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Brandon Varner rips a base hit in last Monday night’s 11-10 TIC East win over Central Springs. Varner went 2-4 at the plate with a team high three RBIs.
Looking at this year’s overall record for the Vikings it’s easy to think they might be underperforming to expectations. But a closer look at the losses of this 6-7 team reveals that the initial looks are deceiving to say the least. In the games that really matter during the regular season, the Top...
N-K’s Kayla Senne gets congratulated on her dinger by head coach Greg Parks in last Monday’s 22-3 loss to No. 1 (2A) Central Springs. Senne blasted the two-run homer to dead centerfield in the bottom of the second to even the score at 2-2.
Thanks to their annual Saturday morning tournament hosting Melcher-Dallas and Lake Mills the Northwood-Kensett softball team was able to snap out of its six- game losing streak with an 8-6 win over Lake Mills in the tournament finale last Saturday morning in Northwood. Coming out of the Memorial...
The N-K Trap team is pictured at the Iowa Clay Target League State Championship on Saturday, June 5. Photo by Michelle Moretz.
This past week was just practice for the Viking trap team with a shoot with Lake Mills canceled due to rain. The team did shoot on Saturday in a 100 target program at the Mitchell Co. Trap Range with Osage and St. Ansgar in preparation for the Iowa Clay Target League championship on June 5. The...
N-K’s Kayla Senne delivers a pitch last Monday afternoon in Allison. The Lady Vikings lost on opening night to North Butler 2-0 but Senne had a fine night, striking out 11 while allowing just one hit.
Even though the losses go on her career record you can’t really blame the Lady Vikings 0-2 start on pitching ace Kayla Senne, who has pitched brilliantly in her two starts so far this season, striking out 21 in two games. Senne and the Lady Vikings traveled to Allison on opening night last Monday...
New Vikings head coach Matt Pfaltzgraff gathers his team together before they take the field on opening night in Allison. Pfaltzgraff and his Vikings started the season at 2-0 with wins last week over North Butler and Nashua-Plainfield.
The Northwood-Kensett baseball team, whose season was snatched from it last year just as the playoffs were about to begin, got this season started as expected, two wins in its first two games. The Vikings traveled to Allison on opening night last Monday to face the Bearcats of North Butler in what...
The Viking trap team attended the Cardinal Classic at the Ventura Gun Club on Monday, May 17. Teams also participating were. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, Nashua-Plainfield, Charles City, St. Ansgar, Osage, Algona, Bishop Garagin, Mason City and Lake Mills. Algona won the shoot with a score of 230,...
Putting together a great season on the links after missing out on last year, Northwood-Kensett’s Emma Davidson, just a junior, nonetheless failed to advance to the state tournament after missing out on advancing out of the regionals by just two strokes at last Monday’s Lake Mills Class 1A, Regional...
Battling not only other competitors but the nasty weather as well, N-K’s Brandon Varner clears the hurdles in the shuttle hurdle relay last Thursday afternoon at the Iowa State High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. Varner and his teammates, Hayden Moore, Josiah Kliment and Drake Tiedemann placed 16th in the event.
Pick any regular season track meet and Northwood-Kensett’s Wyatt Willand has no competition other than his own time to beat, no one to push him, no one to share the agony of defeat or victory with, he’s literally alone on the track. But at this year’s state meet that all changed with numerous...
The Viking trap team attended a triangular hosted by St. Ansgar at the Mitchell County Trap Range on May 13. Osage won the shoot with a team score of 226. The N-K Vikings were second with a score of 219 and St. Ansgar came in third with a score of 200. High scores for the Vikings were Haydan...
Freshman Chloe Costello runs the anchor leg in the sprint medley relay after taking the stick from teammate Ruthie Conlin in last Monday’s Panther Coed Relays in Manly. The team of Costello, Conlin, Kayla Senne and Carly Hengesteg placed second in the event.
After everyone had to sit out last season because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of the area’s track teams, the Lady Vikings included, had to start this season basically from scratch, not knowing exactly who would run or what they would run. It was a season starting in turmoil. But as the season...

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