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STORM LAKE - For the first time this season, the Storm Lake girls basketball team was able to put their name in the win column on Monday night. The Tornadoes were able to withstand the challenge from the Ridge View Raptors to take a 47-46 decision. “It was a real battle. ...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake boys got off to a bit of a slow start on Monday night against the Ridge View Raptors. For the first half, Ridge View appeared to be in control and in line to get the upset, but the Tornadoes began to press in the final 16 minutes to turn it around, taking a 50-36 decision...

ALTA - The St. Mary’s Panthers basketball teams visited the Alta-Aurelia Warriors on Tuesday night for a girls and boys Twin Lakes Conference double header. The two teams ended up splitting the games on the night, as the Panther girls were able to set down the Warriors 43-30, and the Warrior boys ran away against the St. Mary’s boys, 66-27...

For the past 17 seasons Dick Jungers has been at the helm of the Newell-Fonda girls basketball ship, winning two State Titles under his direction as he continues to inch closer to 400 wins, sitting at 377 as of January 13. Coach Jungers got another award to add to his collection this week when the National Federation of State High School Associations named him as the 2018-2018 Central Section Girls Basketball Coach of the Year...

SPENCER - The Storm Lake boys swim team got back in the pool for the first time in 2020 on Friday night as they took on Spencer and Sioux City. The Tornadoes fell to Spencer, 56-21 and to Sioux City, 83-7. “I was pleased with our performance. Every swimmer either had a personal record or an improved time for our last meet,” SL Coach Jaymie Bral said. “It had been three weeks since we have been able to get in the pool because of BVU’s Christmas Break which closes the pool down.”...

SIOUX RAPIDS - The Sioux Central boys basketball team seized control early on Monday night against Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire and never really gave it up. The Rebels were able to take a 71-44 decision against the Titans for their sixth win of the year...

SIOUX RAPIDS - It was another Twin Lakes Conference tilt on Monday night for the Sioux Central girls basketball team. They welcomed in the Titans of Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayshire for the battle, and were able to come out with a 10 point win, 58-48...

HULL - The Storm Lake boys basketball team got off to a slow start on Friday night in a Lakes Conference road game against Western Christian. That’s all the Wolfpack needed as they jumped on the Tornadoes from the outset, Storm Lake finding it hard to recover, as they dropped a 93-58 decision to fall to 4-4 on the season...

SIOUX CITY - It was a busy Saturday for the Storm Lake wrestlers as they competed in five duals at the Sioux City East Dual Invitational. The Tornadoes were able to best Bishop Heelan, Boyden-Hull/ Rock Valley and Western Christian, but fell to Sioux City East and Norfolk, Neb...

ALTA - It was back to the Twin Lakes Conference slate on Friday night for Alta-Aurelia as they took on Southeast Valley. The Jaguars, coming in on a hot streak, continued that at the expense of the Warriors, A-A falling in an 80-54 decision. The Warriors trailed by just three points after the first quarter, but SEV began to pull away in the second, taking a 34-23 score at intermission. Alta-Aurelia found zero answers against the Jaguars, trailing 63-38 after three quarters...

STORM LAKE - Buena Vista junior guard Dominic Sesma has been recognized for his stellar play over the course of the last week by being named the American Rivers Conference Men’s Basketball Performer of the Week, for the period ending January 12. Sesma averaged 19 points over two games last week which included wins over both Loras (92-88 OT) and Dubuque (93-77), respectively. ...

Despite getting off to a quick start on Thursday night against Coe, the Buena Vista men’s basketball team cost themselves with miscues down the stretch, and the Kohawks made their free throws in the late going to take an 86-80 contest in double overtime...

STORM LAKE - Nicole Lange scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Destiny Einerwold added nine point and nine boards, but Mount Marty was able to hold off the Buena Vista University women’s basketball team, 73-62, in a game that was recorded as an exhibition game for the Beavers on Monday...

STORM LAKE - Sophomore DJ McNeal turned in a career-high 23 points to lead three players in double figures, but it was a strong defensive effort that helped spark the Buena Vista men’s basketball team to a convincing 87-54 victory over Westminster College (Mo.) on Friday in what was the team’s home opener...

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - The Buena Vista women’s basketball team fell behind by as many as 24 points at the end of the third quarter and used a quick start to the fourth quarter to claw back within five with just under one minute to play, but the comeback came up just short as St. Olaf made free-throws down the stretch and the Beavers dropped their season opener to the Oles, 82-73. The game was the opener of the Saint Benedict Tournament...

DES MOINES - The Buena Vista wrestling team was back in action on Saturday as it competed in the annual Grand View University Open. The event is made up of several DI, DII, DIII, NAIA and junior college teams. The Beavers did not have any individuals place but had several that advanced deep into the consolation side of their respective brackets. ...

The season is underway for the Buena Vista University men’s basketball team as they have gotten off to a 2-0 start with wins over Gustavus Adolphus and Bethany Lutheran, both of the wins coming on the road. It’s part of an ideal start for new Beaver Head Coach, Trevor Johnson, who is in his first season as a head coach at any level...

The Storm Lake Knights of Columbus will be holding its annual Free Throw Championship for boys and girls ages 9 through 14 (as of January 1) at St. Mary’s gym. The date is set for Sunday, January 19 with the doors to open at 2:30 p.m. with the competition to begin at 3:00 p.m...

Recent St. Mary’s graduate, Jake Heitman, was recently announced as the new junior high boys basketball head coach. Heitman, a 2019 graduate, will teach the youngsters about the game of basketball this season. A Storm Lake native, Heitman spent his entire tenure as a student at St. Mary’s as a four sport athlete, playing football, basketball, track and baseball. He believes that playing all four sports helped him with his leadership qualities and how to be successful at most anything in life...