Secondary News
Warhawks Ring the Bell in Opener
North Mahaska gave up a touchdown in the first quarter but used a strong defense and added key offensive plays en route to a 22-6 non-district victory over Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. The Warhawks snagged two interceptions and recovered two fumbles to stop EBF...
NM Girls Second at Albia
North Mahaska ventured to Albia Saturday to open volleyball tourney play and finished second to the hosts and finished 3-2 in matches on the day. The Warhawks defeated Moravia in the opener 21-17, 21-18 then fell to Pleasantville 21-17, 21-14. They faced Albia in pool...
NM Players Earn Postseason Honors
Three North Mahaska baseball players earned first team all-South Iowa Cedar League honors and two more received honorable mention. The same three baseball players also garnered all-district honors. Two softball players picked up honorable mention from the SICL...
Pella Tops NM Girls in Regular Season Finale
North Mahaska’s softball team met Class 4A power Pella in the regular season finale Tuesday. The outcome was not what the Warhawks wanted as the hosts put up 11 runs to win 11-1. Pella scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and added five more in the bottom...
NM Takes Senior Night Victory
Senior night for any event is an exciting time. Many times seniors are playing their final game at home. Monday night for seniors Drake Hall, Nash Smith and Ben Johannes saw their last home game but it was a junior that provide much of the punch. North Mahaska topped...
NM Girls Face Tough Draw
North Mahaska will face a familiar as they open Class 1A Region 5 softball tourney play. They will host Montezuma and with a win will face the state’s number one team, Martensdale-St. Marys. North Mahaska will face Montezuma for a third time this season. The Warhawks...
Warhawks Fall to Van Buren at Albia
North Mahaska ran into a buzzsaw of a baseball team at the Albia tournament Saturday falling to Van Buren County 13-0. The Warhawks were limited to three singles in the five inning contest. NM trailed 1-0 after two innings before the Warriors chalked up four in the...
NM Boys Top BGM
North Mahaska scored three runs in the top of the seventh then held off a rally by BGM in the bottom of the inning to secure the South Iowa Cedar League baseball victory. North Mahaska outhit the host Bears 10-8. It was not until the seventh inning that either team...
NM Faces Twin Cedars in 1A Opener
North Mahaska’s baseball team will open Class 1A district tournament play on Saturday, July 1 when they face Twin Cedars at 5 p.m. in Moravia. The winner will face the winner of Moravia and Moulton-Udell on Wednesday, July 5. North Mahaska, 11-9 as of June 22, is the...
Warhawks Fall to No. 12 Lynnville-Sully
Lynnville-Sully senior Conner Matson tossed a no-hotter and hit a homerun en route to a 9-0 victory at North Mahaska Wednesday. The win came off of the Hawks’ first loss of the season on Tuesday to Hudson. Lynnville-Sully’s Corder Noun Harder took the game’s second...
Big Seventh Inning Lifts Warhawks
Eighth grader Jocelyn Pinkerton’s pitching and hitting led North Mahaska to a 5-4 comeback victory Wednesday. Lynnville-Sully led 4-0 entering the bottom of the seventh inning when NM exploded for five runs. Pinkerton drove in two of the runs. Pinkerton took the win...
Readshaw Rips Two Homers in 9-6 Loss
North Mahaska sophomore Kayla Readshaw had a strong game offensively and defensively Monday, but HLV was a bit too much for the Warhawks. Readshaw hit a single and two homeruns to drive in four runs. North Mahaska scored single runs in the second, third and fourth...