Category Archives: Sports

JV girls win Melcher-Dallas tourney

The JV volleyball team won the Melcher-Dallas Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 4 after defeating three teams, including the host. First up was Pleasantville. The Hawks went 2-1, with scores of 21-12, 20-22, and 15-12. Sophomore Olivia Ritter recorded five kills, followed by junior Naomi Shinkle and freshman McKinley Conover with four each. Freshman Camryn Russell made...
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Hawk volleyball pulls through in nail biter at HLV

A nail-biter match at HLV on Monday night, Oct. 6, put the Hawk varsity volleyball team to the test. The night went into five sets, with the Hawks earning the match win, 3-2: 25-15, 20-25, 25-16, 18-25, and 15-12. “We played really strong the games we won because we put the ball away on our hits,”...
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Colfax-Mingo to join SICL

The schools in the South Iowa Cedar League voted 7-4 to let Colfax-Mingo join the league beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. Exact scheduling for varsity events is still in progress. The league is expected to be split into east and west divisions. Lynnville-Sully would tentatively be in the west division with Colfax-Mingo, HLV, North...
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Turnovers hurt Hawks in Homecoming shutout

The Lynnville-Sully varsity football team hosted the BGM Bears during Homecoming last Friday night, Oct. 3, in Sully. Fans, players, and coaches faced chilly temperatures and a strong wind, the coldest game of the year so far. The Bears were a very physically-sized team compared to the Hawks and managed to shutout the home crowd...
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Girls’ times improve at Knoxville, boys set back by illness, injuries

The L-S cross-country team ran at one meet last week before taking a long break in action prior to this Thursday’s meet. The Hawks’ only competitive running last week happened at the Knoxville Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Faster times than last year were an encouragement to the girls, while the boys suffered a short-handed...
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Hawks’ offense comes alive against Iowa Valley

The Lynnville-Sully varsity football team has had a tough start to the 2014 season, losing their first four games. But last Friday night, Sept. 26, the Hawks earned their first victory of the year against Iowa Valley at Marengo, 48-21. “Friday night's game against Iowa Valley was a very positive step forward for us," said L-S...
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‘Roller coaster’ PCM challenges L-S cross-country

The Prairie City-Monroe Invitational was no walk in the park for the many teams competing at the event Thursday, Sept. 25. For Lynnville-Sully cross-country runners, the invite provided some of the toughest terrain and competition they’ve seen this year. The L-S girls put together a team score of 185 for seventh place out of 12 teams....
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