Stories from Thursday, December 3, 2015

Former Spirit Lake athlete and current University of Minnesota football player Cody Poock wrapped his first full season as the Gophers' starting middle linebacker by earning several postseason honors. Poock, a redshirt sophomore, led the Gophers and finished seventh in the Big Ten in tackles with 95 total stops (53 solo, 52 assists) this season...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire boys and girls basketball teams each picked up victories over West Bend-Mallard on Tuesday, Dec. 1, as the boys won 63-43 and the girls won 46-22. The GT/RA boys opened a 10-point lead after one and led 33-19 at the half. The Titans stretched their advantage to 16 entering the final stanza, where they outscored the Wolverines 15-11 to salt away the victory...

The Harris-Lake Park boys and girls basketball teams lost both games of a varsity road doubleheader on Tuesday night, falling to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 70-31 and 66-35, respectively. In their loss, the H-LP boys were led by Jordan Kyle with nine points. Cale Hellinga and Darin Hesebeck had six points each. Dahlton Burdorf had nine boards and three steals...