Stories from Thursday, December 21, 2017

ROCKWELL CITY - The Alta-Aurelia grapplers got one last meet in on Tuesday night as they took on three other teams, South Central Calhoun, Woodbury Central and Okoboji. The Warriors won their first dual, against SCC, 42-40. They fell against Woodbury Central, 54-21 and 41-38 to Okoboji...

SCHALLER - The Raptors and Rebels went to war on Tuesday night in a back and forth contest that saw quite a few lead changes in the opening half and one team pull away in the final quarter. That team was Ridge View as they knocked off a hot Sioux Central team, 50-43...

STORM LAKE - The green and white’s offense never really got in synch for three of the four quarters on Tuesday night against the defending 2A State Champions, Western Christian. Storm Lake battled but fell short in a 56-38 loss. The Tornado defense stepped up in the first period and held the Wolfpack to just seven points to take a lead after one, 8-7. ...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake girls gave it all they had on Tuesday night and fell short against the defending 2A State Champion, Western Christian, 77-45. “I thought we played hard, competed and never game up. HWC is always going to bring you a tough game with tough matchups,” Storm Lake Head Coach Jesse Nitchals said. “It’s always fun to watch a D1 athlete like Ashtyn Verbeek who we tried to contain and she still ended up with 33 points.”...