Category Archives: Sports

Senior Payton Van Wyk fields a grounder and prepares to flip it to Maston, who is coming from the pitcher's mound to cover first base. Van Wyk later came in as pitcher and threw three scoreless innings in the Hawks' comeback 3-2 win.  Lynnville-Sully wasted no time getting into the groove of the baseball season, knocking...

Josh Vander Molen and Mike Vander Molen, a father-son racing duo both from Sully, raced at the Brooklyn Racetrack on Sunday, May 30. As the winner of last week's races, Mike, shown above on the right, was honored to carry the flag on his car during "The National Anthem" on Saturday.  It was a beautiful night...

Shykira Baarda, second from right, raced her El Camino to the winner’s circle on Saturday in the Sportsman Class. Shown with her from left is brother Logan Baarda, cousins Cam and Brooke Baarda, grandparents Craig and Sheryl Baarda, aunt and uncle Kristy and Shaun Baarda, and father Ryan Baarda.   Unseasonably cooler temperatures made for great drag...

  The Lynnville-Sully girls track and field team sent eight athletes to compete at the Iowa High School state track and field championships in five events. Nothing could dull the fire within the Hawks – not even bouts of rain – to compete among the best in Class 1A at Drake Stadium May 20-22. 3,000m Run Sophomore Greenlee...

The sprint medley team of Josh Hardenbrook, Corder Noun Harder, Kyle Squires, and Conner Maston went from barely qualifying for state to finishing in 12th place with their personal-best time of 1:37:89.  It was a soggy start to the Iowa High School state track and field championships, but that didn’t dim the enthusiasm surrounding the eight...

  Girls Regionals – Prairie Knolls Golf and Country Club Greenlee Smock, a sophomore at Lynnville-Sully, became the 2021 girls regional golf champion at Prairie Knolls Country Club on Monday, May 24, punching her ticket for the girls state golf meet. She shot a score of 73, dominating the runner-up participant by 11 strokes. Impressively, she shot...

Blaize Kuhlmann, a 2020 graduate of Lynnville-Sully, has been doing some heavy lifting lately – literally. On Saturday, May 15, Kuhlmann competed in his first powerlifting competition after training intensely for the past six months. Kuhlmann, the son of Kevin and Sandy Kuhlmann of Sully, has always enjoyed lifting weights, and last fall, he decided to...