Stories from Thursday, December 18, 2014

STORM LAKE - The young guns of Storm Lake have their first win of the season thanks to a strong shooting first half. "Exciting win for us," said Storm Lake Head Coach Bob Grant. "I felt like we didn't have a perfect game, but we went the direction we wanted to go. We had an outstanding first half."...

STORM LAKE - Sometimes even when everything comes together the plan may not work. For Storm Lake that was the case on Tuesday night against Emmetsburg. Going into the game the Tornadoes had one plan, which was to stop the top scorer for Emmetsburg. "Our goal was to limit Ashton Connelly to 10-12 points, as she aveages 24, by playing a box and one [defense]," said Storm Lake Head Coach Mel Fhisher. "We held her to five points tonight, all in the first half."...

STORM LAKE - It seemed, for a while at least, that St. Mary's was going to extend their recent win streak to three games. However then the Rebels of Sioux Central showed up in the Panther Pit on Tuesday night and they were determined to put a stop to that right away...

STORM LAKE - After finishing last week with a conference road win the St. Mary's Panthers returned home to face another conference opponent Tuesday. Against Sioux Central the Panthers surged behind a strong third quarter to capture their first home win of the year with a 63-44 victory over the Rebels...

HOLSTEIN - Tuesday night's game between Westwood and Ridge View ended as many suspected it would. Ridge View thrashed the Rebels in a 62-20 win. The third quarter of the game was the strongest one, defensively, for the Raptors as they blanked Westwood. The game from start to finish was in complete control of Ridge View...

HOLSTEIN - All throughout the first half Tuesday the Raptors of Ridge View were in a battle with Westwood for control of the game. Then minutes before halftime the Raptors who had been battling back all night finally got their chance and they swiped away the lead just before the first half ended...

NEWELL - Three quarters of dominating basketball was all the Newell-Fonda girls team needed to record their second straight win. Tuesday night the Mustangs won 61-33 over OA-BC/IG in one of their last remaining out of conference games of the season...

NEWELL - Just keeping enough gas in the tank is an important aspect for many teams. On Tuesday night just having enough left in the tank allowed the Mustang boys to record their first home win this season. Newell-Fonda outlasted the visiting Falcons of OA-BC/IG for a 70-63 win. Both teams used several runs during the night to battle back and fourth...

Pocahontas has not lost a game this year in girls competition and on Tuesday night they put their No. 1 3A girls ranking on the line against East Sac County. The Indians won 67-48 with Elle Ruffridge leading the way for PAC with 24 points.