LOCAL SPORTS

This is the time of year when a young athlete starts thinking about the Drake Relays.  Oskaloosa’s boys’ track team could send three relay teams to the Relays based on Tuesday’s (4/16) results at Mid-Prairie…

Oskaloosa High’s girls’ track team finished fourth at a meet at Bondurant-Farrar Monday (4/15).  The Indians’ Emma Kelderman won two events: the high jump and 400 meter hurdles, while Faith DeRonde won the discus.  Pella…

Racing fans planning to go to Knoxville Raceway Saturday night (4/13) will have to make other plans.  The Saturday races have been cancelled because of snow showers to the north and cold temperatures in Knoxville…

Oskaloosa, Iowa: The 2019 racing season at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway got underway on Wednesday night despite the cold windy conditions. The Southern Iowa Fairboard provided the racers with an extremely smooth and…

Oskaloosa High’s boys’ track team won the Fairfield Relays Tuesday (4/9) with six first place finishes.  Carter Huyser won the 400 meters and was also part of the Indians’ winning 4 by 400 and sprint…

Wednesday night (4/10) is opening night for racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa.  Gates open at 5:30 with hot laps at 7 and racing at 7:30.  Stock cars, sports mods, hobby stocks and…

William Penn’s Chris Leiba is this week’s Heart of America Conference men’s track athlete of the week. The junior from Olympia, Washington took home three first place finishes at Saturday’s Central Methodist Invitational: he won…

The Oskaloosa girls golf team won a three team meet at Albia Monday (4/8).  The Indians had a 231 score, ten strokes ahead of Chariton with Albia third.  Oskaloosa’s Nikki Parlet was medalist with a…

On Saturday (4/6), Oskaloosa hosts the 92nd annual Oskaloosa Relays at Statesmen Community Stadium. Teams from around the area will compete, including Ottumwa, Pella, North Mahaska, Pella Christian, EBF, Grinnell, Newton, Albia, South Tama, Centerville and…

Oskaloosa’s girls’ tennis coach Bryan Kime says he’s excited about the season after his team started off with a 9-0 victory this week over South Tama.  Kime says he has 12 seniors on this year’s…