Stories from Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Spirit Lake suffered a third straight home loss Thursday, as the Indians fell behind early in a 54-41 loss to non-conference foe Bishop Heelan. The Indians trailed 13-7 after one quarter of play before a 21-9 score in the second put the Crusaders up 34-16 at the half. The two squads played even in the third quarter and the Indians outscored Heelan 11-6 in the fourth, but it was too little, too late...

Spirit Lake overcame a second-quarter slump Thursday in a 65-53 home win over Bishop Heelan. The Indians led 12-7 after one quarter, but the Crusaders caught fire in the second, outscoring Spirit Lake 25-17 to take a 32-29 lead at intermission. "Two of their guys got hot from three, and they were hitting contested three after contested three," Spirit Lake coach Paul Brown said. ...

In a battle of Dickinson County rivals, Harris-Lake Park erased a 23-9 deficit to top Okoboji 78-70 in a non-conference hoops clash Thursday in Milford. The Wolves outscored the Pioneers 22-14 in the second, 23-16 in the third and 24-17 in the fourth to salt away the eight-point victory...

Okoboji defended its turf and earned intra-county bragging rights Thursday with a 72-41 win over Harris-Lake Park. The ninth-ranked (3A) Pioneers jumped out to a 23-8 lead in the opening stanza and never looked back in the 31-point victory. "We were very happy with how the girls came out from the opening tip with tremendous energy," Okoboji coach John Adams said. "H-LP is a senior-dominant team and we knew they would come in and battle. ...