By Savannah Smith On Monday, January 5th, the Wildcats traveled over to Lennox, South Dakota to play the Lennox Orioles. The 9th grade boys defeated the Orioles 43-34. Coach Berentschot highlighted some keys to their great performance. “We started the game really...
By Savannah Smith On Monday, January 5th, the West Lyon Wildcats traveled to Lennox, South Dakota to take on the Lennox Orioles. The Cats came up short, losing 39-37. Coach VanderFeen comments on some key moments from the game, “We battled the whole game. I thought we...
By Katelyn Berentschot On Monday, January 5, the Wildcat JV team traveled to Lennox, SD for their first competition of the new year. They battled hard but in the end they lost 13-58. Offensively it was a slow start and the Wildcats struggled to work through the...
By Alyssa Hoogestraat On December 6th, the JVR boys basketball team came close with the Rock Valley Rockets. Unfortunately the Wildcats fell short and lost 36-41. The Rockets had a strong start to the game and put the Wildcats behind at the end of the first quarter....
By Alyssa Hoogestraat The JV Wildcats started the week off with a win against the Rock Valley Rockets on Tuesday, January 6. The Wildcats came to rock valley ready to play and with lots of energy, which allowed them to start the game hot and built a good lead. The...
Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com The West Lyon boys’ basketball team started the season a bit behind the eight ball. With the short amount of time between the end of West Lyon’s state championship football season, the injuries suffered during that run and...
Audrey Rentschler (41) and other young players got important development time on the court against Lennox last week. (Photo/Calif Poncy) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com With a young team, West Lyon’s girls’ basketball team has become one of the best...
Tyler Brower wrestled well over the weekend, helping the Wildcats to a solid showing. (Photo/Warrior Sports) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com West Lyon boys’ wrestling got back into the swing of things last week, fully getting back to its normal routine...
Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com Relative to some of their rivals, it was a relatively light week for the West Lyon girls’ wrestling team, but it made sure to make its few opportunities count. The Wildcats travelled to Logan to partake in the...
Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com Eliana Kooi established herself as one of the best wrestlers in the state of Iowa long ago, so now, a new challenge awaited. Fresh off winter break, Kooi and her West Lyon teammates traveled to St. James, Minnesota, over...
by Nevaeh Van Dyke On Tuesday, December 16, the Wildcats junior varsity girls basketball team traveled to Sioux Center to take on the Warriors. It was a long fight, but in the end the Warriors pulled out the win with a score of 38-55. These girls have shown a lot of...
By Alyssa Hoogestraat The JV boys Wildcats ended the week of December 12th with a 46-56 loss to the Rock Valley Comets. The Wildcats didn’t start off too hot while the Rockets were ready and came out to play hard. The JV Coach VanderFeen comments, “It just felt like...
By Alyssa Hoogestraat On Friday, December 12th, the JVR Wildcats defeated the Boyden-Hull Rockets 55-20. The Wildcats came ready and prepared to play, starting off strong and putting the pressure on the Rockets, which was effective in creating turnovers and leading to...
Jerrence Knoblock has been crucial for West Lyon on the glass this season. (Photo/Warrior Sports) With injuries taking out multiple rotation players, West Lyon boys’ basketball took a little bit of extra time to turn it on, but last week’s games say they’ve now done...
By Nevaeh Van Dyke On December 11, the junior varsity wrestling team traveled over to Rock Valley to participate in the BHRV/West Lyon/S-O wrestling duel. There were 8 boys who wrestled Boyden-Hull. Luke Blouwet lost by fall (0:14) to Omar Hernandez which was a quick...
Emma Poppens (3) has been one of the breakout stars for the Wildcats early this season. (Photo/Warrior Sports) With just one senior on the team, West Lyon’s girls’ basketball team had a built-in excuse to get off to a slow start. Instead, they went the other way....
Ian Vlastuin has become a critical part of West Lyon’s rotation early in this season. (Photo/Calif Poncy) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com So far this season, West Lyon boys’ wrestling has been on a tear. That is in terms of both individual and team...
Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com West Lyon girls’ wrestling has a star on its hands. Eliana Kooi, the Wildcats’ 155-pounder who is 13-0 this season, has been unstoppable and that continued last weekend. At the Battle for the Paddle in Canton, South...
Sophia Payne is one of the youngest wrestlers on West Lyon’s roster, but she has still become a part of the rotation for the Wildcats this season. (Photo/Calif Poncy) West Lyon Girls’ Wrestling Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com In their first dual of the...
Trace Drake played a big role in helping West Lyon have the top team score in Sibley-Ocheyedan over the weekend, securing second place in his weight class. (Photo/Lisa Miller) West Lyon Boys’ Wrestling Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com Dominating a...
