Community Sports

Storm Lake’s resident Ironman Matt Hanson was able to get back to action last month following an injury suffered last year. However, thanks to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, Hanson has found himself back on the sidelines as he waits for the Ironman competitions to continue...

Despite the inability to go to a gym or play basketball in the park with a group of friends, people can run to remain in shape, and get much-needed exercise while isolated. Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Fitness Center Manager Evan Franzmeier has some tips on how to start a new regime of running and even preparing for a 5k race...

In order to protect communities amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the annual Buena Vista University Athletic Fundraiser, scheduled for Saturday, April 4, will be postponed. BVU will determine a future date and share information for the event as soon as possible...

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) action continues on Iowa PBS. The IGHSAU and Iowa PBS have announced a contract renewal for the broadcasting rights to the Iowa Girls High School State Championships. Fans across Iowa and beyond will continue to have access to unparalleled coverage of the championships, cheering on their favorite Iowa Girl from anywhere...

CEDAR RAPIDS – Six GK Storm gymnasts competed in the Winter Wonderland meet last weekend (Feb. 21-23). The individual competitors came home with several medals, and Bronze gymnast Alexis Cole was an all-around champion. Alexis Cole placed first all around in her age group with an all-around score of 37.025. She was first on floor (9.550) and beam (9.475), tied for fifth on bars (9.050), and placed sixth on vault (9.000) to become the all-around champion...

STORM LAKE – The GK Storm & Blaze gymnastics teams hosted their third annual Dream of Spring Invitational home gymnastics meet last weekend (Feb. 8-9) at the Storm Lake High School gymnasium. The Bronze team placed third and the Gold team placed fifth overall, and four GK Storm gymnasts scored top-three all-around finishes...

COUNCIL BLUFFS – The GK Storm gymnastics teams traveled to the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs last weekend (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) to compete with hundreds of other Excel gymnasts at the 2020 River City Classic. The Gold team placed fourth overall, and the Silver team placed seventh. The gymnasts came home with lots of individual hardware as well, and two GK Storm gymnasts scored top-three all-around finishes...

SIOUX FALLS – The GK Storm gymnastics team kicked off its 2020 competitive season with two South Dakota meets. The gymnasts brought home many team and individual medals over the past two weekends. The team competed at the All American Invite in Sioux Falls, SD, Jan. ...

Four boys from the Storm Lake area, ages 9-14, were named local champions of the 2019 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the district level. St. Mary’s Council 2326 in Storm Lake sponsored the local competition at the Panther Pit in Storm Lake. All youngsters ages 9-14 were eligible to participate...

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...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii - This past weekend was the ultimate event in the Ironman world as it was the World Championships. Storm Lake’s own Ironman, Matt Hanson, attempted to compete in the race but had to pull out during the biking portion due to an injury he was diagnosed with in early September...