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in last Friday night’s 69-16 TIC East loss. Davidson had three points and four rebounds in the loss to the 4th ranked (class 2A) Green Devils.

Parks career high 16 points leads Lady Vikings to win over Riceville

Thanks in large part to Jaela Parks and her career high 16 points last Monday night in Northwood, the Lady Vikings secured their second win of the season when they beat Riceville 38-33. Parks, who in her last game scored just one point, hit only two field goals but the talented senior was 12-12...

Stats of the Week #3

CADE HENGESTEG With its top two scorers and rebounders out with injuries last week, the Northwood-Kensett boys’ basketball team needed someone, anyone, to step up. That knight in shining armor to the rescue was Cade Hengesteg who picked up the slack on the boards and then some in the teams three...

N-K’s Treycen Rollene makes easy work out of his first-round match last Saturday at the GTRA Invite. Rollene took just 18 seconds to dispatch North Union’s Caiden Shure before finishing the day at 3-2 with a fifth place finish.

Vikings beat RRMR and Newman, run dual record to 8-7

Coming off the long two week holiday break with its Christmas dinners and New Year’s Day feasts, it’s always a mystery thinking about what kind of shape your wrestler will return to action in. But the Viking coaches got a pleasant surprise last week when their kids came out and won 2-3 duals,...

Stats of the Week #2

Jaela Parks: One of the signs of a good basketball player is knowing when your shots aren’t falling and deciding to help the team in other ways. With just one point in last Friday night’s 32-17 loss to Central Springs, senior Jaela Parks helped the team in many other ways. Parks, who is fourth on...

N-K losing streak reaches seven games with loss to Panthers

After winning the first game of the season over North Iowa, the Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team has lost seven in a row, including last Friday night’s 32-17 loss at the hands of rival Central Springs. With the holiday break coming to an end and teams itching to get back on the court...

Injuries adding up, hard to overcome for much improved Vikings

As if the loss of Kyle Nichols for the season wasn’t enough of a hardship for the Northwood-Kensett boys basketball team to endure, just as it was starting to show vast improvement over last season, it lost its leading scorer, at least for the night, when Caden Roberts injured his shoulder and sat...

Lady Viking Olivia Stilley gets an open look in the lane last Friday night in Rockford. Stilley scored two points and grabbed seven boards in the 30-22 TIC East loss.

Lady Vikings struggle offensively during four game losing streak

By Mike Simmons Sports Editor The Lady Vikings' shooting woes continued in their two games last week where they shot a combined 14-80 from the field (17 percent shooting) in their losses to West Fork and Rockford. Add to that the 5-44 (11 percent shooting) from 3-point range and it’s not hard to...

N-K’s Gideon Rollene shocked the Iowa high school wrestling world last Thursday night when he dominated no. 1 ranked Joel Mendoza of Eagle Grove, pictured here holding onto a slim 1-0 lead throughout the final two minutes of the match.

Rollene beats No. 1 ranked wrestler as N-K moves to 6-6 in duals

Although the Vikings didn’t compete in nine duals like they did in the first week of the season, they did nonetheless stay busy with some competitive duals and matches last week. Northwood-Kensett got the week started last Thursday night in Nashua at the Nashua-Plainfield Quad, facing teams from...

Stats of the Week #51

Stat of the Week: After being denied a shot at the state tournament last season because of an illness that kept him from competing in the state qualifying match, N-K’s Gideon Rollene is on a mission this season for redemption. The talented senior just ran his season record to an incredible 15-0 and...

Viking Kyle Nichols takes it strong to the hoop in last Friday’s 69-33 loss in Rockford. Nichols played in his final game of the season on Monday night against North Union because of a scheduled surgery on his hand.

Although improving by the game, Vikings fall to 0-4

One of the biggest improvements the Vikings have made this season, despite the 0-4 record, is their ball control. For the first time in many seasons they actually have guards playing with more assists than they have turnovers, which, in the past went as high as 32 turnovers in one game. Those...