LOCAL SPORTS

All-American honors for a William Penn basketball player.  Kevion Blaylock received that honor from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.  The senior forward from Houston, Texas averaged 20.8 points and 10.2 rebounds for the Statesmen…

William Penn’s men’s and women’s track teams competed outside for the first time this season Saturday (3/26) at the Grand View Relays in Des Moines.  The Statesmen’s Loubert Dagrin took an early step toward the…

The Cyclones, coming off their worst season in modern history, are headed to the Sweet 16 where they'll play No. 10 seed Miami, which upset second-seeded Auburn, tonight in Chicago. No. 11 seed Iowa State…

Oskaloosa’s boys’ track team has its first meet of the season Thursday afternoon (3/24), when the Indians run at the Little Hawkeye Conference indoor meet at Grinnell College.  Indians Boys Coach Mike Sterner says his…

William Penn’s men’s volleyball team lost its final regular season game Tuesday (3/22).  The third-ranked Statesmen lost at 13th ranked Mount Mercy three sets to one.  The scores were 22-25, 13-25, 27-25 and 20-25.  Ike Papes…

Reanah Utterback of Sigourney won the 112 pound championship at last week’s USA Wrestling girls folkstyle national meet in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Utterback won three of her four bouts via pinfall.  You’ll remember Utterback won…

By The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Lauren Jensen scored 19 points against her former team, including the go-ahead 3 with 12.9 seconds left that lifted No. 10 Creighton over Caitlin Clark and…

By JOHN WAWROW BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jacob Gilyard had an inkling a week ago — well before Richmond had even qualified for the NCAA Tournament — that the Spiders were capable of a first-round…

When the Oskaloosa School Board tentatively approved a contract with the school district’s teachers for the upcoming school year, the proposal included a girls’ wrestling coach for the high school and one for the middle…

In college volleyball, William Penn’s men celebrated Senior Night Tuesday (3/15) with a three sets to none victory over Graceland at Penn Activities Center.  The scores were 25-17, 25-16 and 25-16.  Ike Papes had 17…