Stories from Monday, October 20, 2014

Harris-Lake Park swept Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in straight sets in Thursday night's volleyball regular season finale, winning 25-12, 25-23 and 25-19. Kiersten Carpenter had a team-high seven kills and five blocks to go with eight digs. Grace Heikens had five kills, 13 digs, five blocks and was 8-9 serving with an ace. Mikaela Heikens had four kills, nine digs, a block, and was 11-11 servings with three aces...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire volleyball team wrapped its regular season last week, going 0-5 at the Twin Lakes Conference tournament held Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, the Titans fell to Alta/Aurelia 2-0, East Sac County 2-0 and Southeast Valley 2-1, before falling to Storm Lake St. Mary's 2-1 and West Bend-Mallard 2-0 on Thursday...

Okoboji hit the road Thursday to wrap its regular season slate against West Lyon, as the Pioneers felt to the Wildcats in straight sets (25-13, 25-15, 26-24). Anna Vos had a team-high eight kills. Emily Wintz had seven kills, eight digs, a block and was 8-9 serving. Megan Peschong had six kills, three blocks and was 7-8 serving with an ace. Molly Mitchell had five kills and a block. Kaylee Arnold and Shaelyn Adams both had blocks on the night...

For the third straight year, the No. 14-ranked Spirit Lake volleyball team earned an appearance in the championship match at the Storm Lake volleyball tournament on Saturday after going 4-0 against Lakes Conference foes Storm Lake, Estherville Lincoln Central, Cherokee and Emmetsburg to start the day...

Hannah Grosvenor followed her Lincoln-Douglas championship at Heelan last week by winning the championship at Roosevelt in much the same way. She was the top speaker, again, and she avenged a preliminary round loss by defeating the same debater in the final round. ...

Iowa Lakes Community College has received word that it is the recipient of a grant which will help the college develop a shooting sports club at the collegiate level. The National Shooting Sports Foundation grant provides funds of $10,000 which will greatly aid the club as they recruit and retain students in the Iowa Lakes region...

With solid performances across the board, the Spencer swim team placed first overall at the Lewis Central Invite on Saturday in Council Bluffs. Taylor Sieperda continued to shine, breaking her own meet record and placing first in the 100-yard backstroke. ...

The Iowa Lakes volleyball team went 2-1 in the two-day Rock Valley College Invite held Friday and Saturday in Rockford, Illinois. On day one, the Lakers defeated Highland Community College in straight sets. Rachel Sanow led a balanced offense with 28 assists and picked up six digs. ...

In their biggest meet of the season, the Iowa Lakes men's and women's cross country teams ran well at the University of Wisconsin Lacrosse Invitational held Saturday in Ettrick, Wisconsin. "This is easily the largest meet we compete in with an excess of 1,000 runners competing," Iowa Lakes coach David Peterson said. ...

The Iowa Lakes men's soccer team earned an 8-2 win over visiting NIACC on Saturday in Spencer. Mohammad Awadallah and Jose Rincon both scored a pair of goals for the Lakers, while Saidou Jallow, Lee Marshall, Nathan Samudzi and Kalil Aman chipped in one apiece...