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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,...
N-K’s Jessika Ausborn competes in the 3,000-meter run last Thursday at the TIC East Meet in Nashua. Ausborn had just enough left at the finish line to take home a seventh place medal in the event.
When all the scores and tabulating were done last Thursday night at Nashua-Plainfield, the coaches of the Top of Iowa Conference East voted for the Coach of the Year Award. In all my years of covering northern Iowa sports, you can count on one hand the number of times the award doesn’t go to the...
On Saturday, April 22, the Vikings attended the St. Ansgar Invitational at the Mitchell Co. Trap Range. Schools attending were Osage, Southland, Glenville-Emmons, Lake Mills, Northwood-Kensett and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura.  GHV won the event with a score of 220, second was Osage with 216, third was...
 Northwood-Kensett’s Lindsey Moore navigates the hurdles last Friday morning at the annual Drake Relays at the famous Blue Oval in Des Moines. Moore qualified 24th but crossed the finish line in 15.42, good enough for a 11th place finish. See more on Page 5. (Picture provided by Kyle Ocker)
With the end of the spring sports season nearing its end in just a few short weeks, the Lady Vikings took to the oval last week and had some exciting things to talk about when it was all over. As a team, the Northwood-Kensett girls track team placed third and first in its two meets last week,...
Lady Viking Ella Leonard makes a nice chip to the green last Monday evening in Nora Springs. Leonard placed second at Buffalo Run with a very respectable round of 53.
The Northwood-Kensett boys and girls golf teams had a busy, yet very successful week on the links last week, with the boys earning a first and two seconds, and the girls a second and two third place finishes. The golf teams last Monday played at Buffalo Run Golf Club in Nora Springs with both...

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