MANKATO, MINN.— Visions of a big road victory faded down the stretch as undefeated Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) used a 15-2 surge to outlast the Central College men’s basketball team 79-74 Tuesday night. After trailing 56-52 with 12:37 left, Central regained the lead and was up 67-62 at just under the 7-minute mark. But the […]
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.—Red-hot shooting propelled Illinois College past the Central College women’s basketball team Tuesday, 97-68. While Central (2-3) got 18 points from guard Abby Johnson (sophomore, Ankeny), they couldn’t keep pace with the Lady Blues, who shot a sizzling 57.1% for the night and had four players with 14 points or more. The Dutch connected […]
PELLA—Eight Central College football players were named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District squad. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve at the varsity level and achieve a 3.50 or better cumulative grade point average (4.00 scale). Each institution can nominate a limited number of […]
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Men’s Basketball team is coming off a big week on the hardwood with a 3-0 record to boast. The Warriors have been rewarded for their efforts with a series of national recognitions. The Warriors’ 3-0 record last week included a 108-99 victory over then-No. 1 nationally ranked Northwest Florida […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Eight members of the Statesmen football team earned postseason recognition as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division teams were announced last Friday. Jagger Blubaugh (Jr., Wichita, Kan., Exercise Science) led the navy and gold as a first-team honoree on defense. Dylan Wemer (Jr., Joplin, Mo., Physical Education (K-12)) was a second-team […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Men’s basketball player Malik Edwards (Fr., Drexel Hill, Pa., Business Management) and women’s wrestler Grecia Martinez (Fr., Horizon City, Texas, Industrial Technology) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of November 14-20, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Edwards recorded a pair of 20-point performances last week. The sophomore scored 20 points against Bethel […]
The Osky middle school wrestling team began competition on November 10 in Knoxville. We have a mix of wrestlers that range from never having wrestled before and some wrestlers that have competed for several years. They had been working hard in practice and were anxious to get into competition. As a team we ended the […]
by Alex Knoot The girls were back in action this past Thursday night against PCM. The Girls came out a little slow getting down 4 to 10 at the end of the first quarter. But again with some great defensive effort, the girls came firing back and controlled the rest of the game-winning 28 to 14. […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s basketball team had a rough night in many ways and was forced into 10 extra minutes of action, but did enough down the stretch to claim a 93-91 double-overtime victory over Columbia in non-conference play Saturday. #13 William Penn (4-1) held Columbia (5-3) to just 36.8% percent from the floor, […]
Tallahassee, Fla.–Max Finley (Fr., Richville, N.Y., Secondary Education) posted a strong showing against the country’s best harriers as he competed at the 67th Annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship Friday. Finley placed 217th out of 326 total runners on the 8K course in a time of 26:33.2. His time was just four seconds off his […]
