Month: November 2019

All-conference volleyball list includes five Comet players

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Five Boyden-Hull volleyball players were selected to the Siouxland all-conference volleyball team as announced Wednesday, Nov. 6. Earning a unanimous first-team selection was Brooke Zylstra. As the Comets’ top hitter, Zylstra ranked third...

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Tyson Kooima earns GPAC Player-of-the-Week honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian standout quarterback, Tyson Kooima, earned Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Player-of-the-Week honors for games played Saturday, Nov. 2. The former Wolfpack player quarterbacked Western Christian to its...

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Various athletes earn all-academic conference honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Various athletes from the Boyden-Hull volleyball team and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley cross-country team were selected to the Siouxland Conference all-academic list as announced Wednesday, Nov. 6. Earning the honor from the Boyden-Hull...

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O Baby! marks first year of business

Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer A simple wish for a special Christmas gift has become a growing business for Hull native, Lisa Potjer and mother to 2-1/2-year-old twin boys, Oliver and Owen, and their little sister, Iris. “For my twin boys’ first Christmas, I...

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Hale rolls out pizza specials

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer After seven months as general manager of Hull Pizza Ranch, Jon Hale feels very comfortable in the community. “I’ve met a lot of the people in Hull, learned about the town, businesses, schools and the history of Pizza Ranch which started in...

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New teacher starts mid-term

June De Wit | Staff Writer Trinity Christian High School officials recently announced the hiring of Joy De Vries to replace Kassandra Brummel who plans to stay home with a baby she and her husband, Lane, are expecting soon. “Mrs. Brummel’s desire is to stay home and...

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Local students selected for all-state music festival

June De Wit | Staff Writer Several students from Hull schools took part in district auditions for positions in the 73rd annual all-state music festival to become members of the all-state band, chorus or orchestra. District auditions were conducted Saturday, Oct.26, at...

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Sioux County Cancer receives gift from Hull

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Sioux County Cancer Society recently received a gift of $500 from the 2019 Hull Combined Appeal  fundraising campaign. This money is used locally, according to Bev Altena, a member of the society and the Hull representative....

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Week off fails to bother Comets

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor South O’Brien 14-17-14  0 Boyden-Hull    25-25-25  3 HULL-There was some question as to how well the Class 2A ninth-ranked Boyden-Hull volleyball team would play in the second round of the Class 2A Region 1 tournament against South O’Brien...

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Missed plays cost Wolfpack in Treynor

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-7-3-0  10 Treynor                       0-7-7-7  21 TREYNOR-Western Christian once again played good defense against Treynor on the road in a Class 1A state football playoff game Friday, Nov. 1, but miscues on offense...

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Top-ranked Western rolls over Rock Valley in three

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Rock Valley                    5-4-13  0 Western Christian 25-25-25  3 HULL-Class 2A top-ranked Western Christian was more than ready Monday, Oct. 28, to get the Class 2A Region 1 volleyball tournament underway after receiving a...

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Olivia Granstra chooses Northwestern College

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian volleyball player Olivia Granstra has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Northwestern College in Orange City next fall. Granstra is a 5-foot-8 setter who is in her fourth and final year playing...

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Lopez takes 33rd in Class 3A

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor FORT DODGE-After missing a couple meets early in the season and mid-way during the 2019 campaign due to a leg injury, some in the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley cross-country program wondered if Marco Lopez would be able to make a...

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Brummel finishes 2019 season at state XC meet

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor FORT DODGE-Braxton Brummel may not have had the finish he was looking for at the Class 1A state cross-country meet at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge, but weather conditions and the long season played a factor and Brummel has even more...

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Western Christian boys take 11th in the state

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor FORT DODGE-The Western Christian boys had to go up against the top teams in Class 2A at the state cross-country meet at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge Saturday, Nov. 2 and the Wolfpack felt they competed and finished off the 2019...

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