LOCAL SPORTS

Oskaloosa High School is going to be a busy place Thursday night (1/13).  With a snowstorm predicted for Friday night (1/14), the Grinnell at Oskaloosa girls’ and boys’ basketball games are being moved from Friday…

Girls: Oskaloosa 45, Pella Christian 28 Sigourney 44, BGM 10 North Mahaska 52, Keota 7 EBF 70, Albia 23 Grinnell 78, Pella 49 Indianola 52, Newton 32 Lynnville-Sully 45, Tri-County 26 Montezuma 63, Belle Plaine…

Oskaloosa High’s wrestlers have their first home meet of the season Tuesday night (1/11).  The Indians will host Albia and Fairfield in a triangular meet starting at 5:30 at Oskaloosa High School. William Penn’s scheduled…

At the North Mahaska Invitational wrestling meet Saturday (1/8), Grinnell won the team championship with North Mahaska second, Lynnville-Sully third, EBF fifth, Montezuma seventh and Pekin in ninth place.  EBF had three individual champions: Nathan…

By STEVE MEGARGEE MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The matchup between two of the nation’s top scorers was a virtual draw. In every other respect, No. 23 Wisconsin beat Iowa convincingly. Johnny Davis had 26 points…

By ANDREW LOGUE AMES, Iowa (AP) — Izaiah Brockington’s four-point play with 1:52 left propelled No. 11 Iowa State past No. 25 Texas Tech 51-47 in a defensive struggle Wednesday night. Brockington’s fall-away 3-pointer came…

In college basketball, William Penn’s men travel to Cedar Rapids Wednesday night (1/5) to take on Mount Mercy.  The fifth-ranked Statesmen come into the game with a 12-1 overall record and a 4-1 mark in…

Several high school football players from the area have earned Academic All-State honors from the Iowa Football Coaches Association.  Three Oskaloosa Indians were honored in Class 4A: Donivan Tighe, Will Campbell and Christian Cavan.  Newton’s…

Sophomore Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 44 points with eight assists, freshman Addison O’Grady recorded her first double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and No. 21 Iowa beat Evansville 93-56 on Sunday (1/2). It…

2021 was quite the year in sports in the No Coast Network listening area.  There were two state high school champions in boys’ basketball: Pella in Class 3A and Montezuma in Class 1A.  And Montezuma’s…