LOCAL SPORTS

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…

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…