LOCAL SPORTS

At the state high school wrestling meet on Thursday (2/14), three wrestlers from PCM won their opening round matches in Class 2A: Colby Tool at 145, Wes Cummings at 160 and Jarron Trausch at 170. …

A heart-breaking end to Sigourney’s boys’ basketball season.  In the Class 1A District 9 playoffs in Montezuma, The Savages rallied from a 12 point deficit Thursday (2/14) against Baxter to force overtime on a late…

Oskaloosa’s boys finished their regular season Wednesday night (2/13) with a 63-49 win over Grinnell in Oskaloosa.  Even better for the Indians, senior Cole Henry returned to the Indians lineup after missing four games with…

Individual competition has begun at the state high school wrestling tournament in Des Moines.  In Class 3A Thursday morning (2/14), Ottumwa 145 pounder Vincent Vass was pinned in his first round match by Clear Creek-Amana's…

No high school basketball last night.  The winter storm has caused all the regular season and playoff games in the area scheduled for last night to be postponed or cancelled.  Oskaloosa’s boys’ basketball game at…

Both of William Penn’s basketball remain nationally ranked.  The Statesmen men dropped two spots to number 16 in this week’s NAIA poll; while the Statesmen women move up four spots to number 14. Wednesday night…

Oskaloosa's boys high school basketball team celebrated Senior Day in style Saturday (2/9), as they knocked off second-ranked Norwalk 68-47 in Oskaloosa. Senior guard Rian Yates had five three-point baskets on his way to scoring…

Another day, another set of postponed high school basketball games.  Oskaloosa boys’ basketball game Tuesday night (2/12) with Newton has been cancelled and will not be made up.  The Indians are scheduled to play Wednesday…

Rian Yates made two free throws with 2-point-8 seconds to play to give Oskaloosa’s boys a 50-49 win at Pella Christian Thursday night (2/7).  The Indians had trailed Pella Christian by ten points late in…

The final Iowa girls high school basketball rankings for Class 1A were released Thursday (2/7): Montezuma is ranked 3rd, Lynnville-Sully 5th, North Mahaska is 11th and Sigourney enters the poll for the first time this season…