Stories from Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The second week of point racing at the Jackson Speedway saw plenty of action on The Shear Shack and Griffith Decorative Concrete Night. A total of 78 cars turned out to compete in the six classes at the speedway. In Saturday night's heat race action, wins went to Aaron Betz of Avoca, MN and Nate Coopman of Mankato, MN in the Sport Compacts, while Justing Nehring of Storm Lake, IA and Drew Bargloff of Sioux Rapids, IA claiming the Hobby Stock heat race wins. ...

Trailing by three runs and yet to record a hit, Okoboji completed a ferocious rally to score seven unanswered runs over the final three innings to pull out a 7-3 win over Sibley-Ocheyedan Monday, June 11 in Siouxland Conference baseball action. "Zach (Jones) let everybody have it in the dugout in the top of their fifth inning. ...