Spirit Lake, Iowa · Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Spirit Lake vs. Estherville Lincoln Central

Class 2A Regional Girls Basketball Tournament

Walz steps down as SL boys basketball coach (03/03/10)
John Walz, 45, announced his resignation from the Spirit Lake head boys basketball coaching position Wednesday, Feb. 24 in a letter to Activities Director Rick Vander Woude. "I gave it my all for nine years," said Walz. "It took a lot of time. But I I think the program is a lot better since I've gotten here. ...
27 youth swimmers qualify for state meet (03/03/10)
Iowa Lakes crowns one national champion, three total All-Americans (03/03/10)
Iowa Lakes crowned one national champion, came away with two more All-Americans and finished in ninth place overall and seventh place in Division I at the NJCAA National Tournament this past weekend in Des Moines. Victor DeJesus (149) became the Iowa Lakes program's first national champion, defeating defending champion Ganbayar Sanjaa of Colby Community College...
Winter Sports Standings -- Cornbelt Conference (03/03/10)
Cornbelt Conference West Division East Division Boys Basketball Standings Cornbelt Conference West Division East Division...
Winter Sports Standings -- Lakes Conference (03/03/10)
Girls Basketball Standings Lakes Conference Boys Basketball Standings Lakes Conference Wrestling Standings Lakes Conference...
Winter Sports Standings -- Siouxland Conference (03/03/10)
Girls Basketball Standings Siouxland Conference Boys Basketball Standings Siouxland Conference Wrestling Siouxland Conference...
Jensen, Howard score top-5 finishes at state (02/24/10)
Graettinger/Terril's duo of Michael Jensen and Nate Howard wrestled like they didn't want the season to come to an end, advancing all the way to the medal round of their respective weight classes before dropping their final matches this past week at the Iowa State Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena...
Double-threat Schwaller twins prove victory is twice as sweet (02/24/10)
Okoboji took an exciting journey to the Iowa State Wrestling Championships in Des Moines this past week, Thursday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 20, bringing home two place winners. The Schwaller twins have both set records this season for the Pioneers during their senior year and both wrestlers placed at state. ...
Miner places seventh in state debut (02/24/10)
Spirit Lake Park's Doug Miner accomplished an impressive feat by advancing all the way to the medal stand in his first season at the varsity level, placing seventh in Class 2A in his freshman campaign after posting a 3-2 record this past week at the 2010 Iowa State Wrestling Championships in Des Moines...
Wolfpack spoil Indians' state quest (02/24/10)
Talk about playing your best basketball in the postseason. After finishing fifth in the Lakes Conference and splitting both regular season meetings with Spirit Lake, Western Christian upped its win streak to seven with an impressive 49-34 victory Friday, Feb. 19 in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional tournament in Rock Rapids...
Wolves' postseason run comes to an end (02/24/10)
A Class 1A regional semifinal had all the makings of an upset in the first three quarters, but North Sentral Kossuth lived up to its No. 5 ranking in the final eight minutes, outscoring Harris-Lake Park by 11 points en route to a 66-47 win Friday, Feb. 19 in Estherville...

Mmmm, mmmm, Goodies
David Tvedt and Tracy Shuck, the husband and wife duo behind the 25 years of success at Lakes-area based Goodies candy shop, recently spent an afternoon teaching one lucky DCN reporter the ropes of being a confectionary extraordinairre at the candy...

2010 Winter Games
Cooped up Winter Games enthusiasts flocked to the 30th annual event in record totals this year.