Sports
In the North Central Trailblazers’ first meet of the young season they used their sheer numbers to dominate the rest of the field in Decorah, but in last Tuesday night’s second meet of the year, this group of talented female wrestlers from Northwood-Kensett, Central Springs, Saint Ansgar, Lake...
The Lady Vikings’ Chloe Costello poured in a game high 18 points and grabbed a team high eight rebounds in the team's opening night loss to North Iowa, eventually falling to the Lady Bison by just a single point, 40-39 in non-conference action.
Northwood-Kensett, winners of six in a row and 10 of...
With girl’s high school wrestling now a sanctioned sport in Iowa, the winter season is going to be full of firsts for this talented group of young ladies who hail from five schools in northern Iowa, including Northwood-Kensett, Central Springs, Saint Ansgar, Lake Mills and Forest City.
The North...
Cheerleading fall banquet
Northwood-Kensett’s cheerleading program held its annual fall sports banquet last week to celebrate the end of a successful football season. This fall’s honorees included, Ashlynn Rollene (Leadership Award), Madalynn Hanson (Newcomer Award), Lindsey Moore (Coaches Award...
This coming wrestling season will see several area athletes hit the mat as members of the North Central Trailblazers, the new team that will take part in the inaugural season of high school girls wrestling in Iowa. Details of the team and the season were approved at recent area school board...
Northwood-Kensett’s Megan Ocel just missed out on the state meet field with her 18th place finish at last Thursday’s state meet qualifying meet held at Manly’s Pioneer Town and Country Club.
Ocel had many top 10 finishes this season but with the state meet on the line was not able to make the post...
Hoping to turn this season’s fortunes into a regional tournament win, the Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett traveled to Saint Ansgar last Monday night to take on the Saints, eventually falling in the first-round regional playoff 3-0, 18-25, 14-25 and 16-25.
For most of the season the Lady Vikings...
Northwood-Kensett’s Megan Ocel placed 27th in last Thursday’s Top of Iowa Conference Meet held in Mason City on the campus of NIACC, crossing the finish line in 22:47, securing honorable mention all-conference honors.
N-K’s Macy Thorson, who has tried to keep up with Ocel all season, finished just...
The Northwood-Kensett volleyball team got the win it was looking for, beating West Hancock 2-0 in last Thursday night’s volleyball triangular in Britt, giving the Lady Vikings a much-needed boost heading into the regional tournament.
N-K also headed to Buffalo Center last Tuesday night and were...
In all of sports there is probably no other game that is more difficult to adjust to a new head coach than high school football. There is just no way around it, after a coach with 30 plus years on the sidelines hangs up his whistle, it could take three or four years for the program to find its...