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Roetman returns for girls’ golf

Western Christian golfer Kiah Van Der Brink swings in her club in a match against Worthington on Thursday, April 11, at Rolling Hills. Van Der Brink, a junior, finished with a 63. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian girls’ golf Freshman leads ’Pack to...

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Girls’ unit captures third

Western Christian's Bentley Bliek begins her motion for the shot put at the Western Co-ed Invite. Bliek, a sophomore, took first in the JV section of the event, throwing a best hurl of 32-05.00. (Andrew Buckman) Western Christian sprinters Tristan Rozeboom (far left)...

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Western skirts past Royals

Western Christian Boys’ Golf Douma dominates to lead ’Pack boys’ golf to season-beginning victory Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Western Christian 163MMCRU 164MARCUS – Similar to the girls’ side, Western Christian boys’ golf played a tightly-contested match at...

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’Pack drops opening match

Western Christian Girls’ Golf Golfing without lone returner, inexperienced squad falls to MMCRU in Marcus Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Western Christian 246MMCRU 242MARCUS – Western Christian girls’ golf opened its season dropping a close meet to MMCRU on the...

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Baccam starts year in style

Western Christian Boys’ Soccer Western tallies three second-half goals to beat Dutch in first game of season Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Western Christian 0-3 3MOC-Floyd Valley 0-0 0ORANGE CITY – While overcoming some first-half-of-the-first-game struggles,...

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’Pack falls in close match

Western Christian girls’ Soccer Harberts tallies lone Western goal in season-opening home loss to MOC Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Western Christian 0-1 1MOC-Floyd Valley 0-2 2HULL – Following a four-day postponement, Western Christian girls’ soccer finally kicked...

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Western Christian students take tractors to school

Shane D. Johnson |Editor On Thursday, March 14, students at Western Christian High School got the opportunity to take their tractors to school. Pictured are students of Western Christian posing for a photo with their tractors. (Photo/Submitted)

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Area Honors Performances showcase musical talent on display

HULL CHRISTIAN REPRESENTED WELL AT HONORS PERFORMANCE Hull Christian School eighth graders violinist Maeley De Kam and cellist Ainsley Haveman performed at the Jan. 25 Northwest Iowa Honor Orchestra Festival on the campus of Northwestern College. (Photo/Julie Bosma)...

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Western Christian’s Winter Pops Concert

Maeva Haveman and Jessica Weilenga (l to r) are shown in the string orchestra in the Winter Pops Concert. The sopranos and altos of the cantus and concert choirs sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” The 727 jazz band played “Mamacita,” “Chameleon,” and “Diggin’ the...

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2A Champs once more

Western Christian boys’ basketball poses for photos following its dominating defeat of Hudson in the Class 2A state championship game. The Wolfpack captured its 11th state title in program history with the 27-point victory Friday, March 8, in Des Moines. Please see...

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Western Christian individual state speech March 9

Shane D. Johnson |Editor Western Christian students Allie Wielenga, Olivia Engbers, Hailey Ammons, Adlemi Mejia-Vargas, Kyra Visser, Piper Hanson and Olivia Hofland performed at the individual state speech competition at Kuemper Catholic High School Saturday, March 9....

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Western lands 2 on state squads

Karsten Moret. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Kaden Van Regenmorter. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) IPSWA selects Moret, Van Regenmorter to All-State teams following title win Andrew Buckman | Sports Writer Two Western Christian juniors were named IPSWA All-State selections.Wolfpack...

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Honoring Local Cheerleaders

The 2023 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football cheerleaders Front from left: Ana Uscanga, Jessica Carbajal, Gabe Rosales, Kayla Sanchez. Back: Chloe Hoftyzer, Kaylee Churchill, Lauren Phillips, Breanna Cruz. (Photo/Nathan Broek) BOYDEN-HULL/ROCK VALLEY WRESTLING CHEER...

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Junior High Choir Festival

The Junior High Choir at the Choir Festival Thursday, Feb. 22, was made up of 348 students from eight local Christian schools. The song, “The Rising of the Moon,” was accompanied by Maeva Haveman on the fiddle and Kyra Visser on the tambourine at the Choir Festival...

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FFA celebrated at Western Christian

HAVING FUN WITH FFA AT WESTERN CHRISTIAN Pictured are all students at Western Christian participating in ag olympics during National FFA Week Feb. 19-23. Students played a game of tug-of-war, wheel-barrel races and much more during the Friday, Feb. 23 event....

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Wolfpack to face E-LC in substate final

Junior Brody Van Kley (4) throws the ball behind his back in Western Christian’s district final game versus Central Lyon. The Wolfpack defeated the Lions 89-60 in a rematch of last season’s state championship. (Photo/Sean Baccam) Surrounded by teammates, Caleb Douma...

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Squad wins final home game

Western Christian's Uchan Harberts contests a shot attempt versus Rock Valley on Thursday, Feb. 15, in Hull. The Wolfpack defeated the Rockets 70-40 to advance to the district final versus Central Lyon. (Photo/Sean Baccam). Western Christian boys’ basketball ’Pack...

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Wolfpack ties for 74th

Western Christian boys’ wrestling Western caps season with one win among trio of grapplers at IHSAA state championships Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Western Christian 4.0DES MOINES – The 2024 season came to a close for Western Christian boys’ wrestling on day...

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