Category Archives: Sports

Coming into the 2015 season, the L-S varsity football team knew the road ahead would be an uphill battle with a front-loaded schedule and quality district opponents. But the physically strong Hawks were up for the challenge and overcame obstacles to make it all the way to the state quarterfinals. The excitement began back in August...

An experienced Lynnville-Sully cross-country team came into the season with high hopes this fall. Hard work and many miles logged before and during the season ended up paving the way for a very successful 2015 season. Seven of the 10 runners out at the start of the season had been out for cross-country before. The challenge...

The 2015 Sully Women’s Volleyball League season is officially in the books after the end-of-the-year tournament was held on Sunday, Nov. 15. The Itsy Bitsy Spikers won the nine-team tournament to claim the bragging rights. After the championship game, a purely-for-fun game was held with switched-up teams. Between league participation fees for the teams and...

On Friday, Nov. 13, at Sully Telephone Association, United States Congressman Dave Loebsack hosted a roundtable discussion on expanding broadband access in rural areas. The meeting was one of six held last week in Iowa at rural telecommunications providers across the state to discuss legislation he helped introduce to expand wireless coverage in rural communities....

Some sports teams form family-like bonds. Others have biological brother bonds built right into them. At Lynnville-Sully, 13 football players comprising six sets of brothers came into the season already having tight ties. Those ties, in turn, helped form an overall closer football team this fall. [caption id="attachment_521293" align="alignright" width="300"]Read more

It was a game of missed opportunities for the Lynnville-Sully varsity football team last Friday night, Nov. 6, against No. 9 Mount Ayr. Making the long road trip to the Raiders home field for the state quarterfinal game, the Hawks had their eyes on making it to the UNI-Dome for the semi-final Class A game....