Oskaloosa–William Penn University Athletics continues to provide a major economic impact to the Oskaloosa community as it returns to normalcy after the pandemic. Back to capacity crowds, WPU hosted well over 100 athletic competitions during the 2021-2022 academic year and those events accounted for an estimated economic impact of $1,007,500 for the Oskaloosa community. The […]
Oskaloosa–Corrin Lepper (Sr., Jefferson City, Mo., Exercise Science) has an opportunity at national hardware after winning the A.O. Duer Award nomination from the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Lepper’s award was announced at the Heart Summit recently. She becomes the second Statesmen in as many years to earn the Heart’s nomination for the A.O. Duer […]
by Bill Wright Knoxville, IA, August 8, 2022 – Aaron Reutzel has been having quite a week, and leads the current Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” standings heading into tonight’s Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge Presented by the Rayce Rudeen Foundation and Country Builders Construction at the Southern Iowa Speedway in […]
Scotty Johnson Wins Fifth of the Season in Pro Sprints by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 7, 2022) – Logan Schuchart won a late duel with Donny Schatz and escaped disaster with a well-timed caution to conquer the 11th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom Capitani Classic Sunday night at Knoxville Raceway. The win was worth […]
by Bill Wright Knoxville, IA, August 7, 2022 – A strong 360 Nationals has propelled Sunnyvale, Texas’s Sam Hafertepe Jr. to the fore in the Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” standings heading into tonight’s Xtream Powered by Mediacom Capitani Classic Presented by Great Southern Bank at the Knoxville Raceway. Points are […]
by Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: Wednesday, July 27th the point season came to an end for the five classes of race cars that compete at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. Perfect weather greeted the fans for an action packed night of racing that saw the final checkered flag wave at 10 pm. The final […]
This Friday night and Saturday, July 29th and 30th, Eddyville Raceway Park is hosting a family night special at their headline event Funny Car Chaos. Discounted rates of $40 for two parents plus all children in the car are available by simply presenting the supplied coupon at the gate upon arrival! The coupon can be […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 23, 2022) – Saturday night’s 410 feature was a wash on 3M Night at the Knoxville Raceway, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t plenty of action. Aaron Reutzel drove to his third 360 win of the season here, and Eric Bridger picked up career win number 13 in the […]
PELLA—One of the architects of a Central College offense that has set 90 school records during his tenure, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Maiuri (my-OOR-ee) has been named the school’s associate head coach. Maiuri joined the Dutch staff in 2015 and has helped the squad post a 55-14 (.797) record since then, with American […]
by Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: The 2022 Southern Iowa Fair hosted the 4th annual Caleb Hammond Memorial races on Tuesday, July 19th with a packed grandstand enjoying an action packed night of racing which hosted a season high 91 race teams. The Midstate Machine Stock Car main event took the green flag with 20 drivers […]
