Stories from Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Strong serving and outstanding hustle wasn't enough to overcome some untimely hitting woes, as Harris-Lake Park came up on the short end of a five-set showdown to Clay Central-Everly in an electric atmosphere in the opening round of the Class 1A regional tournament Tuesday night in Lake Park. Game scores were 22-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22 and 15-9...

Taylor Sieperda and the Spencer-Spirit Lake girls swimming team finished third at the Lewis Central Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 13, in Council Bluffs, finishing behind Sioux City Metro and Lewis Central. Sieperda won two races for the Tigers -- the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Emma Dau took second in the 100 freestyle and Cassidy Fox placed second in the 100 breaststroke. The team of Sieperda, Fox, Dau and Abby Goodenow took second in the 200-yard freestyle relay...

Harris-Lake Park's defense finally got its chance for some limelight, recording its first shutout of the season Friday, Oct. 12 in a 48-0 drubbing of Kingsley-Pierson. The Wolf defense wrecked havoc in the Panther backfield the entire night, registering 11 tackles for a loss and forcing three fumbles out of the four turnovers they came up with. ...

Spirit Lake wrapped up its second consecutive district championship and the home field advantage throughout the first two rounds of the playoffs after going on the road and pounding South Central Calhoun 49-0 Friday, Oct. 12 in Class 2A District 2 football action. It was the Indians first trip to Lake City since losing a 13-9 playoff heartbreaker to the Titans two years ago in the first round of the playoffs...

Okoboji and George-Little Rock locked up in a down-to-the-wire finish to end Siouxland Conference play, with the Mustangs doing just enough to squeak out a victory in five sets Thursday, Oct. 11 on Senior Night at Okoboji High School. Game scores were 25-19, 15-25, 25-17, 21-25 and 15-12...

Okoboji took a major stepping stone in the second-to-last week of the season, battling hard for 48 minutes while trying to play spoiler in a 20-6 loss to Western Christian Friday, Oct. 12 in the Pioneers' home finale. "I couldn't say enough about how proud we were and how satisfying it was as a coaching staff to see our kids play at their potential," said Okoboji coach Jon Allen. ...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire put together its most complete game this season Friday, Oct. 12, rolling past Northeast Hamilton 64-14 on the road. The Titans absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage, rushing for a season-high 490 yards and getting 100-yard rushing performances from running back Carter Williamson and quarterback Blaze Alesch. The GT/RA defense limited the Trojans to 37 yards on the ground and 100 of total offense...

Congressman Steve King was once again the obvious winner in Tuesday night's debate at Morningside College in Sioux City. Our Congressman continues to provide cohesive/precise answers to the topics presented while Christie Vilsack continues to lead constituents on a tangent...