Stories from Monday, June 2, 2014

MARSHALLTOWN- Laurens-Marathon's Devin Grossnickle finished 25th at the Iowa high school state golf meet on Friday and Saturday at the American Legion golf course in Marshalltown. Grossnickle finished Friday with a score of 82 and Saturday with a 80 for a combined total of 162...

STORM LAKE- The Newell-Fonda softball team took on Storm Lake St. Mary's Friday night. The Mustangs won 9-1 over the Panthers. Renee Maneman picked up the win on the mound. She pitched all seven innings, allowing one run which was earned. She gave up three hits, a base on balls and had two strikeouts...

MARSHALLTOWN-The Newell-Fonda boys golf team put forth a great effort at the State Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The team finished eighth out of eight. "I thought we played very well on Friday's round. We put ourselves in position to medal or place in the top three," coach Nathan Baron said. "Unfortunately, we just could not get going during Saturday's round and fought for everything."...

MAPLETON- The St. Mary's varsity baseball went 1-1 at the Mapleton tournament Saturday. The Panthers lost their first game 0-6 against East Sac County. Picking up the loss on the mound was Ryan Peters who pitched 4 2/3 innings. He gave up three runs, none of with were earned. He also allowed two hits, four bases on balls and earned three strikeouts. Also on the mound was Eric Broich who pitched 1 1/3 innings. He gave up three runs, which were all earned. He also allowed six hits...

MARSHALLTOWN- Alta-Aurelia's Josh McCormick ended his season on Saturday in a sudden death playoff at the Iowa High School State Golf Meet. The play off resulted in a second-place finish for McCormick. McCormick tied with Chris Cooksley of East Buchanan, Winthrop in normal play, but fell short in the sudden death playoff...

The 2014 Storm Lake Hershey's Meet took place on Saturday afternoon. For the girls, In the 11-12 age group 100 meter dash Delanney Joyce finished with a time of 16.24. In the 11- 12 200 meter dash Joyce finished 34.32. In the 13-14 age group for the 200 meter dash, Alondra Ramirez finished in 39.89. ...

The season may be young at Buena Vista Raceway, but already there are several drivers that are contending to be the strongest drivers at the 3/8 mile track in Alta. One of the best races of the Wednesday night came in the hobby stock event. The race kept the crowd, and perhaps some of the drivers on their toes during the 20 lap feature event...

STORM LAKE- The Storm Lake girls softball team lost their first game of the season to Sheldon Wednesday night, 5-18. "The score does not justify the game," coach Mel Fisher said. "For it being game one of the season and many of the girls in brand new positions, we held our own for a while."...