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Central women's basketball team falls on the road to ranked Wartburg
A slow start caused the Central College women's basketball team to fall to No. 12-ranked Wartburg College 70-58. The Dutch (11-7, 4-4 American Rivers) got behind 14-6 at the end of the first quarter but responded well by only trailing 55-5...
Jan 27, 2025, 10:49am EST
Central climbs in league men's wrestling standings
The Central College men's wrestling team picked up a pair of victories at the American Rivers Conference duals Saturday afternoon. The No. 18 rated team in NCAA Division III, Central opened by breezing to a 56-0 win over Buena Vista University and fo...
Jan 27, 2025, 10:46am EST
Dutch track and field team puts together strong meet in Nebraska
Taking advantage of the Division I facility Friday at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational, the Central College men's and women's track and field teams made moves up the American Rivers Conference and national performance lists. Friday's meet was hos...
Jan 27, 2025, 10:36am EST
Dutch track and field team puts together strong meet in Nebraska
Taking advantage of the Division I facility Friday at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational, the Central College men's and women's track and field teams made moves up the American Rivers Conference and national performance lists. Friday's meet was hos...
Jan 27, 2025, 10:33am EST
Central men's tennis team eyes strong spring with veteran leadership
The Central College men's tennis team graduated no seniors in 2024 and is back and ready to start in 2025. The team was picked to finish third in the American Rivers Conference behind defending conference champion Luther College as well as...
Jan 23, 2025, 12:08pm EST
Central men's basketball team battled to win over Luther
28 points and seven assists from Kaleb Brand (5th-year Mount Vernon) lifted the Central College men's basketball team to a 76-73 win over Luther College. Brand tied his career high while also collecting nine rebounds, one block and one ste...
Jan 23, 2025, 10:50am EST
Dau career best leads Central women's basketball team to victory
Led by a career high 22 points from Hannah Dau (senior, Paullina, South O'Brien HS), the Central College women's basketball team defeated Luther College 72-63. Dau shot 8-of-12 from the field and was 3-of-3 from three-point range. She also...
Jan 23, 2025, 10:37am EST
Central RED Launches Powerful Schedule for Spring 2024
Central RED Society offers an impressive schedule of programs for this spring that are open to the public. Details about each event are available at central.edu/red. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Jim Hibma will present "Crossroads of Pella." The service start...
Jan 23, 2025, 10:00am EST
Central College Hits Six-Month Fundraising Record
Central College welcomed the new year celebrating its strongest six months of fundraising in the college's history. Most notable was the more than $9 million Geisler-Penquite Foundation gift, the largest ever to Central. In the first six months of the...
Jan 21, 2025, 12:34pm EST
Central men's basketball comeback thwarted in loss to Dubuque
The Central College men's basketball team cut a 16-point second half deficit to three but could not get over the hump and lost to the University of Dubuque 74-67. After trailing at halftime 37-30 when Dubuque shot 51.7% from the field, t...
Jan 20, 2025, 10:49am EST