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Fourth graders take tourney title at Monte
Fopma places at taekwondo tourney
Troy Fopma of Lynnville was among the 130 competitors at the Grinnell/English Valleys Taekwon-do Tournament held at Grinnell College on Mar. 7. Competing in the adult men black belt class, Fopma placed second in forms, second in board breaking, and third in sparring. Participants represented eight different dojangs in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. Of the...
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Season ender: Sigourney slashes Hawks’ state dreams
Thursday’s district regional final pitting the L-S boys against Sigourney could have gone either way. Heading into the night, the teams were each 1-1 in their record against each other this season. The Hawks had lost to Sigourney, 66-51, when they hosted them last December, but at the beginning of February, the Hawks beat the...
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Hawk boys fly past Moulton-Udell Eagles in semifinal
The Moulton-Udell Eagles may have had the home-court advantage, but they didn’t have the shooting required to top the Lynnville-Sully Hawks on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The L-S boys soared to a 66-48 victory in the district semifinal against M-U.
The Hawks jumped out to a 20-13 lead in the first eight minutes of play, and by...
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Eagles to state: PC boys down DMC, 48-41, in substate game
Three W’s in a row did the trick for the Pella Christian boys basketball team. The Eagles won two district games and the substate 6 basketball game to secure their ticket to state. The deciding game came against Des Moines Christian at Ankeny on Saturday, Feb. 28, as PC topped DMC 48-41.
Heading into the substate...
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Lucas Roland, Maxwell Mintle place at AAU State
Lynnville-Sully wrestling had four youth vying for a shot to stand on the podium at the AAU State Tournament last weekend. A total of 1,506 third- through eighth-grade wrestlers attended the state tourney at Wells Fargo Arena, which is the largest AAU State Tournament in the country. Just qualifying for state is an honor as...
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Dunsbergen falls in two matches in first high school state tournament appearance
Josh Dunsbergen may not have done as well as he wanted at state wrestling, but a taste of the state tourney has left the freshman hungry for more as he looks ahead to three more years of high school wrestling.
“It was a pretty cool experience as a freshman for my first time going there –...
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