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Facing some pretty tough competition in the Top of Iowa Conference East this season the Vikings of Northwood-Kensett were able to come out on top in seven games this season, averaging only 40.7 points per game as a team.
But despite the low number of wins the Vikings did have two players earn all-...
If you have followed the career of Northwood-Kensett’s Drake Tiedemann at all you would have had to conclude that he would one day make it to the state tournament.
But not only did Tiedemann make it in his third try, he also did what most don’t do on their first attempt in Des Moines, he made it...
Coming into this season the Vikings had one thing on their minds, win more than three games. That’s the most wins Northwood-Kensett has had since 2015, when it won nine games. This team however did what it set out to do as it won as many games this season, seven, as it had the past three years...
The Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team traveled to Algona last Tuesday night for its scheduled regional quarterfinal matchup against class 1A’s No. 1 ranked Bishop-Garrigan, who held on to that top ranking with a lopsided 79-24 win.
The Golden Bears, led by a pair of sophomores named Molly...
Northwood-Kensett’s Drake Tiedemann had a long and successful youth career long before he suited up in an N-K singlet, but that success continued into his high school years with last Saturday’s district tournament championship, earning the talented junior his first trip to the state tournament....
The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team split its final two regular season games last week, narrowly beating Central Springs while falling to non-conference foe North Iowa.
The Vikings got the final week of the season started on a high note when they outlasted rival Central Springs in the Top...
With weather delays and COVID-19 protocols leading to postponements and rescheduled games the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team was left playing its regular season finale and the start of the regional tournament in the same week.
The Lady Vikings, who finished the regular season at 3-12 in...
The next few weeks are absolutely the most exciting for high school wrestling, but at the same time, it can be a devastating ending for most as with the sectional and district tournaments, you either finish first or second, or you go home, for some seniors, never to wrestle again.
So it was with...
For one of the teams in the bottom half of the Top of Iowa Conference East last week’s schedule could not have been more difficult – the Lady Vikings, who are 5-13 in class 1A, had the unenviable task of playing Saint Ansgar, who is ranked No. 4 in 1A, and Osage, the fourth ranked team in class 3A...
Come tournament time one of the most dangerous teams in class 1A, the team that will most likely pull off an upset, in my opinion is the Vikings of Northwood-Kensett. This team has the talent to do it, if it gets it on the right night, N-K can and has played with any team on its schedule.
The...