Category Archives: Sports

After a week-long break in action, the Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team took on a trio of SICL Conference teams last week. The Hawks were unable to get a win and dropped to 5-11 on the season. BGM The boys started their week out in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The Hawks struggled offensively in the second half and...

In a week with two conference games, the Lynnville-Sully girls went 1-1 in the last week of January. BGM The Hawks went up against conference opponent BGM for the second time this season on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The L-S girls brought home a 67-51 victory after a hard-fought second half. One quarter in, the Hawks and the Bears...

The Lynnville-Sully wrestlers started off a big week with a quadrangular on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Eddyville, taking on Chariton, EBF, and Martensdale-St. Marys. L-S went 0-3 on the night. L-S suffered a 66-12 loss against the host EBF. The lone two wins for the Hawks came from freshman Gentry Walston and junior Lane Mathis. Mathis, at...

SIGOURNEY The Hawks were on the road to Sigourney on Tuesday, Jan. 21. L-S suffered a 51-46 loss to the Savages, who currently sit third in the SICL conference, just ahead of L-S in fourth place. The Blue and Gold got behind early in the first quarter, 17-8. The Hawks tightened the gap in the second quarter...

What was supposed to be a three-game week for the Lynnville-Sully varsity boys basketball team turned into a single-game week. The Hawks were at Sigourney, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, for what ended up being their only game last week. Despite a strong fourth quarter, the Hawks found themselves on the bottom of a one-point game. A 15-6...

MONTE QUAD Lynnville-Sully’s grapplers did well at the Montezuma quadrangular on Thursday, Jan. 23, despite missing a few varsity starters due to sickness. The Hawks went 2-1 on the night, including a shutout over Baxter and a win over fellow SICL team Montezuma. L-S opened the night with a 48-12 downing of Montezuma. Junior Lane Mathis (220 pounds)...

On a quest to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials, Grinnell runner Susie (Gray) Duke competed in three marathons in 10 weeks from Nov. 9-Jan. 19. Though Duke came up short of the sub-2:45 time needed to qualify for the trials, the 1999 Lynnville-Sully grad has no regrets from her journey pursuing that goal. For the...