Category Archives: Sports

The Pella Christian Eagles celebrate a state tournament bid following their 54-53 victory over West Burlington on Saturday, Feb. 25. Players with local connections include Tysen DeVries (#3), Lincoln Vander Molen (#25), and Josiah Vos, back row center. Coach JD Boer, barely seen in the back, is the grandson of Howard and Marilyn Vander Griend.   For...

Above, the Lynnville-Sully Hawks walk back to the bench after a disappointing 56-53 loss to third-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the Class 1A Region 6 substate game.   It’s difficult to beat a team three times in one season, but the Hawks did just that when they met up with the North Mahaska Warhawks in the Class 1A District...

The South Iowa Cedar League has released All-Conference selections for the 2022-23 season. Five Lynnville-Sully boys varsity players and four girls varsity  players were honored. L-S Head Boys Basketball Coach Nick Harthoorn was named SICL Coach of the Year. First team all-conference honors on the boys’ side went to senior Conner Maston and junior Klayton Van...

Mitchell Miller prepares to crash the boards hard on a Hawk free throw. L-S went 8-13 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.  The Lynnville-Sully Hawks hosted Hillcrest Academy in the Class 1A District 6 second round on Friday, Feb. 17, a day later than anticipated, due to a winter storm the day prior. The...

Lynnville-Sully’s girls basketball team wasted no time making a statement in the second round of Class 1A Region 8 against Seymour on Monday, Feb. 13. In what was likely the Hawks’ last game on their home court this season, L-S was clicking right from tip-off in the 69-26 victory. Hawks junior Majesta Vos controlled the tip,...

  Senior Gentry Walston finished his high school wrestling career at the highest level, competing against some of the best wrestlers across the state at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships. This year marked the second time in Walston’s high school career he has advanced to the state meet, the first being his sophomore year. Walston’s second...

Lynnville-Sully senior Gentry Walston earned a berth to the 2023 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament after finishing in second place at the District meet on Saturday, Feb. 11. Walston, who previously qualified for state as a sophomore, will be looking to finish on the podium in his final season wrestling for the Hawks. Walston will...