Month: July 2019

Donna Gingras

Donna Gingras 74 Rock Rapids, Iowa July 16, 2019 Donna Mae Gingras, 74, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne Minnesota. Memorial talk was Tuesday, July 23, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses,...

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Marvin Vis

Marvin Vis 53 Hull, Iowa July 19, 2019 Marvin Vis, 53, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 19, 2019, at Sioux Center Health. Private family service will be Wednesday, July 24, with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull. Survivors include his mother, Mae Vis of Hull;...

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Errors and free bases cost Nighthawks against Bulldogs

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LeMars                                         1-1-1-1-0-3-0  7 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1-0-0-0-1-0-0  2 ROCK VALLEY - Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley struggled with the gloves in a non-conference baseball rematch with LeMars Monday, July 15,...

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Van’t Hul and Kooi compete in annual event in Cedar Falls

2019 Shrine Bowl Nathan Broek | Sports Editor North Team 0-0-0-13  13 South             7-10-7-0  24 CEDAR FALLS - J.T. Vant Hul of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Carter Kooi of Western Christian got one final opportunity to represent their schools in football during the...

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Two softball and two baseball players named all-academic

Academic All-Conference Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball players and two Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball players were selected to the Siouxland Conference all-academic list as announced Sunday, July 21. Named from the softball team...

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Seven Nighthawks named all-conference in softball

siouxland all-conference softball Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Seven Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball players were named to the Siouxland all-conference softball team as announced Sunday, July 21. Earning first-team honors for the Nighthawks were Taylor Richter, Lizzy...

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Three wolfpack earn all-conference honors

lakes all-conference baseball Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Western Christian baseball players were selected to the Lakes all-conference baseball team as announced Wednesday, July 17. Earning a selection as a second-team infielder was Ty Van Essen. Van Essen was...

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Four earn all-conference for Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

siouxland all-conference baseball Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball players were selected to the Siouxland all-conference baseball team as announced Sunday, July 21. Earning a unanimous first-team pick was Eric Salazar. He was the top...

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Seven receive all-conference honors

lakes all-conference softball Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Seven Western Christian softball players have earned Lakes all-conference softball honors as announced Wednesday, July 17. Earning first-team honors were Chandler Schemper and Jadyn Faber. Schemper was the top...

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West Lyon ends Western Christian’s season

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 1-0-0-3-X-X-X  4 West Lyon                6-0-13-X-X-X-X  19 LARCHWOOD-Western Christian simply ran into a good team in fourth-ranked West Lyon as the Wolfpack saw its 2019 season end in a 19-3 four-inning defeat in Class...

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Late-game runs send the Wolfpack to round two

Carson Schubert | Writer Lawton-Bronson 0-0-1-1-0-0-0  2 Western Christian 2-0-0-0-1-4-X  7 HULL-Western Christian added some big insurance runs late in the game to defeat Lawton-Bronson 7-2 in the first round of Class 2A Region 4 softball tournaments in Hull Monday,...

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Nighthawks rout cross-town rival Wolfpack 10-0 in five

Carson Schubert | Writer Western Christian 0-0-0-0-0-X-X  0 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-3-3-3-1-X-X  10 ROCK VALLEY-It was a one-sided ball game as Boyden-Hull Rock/Valley took down Western Christian 10-0 in five innings in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday, July...

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Home runs end the year for Tigers

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 0-0-0-0-X-X-X  0 South O’Brien 6-5-0-1-X-X-X  12 PAULLINA-Trinity Christian found itself behind the eight ball after the first inning and, in turn, fell to South O’Brien 12-0 in Class 1A Region 1 softball tournament play...

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Free bases lead to a big six-run inning to down the Tigers

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Gehlen Catholic 0-0-0-6-1-1-0  8 Trinity Christian 0-0-0-0-1-0-0  1 AKRON-It was a pitchers’ duel for much of the game between Gehlen Catholic and Trinity Christian for Class 1A District 1 tournament baseball Saturday, July 13.  However,...

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Bats put pressure on G-LR/CL in round-one victory

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4-3-6-X-X-X-X  13 George-Little Rock/Central Lyon 0-0-1-X-X-X-X  1 SPIRIT LAKE - Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley put the bat on the ball more often than not against George-Little Rock/Central Lyon in the first round of the...

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Nighthawks top the Orabs 8-2

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1-3-0-0-0-4-0  8 Sheldon 0-0-0-0-2-0-0  2 SHELDON-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley played all three phases of baseball to near perfection in a Siouxland Conference baseball game on the road with Sheldon Tuesday, July 9, and...

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Wilma Altena

Wilma Altena 93 George, Iowa July 10, 2019 Wilma Altena, 93, of George, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at Good Samaritan Society of George.  Funeral services were Friday, July 12, at Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, with interment in Valley View...

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Iola Moss

Iola Moss 88 Valley Springs, South Dakota July 7, 2019 Iola M. Moss, 88, of Valley Springs, South Dakota, died Sunday, July 7, 2019, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Funeral service was Thursday, July 11, at Valley Springs Reformed Church...

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Annetta Mulder

Annetta Mulder 92 Sioux Center, Iowa July 9, 2019 Annetta Mulder, 92 of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Sioux Center Health. Funeral service was Friday, July 12, 2019, at the Faith Christian Reformed Churc, Sioux Center, with interment in Memory...

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