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N-K junior Even Lorenzen splashes a jumper over a Wildcat defender in last Saturday’s 56-55 non-conference loss to Riceville. Lorenzen played an all-around solid game with five points, a block, two steals, an assist and a rebound in the one-point loss.

Viking drop third straight, fall to 3-7 overall and 3-5 in TIC East

The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team had a busy schedule last week, playing three games against teams that included Saint Ansgar, Osage and Riceville, losing all three, including seven of its last eight and fell to 3-7 overall on the year. The Vikings got the second half of the season...

Another future star for the Trailblazers is Piper Kjeldahl, who took home the title at 145 pounds in the JV bracket. Kjeldahl, just a sophomore, has a solid varsity record of 10-7.

North Central Trailblazers take home fourth-place finish at Denver

The North Central Trailblazers, the girls wrestling team consisting of young ladies from Northwood-Kensett, Central Springs, Lake Mills and Forest City, competed in a tournament last Saturday in Denver and came away with a very respectable fourth place finish. Teams converging on Denver last...

Youth tournament victories

N-K basketball team takes West Fork tournament The Northwood-Kensett third grade boys basketball team recently won the West Fork Booster Club Tournament by beating West Fork, Belmond-Klemme and Saint Edmond. Pictured are (in front) Brody Ralston, (second row, from left) undergraduate assistant...

Trailblazers earn dual wins over Saint Ansgar, Nashua-Plainfield

Although the sport of girls wrestling is getting ever more popular in the state of Iowa, for some teams, wrestling in duals means a good number of its wrestlers won’t see any action. With the Trailblazers boasting numbers bordering on close to 30 girls, the team would much prefer wrestling in...

Lady Viking senior Morgan Wallin, arguably one of the best ball handlers in the TIC East, uses those skills to break the Central Springs press last Tuesday night in Manly. Despite the 45-37 loss, Wallin had an outstanding game with six points, four steals, two assists, and five rebounds.

Lady Vikings fall to 3-4 before the holidays with third consecutive loss

The Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team got outplayed and outmuscled on the offensive and defensive boards last Tuesday night in Manly, giving up 46 rebounds to the Panthers, including 15 on the offensive glass in the 45-37 Top of Iowa Conference East loss. The Lady Vikings used their full...

Dominating under the basket in last Tuesday night’s 77-51 TIC East win, N-K’s Colby Eskildsen was unstoppable with 29 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks, three steals and eight assists. Eskildsen leads the team heading into the break with 22.3 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.

Vikings snap four game skid with 77-51 TIC East win over Central Springs

Looking unstoppable for nearly all of the 32 minutes of play last Tuesday night in Manly, the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team easily dismantled Top of Iowa Conference East rival Central Springs, crushing the Panthers 77-51. The Vikings’ Colby Eskildsen, tall but muscular, had an all-world...

Talented Vikings fall two games below .500 with fourth consecutive loss

The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team, one of the most talented groups of ballers to grace the hardwood in Northwood since its state championship team, have struggled a bit to start this season, losing four straight, including losses last week to North Union and Newman Catholic, leaving the...

N-K senior Emma Hengesteg launches a long range shot in last Monday’s 52-47 non-conference loss to North Union. Hengesteg scored seven points on 5-6 shooting from the free throw line and now leads the team, hitting 83.3 percent of her free throws, nearly 20 percentage points above the team’s average.

Lady Vikings cling to .500 mark with losses to NU and Newman Catholic

After starting the season at 3-1 with wins over North Iowa, Nashua-Plainfield and West Fork, the Lady Vikings have fallen back to the .500 mark, boasting a 3-3 record after suffering consecutive losses last week to North Union (52-47) and Newman Catholic (48-43). Last Monday the Lady Vikings fell...

Fresh off of earning escape points, the Vikings Chaz Cummins takes advantage and eventually wins by fall over his Tripoli opponent. Cummins went 2-2 on the day including one win by forfeit.

Vikings earn second dual win of the season with 46-6 win over Tripoli

The Northwood-Kensett wrestling team picked up its second dual win of the still young season last Saturday in Northwood at the N-K Dual Tournament, beating a shorthanded Tripoli squad 42-6. Other teams participating on Saturday were Humboldt JV, GTRA and Rockford, all offering varying numbers of...

Lady Vikings snap 12 game losing streak to WF with 53-46 TIC East win

It had been a long time since the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team had celebrated a victory over West Fork, 2017 was the year and the two teams were only two years into the successful experiment that is the Top of Iowa Conference East. But that 12-game losing streak to the Warhawks came to...