Stories from Monday, June 1, 2015

Okoboji pitcher Houston Hawkins was in rare form Wednesday night, as the sophomore tossed a no-hitter against Dickinson County rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire in a 10-0 Pioneers' victory that ended in five innings. Hawkins had just two walks on the night, striking out seven Titan batters en route to the home win. He also went 2-2 at the dish with a double, two RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base...

Through six and a half innings Thursday, it looked like the Harris-Lake Park baseball team was going to its first win of the season in a road contest with War Eagle Conference foe Unity Christian. However, trailing 9-5 heading into the bottom half of the seventh, the Knights pushed four runs across to send the game into extras before scoring once more in the bottom of the eighth to earn the come-from-behind win over the Wolves...

Okoboji led from start to finish Friday evening in a road win over Alta-Aurelia, as the Pioneers outscored the Warriors 9-2 in seven innings. After a scoreless first inning, the Pioneers pushed one across in the second before tacking on four in the fourth to lead 5-0...

With a 3-0 loss to Sioux City West in Friday's Class 2A Region 1 soccer tournament, Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji's dream season came to an end. Facing a much bigger and more experienced Wolverines squad, the young SLP-O squad struggled in an unfamiliar tournament environment...

The Class 3A No. 7-ranked Spirit Lake softball team dropped three at a weekend tournament in Sioux City, but ended its tourney on a high note, topping host Bishop Heelan in the finale. The Indians opened play with an 11-2 loss to Sioux City East on Friday afternoon...

Arnolds Park Amusement Park had a mystery act listed for July 5 as part of the Live at the Lake concert series. Marketing and Communications Manager Di Lorenzen ended the suspense Monday. "We are excited to announce that Uncle Kracker will be performing on July 5th for the Live At The Lake Concert series on Preservation Plaza," she said in a Park announcement. ...

Okoboji's Alex Mankle is tied for seventh in Class 3A following the opening round of the 2015 IGHSAU State Golf Tournament held at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. Mankle is currently tied with two other players at 13-over-par and sits nine strokes off the lead set by Beckman Catholic senior Brooke Klostermann...

Portions of 170th Street in the Francis Sites area were blocked off as firefighters worked to contain a structure fire at Lutheran Lakeside Camp in Spirit Lake. Fire was visible from the outside of the building as emergency crews arrived at about 4 p.m. Monday. Officials on scene were unsure as to what may have caused the fire...