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Baseball team battles it out with Warhawks, falls to BGM

Baseball team battles it out with Warhawks, falls to BGM
The Hawk baseball team hosted the North Mahaska Warhawks on May 27 to begin the 2014 season. Though L-S played right with North Mahaska for most of the game, the Hawks came up short, 8-4. In the first two innings, neither L-S nor North Mahaska scored any runs. Senior Brandon Dunsbergen swung to earn himself a...
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First NHRA National Event win for Brand and team

First NHRA National Event win for Brand and team
In their fourth event of the 2014 season, Team Co-Line/Goalsetter was in hot pursuit of its first win at the NHRA Kansas Nationals in Heartland Park Topeka May 23-25. While Mother Nature tried to dampen things with a second-round qualifying session rainout on Friday and a third qualifying session rainout Saturday, along with several more...
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Hawk history in the making

Season-best times, broken school records, multiple medals, and state champions. The Lynnville-Sully track teams had a lot of proud accomplishments to bring home after a history-making trip to the state track and field meet at Drake May 22-24. The boys had seven performances score on their way to placing third as a team while the...
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Softball scrimmage preps for season’s start

Softball scrimmage preps for season’s start
Getting back into a game mindset was the goal of the Lynnville-Sully girls’ intervarsity softball scrimmage on Friday, May 23. “From pre-game to game time, we need to figure out our timing and activity flow to prepare appropriately prior to game time,” said L-S Coach Stacey Alberts. “Once the season starts, we only have a handful...
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Conquering the ‘Blue Oval’

Megan Goemaat, the Hometown Press summer sports intern, wrote the following descriptive narrative after competing in the 3000-meter run, 4x800, and 1500-meter run at the state track meet last week. Once you walk into the Drake Stadium, you can sense the excitement of so many athletes and the pride of Bulldogs as they host the Iowa...
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Baseball Preview: Scandridge returns, coaches experienced team

Baseball Preview: Scandridge returns, coaches experienced team
An experienced team under the direction of a new coach can be found at the L-S baseball diamond this year. After ending with a 5-20 overall record last year, the L-S boys face a fresh new season with the first game less than a week away. L-S Athletic Director Bob Scandridge is back as head coach...
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