Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2020

EMMETSBURG/PETERSON - The Sioux Central Rebels put on a bit of a showcase to start their season off against the Emmetsburg E-Hawks on Monday night. The Rebels pushed in 12 runs to beat the E-Hawks by 10, 12-2. Sioux Central broke open a scoreless contest with a three run top of the second and plated four more runs in the top of the third but E-Burg score a run in the home half to make it 7-1. ...

KINGSLEY/ONAWA - The Ridge View Raptors had a wild start to their 2020 season as they visited Kingsley-Pierson. Ridge View carried an early lead but it was quick to get away from them as they fell, 18-10.   Ridge View outscored K-P in the first inning, 3-1 and built up a 7-1 lead through two and a half innings. However, Kingsley-Pierson took over from there with seven runs in the bottom of the third and another in the fourth to go up 9-7...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia Warriors came into Wednesday night’s contest against Sioux Central looking for their first win. The Rebels had other ideas in mind. Sioux Central pushed away from the Warriors with a massive seventh inning, taking an 18-6 contest for their second win, keeping the Warriors winless...

EMMETSBURG/PETERSON - It was a close call on Monday night for the Sioux Central softball team when they began the season against Emmetsburg. The Rebels held a five run lead going to the bottom of the seventh but had to hold off a late E-Hawk rally to take a 10-9 victory...

FONDA - It was an early season meeting between St. Mary’s and Newell-Fonda on Wednesday night. The Mustangs showed their might on the baseball field, taking a 15-0 decision in three innings. The Mustangs plated five in the bottom of the first, two in the second and then eight in the third to end the contest early...

ALTA - It was a battle from the start on Wednesday night as Alta-Aurelia welcomed in Sioux Central on the baseball field. The Warriors found themselves down in the middle innings, rallied to get ahead and then held off a late Rebel comeback to take a 10-9 decision to move to 3-0...

RUTHVEN - The St. Mary’s Panthers put their best foot forward on Monday night against the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans. The Panthers were unable to get their offense on track, getting one hit and striking out 20 times, but managed to play the full seven innings, falling 8-0...

SAC CITY - The Newell-Fonda baseball team hit the road to begin the shortened 2020 season as they took on Twin Lakes Conference foe East Sac County. The Mustangs used a strong defensive effort to take a 4-1 victory to start their season off. “First and foremost, we feel fortunate to have been able to get out, compete, and play baseball last night,” Mustang Coach Bo Darrow said. ...

KINGSLEY/GALVA/ONAWA - It was a close game throughout on Monday night when the Ridge View softball team took on Kingsley-Pierson to begin their season. However, the Raptors came up just short of getting their first win in a 7-6 setback. Ridge View struck first in the top of the second but K-P answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame. ...

ALTA - There were those who thought it might take some time for the bats to get going in the early baseball season, but for the Alta-Aurelia Warriors, their bats were alive and well in their season opener on Monday night against South Central Calhoun. The Warriors tuned up the Titans for 17 hits in a 17-7 six inning win...

WALL LAKE/ALTA - Newell-Fonda softball opened the preseason ranked second in 1A and showed why with a powerful offensive display in their season opener against East Sac County. The Mustangs were able to end the game after five innings, taking a 14-3 decision...

SPIRIT LAKE/STORM LAKE - Errors have been the constant in the Storm Lake softball program for the last couple of seasons and the opener on Monday night against Spirit Lake saw the green and white commit nine miscues as they fell 10-3. “Defensively we committed nine errors. ...

SPIRIT LAKE/STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake Tornadoes had the victory in their grasp on Monday night as they took on Spirit Lake. The green and white pitching kept the Indian offense in check through the first six innings, but in the seventh, the game began to unravel as the Indians scored four runs in the bottom of the frame to steal a 4-3 contest...