Category Archives: Sports

Golfers brave the heat at Sully Lions Lone Ranger Tourney

  Chase Tanke and Kenzie and Alex Huyser won the 2024 Sully Lions Lone Ranger golf tournament on Saturday, July 13. They shot a score of 135, which is nine strokes under a par score of 144. The heat index neared triple digits and the blazing sun was intense, but that did not stop 13 teams of...
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Records fall like rain in Sully’s Freedom Fun Run

One-mile runners and walkers experienced light rain during the first race of the morning. The 5k competitors ran/walked in a downpour. The 29th Sully Freedom Fun Run on the Fourth of July was one for the books ­– both record books and memory books. A record number of 656 registrants signed up to run in the 29th...
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Hawks baseball advances, road to state continues

Postseason softball and baseball is here, and teams from across the state of Iowa have one goal in mind – win, advance, and punch their tickets to State. Lynnville-Sully’s baseball team started its journey to the State Tournament, a trip the Hawks hope to make for the second consecutive year, on Saturday, July 7, after a...
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Seventh-inning heroics fall short in season-ending loss

Unfortunately for the Lynnville-Sully softball team, their postseason dreams were dashed when North Mahaska scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning after the Hawks launched back-to-back bombs in the top half of the inning to tie the game on Monday, July 8. L-S fell short, 7-6, in the first-round, season-ending loss. The young team...
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Hawks down HLV for conference title, focus on return to State

The Hawks secured their third consecutive SICL Conference Title after going undefeated in SICL play. Now, they set their sights on another goal—District champs—as they continue on their journey for a return trip to State. HLV A seven-run first inning set a definitive tone as the Hawks dominated HLV on Monday, June 24, the last regular-season game on the...
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L-S wraps up regular season with a win

A single flies off the bat of junior Olivia Norrish. Lynnville-Sully’s softball team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 12-2 win over Melcher-Dallas on Monday, July 1. The game was the final regular-season game and the last home game of the season as the Hawks start postseason play on the road on July 8. HLV The...
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Late comeback falls short for L-S softball

Alexy Conover watches her double fly into the outfield in the Hawks’ win over BGM. The L-S softball team picked up an exciting win and lost some heartbreakers as they ground through yet another busy week as the regular season winds down. BGM L-S plated runs in each of the last three innings to come from behind and...
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