Category Archives: Sports

Area ball diamonds have been coming to life this spring as the baseball and softball Little League seasons get rolling. Local teams have been practicing for almost a month, with the first games of the season held Monday, Apr. 27. A total of 207 up-and-coming players are out for Little League this year. They make up...

A beautiful night on the track led to solid performances by the Lynnville-Sully boys track team on Tuesday, Apr. 28. Competing at the Eddyville-Blakesburg Rocket Relays, the Hawks ended the night in second out of seven with 120 points. Field events were again the big point earners for L-S, with junior Noah Engle, junior Sage Ehresman,...

Jake Brand signs on with Morningside College on Tuesday, May 5. He is pictured with Lynnville-Sully JV basketball coach Joel Harthoorn and his parents, Troy and Danielle Brand of Sully. Brand will be playing basketball at Morningside this fall and has received an athletic grant and Ambassador Award from the college....

Persistence and hard work is paying off for University of Iowa redshirt junior Kyle Terlouw, the son of Doug and Lori Terlouw. The 6’4”, 288-pound Sully native has worked his way up to the second-string defensive tackle position behind sophomore Nathan Bazata. With eyes focused on the 2015 football season, it appears that Terlouw’s dream...

Local figure 8 racer Jordan Vander Molen, of Pella, didn’t let a cancelled race keep him from opening the 2015 season last weekend. After too much rain in Brooklyn forced that track to cancel the Apr. 24-25 races, a group of area racers made plans to race at Adel instead on Sunday, Apr. 26. Fortunately, Sunday...

The miserable weather at BGM on Friday was thankfully replaced with fabulous conditions for the PCM Girls Track Classic on Monday, Apr. 27. At the end of the night, the L-S girls added another team championship to their growing list of accomplishments this season. The Hawks scored 160 points at PCM, 28 points ahead of second-place...