Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-Some newer faces to varsity cross-country took the course for the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ and boys’ teams and both squads had high finishes at the Sibley-Ocheyedan Cross-Country Invitational Monday, Oct. 1. This meet was...
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Nighthawks and Tigers tough it out in George
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor GEORGE-The weather was not ideal for a cross-country meet Thursday, Oct. 4, at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Cross-Country Invitational, but both Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Trinity Christian toughed out the conditions and had strong...
Nighthawks impress with two third-place team finishes
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX CENTER-With the amount of rain the past two weeks cancelling a majority of cross-country meets, local teams were pleased to get a meet in at Dordt College in Sioux Center for the Western Christian Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 25. Both...
Nighthawks dominate on the ground for homecoming
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Okoboji 0-0-7-6 13 B-H/RV 28-20-13-6 67 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley found success early and often with its running attack and it did not take long for the Nighthawks to put on a show for their homecoming crowd...
Nighthawks get back on track
Jordan Harmelink | Contributing Writer ROCK VALLEY-Class 2A third-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley got back to its winning ways Friday in Rock Valley. After losing their first game of the season the week prior to Class 3A power Sergeant Bluff-Luton, the Nighthawks...
B-H/RV girls claim their first team title of 2018
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LAKE PAHOJA-After over a week since its last race, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ cross-country team did not seem to show much rust at the West Lyon cross-country invitational at Lake Pahoja Monday, Sept. 10. Meanwhile, the Nighthawk...
Nighthawks falter at Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 14-7-0-0 21 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0-7-13-15 35 SERGEANT BLUFF-Class 2A top-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley had what seemed to be a comfortable lead at halftime, but after quarterback J.T. Van’t Hul went down with...
Nighthawks execute all three phases of the game in 40-7 win
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 20-13-7-0 40 Western Christian 0-0-0-7 7 HULL-It was another installment of the annual Western Christian versus Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley rivalry in football Friday, Aug. 31, but the...
J.T. Van’t Hul leads Nighthawks to 41-7 win against Wildcats
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Lyon 0-0-0-7 7 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 7-6-21-7 41 ROCK VALLEY-J.T. Van’t Hul did a little bit of everything for Class 2A top-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley in a non-district football game with Class 1A top-ranked West Lyon...
Nighthawks’ offense explodes on opening night
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Sioux 0-0-0-16 16 B-H/R V 15-14-7-6 42 HULL-Coming into opening night of the high school football season, the contest between Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and West Sioux was one of the “games of the week” in Iowa. But in the end,...
Wolfpack and Nighthawks find positives in first meet of 2018
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SPENCER-When it comes to the first meet of the 2018 cross-country season, coaches never know what they are going to get. But Dalton Lems of Western Christian and Tim Brunsting of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley were pleasantly surprised with the...
Walks and errors end the season for Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0-4-0-4-0-0-X 8 STORM LAKE- Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley committed five errors and walked seven Sergeant Bluff-Luton batters in the Class 3A District 2 tournament final...
Four Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley players earn all-conference honors
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball players were selected to the Siouxland All-Conference baseball team as picked by conference coaches. Earning first-team honors were Cade Moser and Zach Noble. Moser was a unanimous pick after hitting...
Seven earn all-conference honors
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Seven Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball players were selected to the Siouxland All-Conference softball team as picked by conference coaches. Earning first-team honors were Kaitlyn Van Der Zwaag, Taylor Richter, Erika Pottebaum and Keely...
Spirit Lake ends the season for B-H/RV 3-2
Carson Schubert l Writer Spirit Lake 0-0-0-2-1-0-0 3 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-0-1-0-1-0 2 BOYDEN-Despite Brooke Zylstra’s two-home-run performance, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley couldn’t overcome mistakes on the bases and in the field...
Nighthawks’ lack of offense spells a 6-0 defeat to LeMars
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0 LeMars 0-1-0-2-3-0-X 6 LEMARS-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley did commit a couple mistakes on defense, but the biggest issue was the lack of offense in a 6-0 non-conference baseball defeat to LeMars...
Nighthawks come up short to second-ranked Wildcats
Carson Schubert l Writer Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-0-0-0-0-1 1 West Lyon 0-0-0-1-1-1-X 3 LARCHWOOD-Despite a late rally in the seventh inning, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley came up short to Class 2A second-ranked West Lyon 3-1 in a Siouxland Conference baseball game in...
Nighthawks overcome early deficit to advance to round two
Carson Schubert l Writer Sheldon 0-1-0-0-0-0-0 1 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-3-2-0-1-0-X 6 BOYDEN-Class 3A eighth-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley fell behind 1-0 in the second inning but scored the final six runs of the game to defeat Sheldon 6-1 in a Class 3A Region 1...
Van Der Zwaag tosses another no-hitter in 12-0 win
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 7-0-5-X-X-X-X 12 Okoboji 0-0-0-X-X-X-X 0 MILFORD-Class 3A seventh-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley ace pitcher Kaitlyn Van Der Zwaag tossed another no-hitter and the Nighthawks got plenty of offensive support behind...
Van Der Wilt delivers in walk-off win against Okoboji
Carson Schubert l Writer Okoboji 0-0-1-2-0-3-0-0-0 6 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-1-1-2-2-0-0-0-1 7 ROCK VALLEY-It took extra innings, but Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley defeated Okoboji 7-6 in nine innings on a walk-off RBI single by Brett Vander Wilt Tuesday, June 26, in a...