Oskaloosa, Iowa – The sound of squeaking tennis shoes and the bounce of a basketball on a hardwood court isn’t usually associated with summer but, for a few days in July, that is exactly the sound coming from the gymnasium and PAC on the William Penn campus. For three days this week, 105 boys in […]
Little League has begun playing All Star games at the Lacey Recreation Complex this week. Nine 11-12 baseball All Star teams from throughout District 4 will complete with one another throughout July in pool play games to determine the team that will go to the state tournament. Each team will complete against one another in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday June 19th USTA kicked off their 42nd annual tumbling, trampoline, & double mini national competition in Madison, WI. Cheer & Tumble Tyme of Oskaloosa and Albia took 8 of their 15 national qualifiers up to compete with over 1600 other tumblers from across the nation. The national competition concluded the […]
The Oskaloosa Lightning 12U USSSA baseball team ended the organization’s best season ever with a runner-up finish in the AAA State Championships in Des Moines June 22nd-24th. It was the second time in three years that the Lightning has made the Championship game. In 2011 they lost to eventual champion Waterloo Heat in the quarter-finals. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Babe Ruth season came to an end over the weekend with Osky Maroon claiming the championship for the regular season as well as the tournament held June 23 and 24. The Maroon held a 32-4 record overall in the regular season. During the regular season the 12 teams came from neighboring […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A group of young couples from Central Reformed Church who call themselves simply The Group installed three new batting cages at the Lacey Recreation Complex over the weekend. Tom Morrison, leading the project stated “The group does a service project every summer. We look for a project that we can complete and […]
The Oskaloosa Lightning 12U USSSA baseball team captured their third title of 2012 by winning the Harley Steele Memorial Tournament in Cedar Rapids this past weekend. Solid defense behind quality pitching and timely hitting produced four victories in as many games. Pool play on Saturday started against the Muscatine Tribe. The Lightning were ahead 4 […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – About 3 weeks into 3rd month of Little League, the kids who make up this competitive bunch seem to be improving every time they step on the diamond out at the Lacey Recreation 5-plex. June has brought warmer weather for the players but these kids just seem to brush it off and […]
The Oskaloosa Lightning 12U baseball team hosted their 3rd Annual Longball Classic over the weekend at the Lacey Recreation Complex. Thirty youth baseball teams joined the tournament from all over Iowa, and one from central Illinois at the 5-plex and Babe Ruth fields. With more than 1,100 people coming out to support the USSSA players, […]
Pella, Iowa — A much different storyline came out of their second meeting against the best team in the league, but unfortunately another loss was posted as the Pella Knights lost 31-14 to the Des Moines Blaze in Midwest Football Alliance action Saturday night. Just as it did in the first contest, Pella (3-3) fell […]
