Cora Engelsman 95 Sheldon, Iowa December 20, 2018 Cora J. “Billie” Engelsman, 95, of Sheldon, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center. Funeral services were Saturday, Dec. 22, at Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service with...
Gary Mars 80 Hull, Iowa December 15, 2018 Gary Mars, 80, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service was Wednesday, Dec. 19, at First Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery,...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 12-16-10-23 61 Sioux Center 11-13-22-11 57 SIOUX CENTER-Boyden-Hull had a good first half of play on the road in a Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball game in Sioux Center Tuesday, Dec. 18, but, after a poor third frame,...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 1-6-11-14 32 Western Christian 8-11-17-11 47 HULL-Western Christian mixed up its defenses in a Lakes Conference girls’ basketball game with Storm Lake Tuesday, Dec. 18, and the strategy worked in a 47-32...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 12-17-12-25 66 Western Christian 7-21-17-23 68 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian did not have its best game in a Lakes Conference boys’ basketball contest with Storm Lake Tuesday, Dec. 18, but the Wolfpack avoided...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 16-19-17-21 73 Sioux Center 19-19-13-7 58 SIOUX CENTER-Class 2A seventh-ranked Boyden-Hull had a tough time slowing down Sioux Center in the first half of its Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball contest Tuesday, Dec. 18,...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 10-13-17-1 41 South O’Brien 15-17-10-17 59 PAULLINA-Trinity Christian was within striking distance of South O’Brien in a War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 18, but the Tigers could not hit a...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 8-10-7-4 29 South O’Brien 14-11-17-10 52 PAULLINA-Trinity Christian felt it would have the pieces needed to attack South O’Brien’s 2-3 zone defense, but the Tigers were unable to hit their shots and they fell 52-29...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Spencer 12-18-5-13 48 Western Christian 12-14-14-13 53 HULL-Spencer gave Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian a scare in the first half, but the Wolfpack picked up its effort on the defensive end and on the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Spencer 0-6-4-7 17 Western Christian 11-10-14-15 50 HULL-Western Christian had a stifling defense that Spencer could not solve and the Wolfpack came away with a 50-17 Lakes Conference girls’ basketball...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-Western Christian had a tough time in its first Lakes Conference dual at home with Emmetsburg Thursday, Dec. 13, but the Wolfpack bounced back against Spencer to end its Lakes Conference wrestling event on a high note. The dual with...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Lyon 15-5-13-10 43 Boyden-Hull 18-20-23-13 74 HULL-Boyden-Hull felt it had one of its best rebounding efforts so far this season and, as a result, the Comets once again had a balanced offensive attack to down West Lyon 74-43...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Lyon 15-17-12-12 56 Boyden-Hull 12-10-9-11 42 HULL-Boyden-Hull will admit it did not play up to its full potential and, as a result, was unable to keep pace with West Lyon in a 56-42 Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball defeat...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 2-11-6-7 26 Harris-Lake Park 3-6-9-19 37 LAKE PARK-Trinity Christian’s defense once again kept the Tigers within striking distance in a War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 11, but the Tigers could...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 17-12-10-18 57 Harris-Lake Park 14-10-10-18 52 LAKE PARK-Trinity Christian came into its War Eagle Conference boys’ basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 11, knowing it had a size advantage over Harris-Lake Park. The Tigers...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley standout Bryce Van Beek was named as a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) scholar-athlete as announced by the NAIA Friday, Dec. 14. Van Beek currently plays football at Northwestern...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football standouts, Bryce Van Beek and Shane Solberg, were named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American football team as announced Thursday, Dec. 13. Van Beek was named...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ROCK VALLEY-The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wrestling team will admit it was disappointed not to get a victory for its senior class on Senior Night at a Siouxland Conference double dual with Sheldon/South O’Brien and Sioux Center. But the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor For Dylan Anderson of Hull, getting involved in sports and making friends was originally not an easy task. Before Anderson was born, he was said to have spina bifia. According to mayoclinic.com, spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs...
June De Wit | Staff Writer What could be more fun than visiting a Christmas tree farm? That’s what preschool kids from Boyden-Hull Elementary school in Boyden did Friday. All three classes took turns visiting The Christmas Grainery east of Boyden owned by Greg and...
