LOCAL SPORTS

Girls Game NEW SHARON – North Mahaska, ranked second in Class 2A, showed some signs of fatigue Tuesday but took care of Colfax-Mingo, 54-28. The victory moved North Mahaska to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in…

Girls Game MONROE – The saying “offense wins games, and defense wins championships” may be true. North Mahaska’s defense shut down No. 9 in Class 3A PCM’s leading scorer and rolled to a 52-32 nonconference…

OSKALOOSA -- The William Penn men's basketball team secured a hard-fought 66-61 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene on Monday in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. WPU (8-3, 5-2 Heart) started the game with momentum, jumping…

Girls SULLY – Whenever North Mahaska and Lynnville-Sully get together for competition it will be a battle. Add in playing the game at Sully where the crowd is in tight to the players and loud.…

Below are the updated high school girls basketball rankings from the IGHSAU. Area teams are highlighted in bold. Class 5A School Record LW 1 Johnston 4-0 1 2 Dowling Catholic 4-1 2 3 Waukee Northwest…

GIRLS NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s defense forced seven first quarter turnovers and did not allow a score through the first five and a half minutes of the game to score a 62-18 South Iowa…

PACKWOOD – North Mahaska’s wrestling team saw some tough competition Monday at the Bill Rex Girls Invitational meet at Pekin High School. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont continued its dominance winning with 259 points. Burlington was a distance second…

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska girls hosted Southeast Polk, Cardinal, Oskaloosa and Pleasantville in a quadrangular Thursday. North Mahaska defeated Oskaloosa 46-18 and Pleasantville 36-12 while falling to Cardinal 47-30 and SEP 48-24. Macie Little…

NEW SHARON – Another battle for US 63 took place Friday in New Sharon as South Iowa Cedar League rivals Montezuma met. The game was everything a basketball fan would expect with North Mahaska winning…

Below are the updated Iowa girls basketball rankings, as of 12/5/24. Area teams are highlighted in bold. Class 5A School Record LW 1 Johnston 2-0 1 2 Dowling Catholic 3-1 2 3 Davenport North 1-0…