The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Board of Control has voted to adopt a nine-game regular season schedule and 16-team qualifier field for all football classes in the playoffs starting in 2016. The change means a reduction from 32 teams who currently qualify for the postseason in each class.
The schedules for this fall and the...
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L-S boys secure big wins over conference favorites
By Jessica Holterhaus and LeAnn Hjelmeland
Last week was a big significant week for the L-S baseball team. The Hawks beat two big conference teams and added three wins to their record during the successful week on the ball diamond.
English Valleys
The Hawks up-ended English Valleys, 10-3, on Tuesday, June 9. EV came into the game unbeaten...
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Figure 8: Jordan Vander Molen wins A-main
By Tayler Vander Molen
The Sully boys tried their luck at a different figure 8 racing track this past weekend. Brooklyn races were scheduled for Friday night and What Cheer races were scheduled for Saturday night, but Mother Nature had a different plan. The rain didn’t hold off for the local figure 8 racers, but that...
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Routine business at short L-S School Board meeting
Mostly routine business was taken care of at the Lynnville-Sully School Board meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 15, in the high school library. Members present were Jer Schnell, Matt Zylstra, Tim Dunsbergen, Duane Rozendaal, Karla De Cook, and Shane Ehresman; John Terpstra arrived shortly after the meeting started. Others present were Beth Steenhoek...
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Gateway to Hope Garden Tour in Pella this weekend
The fifth annual Central Iowa Gateway to Hope Garden Tour is slated for this weekend, June 19-21. Tour proceeds will fund church programs for Nicaraguan children and youth, many from the poorest of the poor neighborhoods in Chinandega, where Faith Church of Pella is building a long-term relationship with five congregations.
The 2015 garden tour features...
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Ritter leads group in faith-growing trip to India
Orphaned children, black magic practicers, and people living at a home for the dying and destitute – these were just some of the hurting people Lindsey Ritter encountered during a recent trip to India.
Serving as a leader with a Christian organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM), the 2013 Lynnville-Sully grad was part of a...
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Lynnville Library gives out prizes to area youth
Last week for Lynnville Library summer reading program, the children learned about kid heroes: Jackie Mitchell, Abbie, Ruby Bridges, and Pocahontas. They enjoyed a popcorn snack and made flag coasters. Many kids have been busy reading, and there were seven lucky winners for prizes. We also decorated baseball jerseys to win tickets to the I-Cubs...
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