Stories from Thursday, October 15, 2020

IDA GROVE - It was a hectic Monday night at the OA-BCIG cross country meet. Twenty-two teams took part in the event as Alta-Aurelia, Ridge View and Sioux Central all found themselves competing. “We have been fortunate to have another great night to run. ...

HULL - Monday night saw the Storm Lake cross country team take part in the 2020 Lakes Conference cross country meet. The green and white boys saw two runners earn All-Conference honors as the girls narrowly missed out on a medalist. “I thought we had a fairly nice night,” SL coach Justin Mellmann said. “We were down one of our top five guys on the varsity boys team, so that hurt us a bit.”...

ESTHERVILLE/SPIRIT LAKE - It was a successful Monday night for the Storm Lake volleyball team. Despite a slow start, the green and white were able to rally past the Midgets of Estherville-Lincoln Central in four sets. The set scores were 18-25, 25-21, 25-21 and 25-22...

STORM LAKE - The St. Mary’s Panthers had a busy start to their final week of the regular season with three matches in two nights. Monday night saw the Panthers split two matches in a triangular which featured Whiting and Newell-Fonda. St. Mary’s downed Whiting in three sets with scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 25-18...

SL hosts rematch against LeMars Storm Lake finished the regular season with a loss against Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley last week, but they never stopped fighting in the 28-14 setback. Fate smiled upon the Tornadoes, as they learned they would host a game tonight in the Class 3A playoffs against district foe, LeMars. The Bulldogs picked up their first win of the year, knocking off Bishop Heelan, 21-7...