College Sports

Harris-Lake Park senior Taylor Meyer recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for Northwestern College in Orange City. This past season, Meyer was named IGHSAU Class 1A Third Team All-State, IGCA Class 1A All-Northwest District and First Team All-War Eagle Conference. ...

The Iowa Lakes men's basketball team fell to 9-3 on the season with a 89-85 loss to Marshalltown Wednesday night. Iowa Lakes was led in scoring by Kevin Jennings with 16 points. Jacob Rau added 13. Brandun Robinson and Solomon Clayton had 10 each. Marshalltown was led by Kelton Edwards with 30...

The Iowa Lakes men’s basketball team moved to 10-4 on the season with a 102-93 win over Western Nebraska Saturday. The Lakers were led by Equan Ards with 19 points. Also in double figures for the Lakers were Kevin Jennings with 18, Brandun Robinson with 15, Lamontae Lewis with 14 and Boston Grimes with 13. Solomon Clayton led Iowa Lakes in rebounds with nine...

The Iowa Lakes women’s basketball team cruised past Marshalltown Community College 70-44 for the final game before the winter break Wednesday night. The Lakers were led by Shareece Smith’s 14 points. Sam Hagedorn and Tejah Hayden added 12 and 11 respectively...

The Iowa Lakes swim team finished up the fall season and the Lakers are looking towards the second half of the season which starts after winter break. A strong performance at the Rochester, Luther and Mustang Invitationals along with a women’s dual meet win at Saint Mary’s highlight the fall semester...

Iowa Lakes women's basketball player Shareece Smith, a freshman from Fort Dodge, was named the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Player of the Week for the Lakers. The Lakers rattled off two conference wins last weekend, pushing their season win total to 11, the most in the ICCAC to date...

Iowa Lakes' sophomore captain, Adam Pritchard — from Bangor City, Wales — was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team. Adam is the first All-American in the history of the Iowa Lakes soccer program to receive this prestigious award...

The Iowa Lakes men’s basketball team returned from Thanksgiving break to face the Minnesota West Bluejays in Worthington Saturday. The Lakers advanced to 6-1 on the season with a 93-89 victory over the Bluejays. The Lakers trailed in the first half but were able to rally back to take the lead 47-44 to finish the half. Lamontae Lewis and Equan Ards finished the first half with 10 and 13 points respectively...

The Iowa Lakes women’s basketball team picked up a 71-61 road win over Minnesota West Saturday to move to 7-1 on the season. The Lakers were led by freshman Breanna Wendland’s 23 points. Freshman Samantha Hagedorn tallied 17 points, freshman Shareece Smith added 13 points and freshman Safiyer Coleman tacked on 11...

Spirit Lake senior Payton Ahrenstorff recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. This past season, Ahrenstorff — a libero — picked up 588 digs to become the school's all-time digs leader (1,642). ...

Spirit Lake senior Owen Coburn recently signed his letter of intent to play basketball at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Coburn, a 6-10 forward, led the Lakes Conference in scoring for the second straight season in 2017-18. ...

Okoboji senior Hannah Butler recently signed her letter of intent to golf for Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. Butler is a three-time state tournament qualifier for the Pioneers. Butler earned the highest individual finish of her career this past season and led the Pioneers to a third-place team finish at the Class 2A IGHSAU State Golf Tournament at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora. ...

Spirit Lake senior Kyler Rieck recently signed his letter of intent to wrestle for Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota. Rieck is a two-time state tournament medalist. He reached the Class 2A semifinals as a 138-pound freshman, finishing fourth. ...

Spirit Lake senior Mason McCaffery recently signed his letter of intent to compete in track and field and cross country at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota. McCaffery helped lead the Spirit Lake track team to back-to-back Lakes Conference championships each of the past two seasons. ...

Spirit Lake senior Mikia Kriener recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This past season, Kriener was earned First Team All-Lakes Conference and Academic All-State honors for the Indians. ...

Harris-Lake Park senior Brianne Ihnen recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball and softball at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota. Ihnen had 94 kills, 36 aces, 33 digs and 24 blocks for the Wolves' volleyball team this past season. She finished the 2018 softball season with a .388 batting average. .537 slugging percentage, .438 on base percentage, 26 hits, seven doubles, a home run and 15 RBIs...

In its first ICCAC dual of the season, the second-ranked Iowa Lakes wrestling team topped 10th-ranked Ellsworth 25-15 Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Estherville. The Lakers won six of 10 matches on the night. Returning national qualifier and eighth-ranked Kevin Saravia won his 125-pound bout by technical fall. At 141 pounds, Tracy Davis earned a 9-5 victory. Fourth-ranked Anthony Fisher won 3-2 at 149 pounds...

Iowa Lakes swimmers had many impressive individual performances at Saturday’s Morningside’s Invitational, but struggled as a team. “Our small team has a difficult time keeping up in the team scores when we go up against teams of 20 or more members," Iowa Lakes coach Todd Peters said. "We consistently placed our swimmers in the top eight in most events and almost took a couple of wins.”...

Iowa Lakes men's and women's hoops teams both eclipsed 100 points Monday, Nov. 5 in a pair of wins over Dordt JV. The Laker women won 100-58 and the men won 108-75. The Iowa Lakes women’s basketball team blew out Dordt’s JV Monday night 100-58. The Lakers were led by Breanna Wendland’s 27 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Sam Hagedorn added 20 points, Shareece Smith 11 and Shanice Vaughn 10...

Iowa Lakes men’s soccer coach Ben MacRae was awarded Region XI Coach of the Year Honors for the 2018 season; making this the second time MacRae has earned this honor in the last five years. He shared this year's award with Marshalltown coach Rafael Martinez...

Eight Iowa Lakes Community College men’s soccer players were named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Division I Men’s Soccer All-Region teams. Nicolas Likulia, Adam Pritchard and Luto Tom were named to the ICCAC All-Region First Team, Julio Rangel, Abel Gebrekiros, and Connor Goldsworthy were named Second Team All-Region, and Luan Cesar and Cameron Weston were named Honorable Mention All-Region...

Four Iowa Lakes Community College women’s soccer players have been named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Division I Women’s Soccer All-Region teams. Adelle Brown was named to the ICCAC All-Region First Team, Laura McGuinn was named Second Team All-Region, and Crystal Molineaux and Isabela Polanco were named Honorable Mention All-Region...

The Iowa Lakes wrestling team opened its season at the Yellow Jacket Open hosted by Ridgewater College Saturday. Against a strong field of competition including NJCAA, NCAA D-II and D-III teams, many Lakers were successful. Kevin Saravia Merlos placed fifth at 125 pounds, winning four straight after losing his first match to the eventual champion...

The Iowa Lakes men's basketball team moved to 1-0 on the season with a 92-76 win over Northwestern College's JV Thursday. Equan Ards, Solomon Clayton and Kevin Jennings each had 19 points for the Lakers, and Boston Grimes added 14. Clayton led the team in rebounds with nine...

The Iowa Lakes women’s basketball team dropped its season and home opener Thursday night by a score of 78-70 to Northwestern’s JV. The Lakers were led by Breanna Wendland’s 22 points, Beth Rehse’s 14, Shareece Smith’s 12 and Tejah Hayden’s 11. “A lot positives from tonight,” Laker women’s coach Ashley Martin said. “We are a very young team and are continuing to improve. We still have a lot of work to do. We are learning how hard you have to play each possession.”...

Wednesday the Iowa Lakes volleyball team hosted its first conference game of the 2018 season. The Lakers defeated the Ellsworth Community College Panthers with a 3-1 victory. Starting extremely slow with multiple hitting errors, the Lakers fell short in the first set of the night, 25-22...

The Iowa Lakes Sport Shooting Team shot in its initial competition against SWCC on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the High Lake Gun Club near Creston, Iowa. The traveling team roster consisted of eight men and three women. Ethan Collins shot a near perfect 99x100 to take the gold medal in the men’s division. Raeann Krull was the high Laker lady with 82x100...

Coming off of its recent win, the Iowa Lakes women's golf team traveled to Sioux City to compete in the Lila Frommelt Fall Classic hosted by Briar Cliff University at Two Rivers Golf Club. The two-day tournament took place on Friday Sept. 14, and Saturday, Sept. 15, and had 14 teams and 80 golfers...

The Iowa Lakes men's golf team came out on top at the Grandview Viking Shootout by posting an even par 284 at Otter Creek Golf Club. The score was good enough for a six-shot victory over Waldorf University in a 10-team field. The Lakers were led by freshman Joey Murphy who came in with a 3-under-par 68, which was good enough for co-medalist with former DMACC Bear Parker Davidson of Grandview University. ...

Ben MaCrae is heading into his fifth year coaching the Iowa Lakes men’s soccer team. This year, the Lakers will return to the pitch with a roster of 37 players, including 13 sophomore returners, one transfer and 24 incoming first-year students. “We are currently not in the NJCAA D1 rankings but expect to be later this season," MaCrae said. "We are predicted to finish fifth in our conference (out of 11) by other coaches.”...