Sports
N-K varsity boys basketball
Members of the 2019 N-K varsity boys basketball team include (front row, from left) Caden Roberts, Ross DeArmoun, Seth Clapp, Cade Hengesteg, Kael Julseth, (second row) Kyle Nichols, Cody Wahl, Isaiah Hagen, Te'Juan Whitelow and Jason Hanson.
N-K varsity girls...
After the Lady Vikings' win on opening night to a young North Iowa squad it seemed as if things were looking up after the team’s disastrous jamboree performance. But in its two games last week, the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team struggled to find an offense in the first half of play,...
Scoring 70 points for the first time since a 71-41 win over Nashua-Plainfield in 2016, the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team nearly did it again to the Huskies, pouring in 70 points in a heartbreaking 71-70 overtime loss last Friday night in Nashua.
Sophomore Kyle Nichols, who the team only...
Caden Roberts
After getting the starting nod on opening night, a 10-point loss to North Butler, N-K’s Caden Roberts found himself coming off the bench last Friday night in Nashua. For most, that might seem like a demotion, eventually getting into the kid’s head, but not for Roberts, who laced up...
The 2019-20 wrestling season got underway last week and it was a busy start for the Northwood-Kensett team that competed in no less than nine duals in the first week of the season, picking up wins over Tripoli 54-18, North Union 48-30, Saint Ansgar 33-30, Clear Lake 37-36 and Wahlert 45-36 to start...
After the West Hancock Jamboree performance, one that could easily be described as disastrous, where the Lady Vikings went just 2-22 from the field, the coaching staff held their breath, not knowing exactly what to expect in last Monday night’s season opener against North Iowa.
“At the jamboree,...
Another junior who saw limited floor time last season, Olivia Stilley came into this season prepared to compete for playing time as well. In her first varsity start the talented junior scored five points on 2-3 shooting from the floor and grabbed six rebounds, second highest on the team.
After...
Volleyball banquet
The Northwood-Kensett volleyball awards banquet was held on Tuesday, November 5. Awards went out to (from left), Jaela Parks, senior, MVP; Ruthie Conlin, junior, Coaches Award; Kayla Senne, junior, Most Improved.
Cross country banquet
The cross country banquet was held on...
After a hardfought volleyball season the coaches of the Top of Iowa Conference East have made their all-conference selections. Earning those honors from Northwood-Kensett this year were senior Natalie Cordle and junior Brylee Hoeppner.
Cordle collected a team high 88 kills for the 6-16 Lady...
Although the Lady Vikings played one of their best matches just a few weeks ago in a 3-1 loss to the Saints, it was still a bitter pill to swallow suffering a 3-0 regional loss at the hands of the Saints last Tuesday night.
Northwood-Kensett started the first set, like it did all three, securing...