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After losing all three of its games on the opening week of the 2023 season to North Butler (10-0), Nashua-Plainfield (10-0) and West Fork (12-0) by a combined 32-0, the young Lady Vikings team was able to put together some offense last week, scoring 10 runs in the three games played against Rudd-...
N-K senior Grady Buenzow misses out on a single by a step and snow cone catch by the Bulldogs’ first baseman in last Saturday’s 12-7 loss in Lake Mills.
After suffering through an 0-21 campaign in 2022 the Northwood-Kensett baseball program was hoping for the best come the start of the 2023 season, and so far, the young team has not disappointed, winning three of its first five games this season. The Vikings started the season with a 10-0 loss at...
Last Monday the Vikings Trap team attended the Cardinal Classic at the Ventura Gun Club.  Schools participating were Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, Osage, Mason City, Lake Mills, St. Ansgar and Northwood-Kensett. Osage won the event with a score of 234, second was Mason City with 229 and third was N-K...
The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls golf teams held their annual awards banquets last week. This year’s award winners include Caden Helgeson (Newcomer), Nick Hanson (MVP), Ella Leonard (MVP), Peyton Wilder (MVP) and Marisa Halbach (Most Improved). Not pictured is Carter Anderson, who also received...
Lady Viking Macy Thorson runs her leg of the shuttle hurdle relay in last Thursday morning’s prelims. The team of Thorson, Emma Hengesteg, Morgan Wallin and Lindsey Moore placed first in the 1A prelims with a time of 1:07.66.
0The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls track teams had a pretty successful state track meet last week, The boys had just one event to run, the 4x800-meter relay on the meet’s opening day. Placing 11th in class 1A were Lamonte Sims, Dalton Logemann, Kooper Julseth and Treycen Rollene. The Lady...
N-K’s Emma Hengesteg explodes out of the blocks in last Thursday’s district meet. Hengesteg was competing with teammates Chloe Costello, Marris Peterson and Megan Ocel in the distance medley relay.
While hopes of winning a district title were not in the conversation last Thursday evening at Northwood’s district 8 state qualifying track and field meet, the Lady Vikings had what could be described as a more than successful day, sending five girls down to Drake’s Blue Oval and the Iowa State...
State Championship bound. Northwood-Kensett’s boys 4x800-meter relay team of Kooper Julseth, Dalton Logeman, Treycen Rollene and Lamonte Sims celebrate their district title and state berth at last Thursday’s district meet in Northwood.
With a number of competitive teams vying for a state championships berth in Des Moines this week, the Northwood-Kensett boys track team, while staying competitive in most events, were only able to get one relay team through the tough district 8 and onto Drake’s Blue Oval. The Vikings, who came...
Lady Viking Peyton Wilder tees off after a quick lunch break at last Monday’s TIC East Meet in Mason City. Wilder led the girls team with a 112 on the day.
The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls golf teams wrapped up the regular season last week with the Top of Iowa Conference East Meet and then jumped right into the postseason with regional and sectional play. The girls placed eighth in the conference with a team score of 467 last Monday at Highland...
The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls golf teams got in just one round of golf last week, playing last Monday on a windy day that saw multiple schools cancel track meets despite the 56 degree weather. Facing wind gusts of up to 40 mph with a steady wind blowing at over 30 mph, Sunny Brea County...
Viking Justin Mills competes in the discus at last Thursday’s TIC Meet in Nashua. Mills placed sixth in the event with a throw of 103-01. Mills currently has the eighth best throw in district 8 at 117-10.00.
As everyone knows who follows high school sports, some years your team is up, some they are down, it all depends on graduation and class size, but the reality of high school track is, some years you’re on top, others you’re near the bottom. Unfortunately for the Northwood-Kensett boys track team,...

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