Category Archives: Sports

Keegan Schnell, runner #8173, and Ethan Dunsbergen, runner #8168, race in a crowd at the start of Lynnville-Sully's home cross-country meet. Schnell finished in 26th place and Dunsbergen was just nine seconds behind him for 28th place. As a team, the boys team finished third overall.  Mother Nature delivered a beautiful day for Lynnville-Sully’s cross-country team...

Rick Van Wyhe raced his way to the winner’s circle in the “No Box” class at Eddyville Raceway Park over the weekend. The victory earned the racing veteran a qualifying spot to the WDRA World Finals. Rick Van Wyhe of rural Grinnell has been drag racing for over 40 years and experienced his first World Drag Racing...

  The schedule is picking up for Lynnville-Sully’s volleyball team. The Hawks grabbed two SICL victories in the past week of play and look forward to their first Saturday tournament at North Mahaska on Sept. 16. L-S vs. Iowa Valley The Hawks worked through a slow start and first-set defeat to take home a 3-1 victory over Iowa Valley...

The Lynnville-Sully Hawks were tested in a back-and-forth scoring brigade against Class 1A’s Pleasantville Trojans in a non-district game on Friday, Sept. 8. The Hawks outlasted Pleasantville on enemy territory, 36-27, to improve to 3-0 on the season. The game did not start on a good note for the Hawks. L-S received the kickoff, and on the...

A schedule change due to the heat wave that scorched the area last week did not stop Lynnville-Sully’s cross-country team in its pursuit of excellence. The Hawks’ plans changed when Grinnell changed its Tuesday’s meet schedule to run in the cooler morning hours, which sent Lynnville-Sully runners to Colfax on Thursday, Sept. 7. The change...

Junior Olivia Norrish led the Hawks in the first meet of the season with a seventh-place finish at Williamsburg.  Lynnville-Sully’s cross-country team is off to a strong start having battled strong competition, tough courses, and high temperatures in their first two meets of the season. The Hawks made their season debut on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Williamsburg....