Category Archives: Sports

Hawks come up short of Plainsmen, approach end of regular season

The Belle Plaine Plainsmen came to town on July 7 to play against the Lynnville-Sully Hawks. The game was fast-paced but the Plainsmen went home with the “W,” 6-1. Both teams went scoreless in the top three innings until Belle Plaine jumped the gun to score one run in the top of the fourth. In the...
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L-S baseball has ‘best night hitting the ball this season’

Last Tuesday’s game against HLV was scheduled to be at Victor, but heavy rains the night before left the HLV baseball field under five feet of water, leading to a game-day location change to Sully. Hosting the HLV Warriors, the Hawks came on top, 10-8. The last time the boys played with the Warriors, the...
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Gym Rats: More than 40 kids improve basketball skills

The Lynnville-Sully Gym Rats 2014 Summer Basketball Program is nearing the end of its six-week camp. The 43 boys and one girl attending the program have been going to camp two days a week (Wednesdays for three-on-three and Fridays for fundamentals) since June 4. The final session will be on Friday, July 18. “The camp has...
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L-S softball improves to 29-1, is guaranteed part of SICL title

The Lynnville-Sully softball girls have dominated the South Iowa Cedar League this year, with no losses to conference foes yet this season. In fact, a victory over Sigourney last week guaranteed that the Hawks will have at least a share of the conference title for L-S. This will be the third year in a row...
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L-S boys hold off Tri-County, come up short at Sigourney

The Lynnville-Sully baseball team sits at a .500 on the season with an 8-8 overall record after splitting in the last two games. Tri-County Winning by a wild one run, the L-S baseball team reeled a big win in a great week of baseball. The Hawks played at Thornburg against the Tri-County Trojans on Tuesday, June 24....
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Vos selected for elite all-star team

Lynnville-Sully senior catcher Becca Vos recently earned the honor of being one of only six Class 1A athletes selected to play in the Senior All-Star Games put on by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association. The last L-S player to have earned this honor was Danielle Samson, a 2011 L-S graduate. The 30th Annual All-Star Games...
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Tough field of cars for Team Co-Line/Goalsetter

The Co-Line/Goalsetter-spon-sored alcohol funny car drag racing team was back in action last weekend at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries in Joliet, IL. The team qualified for the JEGS All-Star race and competed in that as qualifying rounds for...
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