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One thing I always like about N-K’s Brandon Varner is how easy he makes it for me to select a Stat of the Week. When Brandon gets the ball in his hands, he delivers. Varner touched the ball 12 times in last Friday’s 62-30 win over Riceville and he scored on half of those touches, scoring six touchdowns to run his season total to a team high 11, 10 rushing and one receiving.

Vikings get their mojo back with 62-30 win over Riceville

By Mike Simmons Sports Editor You could see it in the way they walked, in the way they talked, this was new territory for most of the young men wearing a Northwood-Kensett football jersey to see the team surrender 110 points in two consecutive losses. But that swagger, that feeling that if we do...

N-K halfback Brandon Varner runs for positive yardage in Friday night's 62-30 win at Riceville.

Vikings snap two-game skid with 62-30 win at Riceville

The Northwood-Kensett football team snapped its two-game losing streak Friday night in Riceville with a 62-30 win over the Wildcats. The Vikings win was the third in a row over Riceville, N-K has now won seven of the last eight games in this rivalry. The Wildcats got on the board first but by...

Lady Viking Olivia Stilley taps the ball back over the net in last Tuesday’s TIC East loss at Newman. Stilley had six assists and three kills in the 19-25, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25 loss.

Lady Vikings 3-1 loss to Newman much closer than it looks

In high school volleyball the only thing worse than getting beat 3-1 is getting beat 3-0. Both losses signify that the two teams playing on that night might not be very close to each other when it comes to how competitive they are. But that was not the case in the Lady Vikings' 3-1 (19-25, 25-20,...

Following in the footsteps of a legend is never easy. I know, I walk in the shadow of the legendary Ron Olson every day. But if anyone on this year’s cross country team can make a name for herself and secure her spot among the greatest in the sport at their respective school, it might just be N-K’s Megan Ocel. The talented freshman, who, when it’s all said and done, will have had one more season under her belt than superstar Lindsey Davidson when it’s all over and done with, placed 14th in last Tuesday’s me

N-K's XC boys finish in eighth place at Osage meet

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...

When your team racks up 50 points in a game there is usually more than one or two players that had outstanding games, but one player did catch my eye when looking over the stats for the Vikings' 60-50 loss to Turkey Valley. Senior Carter Severson led the team on the ground against the Trojans with 113 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns. Severson also had a nice game on the defensive side of the ball, collecting seven tackles, three solo. Severson leads the Vikings on the year with 250 yards rushing.

Vikings, Turkey Valley shoot it out, combine for 110 points

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...

Although the Vikings' 66-12 win two weeks ago over Clarksville didn’t exactly call for any heroics, they got some performances that could go in the hero category nonetheless. TJ Whitelow is one example, the talented senior did it all for the Vikings against the Indians, with one fumble recovery, one interception, three solo tackles and four punt returns for a total of 161 yards (40.3 per return) and two touchdowns.

Tripoli hangs half a hundred on the Vikings in 50-6 district loss

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 new normal during COVID-19: The Lady Vikings mask it up before pre-game warmups last Tuesday night in Northwood.

Lady Vikings crush RRMR in three set sweep, 25-20, 25-11, 28-26

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...

Olivia Stilley and Brylee Hoeppner team up to defend the net in last night's 3-0 win over RRMR.

Lady Vikings sweep RRMR in TIC East action

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...

Vikings Hayden Moore and Nathan Hannemann run with the pack in last Tuesday’s Newman Catholic Invitational on the Mercy West Campus in Mason City. Moore and Hannemann placed 27th and 28th respectively in the first meet of the year.

N-K XC competes in first meet of the year

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-...

Lady Viking Ruthie Conlin blocks a N-P shot in last Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Huskies. Conlin had six blocks and two kills in the TIC East loss.

Lady Vikings snap seven match losing streak to West Fork

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...