Stories from Thursday, June 4, 2015

A Maple Grove High School (Minnesota) athlete has signed to play on the women's soccer squad at Iowa Lakes Community College. Lindsey Nied officially signed a letter of intent May 22. Nied played for Maple Grove High School as well as the MapleBrook club soccer team. Her main position for these teams was as an outside midfield...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball team picked up a 7-4 home win over visiting South Central Calhoun on Wednesday to improve to 2-1 on the year. After two scoreless innings, South Central Calhoun pushed one across in the top of the third to take a 1-0 lead, but GT/RA answered with three runs in then bottom half of the inning to take control...

The Okoboji baseball team beat Sheldon 8-0 on Wednesday to improve to 4-1 on the season. The Pioneers scored five runs in the first and three in the second before cruising to the win. Holt Hunziker got the complete-game shutout win for the Pioneers. The senior allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven in seven innings of work. He was also 1-4 at the dish with three RBIs...

Harris-Lake Park wasted little time establishing its dominance over Clay Central-Everly in Wednesday night's home contest, scoring nine runs in the first inning of a 14-2 win over the Mavericks. Thor Larson led the inning off by drawing a walk and teammate Dahlton Burdorf followed with a single into left to put two aboard for Zach Heikens who found a gap in the outfield for a double to score Larson and Burdorf, putting the Wolves up 2-0...

After an 0-1 start to the season, the Harris-Lake Park softball team clinched its third straight victory with a 13-1 demolishing of Clay Central-Everly on Wednesday night in Lake Park. The Wolves jumped on top right away, plating five in the opening stanza before tacking on three in the second and ending the night with a five-run fourth...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire got on top early in Wednesday's softball contest with South Central Calhoun, but ultimately fell at home 8-2. The Titans plated both of their runs in the opening stanza, as Maddy Norris scored on an RBI double by Morgan McGrauth and McGrauth scored on an RBI single by Lauren Flaharty to put the home team on top 2-0. However, South Central Calhoun scored three runs in the second, two in the third and three more in the fourth before cruising to victory...

Spirit Lake led from start to finish in Wednesday's Lakes Conference baseball battle with Cherokee, as the Indians picked up a 7-3 road win over the Braves. A four-run first inning got the Indians off on the right foot, as Cory Meschede walked to lead off, Keaton Leach followed with a single to left and Gavin DeVos singled to right to load the bags...

A nine-run scoring outburst in the second inning was the difference Wednesday night, as the Class 3A No. 7-ranked Spirit Lake softball team earned a 12-2 road win over Lakes Conference foe Cherokee. After a scoreless first inning, Carly Ites, Maddie Richter and Kailee Jenness each drew walks to load the bags in the second. With one out, Whitlee Reitz ripped a hard ground ball up the middle, scoring courtesy runner Carly Hassel for the first run of the game...

Register today for the Northwest Iowa Junior Golf Championship to be held Monday, June 15 at Spencer Golf & Country Club on Monday, June 15. The tournament is for boys and girls entering grades 7-12. The entry fee is $20-25 depending on the age division and each participant receives a tournament logo Nike hat, a tournament bag tag with their name on it and a hot dog lunch. The top three finishers in each division will also receive a trophy to celebrate their accomplishment...

Iowa Lakes women's basketball coach, Corey Christopher, has announced that Jackie Petrich of Marshall, Minnesota, has signed a national junior college letter of intent to play basketball for the Lakers next season. Petrich is a 2015 graduate of Marshall High School where she was a four-year varsity player under coach Dan Westby. ...

The Okoboji softball team fell to Sheldon 12-3 at home on Wednesday, as the Pioneers dropped to 0-4 on the season. The Orabs scored two in the top of the first and two more in the top of the second to take a 4-0 lead before the Pioneers pushed a run across in the bottom of the second to make it a 4-1 game...