Category Archives: Sports

  Jill (Carson) Engbers of Sully was recently recognized for her high school athletic achievements by being inducted into her alma mater’s hall of fame. [caption id="attachment_7074331" align="aligncenter" width="472"] Jill Engbers at Saydel High School's Hall of Fame induction.[/caption] Engbers was among five Saydel High School alumni who were selected to...

The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team came ready to play for Class 1A District 11’s semifinal game against Baxter on the Bolts’ home court on Thursday, Feb. 17. The Hawks, a number-three seed, took care of business right from tip off and took down the Baxter Bolts, a second seed, 61-45. [caption id="attachment_7074336" align="alignright" width="375"] Read more

The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team battled hard against Martensdale-St. Marys in the second round of postseason play, but it wasn’t enough to send them into the semi-final round of 1A region 7 competition. The teams played at Martensdale-St. Marys on Tuesday, Feb. 15, and the Hawks fell in the season-ending game, 65-40. [caption id="attachment_7074333" align="alignleft" width="155"] Read more

Maxwell Mintle flips his opponent off the mat and slips in a half nelson in his victory over Van Meter’s Korbin Barck. Mintle’s tech fall victory over Barck secured a second-place district finish and punched his ticket to the state wrestling meet.   Lynnville-Sully’s Maxwell Mintle, a sophomore wrestling at 152 pounds, has punched his ticket to...

Sophomore Aubree Arthur puts up a shot down low in the paint. Arthur scored four points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Hawks’ win in the opening round of postseason play on Feb. 10. The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team claimed the win in the opening round of the Class 1A Region 7 postseason brackets. The Hawks...

L-S dropped a non-conference game to a quality Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont team on Tuesday, Feb. 8, which snapped the Hawks’ five-game win streak. The Hawks regrouped and responded with a 57-41 win over GMG on Monday, Feb. 14, to kick off the tournament trail in the first round of Class 1A’s District 6 postseason play. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont L-S fought hard against Class...

Lynnville-Sully Athletic Boosters’ February 24 tournament features teams in grades 6-8 The hoops were singing in Lynnville-Sully’s middle school and high school gyms as youth basketball teams from across the state traveled to Lynnville-Sully for the annual athletic boosters’ youth basketball tournament on Saturday, Feb. 12. The tourney featured grades 3-5 teams from Lynnville-Sully, Pella, Pella Christian,...