Sports
By Mike Simmons
Sports Editor
The old saying is that it’s very tough to beat a team three times in one season, especially when the talent on both teams is near equal. That saying held true for the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team in last Monday night’s opening round game at Central Springs...
Most, if not all, wrestlers that make it to the state tournament obviously have just one goal in mind, an eventual state title. But with some, an unexpected loss in the early rounds turns that all on its head, leading to a disgruntled wrestler and an early trip home from Wells Fargo Arena in Des...
Stat of the Week: Viking TJ Whitelow found himself in one of those zones in last Monday night’s opening round game at Central Springs. It’s one of those zones, where it seems like everything you do turns into points. For Whitelow and the Vikings, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Whitelow,...
Sitting and talking to Ryan Rollene before last Saturday’s district wrestling tournament in Denver, we talked about the long path one of his two sons, senior Gideon, had taken to get to this point, just a couple of wins from his first state wrestling tournament berth.
Gideon, currently ranked No....
Stat of the Week: Viking Caden Schrage came into this season the team's three-time defending MVP and was favored to go to his first state wrestling tournament. Schrage was ranked in the top 10 at 132 pounds most of the season and took an impressive 46-3 record into the district tournament in Denver...
The Lady Vikings of Northwood-Kensett by all reports, came into last Saturday’s regional game against Mason City Newman with the confidence to be competitive against its Top of Iowa Conference East rival in its opening round game.
That confidence soon evaporated when the Knights came out bombing...
The Northwood-Kensett boys’ basketball team wrapped up regular season play last week, suffering two losses to Central Springs and North Iowa to bring its losing streak to an unenviable 10 losses in a row.
The Vikings got the week started last Monday with a game against their Hwy. 65 rival Central...
For the second year in a row Clayton and Bryce McDonough of Central Springs will be going to the state wrestling tournament.
Clayton qualified at 113 pounds and will take a 45-0 record and No.3 ranking to Des Moines.
Clayton is a two-time sectional and district champion and two-time state qualifier...
Northwood-Kensett's Gideon Rollene was the only Viking left standing at last Saturday's district tournament in Denver.
Rollene, who won sectional and district titles this season on his way to his first state wrestling tournament
will take a perfect 45-0 record and a No.1 ranking to Des Moines....
Desperate to break out of its current eight game losing streak the Northwood-Kensett boys’ basketball team traveled to Saint Ansgar last Tuesday night and nearly upset the third best team in the Top of Iowa Conference East.
Led by junior Kael Julseth who scored a team high 11 points on 5-11...