Stories from Monday, April 27, 2015

The Iowa Lakes softball team wrapped its regular season slate with a pair of wins over visiting Marshalltown Community College on Tuesday, April 21. The Lakers earned a 17-7 win in game one before following with a 11-10 victory in the second game of the afternoon doubleheader...

In a neck-and-neck race with Algona, the Spirit Lake boys track team came up just short at the Iowa Great Lakes Invite on Tuesday, April 21, despite recording their highest team point total ever. With 20 top-three finishes and five champions for 171 team points, the Indians fell just shy of topping the Bulldogs' total of 183...

The Harris-Lake Park boys golf team earned a decisive victory over Gehlen Catholic on Tuesday, April 21, besting the Jays 170-203. Brady Van Iperen earned medalist honors with a round of 40, while teammate Jordan Kyle was runner-up with a 41. H-LP's Bret Shon was third with a 42 and Bryce Perkins rounded out the scoring for the Wolves with a 47...

The Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls soccer team extended its impressive win streak to four games with a 5-1 road win over Unity Christian on Tuesday, April 21. Katy Brevik connected on her third straight hat trick with a trio of goals against the Knights...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire boys and girls golf squads dropped a pair of matches against Newell-Fonda in a Twin Lakes Conference coed dual on Thursday. The boys fell to the Mustangs 183-207, while the girls lost 207-224. For the boys, Nate Harris recorded the team-low round of 45 to receive runner-up medalist honors behind Newell-Fonda's Jason Hess. Josh Petrich followed with a 49, while Payton Brower carded a 55 and Noah Flaherty carded a 58...

In a War Eagle Conference coed dual, the Harris-Lake Park boys and girls golf teams fell on the road to Akron-Westfield. In boys action, the Westerners edged the Wolves 170-187, while the H-LP girls fell 206-264. For the boys, H-LP's Bret Sohn led the way with a 42, earning runner-up medalist honors...

The Harris-Lake Park boys track team earned a pair of championships at the Blackhawk Relays hosted by Hinton on Thursday. The Wolves' Darin Hesebeck placed first in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 8 inches, and the shuttle hurdle relay team of Cale Hellinga, Josh Bridgeman, Jayden Gilge and Skylar Cudmore placed first in 1 minute, 16.31...

The Spirit Lake-Okoboji boys tennis teamed earned a narrow win over visiting Spencer on Thursday, edging the Tigers 5-4. "Going into this meet, I anticipated it to be very close and competitive - it was that and then some," SL-O coach Dan Taylor said. "Spencer had to move everyone in their lineup up one spot due to illness, which is always a big challenge for any team that has to do that. But they really, under the circumstances, came out and competed extremely well."...

Youth basketball teams from Okoboji and Spirit Lake competed in the 2015 Pacesetter Youth Basketball State Championships in March. The Okoboji seventh grade girls and boys each placed second overall in their respective brackets. The girls fell to West Hancock 38-26 in the championship match, and the boys fell 40-28 to Dyersville in title game...

Okoboji's Alex Mankle was on fire in Rock Rapids, earning medalist honors with a low round of 36 -- six shots better than runner-up Rachel Abele of Sheldon. MOC-Floyd Valley's Anna Clemens and Alexa Arends placed third and fourth with rounds of 43 and 45, respectively...

The Okoboji boys golf team took seventh place at Thursday's Siouxland Conference meet hosted by MOC-Floyd Valley. The Pioneers were paced by Nik Mankle, who carded a team-low round of 43 on the day. Holt Hunziker followed with a 44, while Sean Greiner carded a 45 and Jon Ahrens came in with a 48...

The Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls tennis team continued its impressive start to the 2015 season with a road sweep of Lakes Conference rival Spencer on Thursday. SL-O coach Bob O'Hara is impressed with the way his team is playing entering the Lakes Conference Tournament slated for Saturday, and Le Mars the following Monday...

Okoboji's Austin Kolegraff continued to impress in the discus at a meet hosted by Sheldon on Thursday. The returning state qualifier placed second in the event with a toss of 146 feet, 8.5 inches. Okoboji had only one more top-three finish on the day, as the medley team of Noah Bouse, Nick Langel, Brandon Svoboda and Ryan Chindlund placed third in 4 minutes. .86 of a second...

A rash of injuries finally caught up to the Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls soccer team Thursday, as the squad ended a four-game win streak with a 3-2 double-overtime loss on the road to Western Christian. "It was a really tough match," SLP-O coach Bill Cochran-Bray said. ...

With a 3-0 shutout win over visiting Western Christian on Thursday, the Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji boys soccer team picked up its third win of the young season. It was also the third win in four games for SLP-O after starting the season with three straight losses...

The Spirit Lake girls golf team played well overall but came up just short in a triangular against Storm Lake and Emmetsburg on Thursday in Emmetsburg. The Indians combined to shoot a 204, finishing a stroke behind the Tornadoes and 23 behind the host E'Hawks...

The Spirit Lake boys golf team picked up a win at a home triangular against Emmetsburg and Storm Lake on Thursday, as the Indians scored a 169 to edge the Tornadoes (178) and E-Hawks (183). Jac Radcliffe and Jack Bauermeister led the way for the Indians with rounds of 41. Radcliffe was named runner-up medalist...

Competing at the 2015 Iowa Great Lakes Boys Golf Tournament, Spirit Lake and Okoboji battled the likes of Spencer, Estherville Lincoln Central, Martin County West and Emmetsburg at Brooks National Golf Course on Saturday. Overall, the Indians placed fourth with a round of 347, while the Pioneers placed third with a score of 342...