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Nighthawks battle tooth and nail with the Orabs

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley tops Sheldon 5-3 on the first night of the 2022 softball season Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sheldon 0-1-0-0-0-2-0  3 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-1-0-3-1-X  5 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley pitcher Jewel...

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Bats allow Nighthawks to begin the year right

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley struggles on defense, but rallies for 11 runs on offense in an 11-6 Siouxland conference win over the Sheldon Orabs Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sheldon 6 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 11 Cade Fisher of...

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’Pack edge Warriors to advance

Western Christian girls’ soccer Nerves calm down after third goal is scored as Western Christian claims a 3-0 Class 1A Region 1 girls’ soccer tournament win over Sioux Center Tuesday, May 24 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux Center 0-0  0 Western Christian...

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Two miscues end season for the Nighthawks

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley boys’ soccer Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley takes solace in the fact it had its first winning season in only the second year as a program Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0  0 Bishop Heelan 1-1  2 Boyden-Hull/Rock...

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Former Comet golfs in Scotland

College golf Lydia Grond and Central College Dutch of Pella left Monday, May 23, return home today Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull girls’ golf standout Lydia Grond got the opportunity to golf on one of the more historic golf courses in the world....

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Former Nighthawk races on the national stage

NAIA National Outdoor Track and Field Meet Emma Zoet competes in 400-meter hurdle preliminaries Wednesday, May 25, in Alabama Nathan Broek | Sports Editor GOLF SHORES, AL-Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley track and field standout, as well as Hull native, Emma Zoet got...

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Miscues on defense plagues a good start

Trinity Christian softball Trinity Christian Tigers fall to MMC-RU Royals 9-2 on opening night of softball season Monday, May 23 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 0-1-0-0-0-1-0  2 MMC-RU 0-6-1-0-2-0-X  9 MARCUS-Trinity Christian got some early...

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Free bases lead to an opening-night defeat

Trinity Christian baseball Walks and errors on defense hand Trinity Christian an 11-0 five-inning defeat to conference foe MMC Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 0-0-0-0-0-X-X  0 MMC-RU 5-0-0-6-0-X-X  11 MARCUS-Trinity Christian had a hard time...

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Comets and Wolfpack are heading back to state

BACK-TO-BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME  The Boyden-Hull boys' golf team poses with its state qualification banner following the Class 2A boys' district golf tournament in Shenandoah Monday, May 16. This was the first time in school history the Comets have made it to the...

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Poppies to honor Veterans for Memorial Day

Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer LuAnn De Wild comes from a long line of military service in her family lineage. She has been a member of Hull American Legion Wegman-Koele Post 380 Auxiliary since 1997 and has been the active treasurer of the organization since...

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The SYC hunting adventure of Alec Rohde 

Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer FOR THE LOVE OF THE HUNTAlec Rohde is pictured with his prized turkey during the annual Special Youth Challenge hunt April 23.  (Photo/Submitted Alec Rohde was one of the youths in Hull who had the opportunity to be a part of Special...

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Harold Vermeer

95 Sioux Center, Iowa May 18, 2022 Harold Vermeer, 95, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Crown Pointe Care Center in Sioux Center. Memorial service was Tuesday, May 24, at New Life Reformed Church with interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sioux...

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Town of Hull to be well represented at state

Class 2A boys’ district golf in Shenandoah Western Christian takes home the title with 297 strokes, Boyden-Hull gets second with 299 strokes as both make it back-to-back as teams to the state tournament Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Drew Van Roekel of Boyden-Hull...

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‘Pack control pace of play over Nighthawks

Western Christian versus Boyden-Hull boys’ soccer Western Christian defeats cross-town rival Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4-1 Monday, May 16 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-1  1 Western Christian 2-2  4 Aidan Ouwinga of Western Christian...

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Western roughs up East Sac County 9-0

Western Christian girls’ soccer Wolfpack advance to play Sioux Center Warriors Tuesday, May 24, after press deadline Nathan Broek | Sports Editor East Sac County 0-0  0 Western Christian 4-5  9 Apiyo Harberts of the Western Christian girls' soccer team....

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Three athletes represent Nighthawk girls

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ and boys’ state track Bryan Zylstra highlights the seven Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley boys’ events at state with an eighth-place medal in the discus Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Class 3A ninth-place boys' 4x400-meter relay team. Left to...

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Dustin Hoksbergen aims to best his father in 400 hurdles

Trinity Christian state track and field Hoksbergen also competes in the high jump, but has tough luck at 5-foot-10 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Dustin Hoksbergen of Trinity Christian attempts to leap over the bar at 5'10" during the Class 1A boys' state event Friday,...

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Tage Hulstein medals in 1,600-meter run to end his career

Western Christian girls’ and boys’ state track Individual girls for Western Christian end the year or their careers on a high note at the blue oval in Des Moines Western Christian girls’ and boys’ state track Individual girls for Western Christian end the year or...

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