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STORM LAKE - The #3 Storm Lake boys kept their undefeated season chugging along on Monday night as they were able to dispatch MOC-Floyd Valley, 2-0. Storm Lake has now surpassed two years since their last regular season loss. Storm Lake senior Jose Martinez netted both goals for the green and white, pushing his season total up to 15, which puts him at sixth overall in the state. ...

ORANGE CITY - It came down to penalty kicks on Monday night in the contest between Storm Lake and MOC-Floyd Valley on the pitch. Neither team was able to break a long standing tie as the game proceeded through two overtimes into the penalty kicks. The Dutchmen were able to connect on more PKs than Storm Lake to take a 2-1 contest...

ALTA/AURELIA - The Warriors and Mustangs did battle on the golf course on Monday afternoon in a Twin Lakes Conference dual. The A-A girls were able to best the Mustangs, 200-212. The N-F boys took down the Warriors, 183-199. “What a crazy cold night to play golf. Temps at 47 degrees, spitting drizzle the whole night, but the girls played well and held their focus in the cold, wet damp conditions,” A-A Girls Coach LeAnn Patton said...

DENISON - The Storm Lake boys golf team battled some wet and windy conditions on Monday as they took part in the Denison-Schleswig Invitational. The green and white finished with a team score of 356 which was good for eighth out of the nine teams. “Today’s round was a tough one for everyone. ...

STORM LAKE - The St. Mary’s girls golf team played against Emmetsburg in a Twin Lakes Conference contest on Monday night. Emmetsburg shot a 217 while SM’s Jordan Hewett shot a 65. “The weather conditions were miserable: cold, rainy and breezy. Gretchen Hofstad had a nice round, shooting 48,” SM Coach Lynn Hardt said. ...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake boys golf team held a windy dual against Lakes Conference foe Spirit Lake on Thursday afternoon. The green and white battled but fell short in a 168-210 defeat. “As a whole, I am happy with how we battled. It was a tough day out there, and as the round progressed, the wind seemed to get stronger,” SL Coach Andrew Zinn said. ...

ESTHERVILLE - The Storm Lake girls battled some difficult teams on Thursday night, and some pretty up and down weather. The ELC Girls Invitational Relays saw a wide range of sunshine, rain, wind and even some hail. However, the Tornadoes settled for a sixth place finish in the meet...

POCAHONTAS - It was a successful night for the Alta-Aurelia boys track team as they were able to capture the Class B win in the Pocahontas Relays on Thursday night. The Warriors won with 151 points as Sioux Central took second with 123 and Newell-Fonda was sixth with 56 points. Storm Lake finished sixth in the Class A part of the meet with 29 points...

STORM LAKE - It was a Twin Lakes Conference dual on Thursday afternoon as the St. Mary’s Panthers played host to the Sioux Central Rebels. The two schools played on the back nine of Lake Creek as Sioux Central swept the dual, winning both the boys and girls meets...

EMMETSBURG - The Warrior golf teams made the trip east on Thursday afternoon to take on the Emmetsburg E-Hawks in a Twin Lakes Conference dual. Alta-Aurelia’s boys and girls teams both fell short against their TLC foe, the girls bowing 196-210, and the boys 183-193...

The new racing season at the Buena Vista Raceway is fast approaching, May 22 is opening night, and the Raceway saw some growth during the 2018 season that manager Joey Ciechanowski hopes will carry on to this season. “It went well last year. Our car count went up from 60 to around 70 every week,” he said. “We had a lot of good crowds.”...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The GK Storm Gymnasts competed at the Iowa State Xcel Championships on March 15-17 and March 22-24. The scores were as follows: Platinum: Venus Gonzalez- Vault 9.400 placing second, bars 8.700 placing sixth, beam 9.025 placing third, floor 9.125 and an all around score of 36.250 receiving fourth place overall...

Sometimes in life everything comes full circle for a person. For Storm Lake native Eric Wordekemper, baseball allowed everything to really come full circle. Whether it was aiding the St. Mary’s Panthers to a run at State or pitching halfway around the world, baseball has been the glue that has stuck his life together...

The Storm Lake Albatross rugby club continues to move on despite low numbers this season. Albatross player/coach Daniel Bern stated the numbers are a repeat of what they saw last year, only having five to six guys say they will show up for the first practice...

CEDAR RAPIDS/URBANDALE – The GK Storm gymnastics teams finished out their regular season by competing a two final meets over the last two weekends. Team members traveled to Cedar Rapids over Feb. 15 – 17 to compete at the 2019 Winter Wonderland Invitational. They then braved the winter weather Feb. 22 – 24 to compete in Urbandale at the 2019 Mardi Gras Invitational...

COUNCIL BLUFFS – The GK Storm gymnastics teams traveled to the Mid-American Center last weekend (Feb. 1-3) to compete with over 450 other Excel gymnasts at the 2019 River City Classic. Three GK gymnasts came home with top-three all around honors. GK Storm Bronze gymnast Ireland Kennedy was the all-around champion in her age division with a score of 37.725. Ireland placed first on bars (9.550) and beam (9.650), second on vault (9.050) and tied for second on floor (9.475)...