Stories from Friday, February 6, 2015

The Spirit Lake boys basketball team jumped out to an early 16-point lead over Spencer before cruising to a 59-46 home victory on Friday. After gaining a 23-7 advantage through one quarter of play, the Indians seemingly took their collective foot off the gas in the following two quarters, as Spencer outscored Spirit Lake 30-21 in the second and third frames to trail just 44-37 entering the final stanza...

The Spirit Lake girls basketball team defeated Spencer 70-46 on Friday. The Indians got out to a hot start, outscoring Spencer 29-14 in the opening stanza and 22-10 in the second to hold a 51-24 advantage at the half. Scoring slowed as the teams entered the second half. Spirit Lake added to its lead with a 13-11 score in the third before the Tigers put up 11 to the Indians' six in the final stanza...

An early lead turned into a narrow loss Friday for the Harris-Lake Park boys basketball team, as the Wolves fell to West Sioux 59-52. H-LP took a 19-13 lead after one and still held a one-point halftime advantage after being outscored 15-10 in the second, but a 17-11 third quarter turned the tide in favor of the Falcons, who held on for the win with a 14-12 final stanza...

The No. 7-ranked Iowa Lakes wrestling team was dominant in a 32-9 road dual win over Northwestern on Friday, going 6-1 overall. Top-ranked returning national champion Freddie Rodriguez got the dual started with a 19-4 technical fall in 5 minutes over Northwestern's Daniel Arco at 133 pounds...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire's girls had no answers for Sioux Central's aggressive, full-court defense Friday night in Twin Lakes Conference play. The Rebels allowed three or less points in each of the first three quarters to cruise to a 45-18 win...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire's height and perimeter shooting proved to be too much for Sioux Central to handle Friday night as the Titans rolled to a 70-34 victory. The action was tight early in the first quarter, but a couple of back-to-back Titan treys towards the end of the frame gave the visitors a 22-12 advantage heading to the second...

Avenging a one-point loss from late December, the Okoboji boys basketball team smashed Sibley-Ocheyedan 71-26 at home Friday to improve to 7-12 overall and 5-11 in the Siouxland Conference. "It was just a really complete performance for our guys," Okoboji coach Ryan Paulsen said. ...

With a 56-31 win over Sibley-Ocheyedan on Friday, the Okoboji girls basketball team secured a second place finish in the Siouxland Conference behind champion Class 3A No. 3 Sioux Center. "That was good," Okoboji coach John Adams said. "Our goal was to win it, but Sioux Center has an amazing team. ...

Tied 47-47 at the end of regulation, the Harris-Lake Park and West Sioux girls basketball teams needed extra time to determine a winner on Friday. Unfortunately, the Wolves were two points shy in overtime, as the Falcons came away with a 53-51 victory...