Yearly Archives: 2017

Lynnville bed and breakfast opens in historic bank building

Lynnville bed and breakfast opens in historic bank building
When a renter recently moved out of a downtown Lynnville apartment, three friends began brainstorming about new life for the historic space. Randy and Cindy Van Kooten of Lynnville own the apartment next door to Jaci Vande Krol’s business, Riverside Junction. Lynnville friends Jaci, Cindy, and Bev Van Maanen were out to lunch a few...
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Van Manen advances to state track

Lizzy Van Manen, daughter of Lonnie and Amy Van Manen of Sully, will represent Pella Christian High School at the Class 2A state track meet. The senior qualified in discus after placing first with a 129-foot throw at the state-qualifying meet on Thursday, May 11. Van Manen is scheduled to throw at the Iowa State...
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Girls track finishes fourth in three straight meets

Girls track finishes fourth in three straight meets
  Facing some very competitive conference teams at the SICL Meet on Tuesday, May 2, the Lynnville-Sully girls track team placed fourth. Held at Iowa Valley, the meet ended with the Hawks at 85 points, short of first-place Colfax-Mingo with 100, Montezuma with 91, and Sigourney with 88. “Our conference continues to have some of the best...
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Boys are back-to-back conference champions

Boys are back-to-back conference champions
The L-S track boys have been on a roll as of late, winning every meet except one this year, and that continued at the SICL meet in Marengo last Tuesday. Defeating Belle Plaine by 19 points and Montezuma by 20 points, the Hawks were the 2017 SICL champions, repeating their 2016 conference championship. The boys came...
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No. 1 L-S golfer Jansen makes top 25

No. 1 L-S golfer Jansen makes top 25
The L-S boys golf team had their conference meet on Monday, May 8. The meet was held at the Oakland Acres Country Club, an 18-hole par 69 course. With this being the conference meet, there were a total of 11 teams competing. “I felt that we played a little better than expected, especially considering the difficulty...
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K. Van Maanen leads L-S girl golfers, breaks into top 20

K. Van Maanen leads L-S girl golfers, breaks into top 20
On Monday, May 8, the Hawk girls golf team competed in the SICL Conference Golf Meet at Oakland Acres Country Club. The Hawks finished in fifth place out of the eight schools competing in the tournament. “I thought we played fairly well for how tough the course was. I would’ve liked to place a little higher,...
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L-S baseball has officially begun with practices every day

The Hawk baseball team is just getting into the swing of things this spring with a week of practices under their belt. The team practices every night at six so members of the track and golf teams can attend. The practices started Monday, May 1. If there is a track meet at night, the team has...
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