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Just when everyone thought that we may not see high school sports again until the fall at the earliest, the state of Iowa and the two high school leagues have come up with a plan to reopen abandoned baseball and softball fields.
Just hours after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced during a news...
Northwood-Kensett’s Caden Schrage has signed a letter of intent to continue his wrestling career at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Schrage, who was the Vikings' MVP three consecutive years, ended his high school career with a 148-38 record, including a career best 47 wins this past season, his...
Every year the Northwood-Kensett youth wrestling program sends worthy kids to compete in all kinds of national tournaments, including the Corn Cob Nationals held at the Jacobson Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines this March 14-15.
And while the national tournaments have been...
By Mike Simmons
Sports Editor
The old saying is that it’s very tough to beat a team three times in one season, especially when the talent on both teams is near equal. That saying held true for the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team in last Monday night’s opening round game at Central Springs...
Most, if not all, wrestlers that make it to the state tournament obviously have just one goal in mind, an eventual state title. But with some, an unexpected loss in the early rounds turns that all on its head, leading to a disgruntled wrestler and an early trip home from Wells Fargo Arena in Des...
Stat of the Week: Viking TJ Whitelow found himself in one of those zones in last Monday night’s opening round game at Central Springs. It’s one of those zones, where it seems like everything you do turns into points. For Whitelow and the Vikings, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Whitelow,...
Sitting and talking to Ryan Rollene before last Saturday’s district wrestling tournament in Denver, we talked about the long path one of his two sons, senior Gideon, had taken to get to this point, just a couple of wins from his first state wrestling tournament berth.
Gideon, currently ranked No....
Stat of the Week: Viking Caden Schrage came into this season the team's three-time defending MVP and was favored to go to his first state wrestling tournament. Schrage was ranked in the top 10 at 132 pounds most of the season and took an impressive 46-3 record into the district tournament in Denver...
The Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett by all reports, came into last Saturday’s regional game against Mason City Newman with the confidence to be competitive against its Top of Iowa Conference East rival in its opening round game.
That confidence soon evaporated when the Knights came out bombing...
The Northwood-Kensett boys’ basketball team wrapped up regular season play last week, suffering two losses to Central Springs and North Iowa to bring its losing streak to an unenviable 10 losses in a row.
The Vikings got the week started last Monday with a game against their Hwy. 65 rival Central...