Sports

ONAWA - The Alta-Aurelia boys track team were able to sandwich a meet in on Tuesday evening and walked away with a first place finish over 11 other teams. The Warriors scored 121.25 points with Missouri Valley and West Monona taking second and third respectively...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Sioux Central boys track team got outside on Thursday at the Spirit Lake Invitational wth 11 other schools in attendance. The Rebels claimed 10th out of the teams with 29 points. The Rebels saw Jake Schomaker take 10th in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.13 seconds as Blake Cavanaugh just missed a top six finish in the 200 meter dash. ...

SPENCER - The green and white got off to a good start in Lakes Conference play on Thursday night as they were unkind visitors to the Spencer Tigers, taking a 6-0 decision to move to 2-0 and pick up the conference win. “I thought the boys played very well last night overall. ...

STORM LAKE - It was a rough opening night for the girls in green and white on Thursday battling against rival Spencer. The Tigers took a 7-0 decision after the 80 minutes of play to start the Tornadoes’ season on a sour note. The Tigers got going quickly with a goal in just the third minute of the game. Spencer added three more goals in the first half to go up 4-0 at halftime. Storm Lake was unable to keep possession for an sustained amount of time as the Tigers controlled the ball...

SPENCER - For the first time this season there was an outdoor meet for the Storm Lake and Sioux Central girls track team as they battled seven other schools at the Spencer Invitational. Sioux Central finished third and Storm Lake ninth. Storm Lake results: The 100 meter dash saw a pair of top six finishes for Storm Lake as Emma Kenkel took fourth with a time of 13.60 second and Sam Louwaige took sixth with a time of 13.75 seconds. ...

MANSON - Three area schools saw their first outdoor meet of the year on Thursday night as Alta-Aurelia, Newell-Fonda and St. Mary’s all took part in the Brad Kruse meet. The Warriors finished in fifth place as the Mustangs and Panthers tied for 10th...

STORM LAKE - Thursday night was a good start for the Storm Lake boys tennis team and head coach Sam Lipps as they were able to defeat Estherville-Lincoln Central, 8-1. “Overall, we played very well. I was very impressed with what I saw from our young guys. All three freshmen played smart and aggressive even though it was their first meet of their careers,” Lipps said...

ESTHERVILLE - The Storm Lake girls tennis team were able to avoid a sweep with three wins but ultimately fell to the Estherville-Lincoln Central Midgets, 6-3. In singles action: Destiny Syhavong fell 10-1; Serena Chaiyawong fell 10-0; Jenny Almanza fell 10-4; Briana Soto fell 10-4; Natalia Garza won 10-6; and Beauna Thammathai won 10-8...

MANSON - The Alta-Aurelia and Newell-Fonda girls got their start to the track season on Thursday night at the Brad Kruse meet. The Warriors took first place out of 12 schools, and the Mustangs finished in sixth place. Alta-Aurelia results: The Warriors took first in the sprint medley with the team of Grace DePuna, Rowan Kolpin, Brittany Turnquist and Lily Peterson finishing in 1:56.05. ...

AURELIA - The Warriors and Rebels both hit the course for the first time on Thursday night with Alta-Aurelia taking the match, 188-219. AA’s Alex Snyder had the low score and medalist spot with a 41 on the par 35 nine holes. His best hole came on the par 5 third hole where he had a birdie. Warrior Keaton Mork earned the runner up spot with a 44. Sioux Central’s Trent Anderson had their best score with a 48...

The world of athletics has always been the wheelhouse of Buena Vista junior Brooke Runneberg. The volleyball player, and former track athlete, has seen her career start at the small school of Laurens-Marathon and grow to where she is at now. Runneberg began her athletic career as a youngster due to her family being what she deemed as a sports family...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Freshman Nick Henrichs blasted a pair of home runs, added a double and drove in four runs to help lift the Buena Vista baseball team past Coe College on Friday afternoon in the opener of their three-game weekend series that was shifted to Cedar Rapids, 10-5...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Buena Vista softball team got a pair of strong pitching performances and some timely hitting on Saturday afternoon, as the Beavers picked up a much needed sweep of Coe College by scores of 4-3 and 2-0 in Iowa Conference games played at Mount Mercy University due to unplayable conditions in Storm Lake...

A ‘Meet & Greet’ event has been rescheduled to welcome new Buena Vista University head men’s basketball coach Todd Lorensen to campus. The event will now take place on Tuesday, April 24 inside of the Dows Conference Center at the Siebens Forum on the BVU campus. A cash bar and light refreshments will be available beginning at 5 p.m. with a program to follow starting at 5:30 p.m...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Buena Vista softball team was one out away from a key doubleheader sweep at Nebraska Wesleyan on Tuesday afternoon, but after dropping a heartbreaking 10-9 (9 inning) contest to begin the day, the Beavers did respond with a 7-3 triumph in game two to earn the split...

SIOUX CITY - The Buena Vista men’s track and field team took part in the opening day of the Sioux City Relays on April 19 and had a pair of individuals post top-50 performances. Friday’s final day action was cancelled due to poor weather conditions...

SIOUX CITY - The Buena Vista women’s track and field team was finally able to get outdoors and compete for the first time on Thursday, April 19, as it ran at the Sioux City Relays in Sioux City. The two-day event was shortened to just one day due to poor weather conditions on Friday...

Newell-Fonda will be hosting a girls basketball camp starting June 18 - June 22. It is open to girls who are going into grades 4-8 next fall. Each day will run 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. The cost to attend is $60. For more information contact Dick Jungers at jungersd@newell-fonda.k12.ia.us...

The Storm Lake Youth Swim Team will hold their annual splash party on Sunday, April 22 from 4 – 6 p.m. at the Buena Vista University pool. Come learn about our swim team and swim at the BVU pool. Swimmers may register for the summer program as well as purchase team suits and supplies. Coaches and volunteers will be there to answer any questions you may have. There will be no admission for swimmers and their families...

Semi Pro Football is coming to Early, Iowa. The North Iowa Knights have a new home and new league for 2018 season, they have joined the Midwest Football League. Knights rival NW Iowa Bulldogs also joined the new league with them along with other teams from Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri. The Knights did not stop there, they also added a new head coach as first year coach Waylan Shoesmith takes over the helm for the Knights and Marty Hart returns as Defensive Coordinator...

The GK Storm Gymnastics team will be sending two gymnasts to Regionals in Cedar Rapids to represent the competitive gymnastics team from Storm Lake. Top gymnasts from seven states will be competing for a spot on the podium. For a GK Storm gymnast to qualify for Regionals, they must reach an All Around score of 36 at two or more sanctioned meets in one season and be a Silver level or higher. ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – Qualifying gymnasts from the The Turn Around’s GK Storm (Storm Lake) and GK Blaze (LeMars) teams competed in the Iowa Xcel State Championships meet March 23-25. The meet featured over 25 Iowa teams and hundreds of gymnasts from across the state. Coached by Samantha Rasmussen, Mike Copeland, Ashley Schimmer and Cassie Wells, the 22 GK Storm gymnasts competed in various levels and age divisions across the three-day meet on all four apparatuses—the vault, bars, beam and floor...

The Turn Around Dance and Gymnastics competitive dance team the TTA Lightning continued their competitive dance season competing in two more dance competitions. First they traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to compete in Talent on Parade on March 10th and then onto Council Bluffs, Iowa to compete in Thunderstruck Dance Productions on March 17. ...