Sports
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings volleyball team had only won five games in the last two years and that happens for teams from time to time as they go through graduation and start to rebuild a program. Last Tuesday night, the Vikings put together a scrappy battle to outlast the Riceville Wildcats in a...
The first class of the Vikings Athletic Hall of Fame was inducted on Friday. The events began with a banquet and a ceremony to announce and recognize the first class of inductees. The first Hall of Fame members were also recognized at half time of the first game of the football season.
With the fall sports season underway here at Northwood-Kensett I would like to take the time to spotlight my four seniors that I have out for cross country. This week I will be spotlighting Merrin Hansen.
Merrin has been running XC for me now for four years and I have also had the opportunity to...
Seniors on the 2025 Northwood-Kensett Vikings football team are (front row, from left) Hayzin Jacobson, Quinton Butler, Weston Willand, Kolton Robinson, (back row) Alex Tiedemann, Bowan Behne, Brady Christianson and Alec Ducommun.
Viking volleyball seniors are Camryn Rheingans, Kenedie Berry,...
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings softball team was led this season by senior Topanga Hackenmiller. She played in all 20 games and was at the plate 55 times where she scored 12 runs, had 17 hits, two RBIs, walked three times and stole base once. Topanga received Top of Iowa All-Conference Honorable...
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings baseball team was led this season by senior Evan Lorenzen who was named Top of Iowa All-Conference First Team. Lorenzen played in 20 games and was at the plate 57 times where he scored 16 runs, had 21 hits and 17 RBIs, he walked eight times and stole base 32 times. ...
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings baseball team traveled to Gilmore City on Monday, July 7, for a Class 1A Substate 2 first round game with West Bend Mallard and ended their season with a 9-3 loss.
The Vikings scored one in the fourth and two in the sixth while the Wolverines scored two in the first,...
The Northwood-Kensett sixth and seventh grade softball team had an undefeated season going 12-0 in the Borderline League. They outscored their opponents by over 100 runs (165-60) for the season. This group has a lot of potential! Pictured (front row, from left) Makayla Reyerson, Heather Perry, (...
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings baseball team had some heartbreak losses last week beginning on Monday, June 30, when they traveled to Manly for a Top of Iowa Conference game with the Panthers and led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh before the Panthers tied it up to force extra innings. ...
The Northwood-Kensett Vikings softball team had a busy week with Top of Iowa Conference games last week.
First up was a trip to Manly to take on the Class 2A no. 11 Panthers in a conference game and they fell 11-1. The Vikings scored one run in the first inning and the Panthers scored five in the...