Monthly Archives: March 2016

Eleven L-S players, two coaches honored in SICL

SICL Conference honors have been released for both the boys and the girls with five boys, six girls, and two coaches from L-S making the list. On the boys’ side, senior Kyle Van Dyke was named to the All-Conference First Team. “Kyle has been one of the best players in the conference for a couple years...
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Hawks are district champs after Meskwaki win

The Meskwaki Settlement School Warriors (19-4) gave L-S a real run for the money in the district championship game at the Roundhouse in Marshalltown on Thursday, Feb. 25. But the No. 10 Hawks were able to overcome Meskwaki’s fast tempo and full-court pressure with a 57-51 win. “It was tight ballgame all night,” said L-S Coach...
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L-S boys win back-and-fourth battle with BP

            “The guys stayed the course. It wasn't going our way early on, but the guys kept battling.”
That persistence L-S Coach Nick Harthoorn saw in his players paid off with a 54-38 win over fellow SICL team Belle Plaine on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The District 10 semifinal win at Meskwaki ended up sending the Hawks...
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PC boys soar to state basketball tournament

The Pella Christian High School boys basketball team dominated its two postseason games last week to boldly punch a ticket to the state tournament. The Eagles kicked things into gear in the third quarter of their substate game against West Burlington on Saturday to beat the Falcons, 68-47, setting the Eagles up for the 13th...
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Maxwell Mintle takes third in state

Four Little Hawk Wrestlers tackled Wells Fargo Arena for the AAU State Finals on Saturday, Feb. 27. The top four wrestlers of each district qualified for the tournament to make up each 32-person bracket. Maxwell Mintle competed in the A 80 class as a fourth grader and also lost in the quarterfinals, 6-5, by “giving his...
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Drastic overhaul of diet stops Brand’s deteriorating health

Editor’s Note: The next several weeks will feature guest writers from the community who are filling in for the kitchen column while Shelly Rankin is on maternity leave. This week’s guest writer is rural Sully resident Dale Brand, owner of Co-Line Welding, Inc., south of Sully. Thanks, Dale, for filling in! By Dale Brand When the Hometown...
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Remember When – 3/3/16

40 years ago (1976) In the “Remember When” column: The Lynnville-Sully High School junior class produced “The Cannibal Queen.” The cast included Margaret Renaud, Mary Sparks, Linda Willemsen, Mike Shutts, Doug White, and Craig Weideman. The first deep well and water tower were built in Sully in 1912. The first girls to climb the water tower...
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