Stories from Monday, May 12, 2014

The Buena Vista baseball team captured its second-ever Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament championship on Saturday afternoon inside of Veterans Memorial Stadium with a walk-off 10-0 (7 inning) victory over third-seed Central College. The win sends BVU into the NCAA Regional Tournament...

LAKE CREEK - The St. Mary's boys and girls golf teams won a pair of close matches against Sioux Central Friday, May 9th. The boys squeaked by with a two stroke victory 182-184 while the girls squeezed out a three stroke victory 236-239. On the boys side Ryan Pitts of Sioux Central earned medalist with his 43, while Kyle Besaw of St. ...

LAKE CITY - The St. Mary's track teams and Newell-Fonda boys track team ran at the Jim Yunek Relays in Lake City on Thursday, May 8th. Newell-Fonda finished ninth with 29 team points, St. Mary's boys' finished sixth with 35 team points and the girls finished eighth...

AURELIA - The Warrior girls defeated Manson NW Webster 171-296, while the boys won by a 173 to 187 margin. Regional golf started yesterday for Alta-Aurelia as the teams gear up to make a run at the State Tournament. The girls were led by Jenna Snyder who earned medalist shooting a 3-over par 39, Lexie Patton was runner-up medalist with her 4-over par 40. ...

Buena Vista senior and Storm Lake native Peter Winterton highlighted the final day of the Iowa Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the Beavers on Saturday by winning the 400 meter dash in a time of 49.47 seconds. He also ran a leg on the winning 4x400 meter relay team to close out the championships...

By MARK SCHAFER Pilot-Tribune Staff It may have been the first week of May, but the temps and competition at Buena Vista Raceway in Alta felt like the middle of summer. The temperatures were in the 80's by the time the green flag waved for the first feature laps of the evening, and the engines were revving at top horsepower...

CHEROKEE - Sioux Central Rebels boys track team won the South O'Brien Relays with 129 points. The Rebels were highlighted by 17 top five finishes and five first place finishes. Parker Habben won the high jump with a leap of 6'3", the 4x100 relay team won with a time of 46.10 seconds, the 4x200 team won with a time of 1:37, the shuttle hurdle relay team finished first with a time of 1:05 and the 4x800 finished first with a time of 8:55. ...

SPENCER - The Storm Lake boys golf team finishes third in the Lakes Conference Tournament Monday after shooting a team score 332. Spencer won the tournament with a score of 326 and Emmetsburg finished just ahead of the Tornadoes with a 328. The Tornadoes were led by Lakes All-Conference selectees Blake Berry and Zach Brashears. ...