LOCAL SPORTS

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- Wednesday night racing action was sponsored by our good friends at the 3M Corp of Knoxville with Teacher and Staff Appreciation night as school employees were admitted FREE to another…

IOWA CITY -- The Iowa Letterwinners Club and the University of Iowa Athletics Department announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Class on Wednesday. The 37th Hall of Fame class includes Kim Baker-El Abiad (women’s gymnastics), Klas Bergstrom (men’s tennis), Diane…

OSKALOOSA -- Four Statesmen softball players were honored for strong 2026 seasons in and out of the classroom as they earned academic all-district honors from College Sports Communicators recently. Marin Frazee (Jr., Sioux City, Iowa, Exercise…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- Wednesday night was Salute the Troops and First Responder Night sponsored by our friends and long time Southern Iowa Speedway supporters Bill & Rays Truck Repair of Oskaloosa. A great…

OSKALOOSA -- William Penn Athletics Director Grant Farris has announced the resignation of Sheawn Bedford as the Head Women's Basketball Coach. Bedford took the reins of the program midway through the 2024-2025 campaign, leading the…

OSKALOOSA -- Laila Smith (Jr., Olympia, Wash., Elementary Education) was lauded by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as the NAIA all-region teams were announced recently. Smith was named to the second team in Region VI (two teams…

OSKALOOSA -- The Scholastic Clay Target Program held the International Skeet Championship event this past weekend at the Mahaska County Izaak Walton League, near Oskaloosa. International skeet, also known as Olympic skeet, is more unpredictable…

OMAHA -- The No. 8-seeded University of Iowa baseball team fell to No. 5-seeded Purdue, 8-1, in an elimination game Thursday afternoon at the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. “It says a…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- The 48-hour period of Sunday evening till Tuesday morning saw the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa receive slightly more than five inches of rain. The heavy rains left the grounds…

OMAHA -- The eighth-seeded University of Iowa baseball team rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat No. 9 seed Illinois, 10-6, on Tuesday afternoon in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament at…