Sports
Spectators watching this season’s version of Northwood-Kensett Viking football might be a bit surprised to see the team’s reliance on the passing game, instead of the one yard in a cloud of dust philosophy that dominated the team for so many years, and by the way, won hundreds of games and put...
The Northwood-Kensett volleyball program over the years has struggled not only for wins, but for consistent, long-term coaching. The Lady Vikings’ newest addition is Ashley Haxton, who is the third head coach the team has seen in the past four years.
Hoping that this latest addition to the...
With the school year and sports seasons beginning, Northwood-Kensett’s student athletes have begun practice. That included a sports drink scrimmage held last Friday for the Viking volleyball players. Viking fans and supporters were invited to bring sports drinks for the student athletes for their...
Two Northwood-Kensett students will soon complete their latest season of success in gymnastics competitions while working with a past N-K alum in the process.
Haddie and Hallie Hanson have completed another season as successful gymnasts. The Hanson girls are on the XTREME competition team. They...
2023 TIC East All-Conference Softball Teams
First Team
Lainie Bouillon Central Springs Sr.
Sharli Fessler Central Springs So.
Cooper Klaahsen Central Springs Sr.
Abby Pate Central Springs Sr.
Macy Kellar Newman Catholic Sr.
Liz Kruckenburg Newman Catholic Jr.
Emily Opstvedt Newman Catholic...
The Northwood-Kensett softball team completed its season just before the Fourth of July holiday weekend when it fell to Bishop-Garrigan 16-1 in a regional first round game in Algona.
The final week of the season was not kind to the Lady Vikings, who this year snapped a previous 34 game losing...
The Vikings’ celebrated six-win season took a turn for the worse in the final week of the season with the team suffering four losses in the final six days of the year, falling to Central Springs, Saint Ansgar, Osage and Riceville in the district playoffs.
The Vikings were competitive in their game...
Jobs in our country are increasingly requiring specialized training and education beyond high school. For many jobs, a high school diploma is not enough. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2021 and 2031, jobs that require some formal education after high school are...
Leading by just one run heading into the top of the fifth inning last Monday night in Rockford, the Northwood-Kensett softball team pushed seven runs across the plate in one of its biggest offensive innings of the season, eventually overcoming the Lady Warriors 12-6 in seven innings.
The Lady...
It’s still hard to comprehend that the Vikings, who went 0-21 last season, are now sitting at six wins with 13 losses and after the seeding meetings, came out with the No. 4 seed in substate 2, district 4 and will face five seed Riceville (7-12) this Saturday at 5 p.m. in Saint Ansgar.
The...