LOCAL SPORTS

OSKALOOSA -- William Penn softball player Laila Smith (Olympia, Wash., Elementary Education) will represent the Heart of America Athletic Conference as she was named the league's 2024-2025 A.O. Duer Award recipient Tuesday. The A.O. Duer Scholarship Award…

OSKALOOSA -- D'Artagnon Beaver (Sr., Rockford, Ill., Human Services) wrapped up his Statesmen career by being recognized as one of the NAIA's top scholar-athletes as the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Men's Track and Field/Cross Country teams…

OSKALOOSA -- William Penn University Director of Athletics Grant Farris is announced the hiring of Camden Levett as the new Assistant Athletic Director for Game Day Operations. Levett comes to WPU with vast experience in…

SULLY – Saturday’s 10-1 victory by Lynnville-Sully over North Mahaska was not indicative of the game. North Mahaska had one rough inning that proved to be fatal to Warhawks’ season. North Mahaska got on the…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- After two rain outs and a scheduled week off, racing returned to the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday night as Teeter Construction and Dirt Works and J. Teeter Trucking presented…

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s softball season came to an end Wednesday on its home field in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A Region 2 tournament. Cardinal pounded out 12 hits in a 6-2 victory.…

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska won games on back-to-back nights to advance to Saturday’s Class 1A District 11 championship. The title game will pit the Warhawks against No. 3 Lynnville-Sully. North Mahaska defeated Mormon Trail…

AMES, Iowa – Three Iowa State football players have been named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team as voted on by the league's media. The Cyclone defense was represented on the team by senior defensive…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- The Southern Iowa Speedway will be entering the busiest month of the racing calendar with four racing events over the next three weeks. Wednesday, July 9th will get the month started…

NEW SHARON – Senior night was going well for the North Mahaska Warhawks Wednesday as they faced Pleasantville in a nonconference softball game. They led 4-0 after five innings but gave up five runs in…