Stories from Monday, January 19, 2015

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IDA GROVE - Five Raptors Wrestlers finished the weekend with top-5 placing on Saturday as Ridge View competed in the Western Valley Conference Tournament. Ridge View also finished in the top five in overall points with a fourth place standing. Among the highlights of the tournament was 170- pound wrestler Ryan Cougill who was able to grapple his way to the top of the Western Valley tournament with several wins, including the finals...

HULL - Sometimes the night just doesn't go the way that a team expects it to. On Friday night, that was the case for the Storm Lake High School basketball teams. Traveling to Hull to play Western Christian on the road, the Tornadoes men and women knew it was going to be a tough challenge, and it rang true for both the boys and girls teams...

SIOUX RAPIDS - With Twin Lakes Conference action heating up two of the teams trying to move their way up met on Friday night. Sioux Central played host to Southeast Valley on Friday night with the girls coming out on top 46-33 in the final. The Lady Rebels were able to get three strong shooting quarters in the books in their win on Friday night...

The Buena Vista women's basketball team fought all the way back to force overtime against the University of Dubuque on Saturday night, but it was the Spartans pulling away late in the extra period to hand the Beavers a heartbreaking 82-73 setback. BVU trailed by 70-67 with just over five seconds left in regulation. ...

STORM LAKE - Pink was everywhere in the games on Friday night from the Panther pit, however what St. Mary's needed more of was the color orange. That's because the color orange is the color of the points on the scoreboard, the only place where St. Mary's was lacking for color on Friday night...

NEWELL - With only three out of conference games left in the season, Newell-Fonda is gearing up for their longest slate of Conference games to date. On Friday night the Mustangs boys hosted fellow Twin Lakes Conference member West Bend-Mallard. These two teams had played each other at the start of the season and the result was much the same...

NEWELL - Friday night with the home crowd going wild the Newell-Fonda girls were able to continue their current winning streak. The streak now stands at five. A strong first quarter was all Newell-Fonda really needed in their 70-20 victory over West Bend-Mallard on Friday night...

ALTA - It was the best game played all season by the Alta-Aurelia boys team on Friday night. At least according to their head coach, Chris Abaray. In the game against South Central Calhoun Alta-Aurelia had four players score in double digits as they won 63-51...

STORM LAKE - Down by 14 early, it seemed like the preseason favorites to win the IIAC conference might be destined for a .500 start in the conference that they were supposed to win. Buena Vista was down, but definitely not out of the game against Dubuque on Saturday afternoon inside of Siebens Fieldhouse...