Sports
Talking to other sports writers and photographers before last Saturday’s class 1A, district 4 state qualifying meet in Lake Mills, my predictions for Northwood-Kensett were that the Tiedemann brothers have a shot, but after that, “You just don’t know what can happen.”
Well, one of the Tiedemann...
Bursting with young talent, the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team struggled with the tough competition in the Top of Iowa Conference East to begin the season, but as the year wore on and the team got more experience under their belts, the winning ways came back.
Once looking at a 5-12 overall...
Last week, the final full week of the regular season schedule was busy and emotional for the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett who beat the No. 1 team in the conference at the time, Saint Ansgar, celebrated senior Chloe Costello surpassing the 1,000-point mark and then cried while saying goodbye to...
The Northwood-Kensett wrestling team wrapped up its regular season schedule last week at the Viking Quad, competing against GTRA, North Union and West Bend-Mallard before a packed house in Northwood.
In the first dual the Vikings trailed the Titans 22-0 before picking up their first win, an Alex...
The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team won two out three games last week, celebrated the retirement of longtime and beloved head coach Marty Cotter, and put junior Colby Eskildsen in the record books after surpassing the 1,000-point milestone for his career.
The Vikings’ busy and emotional...
Central Springs schools recently hosted a tournament for youth basketball teams. The event was a qualifier for the Heartland States Basketball Championships, which will be held March 8-10 in Sioux City, Iowa. The top two teams from each grade advanced to the championships. Three Northwood-Kensett...
The Northwood-Kensett wrestling team picked up another dual win last week when it hosted a quad, including teams from Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, North Union and West Fork.
Although the dual with G-H/V was close on paper, a 40-31 loss, the Vikings were able to secure just two wins that weren’t...
Northwood-Kensett boys basketball standout Colby Eskildsen, who is averaging a double-double this season with 20.5 points and 12.4 rebounds per game, just surpassed the 500-rebound mark for his career in the Vikings’ lone win last week, a 74-59 blowout over Nashua-Plainfield.
The Vikings traveled...
You’ve all heard the saying that defense wins games, and that’s exactly what the Lady Vikings proved with last week’s three big wins, holding their respective opponents to just 21.6 points per game in wins over North Butler, Lyle and Nashua-Plainfield.
That defensive pressure was on full display...