Boys Athletics
Our Mission
Encouraging all of our students to be active and healthy, our athletics department here at North Mahaska offers the opportunity for our students to join an organized sport to engage in a team environment. Students will learn leadership skills, good sportsmanship, respect, and how to balance extracurricular activity with academic success. More information relating to our activities can be found here on the website, via our calendar or by contacting the athletic director.
RECENT Boy’s ATHLETICs NEWS
NM Rallies to Advance to Substate
Beating any team three times in a season is a difficult task. Mix in your rival and a substate final berth on the line and you can expect a lot of emotion and excitement. North Mahaska rallied from a 12-point deficit in the third quarter and held Montezuma to just...
NM Substate Rally Falls Short
North Mahaska’s fourth quarter rally against No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck resulted in a season-ending 61-46 loss in the Class 1A substate final in Marshalltown Saturday. North Mahaska, 20-4, trailed 50-25 entering the final period outscored the Rebels 21-11 but could not...
NM Trio Fall on Day 2
Day two of the Class 1A state wrestling tournament took a different road than what the North Mahaska faithful were hoping four. All three wrestlers battled hard, but came up short of staying on the championship side. Aydan Groom and Ryan Groom lost in the...
Football
HS Head Coach: Trey Bennett – bennettr@nmwarhawks.org
HS Assistant Coaches: Beau Leshen, Bryan Scutts, and Alan Lake
JH Head Coach: Kevin Kelderman – keldermank@nmwarhawks.org
JH Assistant Coach: Steve Ehret
Basketball
HS Coach: Kevin Kelderman – keldermank@nmwarhawks.org
HS Assistant Coaches: Michael Mitchell
JH Coach: Zach Anderson
Track & Field
HS Coach: Phil Griffin – griffinp@nmwarhawks.org
JH Coach: Trey Bennett – bennettr@nmwarhawks.org
Cross Country
Coach: Roman Meyers – meyersr@nmwarhawks.org
Baseball
HS Coach: Kevin Kelderman – keldermank@nmwarhawks.org
Assistant Coaches: Zach Anderson
JH Coach: Trey Bennett – bennettr@nmwarhawks.org
Wrestling
Coach: Ryan Groom – groomr@nmwarhawks.org
Assistant – Bart Little
JH Coach: Eric Reed
Strength & Conditioning
Coach: Ryan Groom and Trey Bennett – groomr@nmwarhawks.org, bennettr@nmwarhawks.org
Golf
Coach: Al Hodgeman – hodgemana@nmwarhawks.org
Archery
Coach: Wayne Van Weelden
Shooting Sports
Coach: Tracy VanderWiel