Stories from Friday, May 30, 2014

Spirit Lake graduateTanner Goetsch has signed a letter of intent to continue his cross country and track and field careers at Northwestern College next year. Goetsch is a distance runner who earned eight letters running for the Spirit Lake High School cross country and track and field teams. ...

Twenty-five experienced cyclists will ride the entire RAGBRAI XLII route with local committee members to inspect the roadways and meet with community leaders starting Sunday, June 1 in Rock Valley. They will then make their way to Okoboji on a 69-mile journey and continue on across the state. The cycling group includes RAGBRAI director, T.J. Juskiewicz, and the Iowa Bicycle Coalition's director, Mark Wyatt...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball team wasted little time making a statement, as the Titans scored 17 runs in a 17-3 demolishing of Sibley-Ocheyedan in their season opener on Tuesday. "Overall, we played a good first game," G-T/R-A coach Corey Boe said. "We got off to a slow start, but once we got through the order once, we figured it out. We made played when we needed to. This was a good first game for our young team to build off of."...

Facing off with returning state qualifier Remsen St. Mary's on Wednesday, the Harris-Lake Park baseball team fared well, save for a six-run third inning that was the major difference in a 10-2 loss for the Wolves in their home opener. "RSM is an excellent team," H-LP coach Lane Gunderson said. ...

Down 6-1 entering the final frame in its season opener, the Harris-Lake Park baseball team pushed seven across in the top half of the inning before holding on for a thrilling 8-7 road victory over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Tuesday. HMS jumped out early, scoring two runs in the bottom half of the opening stanza and held a one-run lead after H-LP scored one in the top half of the second...