Sports

STORM LAKE - The goal in basketball is to score more points than the opposition. Storm Lake did that in spades on Tuesday night with five players scoring in double digits to break the 100 point mark, taking a 101-87 decision against the Cherokee Braves...

STORM LAKE - The Tornado girls felt like they had been hit by one after Tuesday night against a swarming Cherokee pressure defense that took the ball 29 times from the green and white. Storm Lake battled hard through the 32 minute game but saw how much firepower the #4 team in 2A had, dropping an 82-35 decision in Lakes Conference play...

STORM LAKE - The St. Mary’s Panthers and Sioux Central Rebels clashed on Tuesday night in the Panther Pit in a Twin Lakes Conference contest. Sioux Central senior Prestan Samson had an efficient night to help lead the Rebels to a 40 point win, 72-32...

STORM LAKE - The St. Mary’s girls had a never say die attitude on Tuesday night when they entertained the Sioux Central Rebels in the Panther Pit. Down by as many as eight points in the second half, the Panthers were unable to complete the rally and bowed 43-42...

HOLSTEIN - The saying is that defense can win games and championships. The Ridge View boys defense locked down West Monona on Tuesday night, holding them to just 22 points to take a 24-point decision, 46-22. “It took us a while to get things going in the first quarter but the boys zoned in and came out with a win. We missed a lot of easy shots but we kept on attacking and things started to fall,” RV Coach Mike Smith said...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Newell-Fonda Mustangs boys basketball team had a tall order, literally, in front of them on Tuesday night when they went out of conference play to take on Spirit Lake. The Indians’ tall lineup allowed them to shoot a high percentage of the floor, and N-F junior Bryce Coppock’s 38 points wasn’t enough in a 69-61 defeat...

ALTA - It was the third game in just a handful of nights for the Alta-Aurelia boys basketball team. After splitting a pair of games on Friday and Saturday, the Warriors had another non-conference game on Monday night as they welcomed in Kingsley-Pierson. Using a key run in the second quarter, Alta-Aurelia picked up their fourth win of the season, taking a 65-36 decision from the Panthers...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls continue to attempt to get over the hump this season as they try to get that elusive first win. On Monday night they played host to Kingsley-Pierson and fought hard, but bowed at the final horn, 66-29. “We played a good K-P team on Monday night, a very talented team that is coached well,” A-A Coach Adam Rapp said. ...

SIBLEY - The Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View wrestling teams both took part in the Sibley-Ocheyedan wrestling invitational on Saturday. The Warriors came away with a second place team finish as Ridge View took fifth out of the six teams. Hinton took first place...

Wrestling is a hotbed in the state of Iowa. Every winter gyms are packed with fans who want to cheer on their children, friends, family or classmates. For new Buena Vista wrestling coach Mark Rial, he was born into a wrestling family and saw it blossom into a way to go to college and eventually a career path...

Love for sports, in general or a specific one, can be ingrained from an early age. Basketball was the sport that BVU men’s basketball head coach Todd Lorensen grew up with, saw the game first hand from when he was a young boy and continues to see his professional life revolve around...

Last season the Buena Vista women’s basketball team finished with a 13-13 record under the direction of legendary Janet Berry. Berry has moved on to coach golf for the Beavers as Dana Christen steps into the role of head coach for the first time at the collegiate level...

A season ago the Buena Vista men’s basketball team finished with a 17-9 record but faltered down the stretch, losing four of the last five. To compound the end of the season frustration, long time head coach Brian Van Haaften announced he was stepping down to pursue the same position at a different college...

The season has not been kind to the young Buena Vista Beaver football team. The Beavers have complied a 1-7 record, dropping seven straight since their season opening win against Hamline. BVU has been in some games, dropping close ones against Concordia and Loras, but have been unable to get over the hump...

There is a new coach in town for the Buena Vista wrestling program as Mark Rial takes over this season on the mats. With a new coach always comes new ideas and a fresh perspective on how to lift the program back up. “Things are going good. The transition has been easier than I thought,” Rial said. “Credit to the seniors and returners for buying into the change.”...

The Buena Vista Beavers had another rough fourth quarter last week, this time giving up 22 points in the final frame in a 15 point loss against Luther, 41-26. The loss dropped the Beavers to 1-6 and 0-4 in the American Rivers Conference. This week they will host the Dubuque Spartans. The Spartans enter the game with a 4-2, 3-1 record. Their two losses came at home against UW-Whitewater and Central...

After a four year absence of intramurals at the high school, high school seniors Demetrio Gracia and Mickey Phompong led an initiative to get them back. Because of their hard work, Community Education help organize the volleyball tournament. BVU Women’s Volleyball Team volunteered to court monitor and keep score...