Sports
With the rain at times and the cooler weather this fall the area high school cross country season has seen just a handful of meets so far. But despite that lack of competition for its runners, the Northwood-Kensett boys XC team had a pretty successful run at it last week, placing eighth at Sunny...
Even though this will be the ninth year that Northwood-Kensett has played 8-man football, the run and gun, both teams racking up 50 some odd points has not really been the way the game has been played. With N-K still running the ball and eating up the clock on most nights, there just hasn’t been...
By Mike Simmons
Sports Editor
One week after the Vikings scored 66 points against Clarksville to improve to 1-1 on the year, they’ve had the favor returned to them after Tripoli came to town last Friday night and hung 50 points on the home team in the 50-6 loss.
The Vikings, who were outdone on...
The Northwood-Kensett volleyball team emptied its bench last Tuesday night against Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock, bringing the talent of the whole team to bear against the Warriors in the 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 28-26) Top of Iowa Conference East sweep.
“Well, you know I really wanted to get some of those...
The Northwood-Kensett volleyball team, fresh of its 3-1 win last Thursday night over West Fork, made it two in a row with its empressive 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 28-26) win over Top of Iowa Conference East rival Rudd-Rockford-marble Rock last night in Northwood. The Lady Vikings, after a competitive...
The Northwood-Kensett cross country team competed in its first meet of the year last Tuesday afternoon in Mason City at the Mercy Campus
Competing along with the Vikings were Clear Lake, Newman Catholic, New Hampton, Forest City, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, Central Springs, Saint Ansgar, Bishop-...
By Mike Simmons
Sports Editor
Heading into the holiday weekend with a losing record the Lady Vikings had to face West Fork last Thursday night, a team that is 15-3 against Northwood-Kensett in the last 18 matches, including winners of the last seven in a row.
But N-K, who has shown tons of...
Despite its 3-1 (18-25, 25-23, 19-25, 14-25) loss on Tuesday night to the Huskies the Northwood-Kensett volleyball team has shown vast improvement in just two weeks of play. The Lady Vikings tied the match at 1-1 after a 25-23 win in the second set and then lost the next two, 25-19 and 25-14. N-K...
The Bison of North Iowa have been taken to the woodshed for a beating many times by the Northwood-Kensett football team, losing their last three games to the Vikings by a combined score of 155-6, including last year's 40-0 shutout.
But with those beatings come experience and a desire for revenge,...
With masks, social distancing and frequent ball washing the 2020 volleyball season got underway for the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett last Tuesday night when they opened the season with a 3-2 (23-25, 25-16, 22-25, 28-26, 15-13) non-conference win over Riceville.
N-K struggled in the first set...