Monthly Archives: October 2016

L-S soils team advances to state

L-S soils team advances to state
By Brett Vanden Hoek Four high school students – juniors Mariah Vos and McKinley Conover and sophomores Tessa Van Maanen and Caitlyn Bartholomew – represented Lynnville-Sully and the L-S FFA Chapter very well at the FFA District Soils Contest on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Knoxville. The team came home with a third-place finish out of 29 participating...
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Reaching the unreached in Vietnam

Reaching the unreached in Vietnam
Fueled by a fervent desire to “reach the unreached,” 2013 Lynnville-Sully alum Cale Van Wyk spent a good portion of his summer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Van Wyk, the son of Kevin and Julie Van Wyk of Sully, is currently a senior at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and went on this...
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New wrestling room in the making

New wrestling room in the making
Work on the new wrestling room has officially begun. Although the high school wrestling program numbers have held steady between 15 to 20 over the last couple of years, the elementary program is consistently bringing in more numbers every year. These higher numbers showed a need for a bigger and updated wrestling room. “I think a...
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Hawk VB goes 3-0 against two SICL teams

Hawk VB goes 3-0 against two SICL teams
English Valleys By Allison Renaud L-S Newspaper II Class The Hawk volleyball team picked up a conference win by beating English Valleys on Thursday, Sept. 29. The team went 3-0 for the first time this season with scores of 25-13, 25-13, and 25-21, and the girls are now 9-6 on the season. The Hawks were 94 percent from the...
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L-S XC faces strong competition at K’ville, cuts times at North Polk

L-S XC faces strong competition at K’ville, cuts times at North Polk
Knoxville By Quentin Thompson L-S Newspaper I Class In prepping for the Knoxville Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 27, the L-S cross-country team knew the key would once again be running hills effectively. “That has as much to do with how we run downhill as it does running up the hills,” said Coach Darin Arkema. When it was all said...
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Hawks stay unbeaten with win over Pekin

Hawks stay unbeaten with win over Pekin
The Lynnville-Sully football team traveled to Packwood to battle the Pekin Panthers on Friday, Sept. 30. The Hawks relied on solid defense and balanced offense to get their sixth straight win, 43-14. “I thought our guys really kept a great focus, and their mindset and attitude stayed very positive and locked in,” said L-S Coach Mike...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/6/16

So, National Coffee Day has come and gone. This household celebrated with a few couple dozen pots of coffee. Did I say pots of coffee? I meant cups of coffee. Pssh. In the last couple weeks, we celebrated the girl who made us parents for the first time. She's now three. I have no idea why...
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