Kylie Blankespoor of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ soccer. Blankespoor scored the lone goal for the Nighthawks in what was a 2-1 defeat to Storm Lake in Storm Lake Monday, April 3, in Northwest Iowa Girls’ Soccer League action. (Photo/Carla Hibma) Nighthawks fight...
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LeMars Invite allows Western Christian to kick off 2023 outdoor season
Taeten Kollis of Western Christian prepares to fire the discus during the LeMars Track and Field Invitational Thursday, March 30. This was the first outdoor event for the Wolfpack track and field teams in the 2023 season. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Teams get a better idea...
Tigers kick off 2023 season over the border
Makiah De Jager of the Trinity Christian girls’ track team. De Jager was one of the top female runners for the Tigers at the Dan Lennon Indoor Track and Field meet Tuesday, March 28, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, taking 13th in the 400-meter dash...
Marcus Kelderman transfers to Northwestern College
On Friday, March 24, Marcus Kelderman signed a letter of intent to transfer from Truman State University to Northwestern College in Orange City to play basketball. The former Comet played for the Bulldogs as a redshirt freshman the past two seasons. (Photo/submitted)...
Young team guts one out in OT
Sydney Feenstra of Western Christian attempts to use her right leg to work the ball around a West Sioux player during a Northwest Iowa Girls’ Soccer League game in Hawarden Thursday, March 30. The Wolfpack defeated the Falcons 4-3 in overtime. (Photo/Sean Baccam)...
’Pack notch shutout on opening night
Teague Ver Velde of Western Christian works the ball up field during a Northwest Iowa Boys’ Soccer League game at West Sioux Thursday, March 30. The Wolfpack held the Falcons without a goal in a 3-0 win. (Photo/Sean Baccam) Coaching staff pleased with a 3-0 win to...
Tate Van Regenmorter competes in two high school All-Star games
Tate Van Regenmorter of Western Christian whips a pass to a Black Team teammate up ahead in transition during the Dordt University High School men's basketball All-Star Game Thursday, March 30. Van Regenmorter participated in both the Iowa Basketball Coaches'...
Nighthawk girls claim second place at first meet
Vanessa Vande Vegte of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley prepares to fire the shot put during the Dordt University Indoor Track and Field Invitational Tuesday, March 21. She took fourth place in the event and helped the Nighthawks take second place as a team, one-half point shy...
New district assignments announced
Western Christian moves up to Class 2A District 1, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley stays in Class 3A District 1 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor DES MOINES-The Iowa High School Athletic Association, following a Zoom meeting Monday, March 20, with the its board of control,...
Two Wolfpack basketball players named as all-substate players
Photographed left to right: Kaden Van Regenmorter and Tate Van Regenmorter. The two athletes from the Western Christian boys’ basketball team were selected as all-substate players as announced by the Iowa Basketball Coaches’ Association Monday, March 13....
Kaden Van Regenmorter named as all-state player
Van Regenmorter was selected to the Class 2A second team by Iowa Print Sports Writers’ Association Tuesday, March 14 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa Print Sports Writers’ Association announced Tuesday, March 14, its selections for all-state boys’ basketball and...
Former Boyden-Hull coach inducted into hall of fame
Former Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball coach Bill Francis, accompanied by his wife Sue, receives a plaque from a representative of the Iowa High School Athletic Association as he was inducted into the association’s hall of fame as a coach Friday, March 10, during...
Three former Wolfpack players make the grade
Jacob Vis, Dawson Feenstra and Tyson Boer named as Scholar Athletes by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Dawson Feenstra Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Saturday, March 11, its list of...
Tate Van Regenmorter selected as an all-star
Tate Van Regenmorter of the Western Christian boys' basketball team. Van Regenmorter was selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches' Association as a Northwest Iowa All-Star and will play in games at Dallas-Center Grimes on March 25. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Games will be...
Tigers earn academic honors
Senior student-athletes had a GPA of 3.75 or higher Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Trinity Christian girls’ basketball players were named to the War Eagle Conference all-academic team as announced Friday, March 10.The players named were Anna Postma, Keahna Heynen...
Athletes named to all-academic list
Senior student-athletes, cheerleaders, team managers had GPA of 3.75 or higher Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Siouxland Conference recently announced its all-academic honors and various athletes from Boyden-Hull and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley were named.Named for the...
Western Christian wards off E-LC in the second half
Coach Derek Keizer and the rest of the Western Christian boys’ basketball team begins to storm the court to mob Kaden Van Regenmorter, No. 21 and left in the photo, after he hit the game-winning bucket in a 67-66 Class 2A Substate 1 victory over West Lyon Saturday,...
Gavin DeHoogh comes up short of the podium
Western Christian's Gavin DeHoogh acknowledges his fan base in the stands after winning his second match of the Class 1A state wrestling tournament Wednesday, Feb. 15. (Photo/Jessica Jensen) DeHoogh finishes state tournament in Des Moines with a 2-2 mark at 220 pounds...
Jace Mulder takes podium in fifth place
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley's Jesue Garcia ties up with his Sergeant Bluff-Luton opponent Sean Zimmerman during the opening rounds of the Class 2A state tournament Wednesday, Feb. 15. Garcia won the match by a 5-3 decision and finished the tournament 2-2 at 285 pounds....
Comets see season come to an end
Jenny Luevano of Boyden-Hull works her way into the paint off the dribble during the Class 2A Region 2 girls' basketball tournament Tuesday, Feb. 14. The senior saw her prep high school career come to an end in a 70-31 defeat at the hands of Central Lyon. (Photo/Jason...