The sixth-ranked Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team extended its winning streak to 17 on Tuesday, Jan. 27, with a 52-31 victory at Belle Plaine.
Both teams struggled getting their offenses going in the first quarter. Belle Plaine took an early 2-0 lead, but that would be the only Plainsmen lead of the game. Sophomore Brenna Lanser connected...
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Hawk boys challenge undefeated BP, soar past HLV
In their second match-up of the season, the Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team knew they had a tough opponent as they traveled into Plainsman territory at Belle Plaine. The Plainsmen, 14-0, defeated the Hawks by only four points back in December. The Hawks were out for revenge, but, despite a strong fourth-quarter comeback attempt, they fell...
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Sisters sing at Hawkeyes basketball game
The Hackert sisters have been at it again.
After singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at an I-Cubs game last summer, the three sisters – Shawna Weis, Chandra Clark, and Trisha Criswell – had the chance to use their vocal talent at a different sporting event last week, an Iowa Hawkeyes boys basketball game.
Weis said the idea to...
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Brand, team honored at NHRA Division Five Banquet
Dale Brand and the Co-Line/Goalsetter-sponsored top alcohol funny car team were honored at the NHRA Division Five West Central Banquet in Overland Park, KS, on Saturday, Jan. 24. Team Co-Line/Goalsetter was crowned champion of the alcohol funny car class with 383 points. Second place went to Kris Hool of Evansville, WY, with 277 points, and...
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Remember When – 2/5/15
1980 (35 years ago)
The National North American South Devon Association gave Dr. T.E. Fitzpatrick (Skunk River South Devons) Grand Champion Bull honors at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Doc also showed Reserve Grand Champion Percentage Female, Champion Pair of Bulls, and Champion Pair of Yearlings.
Frank Pellet announced he was a candidate for...
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Some words you’ve never heard before
I saw articles about some interesting words on my favorite website, dictionary.com. If you don’t love words like I do, it’s okay to skip this column this week, you’ll be bored.
Here are eight interesting and wintry words to defrost your vocabulary.
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- Hibernaculum: Come colder climes, bears, snakes, and other torpor-prone critters retreat to their hibernaculums, or...
Did you know? From the Desk of Shane Ehresman
“Did you know?” is back by popular demand. I am kicking off 2015 with new facts and figures about the Lynnville-Sully School District. The purpose of the article is to share interesting information about the district. You may even want to use some of the information to reinforce your mental superiority over family and friends.
Did...
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