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N-K’s Kayla Senne records the 800th strike out of her five -year career last Wednesday night in Saint Ansgar. Senne ended her career with a 10-1, 12 K loss in the first round of the regionals to the Saints.
There was a lot more happening in last Wednesday night’s class 1A regional game in Saint Ansgar than met the eye, not only did Northwood-Kensett’s ace Kayla Senne start the game just one strike out shy of 800 for her career, a number she reached with the second batter she faced, but unknown to the...
N-K’s Jace Gentz delivers a pitch after coming into the game in relief with no outs and the bases loaded in the top of the first inning last Tuesday night against North Union. Gentz bailed the Vikings out of trouble and picked up the non-conference win with 11 K’s in six innings of work.
After splitting their final two regular season games against North Union and Forest City, the Vikings of Northwood-Kensett got a taste of some revenge from North Iowa in the opening round of the class 1A district tournament. Last Tuesday night the Vikings put Cade Hengesteg on the mound to start...
N-K’s Addy Bachtle and Teagan Johnson both try to chase down a fly ball in foul territory last Monday night in Manly. The Lady Vikings played well defensively, cutting their errors in half from the first meeting with Central Springs from eight to just four in the 6-0 loss.
In the game of high school softball it’s hard to underestimate the impact a little dose of confidence can do for a struggling team, like the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett, who, before the West Hancock tournament a few weeks ago, were drowning in a sea of defeats, only to snap out of it with two...
With N-K’s Cade Hengesteg having problems on the mound the team comes together for a little pep talk in the top of the fourth inning trailing 10-3. The Vikings, 10-12 overall and 9-6 in the TIC East, lost the conference game 16-3 in five innings.
For most of this season the Northwood-Kensett baseball team has taken care of business in the Top of Iowa Conference East, staying in that third-place position for much of the year, but they have struggled in non-conference games, going just 1-6 outside the TIC East. But last week that seemed to...
N-K catcher Addy Bachtle makes a play on a foul ball last Monday in the Lady Vikings’ 20-8 win over RRMR. Bachtle has played well in her first year as the starting catcher, accumulating an incredible .966 fielding percentage with just eight errors in 234 total chances.
After winning four of its last five games played the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett are just the latest example of the notion that it doesn’t really matter what your record is or how well you do during most of the regular season, what matters most is how you’re playing at the end. Judging N-K’s...
Covering long distances to make spectacular plays is becoming a habit for the Vikings’ Cade Hengesteg, here making another catch in last Friday night’s 9-0 loss to Newman. Hengesteg has a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage this season, committing no errors in 25 total chances in rightfield.
Looking out at the ominous storm clouds quickly descending on the ball diamonds last Friday night in Northwood, first year head coach Matt Pfaltzgraff looked at me and said, “Mike, my first year as head coach isn’t going quite like I had hoped, first the bus breaks down on our first away game and...
Brad Haberman chips on the green at the 2021 N-K Booster Club Gold Tournament.
The Northwood-Kensett Booster Club held its annual golf tournament two Saturdays ago to help raise money for N-K athletics. On a picture-perfect day out on the course, dozens of teams vied for the coveted title. Results are as follows: first flight first place goes to Seth Holstad, Kenny Stambaugh...
Viking Brandon Varner delivers a pitch in last Monday’s game against North Butler. Varner leads the team on the year with a perfect 3-0 record and has a WHIP of just 2.02.
Looking to solidify their spot in the upper ranks of the Top of Iowa Conference East standings, the Northwood-Kensett baseball team improved its conference record to 8-3 last week with big wins over North Butler and West Fork, keeping it in third place in the conference behind Newman Catholic and...
N-K first baseman Addy Tasker makes the play at first in last Monday night’s 4-1 loss to North Butler. Tasker, just an eighth grader, went 1-2 at the plate and played the field to perfection, committing no errors in seven innings of play.
Sitting at just three wins on the season the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett were desperate for a spark, anything that would snap them out of this midseason funk they’ve seemed to be in. But after beating North Iowa earlier in the week N-K was ready to show off some new confidence at West...
Boston is a most interesting city.  It has music, sports, history and, of course, delicious food.  The well-known restaurants are not the only place to enjoy what Bostonians have come to appreciate. “Boston Cooks: Favorite Recipes from Historic Boston” (1991, Favorite Recipes Press) was compiled by...

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