Category Archives: Sports

Three L-S boys earn honors

Three L-S boys basketball players have earned honors at the conference, substate, and state levels for the 2014-15 season. Senior Ben Trettin was chosen for the Academic All State Boys’ Basketball Team, selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. The 26 players on the team were chosen from over 100 nominees from member coaches. The academic...
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L-S girls, coach honored in SICL

Four Lynnville-Sully girls basketball players and their head coach were honored in the SICL for their work this season. Seniors Lysandra James and Madison Rasmusson were each selected to the First Team All-Conference. James, a unanimous selection, scored 306 points for L-S this year, averaging 12.8 points per game, and pulled down 212 rebounds for...
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Fopma places at taekwondo tourney

Troy Fopma of Lynnville was among the 130 competitors at the Grinnell/English Valleys Taekwon-do Tournament held at Grinnell College on Mar. 7. Competing in the adult men black belt class, Fopma placed second in forms, second in board breaking, and third in sparring. Participants represented eight different dojangs in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. Of the...
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Season ender: Sigourney slashes Hawks’ state dreams

Thursday’s district regional final pitting the L-S boys against Sigourney could have gone either way. Heading into the night, the teams were each 1-1 in their record against each other this season. The Hawks had lost to Sigourney, 66-51, when they hosted them last December, but at the beginning of February, the Hawks beat the...
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Hawk boys fly past Moulton-Udell Eagles in semifinal

The Moulton-Udell Eagles may have had the home-court advantage, but they didn’t have the shooting required to top the Lynnville-Sully Hawks on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The L-S boys soared to a 66-48 victory in the district semifinal against M-U. The Hawks jumped out to a 20-13 lead in the first eight minutes of play, and by...
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