Last season, Steve Squires, a Lynnville-Sully alum, agreed to serve as interim wrestling coach be-cause the school was having trouble finding a suitable candidate. Squires replaced Steve Northcutt, who coached at L-S for 16 years.
After continuing the search this year, L-S found a coach who plans on being with the program a while – Jason...
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Two seniors, strong junior class to lead Hawks
After a long off-season, the Lynnville-Sully wrestlers have gained not only a new wrestling room, but also a new coach. Coach Jason Walston is looking to help improve each of the 11 wrestlers out for the sport this winter.
“The new season is full of new opportunities that we are going to capitalize on,” Walston said,...
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Hawks ready to put off-season work into practice
This year is a highly anticipated year for Lynnville-Sully boys basketball fans, who watched L-S earn the SICL title and come up just one game shy of state last season.
The Hawks only lost three seniors from last year’s 23-2 season, but those three played a big role on the L-S team, providing “tons of production...
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Last-second play works, sends Pella back to championship game
With Pella trailing 30-28 and just four seconds left on the clock, Pella senior Nick Finney took the snap and found classmate Ryan Van Wyk in the end zone for a 34-30 semifinal victory last Thursday, Nov. 10. The two-time defending state champs snuck past Xavier of Cedar Rapids for their 40th consecutive win.
The game...
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New starters take the court as L-S girls BB season begins
With the basketball season starting up this week, L-S Coach Jerry Hulsing looks to get the L-S girls to state after a two-year drought. The past two years, they have fallen short by losing in the substate game.
“We have a good mix of exper-ienced players back and some exciting young players,” he said. “The girls...
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30th Anniversary: L-S 1986 State Football Champions
What does it take to build a state championship team? Dedication, diligence, hard work, faith, and support from many, many people. Just ask Emory Stewart, the coach who led Lynnville-Sully to its first and only state football title 30 years ago this week.
A DREAM BEGINS
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Running for Stella, Jones records best marathon time
Perfect weather conditions and plenty of inspiration from a nine-year-old fighter spurred Julie Jones on to her fastest marathon yet. Running in the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon last Saturday, Nov. 5, the Sully resident crossed the finish line in 3:40:31 – about nine minutes faster than her previous personal record set at the Fargo Marathon earlier...
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