Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Clay Central-Everly 25-10-18-25-9 2 Trinity Christian 23-25-25-23-25 3 HULL-The game of volleyball is all about runs and who has the momentum. The match between Trinity Christian and Clay Central-Everly certainly proved that fact as...
Month: September 2018
Western Christain out-battles Spirit Lake in three-set sweep
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 28-25-25 3 Spirit Lake 26-17-22 0 SPIRIT LAKE-Coming into its match with Spirit Lake, the Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian volleyball team knew it was an important match for the Lakes Conference volleyball race....
Service line aids a 3-0 sweep over the Generals
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan 7-11-11 0 Boyden-Hull 25-25-25 3 HULL-Boyden-Hull had an aggressive serving attack and Sibley-Ocheyedan simply could not defend it as the Comets defeated the Generals 25-7, 25-11, 25-11 in Siouxland Conference...
Western Christian outlasts rival Knights in overtime
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 7-7-0-7-7 28 Unity Christian 7-7-0-7-0 21 ORANGE CITY-Both teams were evenly matched in a Class 1A District 1 football game between rivals Western Christian and Unity Christian Friday, Sept. 21, but the Wolfpack...
De Jager earns G-PAC Setter of the Week honors
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian volleyball standout Jamie (Gesink) De Jager earned the Great Plains Athletic Conference Setter of the Week honors for contests played Sept. 10-16. De Jager guided the Dordt College Defenders to a pair of wins,...
Nighthawks get back on track
Jordan Harmelink | Contributing Writer ROCK VALLEY-Class 2A third-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley got back to its winning ways Friday in Rock Valley. After losing their first game of the season the week prior to Class 3A power Sergeant Bluff-Luton, the Nighthawks...
Watch for scams in Hurricane Florence’s wake
In the wake of widespread damage caused by Hurricane Florence, the Iowa Insurance Division is cautioning Iowans to watch out for opportunistic investment or charitable scams. “Iowans know that natural disasters can bring out the best in people as neighbors help...
Iowa West Nile virus activity highest since 2003
Community Health Partners urges everyone to prevent mosquito bites West Nile Virus cases in Iowa have hit the second highest number since 2003. There have been three deaths in Iowa in 2018 associated with the virus. West Nile Virus is transmitted by mosquitos. ...
Governor issues disaster proclamation
Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Friday, Sept. 21 for Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, O›Brien, Palo Alto, Sioux, Winnebago, Worth and Wright counties in response to storms and flooding that took place...
Statewide Republican candidates to speak at Pizza & Policy
Guests at the next Sioux County Conservatives’ Pizza & Policy event will include Mary Mosiman, Iowa State Auditor, and Jeremy Davis, Republican candidate for Iowa Treasurer. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Sioux Center Pizza Hut. State Sen. Randy Feenstra...
Helping meet a community need
June De Wit | Staff Writer After being made aware of a need for additional storage units in Boyden, Bruce and Julie Schafer wanted to help out. They purchased a plot of land in the New Horizons industrial district south of Highway 18 and got plans moving. The Schafers...
‘Downstairs at Downton’ coming to Hull Library
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer What was life really like below the stairs at a place like Downton Abbey? Could the chauffer really marry the daughter of an earl? Would a maid help move a dead body to protect her mistress’ reputation? Historian Kathy Wilson...
Commercial pesticide applicators continuing instruction course
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Sioux County office will conduct an aquatic, forest and right-of-way continuing instruction course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program provided by ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide...
Curious George celebrates 77th birthday
Hull Combined Appeal results for 2018
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The 2018 Hull Combined Appeal fundraising campaign collected $16,895 for various local charities and designated non-profit organizations. Combined Appeal is Hull’s annual drive to collect donations for 10 groups. The collection began in...
Service members to be honored at Nighthawks football game
June De Wit | Staff Writer Veterans’ Day is approaching and Boyden-Hull and Rock Valley Community School Districts have decided to honor area service members this week. The recognition ceremony will take place at Boyden-Hull’s homecoming football game Friday, Sept. 28...
Kreun has been named semifinalist in 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Audrey Kreun, a senior at Boyden-Hull and the daughter of Mark and Julie Kreun, Hull, was named a semifinalist in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program recently. The 18-year-old is one of only 144 students in Iowa to reach the...
Van Holland and Prostrollo aid in slow-pitch softball title
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX FALLS, SD-Participation in the South Dakota Senior Games has been a tradition for Les Van Holland of Hull and Ron Prostrollo of Boyden, but this past year was most memorable as the slow-pitch softball team on which they play came...
B-H/RV girls claim their first team title of 2018
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LAKE PAHOJA-After over a week since its last race, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ cross-country team did not seem to show much rust at the West Lyon cross-country invitational at Lake Pahoja Monday, Sept. 10. Meanwhile, the Nighthawk...
Van Beek earns GPAC player of the week honors
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football standout, Bryce Van Beek, was honored with the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) defensive player of the week honors for games played Saturday, Sept. 8. Van Beek is currently a senior defensive...