a triangular hosted by Baker Thursday. WPU (5-3, 3-2 Heart) opened the night with a 28-18 non-conference win over Oklahoma Wesleyan. Unfortunately, a sweep was not in the cards as the navy and gold fell […]
COLFAX – North Mahaska boys got off to a hot start Tuesday behind the shooting of seniors Nash Smith and Lane Harmon as the Warhawks defeated Colfax-Mingo 70-34 in South Iowa Cedar League play. Smith went over the 1,000-point mark and puts him in fourth place all-time at 1,004 points. North Mahaska scored in double […]
PELLA — On a night full of low-scoring bouts, the Central College wrestling secured a 34-1 non-conference win over Augustana College (Ill.) Thursday night. Central (2-0 overall) triumphed in nine of 10 matches on the night, winning six times by decision against Augustana (2-2). “I thought Augustana put up a good fight,” coach Eric Van […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn University Athletics Booster Club has announced the recipients of the October Player of the Month laurels. Graduate men’s shotgun sports athlete Colten Uitermarkt (Otley, Iowa, Master’s of Organizational Leadership) earned the Male award, while senior women’s volleyball player Alyssa Young (Winter Springs, Fla., Exercise Science) claimed the Female honor. The accolade […]
Oskaloosa–Eleven individuals from the William Penn women’s volleyball program were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2022 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Scholar-Athletes Tuesday. Emma Stephens (So., Stonewall, Manitoba, Psychology) leads the group with a 3.87 Grade Point Average, while Jessica Skewes (Sr., Ventura, Calif., Exercise Science) (3.85), Molly McLaughlin (So., Wayland, Iowa, Business Management) (3.82), […]
Oskaloosa–Despite a bit of a slow start to the campaign, the William Penn men’s basketball team is hanging on in the top 25 as the NAIA released its second poll Wednesday. WPU (6-2, 2-0 Heart), which won Wednesday night after the rating was published, fell from #13 to #25 in the country with 146 […]
Des Moines–In what is considered one of the top rivalries in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, the William Penn men’s basketball team took care of Grand View 91-69 Wednesday. William Penn (6-2, 2-0 Heart), which outshot Grand View (2-6, 0-2 Heart) 52.1%-37.1% in the victory, has won by 15 or more points in […]
Des Moines–The William Penn women’s basketball team was unable to keep pace down the stretch as it fell 70-57 to Grand View in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Wednesday. WPU (3-4, 1-1 Heart) had one of its best shooting efforts of the young season, going 42.0% from the field. The Vikings (6-2, 2-1 […]
