Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2019

CARROLL - It was a battle of two-loss teams in the 1A-Substate 8 final on Tuesday night. Both Exira-EHK and Sioux Central entered the final game before State looking to keep their losses at two. Through the 2018-19 season, the Rebels hadn’t come away with a loss against a fellow 1A school. They continued that trend on Tuesday night in the biggest game of their year, at this point, taking an 80-69 decision from the Spartans to advance to the 1A State Tournament next week in Des Moines...

CEDAR RAPIDS/URBANDALE – The GK Storm gymnastics teams finished out their regular season by competing a two final meets over the last two weekends. Team members traveled to Cedar Rapids over Feb. 15 – 17 to compete at the 2019 Winter Wonderland Invitational. They then braved the winter weather Feb. 22 – 24 to compete in Urbandale at the 2019 Mardi Gras Invitational...

DES MOINES - The Newell-Fonda players and coaches have gone on record by saying that Wells Fargo Arena is the best place in Iowa. Despite some cold shooting in the 1A-Quarterfinal contest against Springville, the Mustang defense upped their play in their favorite place to play in the state, forcing 43 turnovers in a 69-39 win over the Orioles...