Category Archives: Sports

L-S fall sports teams make season debut at annual Sports Kick Off

Lynnville-Sully’s fall sports teams made their official debut of the 2023 season at the annual Fall Sports Kick Off/Gatorade scrim-mage held at the school on Friday, Aug. 18. Fans were asked to take a sports drink for admission, which will benefit the sports teams as the seasons progress. Fans were then treated to a night of...
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Golfers power through heat at DTGC’s Horse Tournament

The top three teams from DTGC's Horse Race Tourney are: Front row, left to right, Corey Harthoorn and Jamie Smock (first), Mike Van Genderen (second); back, Jim Van Soelen and Tim Zylstra (third), and Jason Van Zante (second).  Sunday, Aug. 20, was the start of an extreme heat wave expected to produce heat index values above...
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Sully Lions Club’s 23rd Ryder Cup draws 23 golfers to DTGC

  John Rousseau, Evan Squires, and Dennis Snodgrass were first-place finishers in the Sully Lions Club’s 23rd Annual Ryder Cup Golf Tourney held at the Diamond Trail Golf Course on July 28.   Twenty-three golfers braved the extreme heat on Friday, July 28, and golfed for a good cause at the Sully Lions Club’s Annual Ryder Cup Golf...
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Hawks Summer Sports Salute

Hawks wrap up 2023’s successful season at state, a first for L-S in 22 years The Lynnville-Sully baseball team kept its 2023 goals in mind every time they stepped on the field, in the batter’s box, and on the mound. Those dreams did not waver nor fade, and the Hawks checked off their goals one by...
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L-S shows grit, sportsmanship in battle of the Hawks

The Lynnville-Sully Hawks’ bid for a state baseball championship fell one game short in a 1-0 loss to eventual state champions, Remsen St. Mary’s, in the Class 1A state semifinals on Wednesday, July 19, at Carroll’s Merchants Park. The Hawks were bolstered by stellar pitching, a flawless defensive performance, and loads of positive encouragement and support...
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Hawks fly high to state

The Lynnville-Sully Hawks and Pella Christian Eagles both punched their tickets to the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2023 state baseball tournament with victories in the substate final on Tuesday, July 11. Above, the L-S Hawks celebrate their state qualification – the first in 22 years – with the traditional banner shot: From left, coaches Scott...
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PC upsets top-ranked Van Meter, advances to state

PC Assistant Coach Matt Menninga, on the left, and his brother Marc, sons of Daryl and Linda Menninga of Sully, were members of the 1994 PC state championship team. Twenty-nine years later, the younger Menninga coached his son, Eliot, in PC's first return trip to state baseball since 1994. An underdog status did not deter...
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