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N-K wrestlers dominate the competition at West Fork Quad

Northwood-Kensett head wrestling coach Jordan Reindl had his team ready to wrestle in last Tuesday night’s quad in Sheffield, earning lopsided wins over West Fork 51-0, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 48-21 and North Union 42-36. Against GHV the Vikings only actually wrestled three matches and came away...

Lady Vikings crush North Iowa 53-27, now 5-11 on the year

The Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team has started to find its way, just in time for the postseason. N-K won one of its three games last week and lost another by just two points, improving to 5-11 overall and 3-9 in the Top of Iowa Conference East. The Lady Vikings got the week started on a...

Vikings' huge third quarter secures five point win over Central Springs

After losing five consecutive to its Worth County rival, the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team looked to take its second win in a row against the Panthers of Central Springs last Thursday night in Manly. But with the two teams pretty evenly matched it would take a season defining effort for...

After spending most of the season running the offense and dishing the ball to open teammates, N-K’s Kael Julseth is finally taking his shots, and with great success. Despite the Vikings' four losses last week Julseth had perhaps the best week of his career, scoring in double figures in all four games last week. In the Vikings' four games the talented senior had 42 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals.

Despite four losses last week Vikings nearly knock off West Fork

I’ve covered Northwood-Kensett boys basketball coach Marty Cotter for well over a decade now and I’m sure he’s not the kind of guy that celebrates moral victories. But with four losses last week, some of them blowouts, I would allow Cotter just this one time to be happy with a loss. Just one night...

N-K’s Carly Hengesteg pulls up for a short jumper last Friday night in Rockford. Hengesteg led the Lady Vikings to the 52-35 TIC East win, pouring in a game high 14 points on 4-9 shooting from the field.

Lady Vikings beat RRMR and Lake Mills to start two-game win streak

It took almost to February to see it happen, but better late than never for the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team, who, for the first time this season found itself in the midst of a winning streak after beating Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock and Lake Mills on consecutive nights last Friday and...

Hayden Moore battles Dalton Tobin of North Union at last Saturday’s TIC Tournament.

Vikings pick up one more dual win, Tiedemann earns 100th win at TIC

The Vikings still have a few duals to wrestle before all is said and done, but they did pick up one more win last week at the Belmond-Klemme quad, while at the Top of Iowa Conference Tournament held last Saturday in Osage Drake Tiedemann went 4-1 and placed third, giving him 100 wins for his career...

Lady Vikings snap four game losing streak with win over North Butler

Looking to get back to its winning ways, the Northwood-Kensett girls’ basketball team unleashed its defensive pressure in last Tuesday night’s win over North Butler, holding the Bearcats to just 32 points in the very slim, 33-32 Top of Iowa Conference East win. The Lady Vikings snapped a four game...

Continually earning more and more playing time this season, N-K’s Briar Anderson sets up the offense last Monday night in Riceville. Anderson came off the bench in this game, a 45-29 loss, and scored four points on 2-3 shooting from the field.

Turnover prone Lady Vikings fall to 1-7 with three more losses last week

The turnover prone Lady Vikings fell to 1-7 overall with three more losses last week, suffering lopsided defeats to Riceville, Saint Ansgar and Osage. So far in Northwood-Kensett’s eight games this season it has used five different starting lineups, which may be contributing to the team's sporadic...

N-K’s Kael Julseth puts up a running jumper in last Friday’s 47-35 loss to Osage. Against the Green Devils Julseth had eight points, three assists and two rebounds. Julseth is averaging 6.1 points per game this season.

Vikings win two out of three last week, now 3-5 overall on the year

The Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team, which has won just four games the previous two years combined (4-40), has now won two of its last three games, including a rare two game winning streak that was broken up by a narrow loss to Osage, which claims a 12-game winning streak over the Vikings....

It won’t be long now! N-K’s Drake Tiedemann gets his opponent ready for the final move last Saturday at GTRA. It took Tiedemann just 59 seconds to dispose of this opponent. He finished the day as champion at 160 pounds.

Vikings pick up two more dual wins, Tiedemann wins tital at GTRA

The Northwood-Kensett wrestling team, while short on numbers at times this season, has nonetheless gotten much better as the season wears on. It is a season that has been impacted by COVID-19 and injuries, but one where the Vikings have compiled a very respectable 9-13 dual record, which is saying...