The SICL Indoor Meet at Grinnell College gave the Lynnville-Sully girls a chance to get their feet wet as the 2017 track season gets rolling. The Monday event was an important one as it gave conference teams a chance to see how they and their competition look this year. However, no team scores were kept.
Due...
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Pella Christian boys are state runner-ups
The No. 2 Pella Christian boys basketball team made it all the way to the championship round at the Class 2A state tournament last week. But it was the Western Christian Wolfpack who come away with the state title as PC fell 62-50.
The tournament began with PC taking Van Meter into overtime last Tuesday, with...
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G-R halts Hawks in state opener
The Lynnville-Sully Hawks staged a second-half comeback in the Class 1A opener of the boys state basketball tournament against Gladbrook-Reinbeck, but were unable to overcome the Rebels’ hot shooting. The Hawks fell 53-50 on Monday, Mar. 6, ending their season with a 24-2 overall record.
Prior to the game’s tip-off, longtime Hawk fans Duane and Donna...
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Matthew Mintle takes eighth at state
Lynnville-Sully was represented by three wrestlers at AAU State Wrestling last weekend at Wells Fargo Arena.
Third-grader Matthew Mintle qualified at 60 pounds and won his first two matches Saturday, the second being an overtime thriller to make it to the quarterfinals. Matthew then lost 2-0 and had to win his next match to make the podium....
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HAWKS HEADING TO STATE
Six years since their last state tournament appearance, the Lynnville-Sully boys ran away with what had been a close game with Martensdale-St. Marys on Saturday to claim the Substate 6 Championship and a ticket to the state tournament.
“It was a great night to be a Hawk!” said L-S Coach Nick Harthoorn, who will take his...
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Five L-S girls, coach honored in SICL Conf.
Girls’ SICL Conference honors were released last week with five Hawk players and one L-S coach being recognized.
Senior Brenna Lanser and sophomore Carson Fisk were both named First Team All-Conference by unanimous selection. Lanser is one of the all-time leading scorers in L-S girls five-player basketball history. She put up 434 points this season, averaging 18.1...
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Lanser nets 1,000th point in final game as L-S Hawk
Lynnville-Sully senior Brenna Lanser became only the seventh Hawk to score 1,000 points in L-S girls five-player basketball history. Lanser scored her 1,000th point in the final game of her high school basketball career. Despite Lanser’s 20-point effort, the Hawks fell in the substate match-up against Marquette Catholic on Feb. 20.
Lanser is the daughter of...
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