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Lady Viking Carly Hengesteg puts up a 3-point attempt in last Monday’s 58-16 non-conference loss to North Union. The Warriors held Hengesteg scoreless on this night, but the talented guard leads the team on the year with 7.8 points per game.

Poor first quarter performance dooms Lady Vikings in loss to North Union

By Mike Simmons Sports Editor A poor first quarter performance in last Monday night’s road game against North Union, where the Lady Vikings were outscored 19-0 in the first eight minutes of play, doomed their chances of a second half comeback as they committed almost twice as many turnovers as...

N-K’s Cade Hengesteg completes an awesome step through move to get open for an easy basket in last Monday’s 61-36 win over North Union. Hengesteg scored 10 points on 4-6 shooting from the field, including a 2-2 performance from beyond the arch.

Vikings walk all over North Union 61-36 for first win of the season

By Mike Simmons Sports Editor While they have been close many times this season only to come up just short on the scoreboard, the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team finally got it done and completed a game last Monday night in Armstrong, thoroughly dismantling North Union’s defense in the 61-...

N-K’s Drake Tiedemann, who dominated his match against GTRA’s Bryce Rosacker from start to finish, looks like he’s just casually holding on, waiting for the ref to slap the mat. Tiedemann is the team's first to 20 wins this season, boasting an impressive 20-3 record, putting him just 11 wins shy of the 100-win milestone.

Vikings come up big at N-K dual tournament with four wins

Despite some COVID-19 setbacks, losing a wrestler or a coach for a few weeks, and the almost yearly struggle for numbers, the Northwood-Kensett wrestling team was able to end 2020 with some very positive statistics. While wrestling extremely short-handed last Tuesday night in Graettinger, the...

N-K’s Jason Hanson gets off a shot with a defender’s hand in his face last Friday night in Northwood. Hanson had eight points, four rebounds and a team high five assists in the Vikings' 55-53 OT loss to RRMR.

Roberts 20-point game not enough as Vikings fall in overtime

The Vikings' sharpshooting guard, Caden Roberts, did everything in his power to deliver the Vikings their first win of the season last Friday night in Northwood against Top of Iowa Conference East rival Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock, pouring in a game high 20 points on 8-19 shooting from the field....

N-K’s Emma Davidson splashes a 3-pointer in last Friday night’s 41-31 TIC East win over Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock. Davidson went 2-9 from behind the arch against the Lady Warriors, hitting the team’s only two treys on the night.

Hengesteg, Costello lead Lady Vikings to first win of the season

By Mike Simmons Sports Editor Junior Carly Hengesteg and freshman Chloe Costello led the Lady Vikings to their one and only win of the young season last Friday night in Northwood when the talented duo combined for 20 points, four blocked shots, two steals, two assists and five rebounds in the...

Brandon Varner, 145-pounder, uses the leg of N-P’s Mckade Munn to try to put him on the mat last Thursday night in Sheffield. Munn recovered from Varner’s offensive moves and won by fall.

N-K wrestlers beat West Fork 30-21 for second dual win of the season

While it’s no surprise that 2020 has been a horrible year for everyone, its passing into oblivion will be welcomed by no one more than the Northwood-Kensett wrestling team. The Vikings were not only down to just a handful of wrestlers last week because of COVID-19 restrictions, but they also were...

N-K junior Mason Thofson earns six points for his team with this pin over Amadeo Roa of Lake Mills in last Saturday’s dual tournament held in Saint Ansgar. Thofson, who had a career record of just 3-4 coming into this year, is now 4-5 this season.

N-K wrestlers have busy first week, start the season at 1-8

N-K's season got started with a shorthanded team consisting of around nine wrestlers. By week's end that number had dwindled down to about seven able bodies ready to compete on the mat as the Northwood-Kensett wrestling team got the season started at 1-8. The Vikings got the 2020-21 season started...

Lady Viking Olivia Stilley takes the ball down low against North Butler last Tuesday night in Greene. Stilley helped the team on the boards last week pulling down 10 rebounds in two games.

Despite 0-2 start Lady Vikings look to be competitive

Despite the 0-2 start to the season the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team looks like it will be competitive in the Top of Iowa Conference East this year. The Lady Vikings dropped their first two games of the season last week, a narrow 30-26 loss at North Butler and a 51-28 loss to a very good...

Viking Lamonte Sims scores the first points of the 2020-21 season last Tuesday night in Greene. In the first week of play Sims has 11 points, five steals, two assists and one rebound for 0-2 Vikings.

Shorthanded Vikings start 2020-21 basketball season 0-2

Starting the season with a depleted roster is not what the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team had in mind but it’s the hand it’s been dealt and so far this team is handling it all well. Suiting up just a handful of warm bodies last Tuesday night in Greene the Vikings had to face North Butler,...

N-K wrestling is short on numbers but bursting at the seams with talent

Most small school wrestling teams would have a hard time surviving the loss of their No. 1 ranked wrestler from a year ago (Gideon Rollene), who entered the state tournament unbeaten and placed seventh when all was said and done. Or how about the loss of a perennial team MVP (Caden Schrage), who...