Sports
The Northwood-Kensett boys track program is well known across the state of Iowa for one thing, other than Tom Yezek, its relay teams, who have been the dominant force behind the Vikings’ success on the oval since before I started covering them almost 20 years ago.
But this current group of young...
Lady Viking hurdlers Lindsey Moore and Morgan Wallin set the standards pretty high for the rest of the team last week after the talented duo took home three first place medals and three second place medals in the 100-meter hurdles in as many meets.
Moore now ranks fourth in class 1A in the event...
On Tuesday the Northwood-Kensett trap team competed in a dual shoot with the Osage team at the Mitchel County Trap Range.
Osage won the event with a score of 210. N-K put up a score of 204.
The top five N-K team scores were Collin Houg 44, Iver Girouard 43, Aidan Moretz 40, Loghan Nelson 40 and...
After suffering through the first two weeks of the spring sports season and its crazy weather, the Northwood-Kensett boys track team finally had a chance to compete in some nice conditions last week at West Hancock and Clarion-Goldfield.
The Vikings got the week started last Monday at West Hancock...
The Northwood-Kensett girls track and field team was able to get in two meets last week for the first time this season as the weather finally cooperated with northern Iowa spring sports.
The Lady Vikings traveled to Britt last Monday afternoon to compete in the annual Bob Sanger Coed Relays, where...
The Northwood-Kensett boys track team, which usually relies on its relay teams to fuel its success on the oval year after year, instead had to rely on a few individual performances to squeak out a fifth place finish in last Tuesday afternoon’s opening track and field meet of the spring season, the...
An unusual occurrence to be sure, the first scheduled spring track meet went on without a hitch last Tuesday in Saint Ansgar, where the Lady Vikings secured a fifth place finish, scoring 48 team points in the annual Saint Ansgar Coed Relays.
And while Northwood-Kensett had plenty of fine...
The Northwood-Kensett Viking trap team started their 21st season this week-end by attending the Charles City Invitational.
There were seven teams competing in the tourna-ment with a total of 130 athletes.
New Hampton won the shoot with a score of 231. Second was Charles City with a score of 217...
The Northwood-Kensett wrestling team celebrated their season with the annual banquet held on Sunday, April 2, at Strike Zone in Northwood. The wrestling season wrap up recognized the student athletes with letters for first year wrestlers and recognition for others that had added another season to...
While the spring track season is about to get underway for many in Iowa schools, the winter basketball season is still producing accolades for others, including the Lady Vikings’ star Chloe Costello.
Costello was recently selected to the Class 1A, Region 1 All-Region Team. The talented jack of all...