Stories from Monday, May 5, 2014

LAURENS - The Laurens-Marathon golf team is still unable to get a full varsity boys' golf team on the links as Sioux Central got a little momentum boost with their team score of 192 Friday. Devin Grossnickle of Laurens-Marathon continues to put together solid rounds of golf as he shot a one-over 37 earning another Medalist award. Logan Sampers of L-M shot a 52 on the day...

Sioux Central Head Girls Basketball Coach John Barbier and Head Boys Coach Stephen Tjaden are pleased to announce that on Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3 Sioux Central will be hosting a Chute Shooting Camp. The camp will be led by Sioux Central alum Kelly Terrell who coached the NIACC women's basketball team to a national tournament appearance this season. ...

The Sunrise Pointe Ladies League is looking for golfers. Format of play is two person best ball and teams can consist of two or three players. You don't have to be a member to play -- everyone is welcome! Ask about the discounted rates for non-members...

LAKE CITY - The Sioux Central girls' track team pulled out a nail bitter of a victory Friday as they won the Ross Samuelson Co-Ed Relays on the last two races of the evening edging South Central Calhoun 145-140. The Rebels were dominant up down almost every event as they finished with seven first place finishes and 23 total top five finishes. ...

The Buena Vista softball team picked up its second win of the Iowa Conference Tournament by edging the University of Dubuque, 2-1, in 10 innings to begin the day on Saturday, but the magical run by the Beavers came to an end in the next game as they were eliminated after an 11-4 loss to fourth-seed Simpson...

The Buena Vista baseball team capped off what has been arguably the best regular season for any team in program history by completing the four-game series sweep of Loras College on Saturday and securing its second Iowa Conference regular season crown in the last five years...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake boys' soccer team snagged their third victory of the year as they defeated Denison-Schleswig 4-1. Junior Ronald Duque had a stellar day as he finished with a hat trick and finishing his day with a 1.000 Shots on Goal percentage as all three of his shots found the back of the goal. ...

MARCUS - The Alta-Aurelia Warriors track teams competed in the Eagle Co-Ed Relays at Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn Friday. The boys finished in fourth with a total of 104 points, and the girls finished fifth overall. The Warrior girls had eight top five finishes with one first place finish, as the 4x200 won with a time of 1:54, the team consists of Maddy Duhn, Paige Sivinski, Erica Lockin and Bailey Duhn. ...

SPIRIT LAKE - Storm Lake finished fourth at the Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament Saturday, just two wins away from second place. Spencer won the tournament with a total of 18 wins, Spirit Lake placed second with 11 wins and LeMars came in third with 10 wins...

LAKE CREAK - The Alta-Aurelia boys' golf team and Storm Lake golf team competed at the Storm Lake invite Saturday, as 11 other schools made the trip over. The Tornadoes finished sixth with a team score of 353, the Warriors finished in 11th with a team score of 390. Humboldt won the invite with a 334, Spencer finished right behind them with a 340 and Spirit Lake placed third with a 343...

Multicultural Festival held at East Early Childhood Ed Center

Buena Vista County Supervisors finalized how the funds received from the sale of the Sunset Bay Condo property will be distributed out to government funded entities at a recent meeting. The entities include the public school system, Buena Vista County general fund, the county debt service, Iowa Central Community College, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, Ag Extension office, TB levy, and the cemetery...

Alta-Aurelia has been able to put together a strong year with senior leadership and experience at every tournament, and against every opponent. That trend continued on Thursday night when they traveled to Prairie Valley for one of their last tournaments in the regular season...

In this day and age when someone is given a chance to take the easy route, to cut corners or to not do something completely the right way, I would say nine times out of ten people will take that opportunity. For me serving in the military for the last six years, the urge to do something the wrong way, or to cut corners has been almost diminished. ...

St. Mary's golf team was back in action on Thursday night as they traveled to South Central Calhoun for a tournament play where both the boys and girls were in competition. It was a struggle for both the boys and girls teams as South Central Calhoun came out on top in both of the matches...

The Alta-Aurelia golf teams were in action on Thursday afternoon against Prarie Valley. Both the boys and girls teams were able to come away with a victory at the golf meet. For the boys golf team it was their penultimate match before the post season will start for the Warriors. In a close match, the boys teams came out with a 9- stroke win over the Prairie Valley team 167 to 176...

After years of working with things that had a bigger motor, Chris Brown has stepped down to working with something that has a little smaller engine. Last week, Brown was able to put one of his hobbies together and officially open up his own shop along North Lake Avenue...