The William Penn University Athletics Boosters have named their October players of the month.  Mason Wisse of the football team earned men’s honors.  The senior from Oskaloosa had 34 tackles in three games.  The women’s player of the month is Danielle Pendzinski from the Statesmen volleyball team. The junior had 96 kills and 44 blocks in 12 matches during October.

William Penn’s men’s basketball team remains unbeaten for the season, but Saturday’s (11/10) game with William Woods was a close call.  The Statesmen trailed by 12 with 15 minutes to play, but rallied for an 82-77 victory at Penn Gymnasium.  Statesmen Coach John Henry talked about the game.

“You know, it wasn’t pretty. As a matter a fact, calling it not pretty, I might as well just call it like it is: that was straight ugly.  When you miss 16 free throws and give up 18 offensive rebounds and then add in we had 17 turnovers, we should not win.  I thought just pounding the ball down low and getting our big fellas running was a difference in the game finally woke up and made some plays.  We switched to a zone with about 12 minutes to go in the game and I thought that gave us a little bit of a lift, too.”

Senior Marlon Alcindor had 19 points for William Penn.  The Statesmen are now 4-0 on the season. They open Heart of America Conference play Wednesday night (11/14) at Culver-Stockton.

The Statesmen football team ended its season Saturday (11/10) with a 23-20 loss at Grand View.  Quarterback Tyler Wood ran for a touchdown and passed for another.  The Rock & Ladder Trophy will now reside at Grand View until the teams meet next season.  William Penn ends the year 4-7 overall and 2-3 in the Heart of America Conference North Division.

PCM will be playing for a state football championship.  The Mustangs defeated West Liberty 27-0 Saturday night (11/10) in the Class 2A semifinals at the UNI Dome.  Reed Worth passed for two touchdowns as PCM remains undefeated on the season.  PCM takes on Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley for the 2A state  championship Friday afternoon (11/16) at the UNI Dome.

For the second straight year, Pella Christian’s football season ended at the state semifinal level.  Dike-New Hartford defeated the Eagles 34-21 Saturday (11/10) in the Class 1A semifinals.  Pella Christian ends the year with an 8-4 record.