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Looking back over the career of Northwood-Kensett’s Treycen Rollene it’s just too hard not to imagine what might have been. What might have been had the freshman who went 36-17, followed that up with a 29-win sophomore season and was looking at 65 wins after just two years on the mat, had he not...
The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls basketball teams, while finishing four to six games under the .500 mark, were nonetheless competitive in the Top of Iowa Conference East this season, earning a number of them recognition on the post season all-conference teams.
The Lady Vikings had three young...
The Vikings’ Kooper Julseth and Colby Eskildsen, two of the four super sophomores on this year’s team, went off on Central Springs in last Tuesday night’s regular season and Top of Iowa Conference East finale, crushing their Highway 65 rival by 28 points, 82-54.
The Vikings, who lead the series 17...
When it came down to it, there was just too much going against the Lady Vikings in their regional first round game last Tuesday night in Northwood, where they faced Newman Catholic for the third time this season.
Northwood-Kensett would have to play this game and any that might come after without...
In a season that had injured, sick and low numbers plaguing the team all season long, the Northwood-Kensett boys wrestling team nonetheless took a handful of hungry wrestlers to the district tournament last Saturday in Lake Mills.
And while the year came to an end for most in a Viking singlet on...
If the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett hope to end the regular season on a positive note they’ll have to snap the season’s only three game losing streak after falling to Saint Ansgar, Belmond-Klemme and Osage last week.
Despite getting a win over the Saints last season, the Lady Vikings’ Highway...
The first ever girls wrestling season just came to an end and it will forever be remembered at the five schools that made up the North Central Trailblazers, consisting of young ladies from Saint Ansgar, Northwood-Kensett, Central Springs, Lake Mills and Forest City. Those five schools came together...
Winners in two of three last week and three of their last five overall, the Vikings of Northwood-Kensett slipped past Saint Ansgar and slapped Belmond-Klemme with a 61-36 loss before falling to the Green Devils, who are 17-0 against the Vikings since the 2012 season.
Despite the fact that the...
By Mike Simmons
Sports Editor
Starting around 10 years ago the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team went on what was at the time, a historic run considering the programs past struggles.
But in 2012, all that changed when N-K cracked the 10-win mark, going 17-8, starting a five-year period...
With the wrestling season slowly inching its way towards Wells Fargo Arena and the state wrestling tournament, the Northwood-Kensett boys wrestling team is busy mending injuries and overcoming illness.
The Vikings, whose roster had dwindled to as low as just two athletes at a recent weekend...