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Never intimidated about going up against the big guys, N-K’s point guard, Lamonte Sims drives the lane in last Monday night’s 74-39 non-conference loss in Armstrong. Sims scored 10 points in the loss and is now second on the team this season, scoring 11.0 points per game.
At times this season the Vikings offense has been one of the best in the Top of Iowa Conference East, but at other times, like last Monday night in Armstrong, the men from Northwood-Kensett just can’t seem to catch a break, or a basket. And although the Vikings started the game slow, scoring just...
The Vikings’ Treycen Rollene prepares to let his Tripoli opponent get a taste of the new wrestling mats in last Saturday’s 48-24 win over the Panthers. Rollene and the Panthers’ Wesley Brandt were the only ones to actually wrestle in this forfeit fest, with Rollene putting his opponent’s shoulders on the mat with just 10 seconds remaining in the second period.
Finally able to compete against teams of similar size, the Northwood-Kensett boys wrestling team,  at last Saturday’s Viking Duals, picked up its first wins of the season, defeating Tripoli 48-24 and Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock 48-12. To show just how shorthanded some of these teams are this season...
Lady Viking point guard Madalynn Hanson breaks free for an open, running jumper last Monday night in Armstrong. Hanson went 0-3 from the field but helped her team in many other ways, including six rebounds, two assists and two steals. The talented junior leads the team this season with 3.5 assists per game.
The Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team fell to 1-3 overall after last Monday night’s 45-25 loss to North Union in Armstrong, falling to its non-conference opponent for the fifth consecutive time, losing five of the six games played now between the two programs. Consistent play, or the lack of...
The weather caused a disruption in the Trailblazers schedule last week, leaving the girls wrestling team with just one night of competition. North Central, the all-girls wrestling team consisting of young ladies from Central Springs, Northwood-Kensett, Saint Ansgar, Lake Mills and Forest City,...
With the winter weather causing havoc to the sports schedules the past couple of weeks, the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett at this point in the season have had about as many games cancelled or postponed as they’ve played. The Lady Vikings now stand at 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the Top of Iowa...
The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team has an unblemished record against the Warhawks of West Fork. The Vikings are 0-28 since the 2009 season against one of the best class 1A basketball programs of the last decade or more in all of Iowa. But despite lopsided losses of 90-16 and 92-12, scores...
The Vikings’ Trent Tiedemann waits for the referee’s hand to slap the mat on his Central Elkader opponent in last Saturday’s Nashua-Plainfield tournament. Tiedemann went 2-2 on the day with both of his wins coming by fall.
As if competing this season with a short roster hasn’t been hard enough for the Northwood-Kensett boys wrestling team, now they’re even more shorthanded with illness and injury taking a huge toll on the team’s ability to be competitive. Luckily for the Vikings, because of the weather last week,...
U.S. Paralympics Track & Field recently announced the 34 athletes who earned spots on its prestigious 2022 High School All-American roster. The list recognizes the top high school track and field athletes who have a Paralympic-eligible impairment based on their performances in the 2022 season....
The North Central Trailblazers, the all-girls wrestling team consisting of young ladies from Northwood-Kensett, Central Springs, Saint Ansgar, Lake Mills and Forest City, competed in their first dual of the season last Thursday night in Greene. The girls took to the mats after a boys quad that...
The Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett cruised to an easy victory last Friday night, beating Nashua-Plainfield by 28 points in Top of Iowa Conference East action after pouring in 32 second half points. The Huskies, who have now lost the last two games to N-K by a total of 55 points, came out hot in...

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