Stories from Monday, September 8, 2014

On a cloudy afternoon at Woodlyn Hills on Thursday, the Okoboji boys and girls cross country team hosted an invitational meet that featured several of the area's best distance runners. While the boys earned a sixth place finish among the 15 teams present, the girls earned a runner-up finish behind champion Emmetsburg, as three runners placed in the top 15 and five placed in the top 25, overall...

The Spirit Lake volleyball team split a pair of matches over the weekend, as the Indians earned a straight set victory over Northwood-Kensett, but also lost in straight sets to Lake Mills. The Indians spread the ball across the net, as Lauren Wickham and Kelsey Delperdang led with six kills each on the day. Macy Smith and Joie Veldman each had four, while Taryn Ruden had two...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire continued its winning ways Friday evening, as the Titan football team earned a convincing 55-14 win over visiting North Iowa. "I thought we played pretty well for the most part," G-T/R-A coach Todd Hough said. "We still have a few things to get cleaned up, but the kids have been doing a great job of working in practice and I definitely think we played better in week two than we did in week one."...

A potent ground game combined with a relentless pass rush proved to be the correct formula for the Spirit Lake football team Friday night, as the Indians rushed for 192 yards and totaled eight tackles for loss and three sacks in a 35-25 road win. "We improved from week one and I thought we did a much better job up front along the offensive line," Spirit Lake coach Josh Bolluyt said. ...

Coming off its first victory in four years in the season opener, the Okoboji football team stumbled to a 21-0 loss at the hands of West Sioux on Friday. "The whole game, we just seemed flat," Okoboji coach Jon Allen said. "That's inevitable. You hear about it at every level. ...

Up 32-26 over Newell-Fonda with 3:22 left to play at home Friday night, the Harris-Lake Park football team needed its defense to come up with one final stop. To that point, defense and special teams were key for the Wolves as they clung to a narrow lead despite several turnovers by the offense, including five interceptions thrown by quarterback Brady Van Iperen...