College Sports

Buena Vista University head softball coach Mandie Nocita has announced the hiring of Kylie Bengston as her new top assistant beginning in the fall of 2020. Bengston has experience coaching softball at a variety of levels. She had been serving as a volunteer assistant softball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since September 2019 and before that was an assistant coach and admissions counselor at Indian Hills Community College (2018-19)...

Megan Morenz made one of the most famous shots in the long and storied history of Newell-Fonda High School basketball. Her shot, a running bank shot from about 10 feet, capped a furious rally by the Mustangs as they clipped Bishop Garrigan High School, 65-63, in the Class 1A girls’ state title game a couple of months ago. It ended Newell-Fonda’s second straight undefeated state title campaign...

Finding a job after graduation may have been the most important consideration Andrew Boell had in selecting a college. It’s what he thought about as an 18-year-old graduate of Carroll High School in 2016. As a Buena Vista University senior this spring, Boell has completed five job applications. He’s secured five interviews and has, to date, earned a pair of job offers...

Alta-Aurelia alum Abby Kraemer was enjoying her freshman year at Dordt College and was excelling on the softball field before the cancellation of the season. Kraemer, an animal science major, is one of the millions of college students who have seen their year interrupted by the COVID-19 virus...

Newell-Fonda alum Erin Gerke, has taken a bit of a winding road to find her perfect spot to grow as a student and as an athlete. It took Gerke a couple of times get to the right school, but the Newell native has found her spot at Buena Vista University...

Newell-Fonda alum Olivia Larsen is currently in the midst of her freshman year at Morningside College in Sioux City. The former Mustang standout has not only been learning on the court but also in the classroom, and having to deal with now having to learn from her home in Fonda...

A quadricep strain ended the junior season of Buena Vista University track and cross country athlete Zach Kenny last year. This year, Kenny suffered a similar shortened spring fate. The cancellation of the track and field season, Kenny’s last chance to take part in BVU athletics, brings his career to a close through no fault of his own...

Buena Vista University senior Emily Hoesing, a Sioux City native, always wanted to run for a track and field team, but through most of her time in high school, she was unable too. However, once she arrived at BVU, Hoesing made the long run to the Beaver track and field team and tried to make her mark in the distance events...

This was supposed to be the year that Buena Vista University men’s tennis coach Brett Groen saw his two seniors play out their final year and graduate. However, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Groen and the rest of his team saw their season come to a premature end...

Buena Vista University track coach Colton Slack had a good idea it was coming a couple of weeks ago when he was at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships with Max Murphy last week. The coach and his athlete were set to compete but the championships were canceled due to COVID-19 and soon saw the outdoor season suffer the same fate as the finale to the indoor one...

Buena Vista senior Collin Stilson has been named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) as announced by the organization on Tuesday. Stilson earned such recognition for the first time in his career and becomes the 56th selection in program history. The Beavers have been recognized with at least one individual in 10 straight years...

The decision was made by the American Rivers Conference on Friday to suspend the 2020 spring sports season due to COVID-19 and their attempt to curve the outbreak of the virus. The A-R-C issued the following statement to the public: “Based on the advice received from state, federal, and other public health authorities, with the priority being focusing on the health and well-being of our campus communities, it is with unprecedented sadness the Presidents Council concluded that all conference competition will be canceled, effective Friday, March 13, 2020, for the remainder of the spring season. ...

DECATUR, Ill. - The Buena Vista softball team bounced back on Sunday in a big way, winning a pair of games against Millikin University on Sunday to move its season record back to .500 while also giving head coach Mandie Nocita her 100th career victory...

TOPEKA, Kan. - The Buena Vista baseball team looked to remain perfect on the year when it took the field at the Bettis Sports Complex on Sunday morning, but the Beavers couldn’t hold onto a late lead in either contest as the Pioneers escaped with 7-6 (8 inn.) and 6-5 victories, respectively...

TOPEKA, Kan. - The Buena Vista baseball team remained perfect on the year with a doubleheader sweep on Saturday afternoon against Grinnell College at the Bettis Sports Complex. The Beavers scored in each of the first four innings of the opener before breaking the game open with four runs in the seventh inning to win 15-7. Game two was a pitcher’s duel until the sixth inning where BVU plated seven runs en route to a 9-3 victory...

DECATUR, Ill. - The Buena Vista softball team was held to just two total runs on Saturday as the Beavers fell twice to Calvin College by scores of 10-1 (5 inn.) and 6-1. The Knights scored six runs in the first inning of the opener to take control before adding two runs in each of the next two innings. The first two runs to cross came on bases loaded walks as Beaver pitching allowed eight free passes in the contest...

A t-shirt emblazoned with “Truesdale” on the front hangs in Steve Eddie’s closet, a reminder of his place at the center of “American’s Past-time.” “I was five years old when I wore it,” Eddie says. As he put on the blue and gold of the Buena Vista Beavers for the season-opener, Steve Eddie expresses gratitude at the ability and fortune of being able to sport a baseball uniform at his place of work, the baseball diamond...