Yearly Archives: 2016

Stellar speller challenge

Stellar speller challenge
Words such as “desertification” and “plaintiff” challenged the top spellers in fifth through eighth grade in the annual spelling bee held Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 23. Eight students, two from each grade, were chosen based on results of previously-held classroom spelling bees to represent their grade and outspell their peers for the chance to be crowned...
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Season ends one game short of state for L-S

Season ends one game short of state for L-S
The L-S boys basketball team knew they had their work cut out for them playing Gladbrook-Reinbeck, the Class 1A defending state champion, on Saturday, Feb. 27. The No. 6 Rebels were 21-2 coming into the Substate 5 game, while the No. 10 Hawks boasted a 23-1 record. Though L-S led by one at the half,...
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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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