College Sports

Carissa Doran, a 2020 Okoboji High School graduate, recently signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Morningside College in Sioux City. Doran was a co-captain of the 2019-20 Pioneer team that finished the season with a 22-2 record, won a Siouxland Conference Championship and made a regional final appearance. ...

Iowa Lakes sophomore point guard Justin Brookens has signed a national letter of intent to play at Western Illinois University. Western Illinois is an NCAA Division 1 school out of Macomb, Illinois. They are coached by first-year head coach Rob Jeter...

Head Iowa Lakes baseball coach Joey Pavlovich will be leaving for NAIA Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee. He will serve as the pitching coach for the program. Pavlovich has coached at Iowa Lakes for the past seven years. His first two years he served as graduate assistant and the past five years head coach...

Iowa Lakes wrestling coach Cody Alesch recently announced the addition of three-time NCAA qualifier Cash Wilcke to the staff as a graduate-assistant coach pending board approval. "We couldn't be more excited about Cash joining our staff," Alesch said. ...

Iowa Lakes basketball player Justin Brookens has been named First Team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Brookens also earned Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year and was Player of the Week for the conference three times this season. ...

Iowa Lakes freshman wrestler Matt Jordan has been named Second Team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association.  During the season, Jordan won the Auggie Open, placed second at the RCTC Open, placed third at the Dave Edmunds Open, placed fourth at the Grandview Open, and placed third at the regional meet...

Iowa Lakes Community College recently announced the signing of Hailey Miranda of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Miranda earned first team all-conference honors at Ronald Regan High School. She became the first player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. During her senior year she averaged 14 points per game and shot 82% from the free throw line...

Iowa Lakes softball player, Tianna Soto, recently signed to continue her athletic and academic careers at NAIA William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Soto will study athletic training in the hopes of becoming an athletic trainer in the future. "It was awesome getting to watch the growth Tianna has made from the time she walked onto campus until the moment she walked off the field for the last time," Iowa Lakes softball coach Katie Larson said. ...

His ferocious dunks used to send the Indians faithful into a frenzy. His hustle and grit made him a fan favorite inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. But it was a tweet that made former Spirit Lake High School and University of Iowa basketball player Ryan Kriener a champion...

Following the recent recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NJCAA has made the difficult decision to cancel all upcoming basketball championships as well as spring competition, effective immediately. "In light of the progressive evolvement of the COVID-19 situation, the NJCAA has decided to end all competition for the remainder of the academic year," Dr. ...

The 2020 Laker Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 in the SERT Center on the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes Community College. The event is open to the public. Anyone who would like to meet the inductees of the Laker Athletics Hall of Fame and share in the memories of the past are encouraged to attend...

Magan Christopherson of Okoboji High School in Milford has signed a national letter of intent to attend Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and play women’s basketball. Christopherson is the seventh commitment to the DMACC women’s basketball program for the 2020-21 school year and the second commitment from Okoboji High School, joining Camry Jones. ...

The 2020 Laker Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the SERT Center on the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes. The event is open to the public. The 2020 Hall of Fame class will be released soon. Anyone who would like to meet the inductees of the Laker Athletics Hall of Fame and share in the memories of the past are encouraged to attend...