LOCAL SPORTS

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…

Oskaloosa’s boys’ soccer team dropped their home opener Tuesday night (4/2), 3-1 to Grinnell.  Dayne Gardner scored the Indians’ goal with nine minutes to play, making it a 2-1 game.  But Grinnell scored five minutes…

Tuesday (4/2) was opening day for the Oskaloosa girls’ track team.  The Indians won the team title at the Fairfield Relays and had five first place finishes.  Sophia Dykstra won the discus, Sage Adam the…

Oskaloosa High’s boys track team finished sixth in Monday’s (4/1) Williamsburg Raider Invitational.  The Indians had two first place finishes: the 4 by 400 meter relay team of Carter Huyser, Isazc Schultz, Pat DeRonde and…

Tuesday night (4/2) is the home opener for the Oskaloosa boys’ soccer team.  The Indians opened their season last week with a 2-1 loss at Ottumwa.  Tonight, the Indians take on Grinnell at 7:00 at…

Racing fans in Oskaloosa will have to wait another week for the season to start at Southern Iowa Speedway.  Tuesday’s (4/2) scheduled Caleb Hammond Memorial Race has been postponed because the track is not in…