Category Archives: Sports

Free morning fitness classes draw a crowd, will continue this fall

Area adults came together to focus on health through group exercise this summer at the Lynnville-Sully Middle School.  Fitness classes, offered and taught by Tashia Ehresman, gave community members a chance to experience the benefits and rewards of exercising in a group setting. Classes were offered in a nine-week session, meeting twice a week for 45...
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2014 Cross-Country Preview: Cooler temps make logging miles easier

Running, running, and more running is what the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team has done since the 2014 season started. Practices began the morning of Aug. 11. The Hawks will take the course for the first time this season on Sept. 2 at Iowa Mennonite. Coach Darin Arkema answered the following questions. 1. How is the team looking...
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2014 Volleyball Preview: Two seniors lead squad

The first days of volleyball practices are in the books for the Lynnville-Sully Hawks. Practices began on Aug. 12. A high number of 28 girls have dedicated their time to the sport this season. Below is a question-and-answer interview with Coach Heather James. [caption id="attachment_111321" align="alignright" width="300"]Junior Kristen Van Der Wilt... 			
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Sidewalk poured around L-S track

Mid-State Construction of Baxter framed and poured the concrete sidewalk around the Lynnville-Sully track last week. This week, Manatt’s will be building the track up with more rock and laying asphalt, according to L-S Superintendent Shane Ehresman. [caption id="attachment_111310" align="alignright" width="300"]The newly-poured concrete sidewalk is the most recent work done at the... 			
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Fishing hobby lures in grandson of local couple

[caption id="attachment_103798" align="alignright" width="225"]This is one of the rainbow trout Carson has caught while fly-fishing. This is one of the rainbow trout Carson has caught while fly-fishing.[/caption] If Carson Miller had a “gone fishing sign,” it would be hung up every day. The 18-year-old grandson of Bernie and Carlene...
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More than 100 Hawks improve football skills at summer camps

The 2014 L-S High School and Youth Football Camps were a “huge success,” in the words of L-S Head Football Coach Mike Parkinson. About 115 athletes – 75 at the youth camp and 40 at the high school camp – participated in the annual camps Aug. 4-7. “At both camps, we focused on blocking and...
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Runner-up for Team Co-Line at St. Louis Gateway Park

Mother Nature made for an interesting race weekend at the drag strip for Team Co-Line/Goalsetter Aug. 8-9 at the All American Hot Rod Showdown in St. Louis, MO. This was the first time Dale Brand and crew had raced at this picturesque track with the St. Louis Arch in the distance. Rain on Thursday canceled...
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