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Post-season wrap up: Boys make 2014 first winning season in six years

Post-season wrap up: Boys make 2014 first winning season in six years
Recording the first winning record in six years, the Lynnville-Sully baseball team had a program-building season, ending with an overall record of 12-11. Ten of the 12 wins were against conference schools. One of those wins ended a four-year, nine-game losing streak to North Mahaska. The two non-conference wins were against Woodward-Granger and Colo-Nesco. Six of the...
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Post-season wrap up: State title still a dream for L-S softball

Post-season wrap up: State title still a dream for L-S softball
Marking the end of the Lynnville-Sully softball season, the Hawks came out with an outstanding record of 36-2, also reaching their goal of making it to state for the fourth time in five years. The only losses for the Hawks were from non-conference teams, Class 4A Ballard and Class 1A Kee of Lansing, who L-S faced...
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L-S softball girls honored at state, district levels

L-S softball players Madison Rasmusson, a junior, and Kasiah Ehresman, a sophomore, were both selected to the Class 1A First Team All-State. Junior Shelby Davis was honored as a Second Team All-State selection, and senior Becca Vos was named a Third Team All-State pick. Senior Jade Van Rees was given an honorable mention. In the district,...
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Hawk baseball players honored in SICL, one softball addition

The 2014 SICL All-Conference selections were recently released. Lynnville-Sully had four players awarded honors. Senior TJ Cunningham was named to the First Team All-Conference as an infielder, and junior Caleb James was selected to the Second Team All-Conference as a utility player. Seniors Payton Scandridge and Brandon Dunsbergen were given honorable mentions. Ten Hawks were named to...
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Vos plays on elite senior all-star team

Vos plays on elite senior all-star team
Lynnville-Sully senior catcher Becca Vos was one of just six Class 1A players selected to play in the Iowa Girls Coaches Association 30th Annual All-Star Games, which were held Monday, July 28, at Waukee High School. Vos played on the red team, which beat the white team, 9-1, and the blue team, 9-3. L-S Coach Stacey...
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Inspirations children go on a fishin’ mission

Inspirations children go on a fishin’ mission
What more fitting way to learn about fish than to bring out the poles and spend a day fishing? Inspirations Childcare and Preschool Center children did just that on Tuesday, July 29. Thirteen kids and four adults spent the day at Lake Seven-A on the Co-Line Welding Inc. campus south of Sully. “We were doing a...
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Remember When 8/7/14

35 years ago (1979) The Lynnville-Sully Advisory Committee on the Building Needs held their sixth meeting. Sandy Gray, chairman of the committee, noted that problems of declining enrollments and inflating costs were what brought out the problem of school building needs: “The finds of the five sub-committees reported last night were surprisingly pointing to only one...
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