Stories from Monday, June 11, 2018

SLOAN/PAULLINA - It was another tough outing for the Ridge View softball team on Thursday night as they continue to search for consistency. They bowed to Westwood, 7-3. Both teams got a run scored in the first inning, the game remaining even at 1-1. ...

SLOAN/KINGSLEY - The Ridge View boys had the hits through Thursday night’s game, nine in total, but was only able to muster a run in a 2-1 loss to Westwood. Ridge View got their run in early, the top of the first and carried it through the bottom of the fourth when Westwood scored twice. It proved to be enough, the Raptors unable to get another score across home plate...

PETERSON/WEST BEND/PAULLINA - The Sioux Central girls continue to be a little inconsistent as they bowed to Estherville-Lincoln Central on Thursday night, 11-3. The Midgets got on the board in the top of the second with two runs and added a three in the top of the third, going up 5-0. ...

PETERSON/GILMORE CITY - Sioux Central baseball got off to a quick start and added some insurance late on Thursday night, getting past Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 7-3. Sioux Central scored the first two runs of the contest, getting up 2-0 after the first frame. ...

ALTA - It was another night of high octane racing at the Buena Vista Raceway on Wednesday night with six different kinds of cars circling the track. In total, 79 cars were registered with the sponsor being CS Asgrow out of Calument. In the Noteboom Implement sport compact race, Alta’s own Corey Nammany was able to take first place. ...

NEWELL - All it took was one big inning to give the Newell-Fonda boys fits on Friday night against Pocahontas Area. The Indians took a 7-5 decision from the Mustangs. Both teams scored a run in the first inning as Newell-Fonda plated another one in the bottom of the third. ...

BATTLE CREEK - The Mustangs girls played three games over the course of two days at the OA-BCIG tournament. They were able to win two of them but fell in their last one. Their lone Friday game came against the host school, OA-BCIG, as Newell-Fonda walked away with an 11-0 win in five innings...

CHEROKEE/DAYTON - The Alta-Aurelia boys put on a showcase of patience on Thursday night against Cherokee, using 11 walks to aid them in scoring 19 runs in a three inning contest, 19-3 the final score. A-A got on the board with a run in the top of the first, but the Braves came back to claim three runs, their final lead of the night. ...

STORM LAKE/MOVILLE - St. Mary’s softball made it two in a row on Thursday night, picking up their second win in as many nights, besting the East Sac County Raiders, 7-3. St. Mary’s got off to a quick start with two runs in the home half of the first inning, and then added four more in the bottom of the second, getting up 6-0 early. ...

FORT DODGE/HARCOURT - The win streak reached nine to start the Alta-Aurelia season as they were able to dismantle St. Edmond on Thursday night, 9-1. Alta-Aurelia were unkind visitors, scoring three times in the top of the first and added a run in the top of the second and third to take a 5-0 lead. They scored again in the top of the fifth, the Gaels getting one in the bottom of the sixth, 6-1. The Warriors plated three more in the top of the seventh to conclude their scoring...

STORM LAKE - Two runs was all it took on Thursday night for Storm Lake to get the better of Emmetsburg in 2-1 victory. The green and white got on the board in the bottom of the first when senior Brayden Hoops hit a sac fly to score junior Ethan James who got on via walk. Storm Lake scored again in the bottom of the second. The lone E-Burg run came in the top of the fifth...

STORM LAKE/MOVILLE - In most cases, the number 13 is a lucky number, but in softball, 13 strikeouts leads to a difficult time to score runs as it did on Thursday night for the Storm Lake Tornadoes. The green and white girls bowed to Emmetsburg, 5-3...

Carson & Barnes Circus' arrival of "Circus Saurus" at the Buena Vista County Fairgrounds last Monday marked the first circus to visit Alta with "dinosaurs," but it could be the last area circus appearance with elephants. As the animals age, so does America's tolerance for circuses that incorporate elephants in their acts...

With death and taxes being the two certainties in life, it seems that as Storm Lake avoids one with diversified and consistent growth, it incurs another. The explosive growth of Storm Lake's elementary, middle, and high schools and a plan for a new Early Childhood building have the school district looking at a possibility of tax increases to accommodate students...

The Storm Lake Schools' Summer Food program seems to be gaining some traction. So far this season, the program is averaging about 200 meals per day. "Attendance is up from last year," Ashley Keene said while cleaning up after a lunch crowd of 90 on Friday. "There are a lot of new faces. I think the word is getting out there that this is available."...

An Alta teen is able to hear today because of a miraculous underwater recovery. Shelby Struthers, 16, was swimming June 1st at Awaysis Beach in Storm Lake when she lost a cochlear implant processor devise in the water around 15-20 feet off shore. She had forgotten to attach a safety tether for the hearing device to her clothing...

Annual brain drain interrupts learning progress, is year-around school a solution?