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After a three-year absence from the Iowa Girls State Softball Tournament, the Lynnville-Sully Hawks made it back to Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge to face Newell-Fonda on Monday, July 22. As they have all season long, the Hawks never stopped battling and responded to a 5-0 deficit in the top of the fourth with a...

A walk-off single by senior Carson Fisk sealed the win for the Lynnville-Sully softball team in a thriller against Le Mars Gehlen Catholic Tuesday afternoon. Fisk’s hit scored sophomore Megan Van Zante to give the Hawks the go-ahead run, 5-4, in their consolation game at the state tournament. Though it ended as a nail-biter, Tuesday’s game...

They were in it through the final pitch, but the fifth-seeded Lynnville-Sully girls couldn’t overcome fourth-seeded Newell-Fonda on Monday, July 22. The No. 7-ranked Hawks fell to the fourth-ranked Mustangs, 7-5, during the Class 1A state quarterfinal game at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge. Newell-Fonda was the first to score on a double to...

The third-seeded Pella Christian baseball team knocked off host West Marshall, the top-seeded team in District 10, to win the district final on Saturday, July 20. When the game finally finished after two lightning delays and three extra innings, PC was ahead, 2-0, as the district champion. Senior Will Dembski and junior Devin Haveman shared pitching...

The Lynnville-Sully girls softball team hasn’t qualified for state since its three-year streak from 2013-2015. That all changed on Monday night, however, when the Hawks topped North Mahaska, 8-3, in the Class 1A Region 5 final, securing their spot at the Iowa Girls State Softball Tournament next week. This will be the sixth state appearance for...

The Lynnville-Sully baseball team faced a challenging string of opponents during what ended up being the Hawks’ final week of the 2019 season. L-S dropped its final three games of the regular season and then suffered a first-round loss to Baxter in the district tournament. EAST MARSHALL The Hawks couldn’t get the bats going on the road...

Between the Fourth of July holiday and a game against HLV being postponed again, the Lynnville-Sully baseball team had a quieter week on the ball diamond. The Hawks played just one game in the past week, a close matchup at Moravia on Friday, which they dropped, 5-4. “Moravia is a solid squad with a season record...