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Oskaloosa Boys Swimming Competes In Des Moines

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The Oskaloosa Indian Boys Swim Team traveled to Des Moines Lincoln high school to take on the Rail Splitters and the Newton/Pella squad.  Lincoln continued their unbeaten streak for the year and the crowd got to see Isaac Webb from Newton swim who is going to the University of Michigan to swim next year.  The Indians continued to show improvement as they are scoring more team points and continue to improve on their personal best times.  So far this year, they have managed to break 8 out of the 11 Indian swimming records from the last 2 years and the season is still young.

One of those records that was broken on the night was the 200 Medley Relay as the group of Jack Miller, Jarod Miller, Carter Huyser and Dawson Sarver swam a 1:57.21 to take third place and then they were followed by John Hammes, Nik Dykstra, Connor Swim and Colton Berg who swam a 2:06.04.

John Hammes was up next as he started the individual events as he swam the 200 Free in 2:27.09.

The 200 IM Event was next and Jack Miller broke an Indian record here with a time of 2:20.55 and earned a second place finish.  Dawson Sarver followed closely behind with a 2:22.72 and earned a 4th place finish.

The Indians sent 7 swimmers into the 50 Free Event to see where they were at during the early part of the season.  Nik Dykstra led the Indians and earned a fourth place finish swimming a 25.35, Carter Huyser a 25.63, Connor Swim a 26.81, Ean Beenken 27.81, Colton Berg 27.86, Sam Carmichael a 30.96, and Jacob Spears a 32.30.  It will be interesting to see how much these swimmers improve their times by the end of the season.

The next race was the 100 Fly and Carter Huyser led the way here with a fourth place finish in a time of 1:05.81 and was followed by Connor Swim with a time of 1:12.25.

The 100 Free came next and the Indians put 4 swimmers into the race as Jarod Miller came away a fourth place finish with the best time for the Indians with a 59.17, and was followed by Nik Dykstra 59.80, Ean Beenken 1:03.26 and Colton Berg with a 1:05.81.

Next event was the 200 Free Relay and the Indians sent Jarod Miller, Colton Berg, Jacob Spears, and Dawson Sarver to the blocks and they came away with a 1:52.14.

The 100 Back was next and Jack Miller led the way here with a 1:04.85 for a 4th place finish and was followed by John Hammes who had a 1:10.87.

The next event was the 100 Breast and it was a fun event to watch as Dawson Sarver was in a tight battle for first but just missed by .57 seconds as he swam a 1:07.83 for a second place finish and was followed by Jarod Miller with a 1:17.66.

The night was capped off with the 400 Free Relay as Connor Swim, Carter Huyser Nik Dykstra and Jack Miller went to the blocks and broke another school record with a time of 3:59.43.

State Parties Finalize Iowa Precinct Caucus Locations

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican Party of Iowa says it has confirmed all of its precinct locations for next year’s presidential caucuses.

The party announced Thursday that caucuses will take place in 1,681 locations throughout the state on February 1st. Party officials say they have opened three regional offices for the first time to help organize.

Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann says he wants to ensure a smooth and successful caucus to help preserve Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status.

Iowa Democratic Party Communication Director Sam Lau says Democrats have finalized more than 90 percent of their precinct locations and posted them on the party’s website.

Luke Bryan Added To Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve

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Luke Bryan has been added to the lineup of performers during ABC’s telecast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016. Luke is part of a newly announced wave of performers that also includes pop star Demi Lovato and rapper Wiz Khalifa. These artists join previously announced headliner Carrie Underwood.

Central’s Lunardi Named All-North Region

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PELLA — Central College women’s soccer goalkeeper Sydney Lunardi (junior, Bettendorf/Davenport Assumption HS) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Women’s NCAA Division III All-North Region third team Wednesday.

This is the third-consecutive season the Dutch put a player on the all-region squad. Lunardi follows Alayna Bailey in 2013 and Liz Daniels a year ago.

“Putting a player on the all-region team three years in a row says a lot about where our program is headed,” coach Mike Kobylinski said.

Lunardi, an all-Iowa Conference second-team selection this season, started 16 games for Central and played over 1,315 minutes in goal, notching three shutouts. Her 99 saves and .846 save percentage both ranked third in the league and she was named conference defensive player of the week twice.

“She has been a stalwart for us, not only this season, but since her freshman year,” Kobylinski said. “I’m absolutely delighted that she is receiving this award. She has been doing great things for this program and I couldn’t be more proud of her.”

The first-team all-conference selection in 2013 and 2014 has 293 career saves and her 7-6-1 record this year brings her career mark to 27-16-7. Lunardi was named the team’s Most Outstanding Newcomer as a freshman in 2013.

Kobylinski doesn’t take all the credit for Lunardi’s success in net.

“Our goalkeeper coach Russ Goodman has worked absolute wonders with our goalies,” he said. “He’s put players on all-conference teams before and this is his first goalie to be named all-region.”

Central (9-6-2 overall, 3-2-2 conference) grabbed the four-seed in the league tourney before bowing out in the quarterfinals.

Story provided by the Central Sports Information Department

Group Aims To Fix Issue

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OSKALOOSA — The future of the Country Life facility has been a topic of discussion for Mahaska County Board of Supervisors in recent months. With the facility closing its doors at the end of November, supervisors wrestled with the idea of tearing down the “dilapidated” structure or selling the facility as is.

Jon Nelson, of Central Reformed Church, approached the board in November regarding the possibility of transforming the facility into transitional housing for those in need.

“The Pastors Association met and were talking about the need in this community,” said Nelson. “People are always coming to us for food cards or help, so we began discussing different places in town where we could create some housing.”

Nelson and the church’s Director of Outreach Andy Baker took a trip to Country Life and felt “it would be a wonderful place for transitional housing or
a shelter.” The idea would bring different nonprofits, churches and other stakeholders together to create something that would greatly benefit those experiencing financial hardships.
“I was part of building a transitional housing ministry like this in Orange City where I was a couple of years ago, and it has worked out very effectively since its creation,” said Nelson during the meeting. “Orange City is a rather affluent small town, yet the abandoned hospital we used served around 22 women and children, so you could really think of what could happen in this community where you see a little bit more of a predominant need for something like this.”

After a meeting with community stakeholders, the organization decided to no longer “pursue the old Country Life site for transition housing,” according to Baker, who cited eroding infrastructure as the reason for discarding the idea.

Although area churches are no longer looking at creating this type of large-scale temporary housing, Baker says those in need will still find aid within the community.

“Beginning in 2016, the new Behavioral Health Region our county is a part of (South Central Behavioral Health Region) will have significant programs and funding available to help with housing. Most importantly, they will be in a position to not only assist in emergency housing situations but also over the long-term through a permanent sustainable housing program,” Baker said before adding: “This program will assist people over the long term with housing in a traditional apartment rather than in a shelter or specialized housing center. This will address many of the needs we have been seeing in terms of homelessness in the community.”

Even with the funding and program offered through the Behavioral Health Region, there will still be gaps in coverage, which will largely affect individuals who have not been diagnosed with a behavioral health issue or refuse to seek treatment.

Baker says that proves there is still a need for additional housing assistance, just on a smaller scale than the Country Life facility. “That is a 60-bed facility, and we are seeing the need perhaps being a four-unit type complex,” said Baker. “So, there is still significant work to be done in terms of homelessness and emergency housing in our county, but the efforts of the new South Central Behavioral Health District are going to be a huge step in the right direction.”

For more information the South Central Behavioral Health District’s efforts, contact Heather Gross, community services director for Mahaska County, at gross@mahaskacounty.org.

Story provided by Danielle Lunsford

Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” #1 For 3rd Week

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Chris Young’s single, “I’m Comin’ Over,” is celebrating a third week at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Airplay Chart, while also taking the top spot on Mediabase’s Country Aircheck Chart this week. Adding to the excitement of his third week at #1, Young is also set to perform the song on the Ellen Degeneres Show on December 8th.

Area High School Boys’ Basketball Scores 12-1

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In boys’ basketball scores from last night:

Centerville 57, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 52

Chariton 88, Davis County 59

Keota 66, Belle Plaine 63

Lynnville-Sully 54, BGM 33

Montezuma 53, HLV 11

Newton 75, Boone 55

PCM 55, South Hamilton 54

Pella Christian 60, ADM 59

Pleasantville 82, Melcher-Dallas 22

Sigourney 67, Iowa Valley 34

Tipton 70, Mid-Prairie 40

Tri-County 54, English Valleys 44

Wayne 53, Twin Cedars 36

Winfield-Mount Union 51, Pekin 48 (OT)

We will be talking all things basketball and wrestling tonight on the debut of Winter Sports Weekly on 104.9 FM KBOE, 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN, the KBOE and KMZN mobile apps, and kboeradio.com and radiokmzn.com. Winter Sports Weekly will air at 6 PM every Wednesday night during the season, and there will be interviews involving wrestling and basketball coaches from several schools from around the area.

For tonight’s show, we’ll be previewing wrestling and girls and boys basketball around the area, and we’ll have interviews with Sigourney Wrestling Coach JJ Cooper, Moravia Girls basketball coach Clint Woodward, and Montezuma boys basketball coach Derek Schulte. That is Winter Sports Weekly, debuting tonight on the Mahaska Zone Network at 6 PM.

Tomorrow night, tune in for live wrestling coverage on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN, the KMZN mobile app and radiokmzn.com as Jamie Brockman and Paul Foster will be in Victor to cover the quadrangular between host HLV, Sigourney, English Valleys and BGM. That will begin around 5:45 Thursday night.

Friday night is our first big Friday of basketball coverage, and it all begins with the Brown’s Shoe Fit Basketball Countdown at 5:30 PM on both KBOE and KMZN. George Henry will break down some of the matchups for the games on Friday night, which will lead right into both of our broadcasts. Jamie Brockman will be in New Sharon for the Mahaska Zone Network Game of the Week, a doubleheader between North Mahaska and Lynnville-Sully on KBOE. I will be in Knoxville as the Panthers host the Oskaloosa Indians for a doubleheader.

Finally, tune in on Saturday morning for another edition of the Fifth Quarter Show as we’ll break down the scores from Friday and talk more basketball at William Penn University. That begins at 8:30 AM on both KBOE and KMZN this Saturday morning.

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