Stories from Tuesday, October 16, 2018

ALTA - The Twin Lakes Conference held their conference meet on a breezy Saturday as schools joined together to run. The Sioux Central boys won the conference title by eight points as the Alta-Aurelia boys were seventh out of the nine teams. The Alta-Aurelia girls were third as a team and Sioux Central seventh...

EMMETSBURG - The Tornado swimmers travelled for a meet with the Algona Swim Team on Thursday night. This is always a fun meet as girls try new events as the end of the season approaches, SL Coach Jodi Mongan commented. The team was short four members but still managed to win nine of the 11 varsity events, including all three relays, during the meet. The final score was Storm Lake 103 to Algona’s 57...

St. Mary’s tripped up in final TLC matches SIOUX RAPIDS - The Panthers tried to get some momentum built up for regional play following three games on Thursday night in the Twin Lakes Conference tournament consolation bracket, but was unable to come away with a win...

MANSON - Ridge View had been in this position before, get up early in the first quarter, watch the lead evaporate and leave with a loss. They bucked that trend on Friday night against Manson-NW Webster, able to finish off the game and take a 32-19 decision for their second win of the year...

MANNING - Sioux Central had a clear game plan on Friday night and it was a simple one. Feed the bruising fullback Ben Hargens until IKM-Manning could no longer stomach him. The Rebels cruised to a 26-7 win to claim first place in Class A-District 2 with one game left...

SIOUX CITY - It was all Bishop Heelan Friday, as they picked off three Storm Lake passes and held the Tornadoes to 153 yards of offense in a 31-6 win. The Crusaders scored on their first two possessions to take control. On the first, they escaped a third-down-and-15 hole with a Drew Olsen 27 yard TD run, followed by the extra point. ...

FORT DODGE - The Alta-Aurelia Warriors were a force on Friday night against St. Edmond. A-A used numerous big plays from junior Anthony Krier to help build an insurmountable lead before being able to rest some players in a 50-22 win over the Gaels. Krier wasted little time by returning the opening kickoff 78 yards to the house with the two point conversion good to make it 8-0 before fans had a chance to sit down. ...

NEWELL - Friday night had the feel of two boxers going 15 rounds in the ring in the game between Newell-Fonda and Remsen St. Mary’s on the slippery gridiron. The two schools exchanged blows back and forth for the entire four quarter contest while battling themselves as well. A field goal splitting the uprights as time expired gave the Mustangs a 24-22 win to take sole possession of second place in 8-Player-District 1...