EDDYVILLE – North Mahaska competed against five Class 2A and 3A teams at the Rocket Relays in Eddyville April 15 and placed sixth in the seven-team meet. North Polk won the meet with 138 points to beat second place Fairfield with 119. Host Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont scored 62 and NM finished with 28. North Mahaska’s highest finishes […]
Jamie Ball Cruises to 360 Win; Tyler Groenendyk Chalks Up First Ever Win in Pro Sprints by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 17, 2021) – A large crowd saw Sheldon Haudenschild join his father Jac as a Knoxville Raceway winner by taking the Pella Motors/Kraig Ford Season Opener at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. Sheldon’s […]
Ottawa, Kan.– The women’s lacrosse tournament for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference had quarterfinal action going on Saturday. William Penn tried to take down Ottawa but the team struggled to find goals, especially in the second half. The Braves made the Statesmen pay for every mistake and the home side motored to a 15-3 victory. […]
Oskaloosa–Lexi Riccardi (Sr., Redwood City, Calif., Biology) left the park to secure the first game for the William Penn softball team, but late-inning heroics were not available for the nightcap in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader split against Park Saturday. WPU (16-19, 10-13 Heart) won the opener 2-1, but dropped the opener 3-2. […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn baseball team began a home series with a doubleheader against the Mount Mercy Mustangs. The Mustangs, two games ahead of the Statesmen in the Heart of America Athletic Conference northern division standings at the start of play, found themselves in a deadlock after Saturday’s contests as the Statesmen swept the doubleheader by […]
Oskaloosa — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse tournament got going Saturday with four games across the bracket. William Penn hit the road to face Missouri Baptist, who won the first meeting of the season 10-7. The Statesmen entered in good form and changed the second stanza against the Spartans in St. Louis, as […]
CRETE, NEB. — The decathlon and heptathlon are halfway done for a few Central College track and field athletes at the Jim Dutcher Memorial Classic Saturday. The meet, hosted by Doane University (Neb.), is the first opportunity for Central’s multi-event athletes to complete a women’s heptathlon and men’s decathlon. “I was pretty happy with what […]
WAVERLY — The Central College men’s soccer team struggled in a 4-0 loss at Wartburg College Saturday afternoon. Central (2-3-1, 2-3-1 American Rivers Conference) actually outshot Wartburg (4-2, 4-2 conference) but the Dutch only put three on frame as opposed to seven by the Knights. Wartburg scored twice in the first 12 minutes for an […]
DUBUQUE — Starting pitcher Landon Vander Leest (junior, Pella) drove in three of the team’s four runs in a 4-2 victory during game one of the Central College baseball team’s doubleheader at the University of Dubuque Saturday. The Spartans (10-13, 8-8 conference) beat the Dutch (8-14, 5-11 conference) 10-1 in the nightcap. “The first game […]
PELLA—A stumble turned into a steal and the Central College softball team pulled off a 1-0, 3-2 doubleheader sweep of the University of Dubuque Saturday. Carson Fisk (sophomore, Searsboro, Lynnville-Sully HS), getting her first taste of collegiate action as an injury replacement, initially at third base and Saturday at shortstop, led off the sixth inning […]
