Stories from Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Buena Vista women’s tennis team returns to action this afternoon against the University of Dubuque starting at 4 p.m. There will be free corn dogs handed out on a first-come-first-serve basis as supplies last. Door prizes will also be available for those who attend the match early...

WEST BEND - It was a three set sweep on Tuesday night for the Newell-Fonda volleyball team. They were able to handle the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines to get their 16th win of the season. The set scores were 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20. Mary Walker led N-F with seven kills as Macy Sievers added six, Ella Larsen five and Kierra Jungers fourth. Anna Bellcock had 15 assists with Sophie Stewart adding nine...

HULL - It was a tough matchup on Tuesday night for the Storm Lake volleyball team as they took on Lakes Conference foe Western Christian. The Wolfpack proved to be too much for the green and white, SL falling in a three set match. The set scores were 9-25, 12-25 and 9-25...

POCAHONTAS - The Alta-Aurelia Warrior volleyball team was able to overcome what coach Jeannie Henningsen called a l slow start in the first two sets to sweep the Pocahontas Area Indians in three sets. The set scores were 25-17, 25-21 and 25-14. “This was a good road win tonight. ...

CHEROKEE - It was a bright Tuesday afternoon as the Storm Lake cross country team took part in the Cherokee cross country meet. The SL boys took fourth place out of nine scoring teams, the girls finishing seventh out of seven teams. The SL boys were paced with three top 15 finishes on the night. ...

LAKE CITY - It was a busy Tuesday night at the South Central Calhoun cross country meet as 13 teams took part in the event. Alta-Aurelia, Ridge View and Sioux Central all competed during the evening and found some success. The A-A girls were sixth out of 13 teams, the Rebel girls took fourth and RV third. There was an issue with the varsity boys race which caused the results to not be released as of press time...

SL heads north to face the B-H/RV Nighthawks Storm Lake found themselves on the right side of the win column this past week after downing LeMars, 27-6 behind the strength of five turnovers. This week presents a different challenge against the 4-2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Nighthawks. The Nighthawks downed Spencer this past week, 22-7...