The Norwalk wrestlers will compete for state today with a home mat advantage, while the Indianola wrestling squad won’t have far to travel today as both teams compete for a state tournament spot in districts today.
The Indianola girls played two close games in Pella this week, losing a tough 53-50 game versus the Pella Dutch on Feb. 7, before beating Pella Christian, 51-48, on Feb. 9. The girls finished fourth in the conference at 8-6 and were 10-11 overall.
The Indianola boys made two trips to Pella this week but only needed the first to secure the Little Hawkeye conference title. They won both games anyway.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced its regional basketball pairings for Class 4A and 5A on Wednesday, placing Indianola and Norwalk in Region 2 of 4A.
Indianola pays a visit to Pella as the last week of Little Hawkeye Conference basketball action tips off tonight.
The Indianola boys swimming team qualified two relays and two individual events to the state meet after their qualifying meet Saturday in Ames, as Isaiah Picard qualified in the 50 Freestyle Para, and the 100 Freestyle Para in addition to the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Freestyle Relay
The #6 Indianola boys basketball team guaranteed themselves at least a portion of a Little Hawkeye Conference title with a 62-39 blowout win over Dallas Center-Grimes on Friday, while the shorthanded #13 girls competed hard but couldn’t overcome the #1 Mustangs 42-36 as heard live on 94.3 KNIA.
The last Little Hawkeye Conference home doubleheader is tonight for the Indianola basketball teams as they host the Mustangs of Dallas Center Grimes. The #6 Indians boys can clinch at least a share of the conference title tonight with a win, and they will try to match their hard-fought win on the road earlier this year where they defeated the Mustangs 46-45 on a game-winner at the buzzer.
All five Warren County wrestlers fell in the first round of the Iowa State girls wrestling tournament, but two faced off in the first round of consolations.
Four local wrestlers will compete at the first sanctioned Iowa Girls Wrestling State Tournament today in Iowa City, Summer Wolff and Lanie Frericks from Indianola, Madilyn Rowson from Pleasantville, and Glorious Fridley from Southeast Warren.
Regional wrestling duals between Norwalk, West Des Moines Valley and Indianola were held at Valley High on Tuesday to determine who would advance to the State Dual Meet. To advance, Indianola would need to defeat Norwalk then Valley.
The Indianola boys basketball team held Grinnell to just five first quarter points as they dominated the Tigers Tuesday night at home winning 76-45, while the girls couldn’t keep up with the high flying Tigers falling 64-45 on senior night for both squads.
Just five days following their regular season clash, the Indianola and Norwalk wrestling teams will square off again tonight in the first round of Class 3A Regional Duals at West Des Moines Valley High School.
The Indianola basketball teams are back home tonight after four straight road games, hosting the Tigers of Grinnell. The Indians boys dropped their first conference game of the season last Friday at Norwalk, but will try to replicate their dominant second-half performance against the Tigers earlier this year where they held Grinnell to just sixteen points and scored 36.
The Indianola boys wrestling team took home the regular season Little Hawkeye Conference tournament championship on Thursday with a win over Norwalk, then completed the season sweep on Saturday with a LHC Tournament win scoring 234 team points. Norwalk scored 198 points to finish in third, while Pella scored 165 points to place fourth.
The Norwalk, Indianola, and Pella wrestling teams make the road trip to Norwalk High School today for the Little Hawkeye Conference meet, joined by the six other participating schools.
The Indianola, Norwalk, and Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas girls wrestling teams all competed in the state qualifying meets today, with several athletes advancing with a top four finish.
Defensive pressure and an early fourth-quarter run sparked by two Jack Brown three-pointers gave Norwalk a big Little Hawkeye conference win on Friday night, Jan. 27 in Norwalk, 59-49. The Warriors pulled away late after a back-and-forth game featuring the fewest points scored by Indianola since Jan 6 and the second-lowest total of the season for Indianola.
The Indianola wrestling team came out on top of the Warren County rivalry Thursday night over Norwalk, the Indians defeating the Warriors 38-25, as Indianola remained undefeated in the Little Hawkeye Conference dual season.
Two Warren County rivals collide in Norwalk tonight when the Warriors host Indianola for a Little Hawkeye Conference girl-boy basketball doubleheader.
