Class 3A sides battle in Hull ahead of respective playoff bouts Junior Kyra Vander Pol squeezes a ball in her glove after securing an infield pop-up. Western Christian went on to lose its regular-season-ending matchup to Sheldon 5-2 in Hull. (Photo/Andrew Buckman)...
Sawyer Van Holland goes through his throwing motion on the mound for Western Christian against Trinity Christian. Van Holland surrendered three earned runs across five and one-third innings during a start at Trinity. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian Baseball...
Sophomore Lily Van Voorst aims her glove toward the ground as she looks to field a ball in the outfield. Western Christian dropped a 10-9 loss Wednesday, July 2, to Trinity Christian. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian Softball Offense registers double-digit...
Western Christian and Trinity Christian Baseball Trinity Christian 2-0-1-0-0-0-X 3Western Christian 0-0-1-0-0-1-0 2 HULL – Two Hull-based squads helped pack a parking lot and didn’t disappoint in their regular-season finale. Host Trinity Christian came out on top of...
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian Baseball Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3-2-3-1-1-0-X 10Western Christian 0-3-3-0-0-0-0 6 ROCK VALLEY – Poor defense made way for an interesting first three innings between Western Christian and...
Landan Hanenburg stands at the plate, awaiting a pitch during an at-bat in Rock Valley. Western Christian fell to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 10-6 Friday, June 27. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian Baseball Lions, Indians defeat squad at Sioux Falls Canaries...
Western Christian Softball Softball squads earns second-straight win for first time in 2025 Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 3-0-0-0-1-0-0 4MOC-Floyd Valley 0-1-0-0-1-0-0 2 ORANGE CITY – Along with pulling off a big upset, Western Christian earned a...
Freshman infielder Ryer Roetman throws the ball back to Western Christian’s first baseman during warmups before a defensive half inning. The Wolfpack eventually dropped a 8-5 result to Trinity Christian at home. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Eighth grade shortstop Hudson Vis...
Junior Kyra Vander Pol makes contact with a pitch and reaches base for Western Christian against Trinity Christian. Western finished with nine hits and one walk against Trinity in its first win of the season. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Kierra Heynen runs in with the ball...
Western Christian Softball Late field switch causes ‘kinda hectic leadup’ to contest Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 1-0-0-0 1Unity Christian 6-1-7-0 14 HULL – A hectic leadup led to a lopsided result between Western Christian and Unity Christian. In...
Western Christian Baseball Four different arms take mound for home side in loss Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-4-0-0-0 4Unity Christian 4-4-7-0-1 16 HULL – It took just five innings for Unity Christian to take down Western Christian in Hull....
Western Christian Baseball Defense hurts visitors during mercy-rule defeat in Sheldon Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 2Sheldon 12 SHELDON – With its most recent contest going down as a loss to Sheldon, Western Christian finished its first 10 games of...
Western Christian Softball Wolverines walk off Western in seventh inning Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 1-0-2-0-1-0-0 4River Valley 0-3-0-1-0-0-1 5 CORRECTIONVILLE – With multiple girls out injured, Western Christian was forced to shuffle its lineup...
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian Softball Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 1-0-2-0-0 3Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 2-0-3-1-5 11 BOYDEN – While Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley continued to rack up victories, Western Christian remained in search of its...
Isabella Zomermaand prepares to release a pitch during Western Christian’s game against Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley. While striking out three, Zomermaand allowed six earned runs across six innings of work. (Photos/Andrew Buckman) Cameron Halbur warms up on the mound as...
Western Christian’s Landon Hanenburg attempts to pick off Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley’s Clayton Juffer during a contest Tuesday, June 3, in Hull. The Nighthawks went on to win the contest 9-0 over the Wolfpack. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian and Boyden-Hull/Rock...
Western Christian Softball Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0Storm Lake 5-0-0-4-3-0-0 12 HULL – Undefeated Storm Lake took down winless Western Christian in five innings Wednesday, June 4. A 12-0 victory pushed the visiting Tornadoes to...
Western Christian Baseball Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-0-0-0-0 0West Lyon 5-3-5-0-1 14 HULL – Unfortunately for Western Christian, it ran into a West Lyon squad coming off its first loss of the season. In just five innings Wednesday, June 4, the...
Western Christian senior captain Lane Maassen looks ahead with the ball just in front of him, weighing what to do with it. Western went on to upset Unity Christian 2-1 in the Class 1A Substate 1 semifinals. (Photo/Sean Baccam) Western Christian Boys’ Soccer Carlson...
Eighth grader Ryker Kooima goes through his throwing motion Thursday, May 29, against Central Lyon. Western Christian dropped a 9-3 result to the Lions in Rock Rapids. (Photo/Lily Jurrens) Western Christian Baseball Western begins year with pair of losses to visiting...
