LOCAL SPORTS

By Jerry Mackey The racing season opener at the Southern Iowa Speedway has been rescheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 27th. The cold wet conditions coupled with a miserable forecast has forced the officials…

William Penn’s softball team is on a hot streak.  The Statesmen have won six in a row after sweeping a pair of doubleheaders over the weekend.  On Friday (4/15), the Statesmen defeated Park twice, 6-4…

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The new owners of the “Field of Dreams” site in Iowa plan to use $80 million in private investment to make the popular tourist attraction a destination for youth baseball and…

William Penn’s first trip to the NAIA men’s volleyball tournament will end Thursday (4/14).  Campbellsville, Kentucky defeated the Statesmen three sets to none in Wednesday’s (4/13) preliminary round game.  The scores were 25-14, 25-21 and…

Oskaloosa’s boys’ track team had several winners en route to a second place overall finish at Tuesday’s (4/12) Fairfield Trojan Invitational.  Patrick DeRonde won the 800 meters, Tatum Westercamp the 110 hurdles and Wyatt Grubb…

A memorable season for William Penn’s men’s volleyball team just keeps getting better.  Statesmen right side hitter Landon Krause has been named not only a first team NAIA All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association,…

A Sunday (4/10) sweep for the William Penn baseball team.  The Statesmen won both games of a doubleheader over Culver-Stockton in Oskaloosa.  William Penn won the first game 4-3, scoring two runs in the bottom…

William Penn University has a busy sports schedule on Saturday (4/9).  The Statesmen men’s and women’s track teams compete at the Central Invitational in Pella.  The baseball team hosts Culver-Stockton in a 1:00 doubleheader.  The…

The unseasonal weather has put a damper on several high school sporting events this season.  For example, Thursday’s (4/7) Oskaloosa Relays boys and girls track meet has been postponed—with no word yet on a makeup…

Oskaloosa’s girls’ track team took first place Tuesday (4/5) at the Fairfield Relays…with ten individual champions.  Maleah Walker was a triple winner, in the long jump, 100 meters and 200 meters…as well as being part of…