by Jessica Weinreich On Saturday, Jan. 29th, Elliot Nelson competed in the National Speech and Debate Association’s District Student Congress. This competition features students from all over Eastern Iowa competing to earn a spot at the National Tournament, held this summer. Elliot placed third overall. This is considered a National Qualifier, although he is positioned […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—Propelled by a career-best 25 points and 12 rebounds from freshman center Allison Van Gorp (Pella, Pella Christian HS), Central College scored a breakthrough women’s basketball win, dropping Coe College 67-53 Saturday It was Central’s first American Rivers victory and avenged a 56-46 home-court loss to the Kohawks Dec. 11. The young Dutch (3-9 […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team went 1-1 last week, including snapping a 12-year-old losing streak to a non-conference foe. OHS (4-9, 1-7 LHC) defeated Mount Pleasant 45-43 last Tuesday, but fell to then-#6 Dallas Center-Grimes 78-39 in Little Hawkeye Conference play last Friday. The Indians, who had not been victorious over the […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Indian girls’ basketball team won a non-conference bout with stifling defense, but could not take down a ranked league foe in a 1-1 week. OHS (8-6, 2-6 LHC) won 58-32 over Washington last Monday, but fell 68-24 to #4 Dallas Center-Grimes 68-24 in Little Hawkeye Conference action last Friday. The Indians, […]
PELLA — The Central College men’s and women’s track and field teams spent partial squads to the Wartburg College Friday Night Lights Meet in Waverly. No team scores were kept as the only other schools competing were the hosts and the University of Northern Iowa. Central did not have a full squad for either gender […]
by Jerry Fairbank A successful night on the mat as the Osky Wrestlers took down Keokuk 83-0 and Washington 48-28 before falling to Williamsburg 54-12. The individual results are below: 106 Alex Russell 2-1 113 Ivan Montgomery 1-2 120 Reid Luck 1-2 126 Trey Miller 3-0 132 Garrett Roethler 2-1 138 Phillip Abrahamson 3-0 145 […]
by Wade Schelker The 7th grade Boys Basketball A and B teams were in action against the Crusaders from Oskaloosa Christian Thursday evening. Leading scorers for the Indians were Kinnick Wright and Cael Ashman with 6 points apiece. Brady Shinn added a 3 point basket while Tyler Edgar and Ayden Plumb added 2 pointes apiece. […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s wrestling team continues to have a large crew of individuals in the hunt for postseason glory as the NAIA released its fifth poll Thursday. WPU is unofficially 43rd in the country with 11 points, headlined by three student-athletes ranked nationally. Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) is now the top man, […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn bowling teams are both competing at high levels and are in position to once again battle for national supremacy as the regular season winds down. The WPU men are seventh in the NAIA and 27th in the USBC rankings, while the women are ninth in the NAIA and 16th in the USBC. […]
Oskaloosa–Two Statesmen women’s wrestlers are again receiving national recognition as the NAIA released its fourth set of polls Thursday. William Penn is unofficially 28th in the NAIA as a team with 14 points. Mami Selemani (So., Iowa City, Iowa, Business Management) has garnered the most points by being ranked 13th at 123 pounds. Catherine Steinkamp […]
