Monthly Archives: May 2022

Girls track battles hard to finish as SICL runners-up

Girls track battles hard to finish as SICL runners-up
Callista Hackert takes the baton from Elise Alberts and is off for her leg of the 4x800 relay that finished second at Cardinal Relays in Newton on May 5.   The Lynnville-Sully girls track team competed in their final races, perfecting hand-offs and exchanges, and getting a last dose of conditioning before the state- qualifying meet. SICL Conference...
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L-S golfers place fourth in SICL, look ahead to postseason

L-S golfers place fourth in SICL, look ahead to postseason
Lucas Sieck analyzes his next shot at the Colfax-Mingo Tigerhawk Invitational on May 6. Sieck finished as the Hawks' #2 golfer on Friday.  The Lynnville-Sully golf season is coming down to the wire and Hawk golfers are getting in their swings as they compete in the last meets before the postseason run. The Hawks girls and boys...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers (from his book “The Best of DZ”

Not Even a Mouse

                I shouldn’t say I didn’t have any education past the third grade, but after that, I didn’t pay any attention. Even at that, I, like a lot of people, thought I was fairly smart. After all, at one time or another, I’ve outsmarted law officers, school teachers, my children,...
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Archer Leeroy and Tripp Martin

Darin and Jordan Hofer of Council Bluffs are the parents of twin sons born Apr. 26, 2022. Archer Leeroy weighed 5 pounds 15 ounces, and Tripp Martin weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces. Grandparents are Joni and Dan Flores of Council Bluffs, the late Steve Elonich, and David and Peggy Hofer of Lynnville....
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Tiny dancers steal the show at recital held inside Old Settlers Pavilion

Tiny dancers steal the show at recital held inside Old Settlers Pavilion
       Dancers on stage at their spring recital on Apr. 28 are: Front row, left to right, Olivia Gonzales, Emery Bruck, Lailah Bruck, Hailey Huyser, Grace Harthoorn, Hinley Jansen, Reagan Fopma, Merra Gosselink; back, Gwen Zylstra, Bella Nikkel, Bridget Lewis, Miriam DeZwarte, Hannah DeZwarte, Emily Ver Ploeg, Georgia Zimmerman, and Katie Zylstra. Ver Ploeg taught the...
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Nikkel, Gritters honored as Iowa Governor’s Scholars

Nikkel, Gritters honored as Iowa Governor’s Scholars
Iowa’s top academic students were recognized during the 2022 Governor’s Scholar Program on Sunday, May 1. Natalie Nikkel, a senior at Lynnville-Sully High School and the daughter of Jared and Stacey Nikkel of rural Sully, as well as Sarah Gritters of Pella Christian, granddaughter of former local residents Bob and Jan Pothoven and daughter of...
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Local athletes compete on the blue oval at Drake Relays

Local athletes compete on the blue oval at Drake Relays
Kyle Squires, Ryan Annee, Josh Hardenbrook, and Corder Noun Harder represented Lynnville-Sully at Drake Relays as one of 96 teams competing in the 4x100 race.  Several local student-athletes  on both the high school and collegiate levels had the privilege of competing at the 112th Drake Relays Apr. 27-30. Athletes and fans had to endure a rainy...
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