The Indianola boys basketball team begins their postseason journey tonight, hosting the Lions of Linn-Mar. The Indians are ranked #5 in class 4A, and will have home court advantage if they keep winning on the path to Wells Fargo Arena, and will attempt to get further than last year’s finish in the same round as tonight.
The Indianola boys basketball team has one step in front of them before the substate final round, and will have to go through the Lions of Linn-Mar to get there.
Today’s Indianola Radio Sports Page Spotlight Athlete is Vicki Andrews, who won a state championship in bowling for the Des Moines Lincoln Railsplitters.
As they enter postseason play on Friday, the Indianola basketball team will look to maintain their efficient shooting statistics from the regular season.
Indianola athlete Vicki Andrews, who bowls for the Des Moines Lincoln Railsplitters Girls Bowling Team, earned a class 3A individual state championship in Waterloo Monday, sweeping the bracket stage to get the top finish.
Indianola baseball coach Jon Fitzpatrick and Josh Breitbarth have gone back to the basics.
It’s a tradition they follow every year, starting throwing practices in January and taking their players back to the fundamentals.
Indianola Bowen Downey, wrestling at 120, finished his high school wrestling career with a second-place finish at the IHSAA State tournament at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday, wrestling to a 1-2 finish against No. 1-seed Koufax Christensen from Waukee NW.
A furious second-half rally and key free throw shooting propelled Bondurant-Farrar past Indianola in the Iowa Girls Class 4A regional semifinal Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Indianola, 58-55.
The Indianola girls basketball team had a lead as high as 16 in their regional semifinal matchup against Bondurant-Farrar Saturday evening, but the Indians couldn’t hold on as they fell 58-55 as heard live on 94.3 KNIA.
Area high school wrestlers will be aiming for medals today at Wells Fargo Arena.
The Indianola girls basketball team has a chance to knock out the team that dashed their state tournament hopes last year, as they host the Bluejays of Bondurant-Farrar tonight in the regional semifinal.
Thirty-five Warren County wrestlers headed for Wells Fargo this week. But Saturday, just three remained in championship contention.
Bowen Downey of Indianola at 120 and Norwalk’s Maddux Borcherding-Johnson at 285 and Tyler Harper at 106 will wrestle Saturday night for titles.
Indianola is rolling into the postseason following a 94-64 win over Des Moines East on Feb. 14. It was all roses for Indianola from the start as they raced out to a 29-13 lead after the first and never slowed down on the way to its highest-scoring game of the season.
Entering the third day of the state Indianola was down to four wrestlers still in the competition.
The Indianola boys basketball team faces one of their toughest tests of the season tonight as they match up with undefeated class 3A #1 rival Bondurant-Farrar in a non-conference matchup.
Day two of the IHSAA State Wrestling Meet was held on Thursday with nine Indianola grapplers still in the mix. Four remained at the end of the day.
The Iowa State High School Wrestling Tournament started Wednesday with Indianola’s nine qualifiers taking the mat in the evening session.
Today’s Indianola Radio Sports Page Spotlight Athlete features senior Bennett Brueck with the Indianola boys basketball team.
Isaiah Picard won his second straight state title in the Para 100 Freestyle Saturday, and collected another trophy in the 50 Freestyle to win a pair of championships at the University of Iowa Aquatics Center. Picard swam a 1:45.78 in the 100 Freestyle, and a 43.48 in the 50 Freestyle to earn the victory.
Indianola is sending nine wrestlers to the state meet at Wells Fargo next week based on a third-place or better finish in Saturday’s District tournament in Norwalk. All of Indianola grapplers advanced in the first round and none finished less than fourth place in the competition, including Gabby King who stepped up to varsity in a big way to replace the injured Logan Turner.
