Category Archives: Sports

Racing in the Rockies

Tim and Sam Collins of Lynnville celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary combining their mutual love of nature with their love of health and fitness in the Colorado Rockies. The couple, whose motivational journey to well being and fitness has been well documented on the pages of this newspaper and on social media, planned their anniversary getaway...
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Football camps prep athletes for upcoming season

Lynnville-Sully football teams kicked off the 2016 season by putting their nose to the grindstone and giving it their all during football camp the first week in August. L-S Head Football Coach Mike Parkinson held the annual three-day youth football camp for students in grades first through eighth, Aug. 2-4. Over 60 youth football players, mainly...
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Sully track hosts July 30 motocross race

An Iowa District 22 and Plaines Vintage motocross race, sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association, was held on Saturday, July 30, just outside of Sully on a track owned by Craig Maasdam. It was a thrilling day on the track for six local racers, who competed in a race that featured 200 racers from Iowa, Nebraska,...
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Softball All State honors announced

Two Lynnville-Sully players and one Pella Christian player were named to the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association All-State teams that were recently announced. Senior Kasiah Ehresman was named to an All State team for the third consecutive season. Ehresman was named to the Class 1A All State Second Team. As a senior, Ehresman stole 67 bases, bringing...
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Three locals land on LHC All Conference team

The 2016 Little Hawkeye All Conference selections were recently revealed, and three Pella Christian players with ties to the community were honored for their excellent play during the softball season. Junior Emma Schnell, a pitcher for the Eagles, received first-team honors. Second-team all conference honors went to juniors Lizzy Van Manen, catcher, and Natalie Vos, a...
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Ehresman’s high school softball career ends at all-star level

Kasiah Ehresman, a 2016 Lynnville-Sully grad, put on her uniform and represented the Hawks one last time in her stellar softball career at the Iowa Girls Softball Senior All-Star games on Monday, July 25, at Waukee High School. Ehresman was a member of the Red team, who won its first game, 8-4, against the White team....
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L-S duo shines in 44th Annual Iowa Shrine Bowl

Lynnville-Sully Class of 2016 grad Sage Ehresman, son of Shane and Tashia Ehresman of Sully, was one of 92 talented high school football players from across the state to participate in the 44th Annual Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic at the UNI Dome on Saturday, July 23. Ehresman was joined on the field by...
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