DES MOINES – North Mahaska’s boys basketball team was one of three Class 1A teams to enter the Associated Press Top 10 this week. They had received votes in previous polls. The rankings were released prior to North Mahaska’s first loss of the season at Gladbrook-Reinbeck Monday, 81-61. The loss was the first of the […]
PELLA—A deep NCAA playoff run vaulted Central College to No. 6 in the season’s final Division III football rankings by the American Football Coaches Association and by D3football.com. It’s Central’s highest ranking of the year and the program’s loftiest final season ranking since 2007, when the Dutch also closed at No. 6 in both polls. […]
PELLA – North Mahaska used four runnerup finishes at the annual Bill Van Horn wrestling tournament in Pella to earn fifth place. The meet saw wrestlers from Class 3A and Class 2A in competition against North Mahaska in Class 1A. The meet traditionally is one of the most competitive the Warhawks go to and prepares […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska coach L.E. Moore wondered how his team would respond Friday after an emotional win over 11th-rank rival Montezuma on Tuesday. For a quarter and a half he was pleased the rest of the game not so much. North Mahaska improved to 7-1 overall and 7-0 in South Iowa Cedar League […]
Nevada, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team closed out its pre-holiday slate with a 68-63 loss to Cottey in non-conference action Saturday. WPU (1-14) was outshot 45.1%-40.0%, but stayed in it by holding a 63.2%-56.0% edge at the free-throw line. The Comets (6-10) tallied the first six points of the afternoon en route to a […]
Marshall, Mo.–Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) walked off the mat victorious in all three of his matches, while Cameron Hargrove (Fr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Undecided) had his hand raised twice, but unfortunately that was about all the success the William Penn men’s wrestling team enjoyed Thursday as it competed at the Missouri Valley Clash Duals. […]
by Kyle VanMeter The Middle School team was at Indianola for the Conference Tournament. All of the wrestlers wrestled very well. We came home with 3 conference champions with Parker Jordan, Kaiden Parker, Trey Parks. All three went undefeated on the night with Parker Jordan extending his undefeated streak on the season. 2-1: Trevin Griffin, […]
PELLA—In a season with a flurry of firsts for Central College quarterback Blaine Hawkins (5th-year, Ankeny), add yet one more. Hawkins is the first Gagliardi (guh-LAHR-dee) Trophy winner in Central football history. The award is presented by Jostens and the J-Club of Saint John’s University (Minn.) to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA Division III football […]
PELLA—Two key performers on Central College’s record-setting football offense, wide receiver Jeff Herbers (junior, Urbandale, Des Moines Christian HS) and quarterback Blaine Hawkins (5th-year, Ankeny), were both named to the Division III Academic All-America® Division III football team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Each was a second-team selection. They […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska hosted Cardinal, HLV and Montezuma Dec. 14 in a wrestling triangular. Using the strength of six wrestlers going 3-0 on the night North Mahaska defeated Cardinal 54-24, HLV 66-6 and Montezuma 48-34. Trace Goemaat at 285 pounds pinned Cardinal’s Isaac Cox in 2 minutes 16 seconds then earned two forfeits. […]
