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Not Perfect, Just Real – Kelsea Ballerini

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Kelsea Ballerini isn’t going to let her success or pressure from within the industry change the kind of music she makes. Kelsea tells the Chicago Tribune, “As a young girl there are pressures that come with any career, but I decided when I got into this I didn’t want to be perfect. I just want to be real and who I am.” And there are plenty of good reasons why Ballerini would never compromise her integrity as an artist. She says, “That’s something I’d feel comfortable with any little girl looking up to so that’s who I try to be.”

 

  • Kelsea also talked about how she’s looking forward to her first-ever headlining trek; the aptly titled “The First Time Tour.” She shares, “When you headline, you get to just be available and really be one on one with your fans. I really want to make myself as available as I can be for them.”
  • “The First Time Tour” will kick off on October 21 in Houston, Texas, and will wrap up in December with a two-night stand in Las Vegas with special guest Cam.

 

Newton Looks To Make Statement On Gridiron In 2016

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Class 4A Football is always a gauntlet, no matter what district your team is in.

District 4 will be no exception, as Newton makes the jump up to 4A this season.

Class 4A and 8-Player will differ from the other four classes in rules for districts and playoffs. Those two will have eight districts, with the top two teams in the district standings making the playoffs. The other four classes will have seven districts, with the top two teams in each district guaranteed a playoff spot, and two wild cards will be selected to fill out the 16-team bracket.

The teams in District 4 are mainly unproven with the exception of perennial powerhouse West Des Moines Valley.

Valley has to be the heavy favorite to win the district, as they return their three leading skill position players on offense from their 10-3 state semifinal team in 2015.

Newton is the only other school in this district to return their starting quarterback from last year, as junior Garrett Sturtz will again be under center for the Cardinals.

Newton struggled last season after having a great 2014. The Cardinals went 1-8 in a mediocre Class 3A district, but got progressively better as the season wore on, winning their final game of the season, a 42-19 home triumph over Nevada.

The second playoff spot in this district will be wide open, as the other four teams in District 4 didn’t make it past the second round of the playoffs in 2015 and lost their starting quarterback.

Fort Dodge started the 2015 season 7-0, but faltered down the stretch, losing their last three games including their first round playoff contest against Southeast Polk, 42-0.

Southeast Polk was then eliminated by eventual state champion Dowling Catholic on the road, 51-20. SEP will look to improve from their 6-5 season in 2015, and should be among the leading contenders to compete at the top of District 4 with Valley.

Indianola sneaked into the playoffs last year but was eliminated in the first round on the road against Ankeny, 49-7. That loss put the Indians at 5-5 for the year.

Marshalltown rounds out the teams in the district. The Bobcats went 3-6 last season and missed the playoffs.

With the new rules cutting the playoff field in half, Newton will have to pull several upsets to position themselves at the top to get into the postseason.

But with the new personnel taking over at key spots of the other high-profile teams in the district, the team competing with Valley at the top is a mystery until the question marks are answered at the beginning of the season.

As with the different format of the districts, Class 4A gets four weeks of non-district action to prepare. One of those games is their Week 1 clash with Ottumwa in a battle of the listening area’s two biggest schools. That game will be our featured game on the Mahaska Zone Network Game of the Week on 104.9 FM KBOE, the KBOE mobile app, and kboeradio.com on August 26th.

If Newton is able to grow enough in those four non-district weeks to adjust to the Class 4A competition, things should be very interesting for the Cardinals down the stretch.

We will have full district previews of all 12 districts involving area teams as the season approaches. Monday, we will take a look at how Ottumwa will fare in Class 4A District 8. You can see more local sports content on our website, radiokmzn.com.

 

 

 

 

Oskaloosa School Board Holding Next Meeting August 9th

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The Oskaloosa School Board will hold their next regular meeting on Tuesday, August 9th at 7 pm in the George Daily Auditorium Board Room. The board will consider Renewal of a Revised 28E Agreement with Preschool Program Partners, consider renewal of a lease of business property  for Preschool Partners and Headstart, and consider renewal of agreements for the Mahaska County YMCA.

Forty For The Glen

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There are forty drivers on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at The Glen Sprint Cup Series race led by defending winner Joey Logano and regular-season points leader Kevin Harvick.  With just five races remaining in the regular season, five drivers have clinched spots on The Chase Grid – Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski.  Those five account for fourteen wins through the first twenty-one races of the year … Logano, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Junior, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher have one win apiece – leaving four post-season spots that will be available based on the point standings.  Jamie McMurray currently holds a nine-point lead over Kyle Larson, his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, in the fight for what would be the final “playoff” spot.

Four First Time Winners And Mechanic Races Headlined Yaw’s Auto Salvage Night At SIS

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Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 3rd, 2016) – Its been one month since the Southern Iowa Speedway saw racing action during the first night of the stock car shootout but Wednesday Night, there was some racing again. Yaw’s Auto Salvage of Des Moines was the nights sponsor wth 58 cars signed in to tame the monster plus the Mechanic’s took to the track after the features were completed for mechanic races.
James Roose (IMCA Sport Compacts) , Nathan Wood (IMCA Stock Cars), Andrew Schroeder (IMCA Modifieds) and Scott Shull (IMCA Hobby Stocks) all take first wins at Osky in 2016 meanwhile Curtis VanDerWal takes IMCA SportMods again.
First feature of the night was the ten lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature and by the end of lap one, it was John Whalen leading with Brad Havel running second. Havel took the top spot away on lap two and look to be heading on to the win but on lap seven, Havel exited the race track after he experienced issues under the red flag for Bill Whalen Jr., John Whalen and Ryan Havel getting together on the front stretch. That handed the lead over to Levi Heath, who was running fifth at the end of previous lap but James Roose took the lead away on the restart and it was Roose going on to take his first career win. Brandon Allison, first night out at Osky came home with a second place finish ahead of Heath. Brad Havel and John Whalen rounded out the top five.
Donnie Pearson and Mike Brown led the field to the green in the 18 lap Budweiser IMCA Stock Car feature but by the end of lap one, it was Mike Hughes taking the lead meanwhile all eyes were on Cayden Carter. Carter however experience issues forcing him to exit to the pits just after one lap was completed. Hughes saw Nathan Wood begin to get up along side and they began to battle it out for the race lead. Wood took the top spot on lap eight and would go on and take his first win at Osky in 2016 ahead of Hughes. Derrick Agee was third, Pearson was fourth and Louis Lynch was fifth.
In the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods 16 lap feature event, Cory Van Zante grabbed the top spot with Trent Brink running second until lap six when Curtis VanDerWal worked his way through the field from his ninth place starting spot. Van Zante saw VanDerWal chase him down and begin to battle for the top spot, VanDerWal took the lead away from Van Zante on lap 12. VanDerWal went on to take his sixth win at Osky in 2016, Van Zante was second. Brayton Carter, Brett Lowry and Brink finished third through fifth respectively.
Cayden Carter started outside the front row of the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature and he took advantage by leading the opening lap but Andrew Schroeder wrestled the top spot away from Carter on lap two. Schroeder began to pull away from Carter, Carter saw Colt Mather take second on lap six before exiting on lap ten. Schroeder went on to take his first win of the season at Osky ahead of Mather, Jesse Dennis, Tyler Groenendyk and Ron VerBeek.
Final Feature of the night was the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and it was Scott Shull grabbing the top spot from his outside second row starting spot. Shull got out to a large lead before the caution came out on lap seven for PJ Veenstra in turn two so that placed Danny Thrasher and Dustin Griffiths right on his back bumper but that was not going to slow Shull as he got a great restart meanwhile Griffiths got by Thrasher on lap ten. Shull again looked to be heading on to the win but the caution came on lap 14 of the scheduled 15 laps for Kirk Puttmann forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Shull was not going to be denied his first win at Osky in 2016, as he held off Griffiths and Thrasher for the win. Nick Ulin was fourth and Bobby Greene was fifth.
After the feature action was completed the Mechanics took their turns at spinning some laps. Donny Allison won the Sport Compacts Mechanics, Richard Yaw won the Stock Cars/Hobby Stocks Mechanics and Michael Pederson won the Modifieds/SportMods Mechanics race.
Next Up for the speedway is the 21st Annual Price Chopper Front Row Challenge Presented by Musco Lighting, Searsboro Telephone Co., TK Concrete, Hiland Dairy Foods and Seafoam Motor Treatment $20,000 to win for National Sprint League 410 Sprint Cars on Monday August 8th. Lucas Beebe will be performing in the pits before and after the races.
Weekly Racing action will be on a hiatus again until Wednesday Night August 31st when the regular season ends with Season Championships presented by Yaw’s Auto Salvage. All five IMCA Classes will be racing with Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
Then keep your eyes open for details about the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on October 7th and 8th.
For more information check out Oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Yaw’s Auto Salvage Night
August 3rd, 2016

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature – 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 2. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 3. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning); 4. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 5. 29 Ron VerBeek (Oskaloosa); 6. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 7. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 8. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); DNS/9. 19SB Lance Mari (Imperial, Calif.).
Heat – 1. Schroeder; 2. Mather; 3. Carter; 4. Dennis; 5. Groenendyk; 6. Dickey; 7. Dotson; 8. VerBeek; 9. Mari.
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars

Feature – 1. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, Missouri); 4. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 5. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, Missouri); 6. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 7. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 8. 73C Carl Yaw (Pleasant Hill); 9. 55 Brandon Hill (Des Moines); 10. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); DNS/11. 7 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa).
Heat 1 – 1. Hughes; 2. Pearson; 3. Agee; 4. Yaw; 5. Welch; 6. Hill.
Heat 2 – 1. Wood; 2. Carter; 3. Lynch; 4. Brown; 5. Walker.
KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature – 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 5. 84B Trent Brink (Bussey); 6. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 7. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 8. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 9. 40 Dakota Simmons (Douds); 10. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 11. 16 Matthew Van Gelder (Pella); 12. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 13. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 14. 9A Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 15. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 16. 41 AJ Johnson (New Sharon).
Heat 1 – 1.Carter; 2. Brink; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Paul; 5. Livezey; 6. Scott Brau; 7. Simmons.
Heat 2 – 1. McDaniel; 2. Van Zante; 3. Van Gelder; 4. VanDenBerg; 5. Lowry; 6. Danny Brau; 7. Tony Johnson; 8. AJ Johnson.
Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 57 Scott Shull (Agency); 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 3. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 4. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 5. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 6. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 7. 32TX PJ Veenstra (Oskaloosa); 8. 71S Dave Seddon (Knoxville); 9. 19 Jason Dooley (Indianola); 10. 19X Charlie Bach (Troy Mills); 11. 7 Kirk Puttmann (Keota); 12. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick); 13. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter).
Heat 1 – 1. Griffiths; 2. Ulin; 3. Greene; 4. Veenstra; 5. Spilman; 6. Puttmann; 7. Bach.
Heat 2 – 1. Thrasher; 2. Shull; 3. Nelson; 4. Huffman; 5. Seddon; 6. Dooley.
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature – 1. 86R James Roose (Grandview); 2. 25K Brandon Allison (Oskaloosa); 3. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 4. 11H Brad Havel (Iowa City); 5. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside); 7. 0 Ryan Havel (Iowa City); 8. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 9. 41 James Moody (Oskaloosa); 10. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City).
Heat – 1. Brad Havel; 2. Ryan Havel; 3. Moody; 4. John Whalen; 5. Bill Whalen; 6. Evans; 7. Heath; 8. Allison; 9. Breuklander; 10. Roose.
Mechanics Races
Modifieds/SportMods – 1. 72 Michael Pederson; 2. 40 Jim Simmons; 3. 7 McKenzie Mitchell; 4. 01 Brayton Carter.
Stock Cars/Hobby Stocks – 1. 73C Richard Yaw; 2. 19 August Bach; 3. 55 Trey Newman; 4. 14 Derek Hawk; 5. 7K Mike Spilman; 6. 32TX Bobby Greene.
Sport Compacts – 1. 25K Donny Allison; 2. 23B Travis Musgrave; DNS 77 Ben Sands; DNS 0 Chris Havel.

Story provided by Jeremy Fox

Mahaska Zone Network Announces Football Game Of The Week Schedule

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The football season continues to get closer, and the Mahaska Zone Network is proud to announce the 2016 Game of the Week Schedule.

 

The Game of the Week in 2015 featured nearly a dozen area schools for the first time ever in the regular season on the Mahaska Zone Network airwaves. This season, no less than 11 area schools will be highlighted with live play-by-play broadcasts on 104.9 FM KBOE, the KBOE mobile app, and kboeradio.com.

 

The action will kick off on August 26th for a huge Week 1 battle with the only two Class 4A teams in the listening area as Newton hosts Ottumwa. Both squads are looking to bounce back from rough seasons a year ago, as both teams missed the playoffs.

 

In Week 2, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont travels to face Sigourney/Keota in a rivalry close to home. EBF moves into Class 2A this year, and S/K is the last Class 1A team the Rockets get a chance to face before they begin district play. EBF missed the playoffs in 2015, while Sigourney/Keota lost at home in the first round.

 

Week 3 is interrupted by a late-season NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Richmond, but there will still be reports flowing in from area games. During the Oskaloosa broadcast on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com, there will be live reports from New Sharon as North Mahaska hosts Lynnville-Sully and from Montezuma as the Braves host Pekin in an interesting matchup. Week 3 also kicks off district play for most area schools.

 

In Week 4, the listening area will get a chance to hear some 8-Player football, as Twin Cedars hosts Tri-County. The Sabers lost in the first round of the playoffs last year, but have room for growth. Tri-County is looking to improve on their 1-8 season in 2015 in this District 5 battle.

 

As we move through September, Week 5 will pit the North Mahaska Warhawks against New London in New Sharon. New London is the only non-area team slated to compete in a live Game of the Week in 2016. They just missed out on a playoff berth last year. This Class A matchup will be big for North Mahaska, who is looking to increase their win total from the two they snagged last season.

 

Week 6 is a rematch of a classic postseason battle in 2015, as Lynnville-Sully travels to face Pekin. The Hawks pulled a two-point upset in a back-and-forth thriller in Packwood last year in the first round. Pekin will be among the favorites to win Class A District 6, and will need a win at home against L-S if they want to accomplish that goal.

 

Week 7 is another NASCAR night, as the Xfinity Series takes centerstage on 104.9 FM KBOE. The late-season race is the Drive For The Cure 300 in Charlotte. While that’s going on, there will be a trio of games highlighted with reports during the Oskaloosa broadcast on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN. The reports will be coming from the PCM at EBF contest in Class 2A District 6, Louisa-Muscatine at Sigourney/Keota in Class 1A District 4, and Montezuma at North Mahaska in Class A District 6.

 

We’re back to normal for Week 8, and Montezuma and Cardinal will be featured. That game will be in Monte as playoff positioning will be on the line in Class A District 6.

 

Week 9 is currently open for the Mahaska Zone Network to select a game with playoff implications to round out the regular season schedule.

 

That makes the full schedule look like this:

Week 1 – Ottumwa at Newton

Week 2 – Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at Sigourney/Keota

Week 3 – Reports from Lynnville-Sully at North Mahaska and Pekin at Montezuma

Week 4 – Tri-County at Twin Cedars

Week 5 – New London at North Mahaska

Week 6 – Lynnville-Sully at Pekin

Week 7 – Reports from PCM at EBF, Louisa-Muscatine at S/K, and Monte at NM

Week 8 – Cardinal at Montezuma

Week 9 – OPEN DATE

 

The 2016 season will be full of action and tight playoff races in all six classes. We’ll be following all season long with the Mahaska Zone Network Game of the Week on 104.9 FM KBOE, the KBOE mobile app, and kboeradio.com.

City Council Meeting Swift, Jovial

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OSKALOOSA — The Oskaloosa City Council held its monthly meeting Monday to discuss community issues.
What was a bit unusual was that there wasn’t really much on the docket. It was also a bit unusual in that they held it at the library meeting room because the courthouse elevator was broken, which added to the peculiar vibe. There was a definitive note of pleasant brevity in the air, and most of the council members seemed to be enjoying what must have been a nice break from seriousness.
The only item on the regular agenda was an update from the Mahaska Community Recreation Foundation. Executive Director Sherry Vavra said the foundation had received a grant to put in some new walkways at Babe Ruth Field, that they had done some road renovation and had several upcoming events scheduled for this fall.
The next item was the consent agenda. “These items are pretty much routine in nature,” said Mayor David Krutzfeldt, “Item E is a resolution scheduling a public hearing for September 6th to consider levying a special assessment against private property for weed cutting by the city. That’s in accordance with section 8-20 of the city code.” The last and only serious item on the consent agenda was an addendum to the city code, which granted the mayor the permission to temporarily close public streets during special events, which was voted on and passed unanimously.

All seemed to be in good spirits as the meeting came to its swift end. Krutzfeldt seemed to be holding back a laugh as he said, “This being said, we have a motion to adjourn. All in favor?” The walls echoed with the word “aye,” and members promptly shifted to another gear, laughing and chatting among themselves as they filtered out toward the elevator.

At-large council member Scottie Moore was jovial and all smiles on her way out and said of Monday’s meeting, “I actually knew this one would be short.”

Explaining that she had a family member waiting at home she added, “I told her to just keep watching TV because this one shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes.”

Story provided by Luke Vanderpol

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