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2015 Track Preview: Hawks start first season with new asphalt track

2015 Track Preview: Hawks start first season with new asphalt track
A new track and a history-making season to follow up on have sparked excitement in the L-S track program. The season begins with the first track meet of the year inside at Grinnell College today, Mar. 19. Both the girls and boys track teams have been practicing for several weeks, and the welcomed warm weather recently...
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Brand receives Golden Award

Lynnville-Sully senior Jake Brand was honored to be named a Golden Award Recipient in the SICL Conference for the 2014-15 season. The Golden Award is given to an all-conference caliber player who missed a large part of the season due to injury. Brand had a stress fracture in his lower leg, preventing him from practicing...
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James earns All-District honor

Lynnville-Sully senior Ly-sandra James was selected to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association All-District Second Team last week. A total of eight girls were chosen for the Second Team honor. James was the Hawks’ leading scorer this year with 306 points as well as the leading rebounder with 212 rebounds....
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Pella comes up short of tourney win

Pella comes up short of tourney win
The 21-2 Pella High Little Dutch had high hopes for the 2015 Class 3A State Basketball Tournament. Pella (21-2) was the third seed and pitted against Xavier of Cedar Rapids (16-8), the sixth seed, for the first round at state. Though the boys worked hard to the end to put together a comeback, it wasn’t...
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PC boys end season at third in state

The Class 2A state tournament was full of surprises this year. After the first round of games, the second-, third-, and fourth-seed teams had all been beaten out. And the top-seeded team, Aplington-Parkersburg, fell in the semifinals. For the seventh-seed Pella Christian boys, the state tourney was a string of highs and lows that ultimately ended...
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Ilda Lou Van Zee: Self-taught organist for seven decades

Seventy years ago, Ilda Lou (Mol) Van Zee was growing up in Sully and at age 14 started to play the organ at Sully First Reformed Church, in the old building now moved to Grinnell. “It was a Hammond organ,” Van Zee explained. “Pearl Terpstra, recently deceased, showed me how to start it and use the...
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Awards presented to three Sully Lions

The Sully Lions Club recently awarded three of its members with prestigious awards. All three of these Lions received a beautiful plaque with their name engraved on it and a special pin to wear proudly. They joined several other club members who have received these awards in the past. Previous winners of the Melvin Jones...
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