Stories from Monday, December 8, 2014

STORM LAKE - Keeping the ball in the hands of Storm Lake players seemed to be a bit of a problem on Thursday night. They also weren't helped by the injury bug who came up to bite the Tornadoes hard. Storm Lake was defeated by Dension-Schleswig 43-19 in a very emotional game...

STORM LAKE - Shots continually fell from beyond the three point arc for both teams on Thursday night. They just happened to fall a few more times for Denison-Schleswig than they did for the hometown Storm Lake Tornadoes. Storm Lake played in their first game of the season, and despite throwing up almost an 80 percent three-point shooting average the Monarchs were able to take home the win 80-58...

ALTA - Neither the Alta-Aurelia Warriors or St. Mary's boys basketball teams wanted to start the season 0-2. Both teams are playing better than that record which now belongs to St. Mary's after they fell 63-59 on Friday night against their Twin Lakes Conference foes the Warriors...

ALTA - A late game surge lifted the Alta-Aurelia Warriors to victory over the St. Mary's Panthers Friday night. Even though they led the whole game the Warriors had to sweat out a 46-31 victory over Twin Lakes Conference foe St. Mary's. Although the two teams are in the same conference, it wasn't a conference game for them. That game will be on Jan. 13 in Storm Lake...

HOLSTEIN - It was a slow build up to the final quarter and offensive explosion on Friday night. Ridge View won 40-35 over Clay Central in girls basketball action, however the game was a snoozer for the first 24 minutes. Then, out of nowhere, the Mavericks and Raptors combined for 44 points in the fourth quarter after scoring just a combined 33 points the other three quarters...

SPENCER - A tightly contested first quarter led to a blowout second quarter that proved to be too much for the Sioux Central boys on Saturday night. "We got off to a nice start with some defensive stops that led to transition run outs," said Sioux Central Head Coach Stephen Tjaden. "However a 21-3 run to end th first half put us in a tough spot."...

SIOUX RAPIDS - Sometimes getting back on the court after a loss can be among the hardest things to do. Often teams that experience one loss can see that snowball into several losses. That wasn't the case for Newell-Fonda on Friday night however. After falling earlier in the week to a Spencer team, Newell-Fonda traveled to Sioux Central where they ran free against the Rebels...

MANSON - Two Alta-Aurelia wrestlers finished the weekend matches undefeated as they traveled to Manson for the Manson-Northwest Webster wrestling tournament Saturday. Cooper Siebrecht went 4-0 and placed first in the 106 pound division. He started off the day with a pair of byes. From there he won in two falls, first pinning Taylon Engleen of Ogden in 17 seconds and then sticking OA-BCIG's Kurtis Krager in two minutes. Colten Larson also won first in his weight class, the 120 pound divison...