LOCAL SPORTS

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska coach Mark Schroeder has begun to despise close softball games. His Warhawks have played four one-run games in the last five and have come up short in each one. Monday,…

OSKALOOSA -- Top-three finishes from 10 different programs helped the William Penn athletics department finish in the middle of the pack as the final 2023-2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup standings were released…

MONTEZUMA – North Mahaska’s baseball team picked up an 8-2 victory while a seventh inning rally sunk the softball team 7-6 Friday night. Jack Kelderman struck out seven Montezuma batters and hit a single and…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- Wednesday night was Schools Out for Summer sponsored by  our friends, Stout Trucking and Van Utrecht Farms and Trucking. Kids were treated to bounce houses before the races and over…

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska limited Sigourney to a pair of singles through the first four innings Wednesday but the visiting Savages utilized walks and errors to explode for 12 runs in three innings to…

Class 5A School  Record LW 1 Pleasant Valley 16-1 2 2 Waukee Northwest 14-2 1 3 Johnston 11-5 3 4 Muscatine 13-3 5 5 Ankeny Centennial 13-4 4 6 West Des Moines Valley 12-3 6…

IOWA CITY -- Former University of Iowa All-America linebacker Pat Angerer has been named the color analyst for the Iowa football program, it was announced Monday by Hawkeye Sports Properties, the locally based team of Learfield, the…

Baseball NEW SHARON – Seems North Mahaska and Belle Plaine held off the fireworks until the seventh inning Friday night. Neither team scored until the final inning with North Mahaska scoring three times in the…

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska hosted Twin Cedars Thursday in a nonconference baseball game but had trouble with control. The Warhawks issued 13 free passes and a hit batsman in a 10-7 loss. A solid…

By Jerry Mackey OSKALOOSA -- Wednesday night was Bill & Rays Night at the races at the Southern Iowa Speedway located on the Mahaska County Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa. The night provided plenty of racing excitement…