Community Sports

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)...

SIOUX FALLS – The GK Storm gymnastics teams competed at the Rumble in the Jungle meet in Sioux Falls, SD Jan. 18-20. Across the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum divisions, individual gymnasts brought home seven top-three all-around finishes, and the teams all took three first places...

Four boys from the Storm Lake area, ages 10-13, 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...

SIOUX FALLS – The GK Storm gymnastics team competed at the All American Invite in Sioux Falls, SD last weekend. Gymnasts scored individually in the four events (vault, bars, beam, floor), and also as a team with their GK Blaze teammates from LeMars. The GK Gold team brought home first place. The Silver team placed second as a team, and the bronze team placed fourth...

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...