Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-The Boyden-Hull girls’ golf team kicked off the 2019 Siouxland Conference golf tour on its home course Monday, April 8, and the Comets finished fifth overall. Boyden-Hull scored 231 strokes. Okoboji won the team title with 201...
Month: April 2019
Comets perform in first meet of 2019
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-After having unfavorable weather throughout the 2018 season, the Boyden-Hull boys’ golf team was happy to hit the links on time for the start of the 2019 campaign at Sibley Golf Course for the Siouxland Conference Golf Tour. With...
Nighthawks continue to find early-season success
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ROCK RAPIDS-After having early success at the Western Christian Invitational Friday, April 5, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ and boys’ track teams continued to find success at the Central Lyon Relays Monday, April 8. The Nighthawk boys...
Solberg, Post choose Northwestern College
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football standouts, Beau Solberg and Cody Post, recently signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at Northwestern College this coming fall. Solberg is a 6-foot, 200-pound running back and...
Relay events shine at Unity Christian Invite
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-Coach Mark Fenchel and coach Travis Kooima of the Western Christian girls’ and boys’ track teams always talk about having high-quality relay teams. The Wolfpack certainly put that assessment to the test at the Unity Christian...
Western falls at Worthington to start the 2019 season
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor WORTHINGTON, MN-Being able to get a good tee off and being able to navigate the fairway are two factors in getting good golf scores. Unfortunately, the relatively young Western Christian boys’ golf team struggled in those areas in a...
Weather conditions and inexperience hold Tigers back in opening meet
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MARCUS-It was the first night out, not only for the 2019 season, but in a varsity uniform for most of the Trinity Christian golfers at a War Eagle Conference dual versus Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union at Marcus Golf Club Monday,...
Laura Kuiper named as new athletic director at Trinity Christian
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian has hired a new athletic director for the 2019-2020 school year and beyond. Laura Kuiper, who has been music teacher at Trinity Christian, will now take over as the new athletic director Aug. 1 following interim director...
Eighth-ranked Spencer hands Western its first defeat
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Spencer 2-2 4 Western Christian 0-0 0 HULL-Western Christian gave all it had in a girls’ soccer game with Spencer Monday, April 8, but the Wolfpack did not have enough to upset the Class 2A eighth-ranked Tigers in a...
Corners, free kicks and headers aid win in OT
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-3-1 4 Spencer 2-1-0 3 SPENCER-Western Christian found itself down 2-0 at halftime on the road in boys’ soccer action in Spencer Monday, April 8, but the Wolfpack clawed their way back thanks to...
Wolfpack kick off the 2019 season in Worthington
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor WORTHINGTON, MN-It was the first meet of the 2019 regular season for the Western Christian girls’ golf team in a non-conference dual with Worthington, Minnesota, Monday, April 8. The Wolfpack will admit they had some bumps to start off the...
Dr. Edwin Geels
Dr. Edwin Geels 79 Laughlin, Nevada March 30, 2019 Dr. Edwin Geels, 79, of Laughlin, Nevada, died at his home Saturday, March 30, 2019. Memorial service was Saturday, April 6, at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with interment in Memory Gardens...
Clarence Van Voorst
Clarence Van Voorst 76 Hull, Iowa April 3, 2019 Clarence Van Voorst, 76, of Hull, Iowa, died April 3, 2019, at Sioux Center Health, Sioux Center, Iowa. Funeral service was Saturday, April 6, at Carmel Reformed Church, Carmel, Iowa, with interment in Carmel Cemetery. ...
Harlan Hulst
Harlan Hulst 67 San Diego, California January 5, 2019 Harlan Hulst, 67, of San Diego, California, passed away in Mexico Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. A celebration of life service will be Saturday, April 13, from 2-5 p.m. at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, Iowa. Harlan Keith...
Bousema scores a ‘hat trick’ to open the 2019 season
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 4-2 6 MOC-Floyd Valley 0-1 1 ORANGE CITY-The main focus for the Western Christian girls’ soccer team coming into the 2019 season was to possess the ball a lot more on offense and prevent the defense from having to play...
Wolfpack top the Dutch 4-1
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MOC-Floyd Valley 0-1 1 Western Christian 3-1 4 HULL-Despite the fact the Wolfpack had very little practice time, Western Christian did just about everything right to open the 2019 boys’ soccer season with a 4-1 victory over MOC-Floyd...
Western continues to excel on the track to open 2019 regular season
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-The MOC-Floyd Valley Invitational Tuesday, April 2, was the first official meet of the 2019 season for the Western Christian girls’ and boys’ track teams, but the effort put forth in preseason seemed to pay off. The Western...
Nighthawk girls claim first meet title to open 2019
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-It was the first competitive meet of the 2019 regular season for the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley teams at the Western Christian track and field invitational Friday, April 5, and the Nighthawks got started on the right foot while the...
Western Christian 2019 girls’ and boys’ golf teams
Chandler Schemper chooses Dordt College
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian volleyball and softball standout Chandler Schemper signed a letter of intent Monday, April 1, to continue her volleyball and softball career at Dordt College in Sioux Center next year. Schemper was an all-state honorable...
