Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Boyden-Hull girls’ basketball players were selected to the Siouxland all-conference girls’ basketball team as announced Sunday, Feb. 17. Earning a unanimous first-team selection was Mallory Nilles. She ranked seventh in the Siouxland...
Jason Hommes | Staff Writer Trinity Christian 11 8 11 14 44 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 11 4 6 15 36 GEORGE-The Trinity Christian boys’ basketball team finished its regular season on a four-game winning streak after defeating Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn by...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two local athletes have been announced as selections to the Iowa Shrine Bowl as released by Shriners Hospitals and Iowa High School Athletic Association Tuesday, Feb. 12. Named to the North All-Stars were J.T. Van’t Hul of Boyden-Hull/Rock...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian High School has hired a new baseball coach for the upcoming season and beyond. Chris Cleveringa was recently announced as the new hire by the Tigers and takes over for Mike De Jager, who stepped down at the end of last...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Rock Valley 4-6-17-7 34 Western Christian 4-13-5-10 32 HULL-Rock Valley had a good defensive game plan against Western Christian in Class 2A District 16 boys’ basketball tournaments Thursday, Feb. 14, and the Wolfpack could not overcome...
Tenas DeJong 93 Ruthven, Iowa February 9, 2019 Tenas DeJong, 93, of Ruthven, Iowa, formerly of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven. Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 16, at Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon...
Wilhelmina Kraayenbrink 92 Hull, Iowa February 11, 2019 Wilhelmina Henrietta Kraayenbrink, 92, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull. Memorial services were Tuesday, Feb. 19, at First Reformed Church, Hull, with...
Leora Koele 96 Sanborn, Iowa February 4, 2019 Leora Jean Koele, 96, of Sanborn, Iowa, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at Prairie View Retirement Home, Sanborn. Services were Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa, with interment in East Lawn...
Roger Jordan 81 Orange City, Iowa February 8, 2019 Roger Jordan, 81, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at Orange City Area Health System. Memorial service was Tuesday, Feb. 12, at First Reformed Church, Orange City, with interment in West Lawn...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The bzBots, Trinity Christian High School’s robotics team, was part of a winning alliance at the Feb. 2 competition that qualified them for the state competition in Coralville, Iowa, Feb. 22 and 23. The team had three league meets which...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s city code does not allow vehicles to be parked on lawns, yet this rule is often violated during the winter, when residents are prohibited from parking on city streets. At its meeting last week, the Hull City Council was informed of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer For the first time, Boyden-Hull and Rock Valley Junior High football players will have their own locker room and storage space next year. Last week, the Boyden-Hull School Board approved plans for a junior high football shed with costs...
New Century Press, parent company of the Sioux County Index-Reporter, received several awards at the Iowa Newspaper Association awards banquet during the association’s annual convention Feb. 8 in Des Moines. Winners in the 2019 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests, judged...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week, Pat Haveman spoke to a group of about 30 fans at the Hull Public Library. The Hull resident discussed her new book, “Maggie and the Big Move,” and answered questions from the audience. The book is about a young girl, Maggie, and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Billy and Kohen Rankin of Hull finished well with their swim team, the Sioux City Spartans at the state level Saturday, Feb. 9. The team finished 10th overall in a field of 38 qualifying teams. Coach Eric Hoak thought this was the best...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 13-14-16-17 60 Tea Area 19-18-9-17 63 TEA, SD-Tea Area had everything working from outside the 3-point line on Western Christian in non-conference girls’ basketball Monday, Feb. 4. The Wolfpack...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 16-15-5-6 42 Rock Valley 9-5-18-16 48 ROCK VALLEY-Boyden-Hull seemed to have everything going its way in the first half of a Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball game with Rock Valley Monday, Feb. 4, but that storyline...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-Tristan Mulder of the Western Christian wrestling team will admit he was not at the top of his game, at least in the first two matches at the Class 1A District 6 wrestling tournament hosted by Sibley-Ocheyedan Saturday, Feb. 9, but...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-Despite the fact Jaxson Rozeboom was a freshman, there were certain expectations that he would be able to represent the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wrestling team at the state tournament in Des Moines after the Class 2A District 7...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 24-9-6-22 61 Rock Valley 12-16-21-16 65 ROCK VALLEY-Class 2A second-ranked Boyden-Hull seemed to have complete control after the first eight minutes of play in its Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball game Monday, Feb. 4....
