Community Sports

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...

CommUnity Education along with Tyson of Storm Lake will be offering a Turkey Shoot Free Throw Contest on Saturday, November 10 at the Storm Lake Elementary School. The Turkey Shoot is a free family activity for parents or grandparents to participate in with their son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter...

The date of August 4 might not mean much to most people. However, for Nathan Baron, a Newell-Fonda teacher and coach, the date will always stick with him for the rest of his days. It was a late night that night for Baron as he felt unwell and told his wife, Jill, that his head was in pain before passing out. Jill, a nurse, dialed 911 and two days later, Baron woke up in a hospital bed in St. Cloud, Minnesota...

The 6th Annual Buena Vista County Ryder Cup is this Saturday at the Alta Golf and Country Club. Start time is set for 9 a.m. The tournament has teams from four courses: Alta, Lake Creek, Newell and Storm Lake Sunrise Pointe. There are three divisions for the tournament: Six players or three two-man teams for the Jr. ...

The name T.J. Miller might sound familiar to some in Storm Lake as the former St. Mary’s baseball player has continued his career extensively in South Dakota. This past Sunday, Miller was on the Sioux Falls Brewers team that captured a South Dakota Class A State Amateur Championship...

On Saturday the Hy-Noon Kiwanis Club hosted its annual Triathlon (1/2 mile swim/12miles biking around the lake and a 5K run). This year a Duathlon (1 mile run/12 mile bike and 5K run) was added. Fifty-nine individuals entered the Triathlon. Two three-person teams also entered. The Duathlon drew 10 participants.  The overall winner of the Triathlon was Cole Satterwhite of Sioux City with a time of 1 hour 14 minutes 29 seconds. Cole will be a senior this year at Bishop Heelan High School where he participates in cross country and track. . ...

Hailing from Pickstown, South Dakota, which he describes as, “Just a tiny, rural town of 150 people and a nine-hole golf course,” University of Sioux Falls soon-to-be senior JJ Cooney came from seemingly nowhere to win the 97th Northwest Amateur Tournament Sunday at Spencer Golf and Country Club at 17-under par after finishing his first round on Friday just 1-under...

The 97th Northwest Amateur Golf Tournament in Spencer, Iowa is just a couple of days away. The NW Am has been held at the Spencer Golf and Country Club since 1921. It was the 2nd golf tournament ever played in Iowa, with the Iowa Amateur being first. ...

In Iowa, sports are about community just as much as they are about competition. Susan Kies, 2019 IGHSAU Softball Hall of Fame inductee, has embodied that mentality since she began her career at Newell-Fonda High School in 2006. “Once we reached eighth grade, we were given the option of going to high school softball or staying in the major league, and I chose to go to high school softball where I started varsity my eighth grade year,” Kies said...

Local gymnasts from Le Mars and Storm Lake got the experience of a lifetime by attending a three-day gymnastics camp hosted by The Turn Around Dance and Gymnastics Studio. The camp was organized and setup by Mike Copeland and Samantha Rasmussen who are owners of The Turn Around. Three guest coaches were hired to work the camp, Jeremy Mosier, Wendy Bruce and Jerry Blakely...

STORM LAKE - Despite the rainy conditions on Thursday morning, 85 people braved the elements to take part in the 4th of July tradition in Storm Lake, the Bike & Run. This year the overall winners were Sam Wensink and Sarah Wensink from Sioux Center. They managed to take first place overall with a time of 51 minutes and 10 seconds. Coming in second overall was Matthew Smith and Yvonne Smith from Sioux Falls after finishing in 56 minutes and 19 seconds...

ALTA - Wednesday night brought more heart stopping adrenaline at the Buena Vista Raceway as the 305 Sprint Cars took center stage. Jake Martens, all the way from Fairview, Oklahoma took the sprint car feature. In the Plowboy’s Smoked Meats compact: 1. Kaytee Devries of Spencer; 2. Jason Hanson of Albert City; 3. Jay Devries of Spencer...

STORM LAKE – Several Hawkeye legends – including Ronnie Lester, Bobby Hansen, Vince Brookins and Mike “Tree” Henry – will be descending upon Storm Lake again this summer, giving Iowa fans a terrific opportunity to share memories and laughs with some of their favorite former Hawks...

Back on June 9 in Boulder, Colorado, Storm Lake’s resident Ironman competitor, Matt Hanson, took part in their Boulder event. Despite the cold temperatures, it didn’t get too much above 40 degrees, Hanson was able to take first place. “It was cold with no wind,” he said of the conditions. “It was not a warm day.”...

ALTA - It was the Jimmy Squibb Memorial Race this past week at the Buena Vista Raceway. Spencer’s Cody Nielsen won the featured hobby stock race, the featured event of the night. In Plowboy’s Smoked Meats sports compacts: 1. Kaytee Devries of Spencer; 2. Jay Devries of Spencer; 3. Corey Nammany of Alta...

ALTA - The races at the Buena Vista Raceway were finally underway on Wednesday night after the previous week was rained out. This week featured the popular nickel toss for the kids along with the Air Source One-Sport Mod Special. In the Plowboys Smoked Meats sports compact feature: 1. Kaytee Devries of Spencer; 2. Corey Nammany of Alta; 3. Jay Devries of Spencer; 4. Jade Lange of Humboldt; 5. Josh Hanson of Albert City...