High School Sports

Trailing 5-0 through four innings Tuesday night, the Pioneers exploded for six runs in the fifth inning to edge visiting Pocahontas Area 6-5 in Milford. "When (Pocahontas Area) started hitting the ball, I thought 'Whoa, I hope we're able to make some plays here pretty soon,'" Okoboji coach Dennis Baschke said. "Things turned around. Mia (Meyer) got settled and she pitched a good game after that."...

Coming off a weekend in which they hung with and beat much larger schools at a tournament in Fort Dodge, the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire softball team suffered a setback in a 10-5 loss to Storm Lake on Tuesday. "We just came off a really, really fantastic weekend down in Fort Dodge," GT/RA coach Kyle Norris said. ...

Okoboji baseball and softball squads picked up a pair of Siouxland Conference victories on Friday night. The baseball team plated five runs late to pull ahead for a 14-6 win over George-Little Rock, and the softball team combined for three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to earn a 6-3 win over George-Little Rock/Central Lyon...

Spirit Lake baseball and softball teams split a Lakes Conference varsity doubleheader with Spencer on Thursday. The Indians baseball team surrendered just two runs, but lost in a 2-0 shut out, while the conference-leading softball squad pulled away for a 5-2 win over the Tigers in Spirit Lake...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire picked up a pair of Twin Lakes Conference wins Wednesday in Ruthven. The Titans baseball team came back from five down to win 8-5 while the softball squad plated one in the bottom half of the seventh to top the Wolverines 3-2 in walkoff fashion...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball squads dropped a pair of home games to Remsen St. Mary's on Monday. The Wolves baseball team gave up five runs in the fifth inning to fall 6-1 to the defending 1A state champs, while the softball team fell behind early in a 9-4 loss to the Hawks in Lake Park...

Spirit Lake baseball and softball teams split a Lakes Conference road doubleheader with Le Mars on Monday. The Indians baseball team surrendered two in the sixth inning to fall 7-5, while the softball squad plated 17 runs in the final three innings to down the 'Dogs 18-7...

Okoboji baseball and softball teams dropped a pair of Siouxland Conference home games to West Lyon on Monday. The Pioneers baseball team lost 17-5 in six innings, while the softball team was blanked 3-0 by the Wildcats. In the baseball game, the Pioneers hung around through two innings, as West Lyons plated a pair of runs in both the first and second innings, and Okoboji pushed one across in the first and two across in the second to trail 4-3...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire held its own against much larger schools at a tournament hosted by Fort Dodge over the weekend. The Class 1A Titans went 1-3 at the two-day tournament held Friday and Saturday, besting Class 4A Harlan and falling to Class 4A Clear Creek-Amana, and Class 5A Sioux City East and Iowa City West...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball teams split a War Eagle Conference road trip to Hinton on Friday. The baseball team dropped a 5-3 loss to the Blackhawks, while the Wolves softball squad earned a 9-5 victory. Harris-Lake Park broke a tied ball game open with four runs in the final frame to defeat Hinton 9-5 in a War Eagle Conference clash Wednesday...

Okoboji plated six runs in the opening frame to set the tone in a home win over North Union on Thursday. The Pioneers scored 10 runs on 10 hits in a 10-4 win over the Warriors in Milford. The Warriors scored three in the second inning to cut the deficit in half, but the Pioneers scored one in the third, one in the fifth and two in the sixth before holding North Union to a lone run in the top half of the final frame to salt away the victory...

Okoboji totaled 20 hits in a dominant 13-5 non-conference road win over Manson Northwest Webster on Thursday. The Pioneers struck early and late in a 13-5 win over the Cougars in Manson. Okoboji plated three runs in the first and two in the second to lead 5-0 before the Cougars knotted it at 5-5 with five runs in the bottom half of the second stanza...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire had its five-game winning streak snapped in a 5-0 shutout loss to fourth-ranked (1A) Newell-Fonda on Thursday. The Titans collected just three hits on the night, as sophomore pitcher Olivia Larsen and the Mustangs defense kept the visitors off the board in a Twin Lakes Conference softball clash in Newell...

Spirit Lake earned a pair of Lakes Conference wins Wednesday evening, as the Indians baseball and softball teams topped Cherokee in Spirit Lake. The baseball team scored in bunches to win 14-2 in six innings, and the 12th-ranked softball team exacted a measure of revenge with a 9-1 win over the 15th-ranked Braves...

Okoboji's win streak ended at four games Wednesday with a 4-1 road loss to Sioux Center in Siouxland Conference baseball action. The Pioneers scored just once — on a Bryce Peter solo home run in the top half of the third — as the Warriors plated two in the third and two more in the sixth to pull away for the three-run victory...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball squads split a War Eagle Conference varsity doubleheader with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Wednesday. The baseball team won 7-3 and the softball team lost 19-10 in extra innings at Lake Park. The Wolves received contributions from up and down their lineup Wednesday evening. ...

North Union plated six runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined to defeat Okoboji 7-3 in non-conference softball action Tuesday, June 13 in Milford. After two scoreless, both squads pushed a run across in the third inning before the top-ranked (2A) Warriors gained a three-run advantage with a trio of runs in the top half of the fifth...

Despite a solid pitching effort from sophomore Mady Brevik, the Harris-Lake Park softball squad dropped a non-conference home game with George-Little Rock/Central Lyon on Tuesday, June. 13. The Wolves plated runs in the second and fourth innings, but the Mustangs pushed one across in each the first, second, fourth and sixth innings to pull ahead for a 4-2 win in Lake Park...

Okoboji struggled to a 5-0 deficit early Tuesday night, but bounced back — thanks in large part to a solid pitching effort from Sean Greiner and a pair of Matt Eckard homers — to top Central Lyon 12-6 in Siouxland Conference baseball action. It was the fourth win in a row for the Pioneers, who struggled to a 1-7 record between May 26 and June 8...

Playing in-between thunderstorms, the Spirit Lake softball team made quick work of Sibley-Ocheyedan on Tuesday night, as the 15th-ranked (3A) Indians downed the Generals 14-2 in just three innings. Spirit Lake exploded out of the gates with a six-run first inning...

No. 15 Spirit Lake earns 10-run home victory over Lakes Conference foe Le Mars

Harris-Lake Park squared off with Trinity Christian in a War Eagle Conference softball doubleheader on Wednesday night and came away with a pair of victories. The Wolves topped the Tigers 6-5 and 14-3 in Lake Park. Mady Brevik pitched the Wolves to the 6-5 victory...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball and softball teams picked up a pair of wins over visiting Manson Northwest Webster on Friday. The Titans baseball team picked up a 3-0 sweep and the softball squad earned a 14-4 win over the Cougars in Ruthven...

Harris-Lake Park split a War Eagle Conference doubleheader with Gehlen Catholic on Monday night. The Wolves softball team picked up a 6-5 victory while the baseball team surrendered four runs late to lose 5-2 to the Jays in Lake Park. Harris-Lake Park and Gehlen Catholic both pushed a run across in the opening frame, but after four scoreless innings, the Jays broke open the game with four runs in the sixth and held the Wolves to just one run in the bottom half of the seventh to earn the three-run victory.. ...

Okoboji earned a pair of Siouxland Conference victories on Monday night, as the baseball team defeated Sibley-Ocheyedan 11-0 and the softball team earned a 5-2 win over the Generals. Okoboji senior Isaac Fritsch allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out six in a five-inning shutout victory...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire split a Twin Lakes Conference doubleheader with Storm Lake St. Mary's on Monday. The Titans earned a 12-2 softball victory, but the baseball team lost 7-5 in Storm Lake. In the softball game, the Titans put the exclamation point on a 10-run road win with a six-run seventh inning...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire went 2-0 to place first at a softball tournament hosted by Emmetsburg on Saturday. The Titans defeated Emmetsburg 4-0 and Clear Lake 7-4. The Titans scored a run in the first and three more in the fifth against Emmetsburg, as Taylor Park and Maddy Norris combined to pitch a two-hit shutout...

The Okoboji baseball team went 2-0 at a tournament hosted by Emmetsburg on Saturday. The Pioneer defeated host Emmetsburg 13-3 and Dickinson County rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 8-3. The Pioneers scored early and often in a 10-run win over the E-Hawks...

MOC-Floyd Valley pushed five runs across in the second inning Friday night, and that's all the Dutch needed for a 5-1 win over Okoboji in Orange City. It was the eighth straight loss for the Pioneers, after they opened their season with four wins in five games...

Spirit Lake stretched its winning streak to six games Friday night with an 8-1 home win over Western Christian. It was the second time this season the 15th-ranked Indians — now 12-4 overall — had won six straight. Spirit Lake plated one in the opening frame and, after a scoreless second, took a 5-0 lead with four runs in the bottom half the third...

Harris-Lake Park combined for 12 runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings of a 13-5 road rout of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in a War Eagle Conference softball showdown on Friday night. The Wolves' offense totaled 20 hits in the win. Sophomore Mady Brevik earned the win on the mound. She allowed five earned runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out three in seven innings...

Spirit Lake hosted a softball tournament over the weekend. The 15th-ranked (3A) Indians went 2-1 Saturday, and Dickinson County rival Okoboji went 3-0. Squaring off with 12th-ranked (4A) Boone, the Indians hung around early, but ultimately lost a 12-2 contest...

Okoboji hung around through four innings Thursday night, but a six-run fifth inning led to a 12-2 win for Remsen St. Mary's in non-conference baseball action in Remsen. The Pioneers and Hawks each scored one run in the first and third innings before the Hawks took a one-run lead with a run in the bottom half of the fourth. Then everything unravelled for the visiting Pioneers, as the Hawks scored six in the fifth and three more in the sixth to end the night early...

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union scored five runs in the opening frame and held on to defeat Harris-Lake Park in War Eagle Conference baseball action on Thursday night. The Royals tacked on a run in each the second, third and fourth innings, and the Wolves scored two in the fourth and one in the sixth in an 8-3 MMC-RU win in Marcus...

Despite a herculean effort from senior pitcher Jordan Kyle, the Harris-Lake Park baseball team struggled to score in a 1-0 extra-inning loss to Trinity Christian on Wednesday night. Kyle struck out 14 Tigers batters and kept the home team off the score board for seven innings, but Trinity Christian broke the scoreless game in the bottom half of the eighth inning to win in walk-off fashion. Kyle allowed just three hits and one walk in 7 1/3 innings...

Spirit Lake baseball and softball teams made quick work of Storm Lake Wednesday night in a Lakes Conference varsity doubleheader. The Indians softball team won 15-1 in four innings and the baseball team defeated the Tornadoes 14-0 in six. Houston Hawkins pitched a one-hit shutout for the Indians on Wednesday. The senior struck out 15 and walked four in six innings...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball and softball teams dropped both legs of a varsity doubleheader to East Sac County on Wednesday night. The baseball team lost 10-0 and the softball team surrendered four runs late to lose 4-3. The GT/RA softball team took a 1-0 lead in the opening frame and pushed that lead to three with a two-run fourth inning. However, the Raiders bounced back to plate one in the fifth and three in the sixth while holding the Titans scoreless to earn the win...

The Okoboji baseball team climbed out of an early hole, but ultimately fell to Sioux Central at home on Tuesday, June 6, as the Rebels plated three runs in the final two innings to win 9-7. Sioux Central plated one in the opening frame and followed with two more in the top of the second. The Pioneers plated two in the bottom of the second to make it a 3-2 contest...

Spirit Lake erupted for 10 runs to down Sioux Central in five innings Tuesday, June 6, as the 15th-ranked Indians defeated the Rebels 10-0 in non-conference softball action. Senior Kailee Jenness pitched the Indians to the victory. She allowed just one hit in five innings, striking out seven Rebels batters. She also smacked two home runs in the contest, going 2-3 on the evening with three RBIs...

Spirit Lake scored eight runs in the third inning Tuesday, June 6 to take control of a non-conference baseball contest with MOC-Floyd Valley. The Indians trailed by one heading into the third, but rallied to defeat the Dutch 12-5 in Orange City. Spirit Lake scored a run in the top half of the first to lead 1-0, but MOC-Floyd Valley scored three in the bottom half of the frame to lead 3-1. ...

Trailing 7-0 heading into the final frame Tuesday, June 6, Harris-Lake Park plated four runs to pull within three, but ultimately fell to George-Little Rock non-conference baseball action. The Mustangs scored three in the third and four in the fifth to take a commanding lead before holding off the Wolves for the 7-4 win...

Spirit Lake-Okoboji tennis coach Bob O'Hara was recently named the 2017 recipient of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union's Golden Plaque of Distinction Award. O'Hara was honored before the start of the Class 1A singles and doubles tournament in Iowa City...

Spirit Lake-Okoboji doubles teammates Alison Bueltel and Ashley Thorn saw their tennis seasons come to a close last week at the 2016 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Doubles Tournament in Iowa City. Bueltel, a senior, and Thorn, a junior, went 1-2 at the two-day tournament played Thursday and Friday at Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex...

Trailing Okoboji 5-1 heading into the final frame Tuesday night in Milford, the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire softball team erupted for six runs to earn a 7-5 come-from-behind win over the Pioneers. "I couldn't be more proud of these kids for fighting. ...

Little boys across the country dream of this moment. Knotted at 2-2 with two on and two out, and down to his final strike in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday night, Spirit Lake sophomore Ben Newman delivered on that dream. Batting in the nine hole, Newman smacked an 0-2 pitch up the middle to score the winning run in a 3-2 upset of ninth-ranked (2A) Lakes Conference rival Estherville Lincoln Central, clearing the Spirit Lake bench and sending the Indians' faithful into a frenzy...

Spirit Lake's Marta Asensio Povar and Okoboji's Hannah Butler played their final rounds Wednesday at the Class 3A and 2A girls state golf tournaments. Asensio Povar carded a two-day score of 163 at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora, and Butler carded a combined score of 186 at Jester Park Golf Course in Granger...

Harris-Lake Park plated five runs in the final three innings Friday night to pull ahead for a 9-3 War Eagle Conference baseball win over South O'Brien in Paullina. After a scoreless first, the Wolves plated a run in the top half of the second and pushed three more across in the top half of the third to lead 4-0...

Trailing 1-0 after one, the 14th-ranked (3A) Spirit Lake softball team plated 11 unanswered runs to end the night early with an 11-1 win over Lakes Conference rival Estherville Lincoln Central at home Monday night. The Midgets plated one in the top half of the first, but the Indians scored six in the second, one in the fourth and four in the fifth to end it in five...

Okoboji baseball and softball teams dropped a varsity road doubleheader to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley on Monday. The Pioneer baseball team lost 2-1 and the softball team lost 16-0 in three innings. The Okoboji baseball team led 1-0 through five innings, as senior Bryce Peter scored an a Jacob Allen single in the top hall of the first. But the Nighthawks held the Pioneers scoreless the rest of the way, plating two in the bottom half of the sixth to pull ahead for the one-run win...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball teams suffered a pair of losses Monday night in a War Eagle Conference varsity doubleheader with West Sioux in Hawarden. The Wolves baseball team lost 10-0 to the third-ranked (1A) Falcons, while the softball team fell 8-3 to the sixth-ranked (1A) Falcons...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball and softball teams split a pair of home games with Sioux Central on Monday night. While the Titans softball team won 14-4 in five innings, the baseball team fell 22-8 to the Rebels. Sioux Central's softball team plated a run in the top half of the opening frame, but GT/RA responded with three in the bottom half of the inning to lead 3-1. ...

Facing stiff competition, the 14th-ranked (3A) Spirit Lake girls softball team went 1-2 at a tournament hosted by Sheldon. The Indians defeated the host Orabs, but fell to second-ranked (3A) Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and ninth-ranked (3A) Sioux Center on Saturday...

Playing at a two-day tournament in Huxley over the weekend, the Okoboji softball team went 0-4 while being outscored 51-1. On Friday, the Pioneers lost 13-0 to BCLUW, Conrad and 16-0 to Class 4A 11th-ranked Boone. On Saturday, the Pioneers fell 10-1 to Woodbury Central and 12-0 to Ballard...

The Harris-Lake Park softball team went 0-2 at a tournament in Storm Lake over the weekend. The Wolves lost 10-2 to host Storm Lake and 11-1 to Pocahontas Area on Saturday. In their loss to the Tornadoes, the Wolves led 1-0 after one, but Storm Lake rallied in the second to knot it at 1-1. Harris-Lake Park regained the lead with a run in the third, but Storm Lake scored two in the third, one in the fifth and exploded for six in the seventh to pull away for the eight-run victory...

Spirit Lake collected five hits in Friday night's Lakes Conference baseball battle with Le Mars, but the Indians failed to muster a run in front of the home crowd in a 4-0 loss to the Bulldogs. Le Mars had just three hits in the game, but took advantage of four Spirit Lake errors, plating three runs in the fourth and one more in the sixth to earn the victory...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire picked up a softball victory, but the baseball team dropped its half of a Twin Lake Conference road doubleheader with Pocahontas Area on Friday. The softball team plated three combined in the fifth and sixth to pull ahead for a 9-6 win, while the baseball team mustered just one run in a 7-1 loss to the Indians...

Okoboji snapped a four-game losing skid with a 10-7 extra-innings road victory over Central Lyon on Friday. The Pioneers took an early lead, but the Lions knotted at 1-1 with a run in bottom half of the opening frame and took a one-run lead with another in the bottom of the second...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball and softball squads earned a pair of dominant home wins Thursday over Twin Lakes Conference rival Clay Central-Everly. The Titans' softball team defeated the Mavericks 12-1 in Terril, while the baseball team earned 14-1 win over CC-E in Graettinger...

In a back-and-forth Lakes Conference softball showdown, Cherokee plated a run in the bottom half of the eighth inning to defeat 14th-ranked Spirit Lake Thursday in Cherokee. The loss snapped a six-game win streak for the Indians. Spirit Lake took an early lead, as junior Kelsey Kannenberg ripped a line drive double into center field to score Karli Olsen and Payton Ahrenstorff in the top half of the third...

Okoboji baseball and softball teams dropped a pair of road games Thursday, as the baseball team lost 14-4 in Emmetsburg and the softball team lost 12-0 in Inwood. In the softball game, West Lyon plated three in the first, five in the second and four in the third to down the Pioneers...

Okoboji split a pair of home contests Wednesday night in Milford, as the Pioneers baseball team fell 3-1 to Siouxland Conference foe Sheldon, and the softball team picked up a 7-1 win over the Orabs. The Pioneers softball team held a 2-0 lead early after plating a pair in the opening frame and stretched their lead to 7-0 with five runs in the bottom half of the fifth. ...

In its first Lakes Conference baseball and softball doubleheader of the season, Spirit Lake split with Spencer on Wednesday, May 31. The Indians softball team won 10-2, while the baseball team lost 3-2 in Spencer. The Spirit Lake softball team bookended its win over Spencer with four runs in the first and four more in the seventh...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball teams split a varsity doubleheader with Remsen St. Mary's on Wednesday, May 31. The Wolves baseball team lost a 15-0 contest and the H-LP softball team scored four in the final frame two win 8-6. The Harris-Lake Park softball team trailed Remsen St. Mary's 6-4 heading into the final frame Wednesday night...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire baseball and softball teams split a home varsity doubleheader with South Central Calhoun on Wednesday, May 31. The GT/RA baseball team dropped a 12-2 contest and the softball team won a 10-2 game in Ruthven. GT/RA set the tone early on Wednesday, as the hosts plated six runs in the opening inning of a 10-2 win over South Central Calhoun. ...

Spirit Lake plated nine runs in the top half of the fifth inning to down MOC-Floyd Valley in non-conference softball action Tuesday, May 30 in Orange City. The Indians, bolstered by a shutout performance by junior pitcher Kelsey Kannenberg, scored one run in each the second, third and fourth innings before exploding in the fifth...

Harris-Lake Park baseball and softball teams split a varsity road doubleheader with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Tuesday, May 30. The Wolves baseball team won 13-2 in five innings, while the softball squad fell in walk-off fashion, losing 4-3 to the host Hawks...

Pocahontas Area scored all eight of its runs in the sixth inning in an 8-5 win over Spirit Lake in non-conference baseball action Tuesday, May 30 in Pocahontas. Spirit Lake took an early lead, as Houston Hawkins scored on a Nick Christensen single in the opening frame to lead 1-0...

Sibley-Ocheyedan scored six runs in the second inning to take a commanding lead in an 11-6 win over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Tuesday, May 30. The Titans plated three run in the third and three more in the fourth, but the Generals scored twice in the third, once in the fourth and twice more in the sixth to seal the victory...

West Lyon broke open a tied ballgame with a three-run sixth inning to down Okoboji in Siouxland Conference baseball action Tuesday, May 30 in Inwood. The Wildcats took a one-run lead in the bottom half of the second inning, but the Pioneers gained a lead of their own with a pair on the top half of the third...

Annika Stecker's leaping goal and a stout defensive effort was all the Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls needed to advance in postseason play Thursday night, as the Indians edged Storm Lake 1-0 at home. It was the Indians' third straight one-goal win over the Tornadoes this season, and the sixth meeting between the two that was decided by a single goal since the start of the 2016 season...

Spirit Lake-Okoboji's Tom Zuendorf competed at the IHSAA Boys State Individual Tennis Tournament held Friday, May 26 in Waterloo. Zuendorf went 0-2 at the tourney. He lost his first match to Marion's Nate Meister (2-6, 0-6) and lost his second round match to Clake-Osceoloa's Reed Morris (6-3, 5-7, 0-1)...

Harris-Lake Park plated two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull ahead of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in a 4-3 season-opening win over the Royals in Lake Park. The Wolves took an early 2-0 lead, as junior Blake Gunderson launched a pitch deep over the left field fence in the first inning, and they held that lead until the top half of the fourth. There, the Royals plated a pair to knot it at 2-2 before taking a lead with a run in the top half of the following frame...

Down a run, Spirit Lake plated three in the fifth and another in the sixth to defeat visiting Sioux Central 5-3 on Wednesday, May 24. The Rebels struck first, scoring one in the top of the first and another in the top of the third to lead 2-0. The Indians answered in the bottom half of the third, as Austin Jennings ripped a leadoff double into right before scoring on a bunt by Ben Newman to make it 2-1...

Okoboji struggled for much of Tuesday night's home-opener against Alta-Aurelia, but the Pioneers caught fire in the late innings only to come up a pair of runs short in a 6-4 loss to the Warriors. Alta-Aurelia sophomore slinger Abby Kraemer allowed just one Okoboji run in the first five innings, but surrendered three in the final two in her team's victory...

Spirit Lake's Marta Asensio Povar and Okoboji's Hannah Butler completed their opening rounds Tuesday at the Class 2A and 3A girls state golf tournaments. Asensio Povar carded a 10-over-par round of 82 at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora, and Butler carded a 19-over-par round of 90 at Jester Park Golf Course in Granger...

Senior Erin Dau and the Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls soccer team's season came to a close Tuesday night with a 7-0 loss to Lakes Conference rival Spencer in the Class 2A Region 2 semifinals. Look for complete coverage online at dickinsoncountynews.com and in next week's Dickinson County News...

The Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls tennis team suffered a 5-1 loss in the first round of state tournament play Tuesday, May 23, ending its season against Shenandoah in Denison. SL-O coach Bob O'Hara said the Mustangs were much more aggressive and were better composed...

Okoboji's "Kid K" is back at it. Freshman Abbie Klatt, who fanned 282 total batters in her eighth-grade season a year ago, struck out a season-high 17 Monday night while leading the Pioneers to a 10-2 road rout of Spencer. Klatt allowed just two earned runs on six hits and three walks in seven innings of work...

After dropping its season-opening contest to fifth-ranked (1A) Newell-Fonda, the 14th-ranked (3A) Spirit Lake softball team went on a tear at a tournament in Sioux City, topping Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Lawton-Bronson and seventh-ranked (5A) Fort Dodge...

The Spirit Lake baseball team went 1-1 over the weekend at a tournament hosted by returning Class 1A state champion Remsen St. Mary's. The Indians earned a three-run win over Humboldt, but lost a one-run contest with the top-ranked Hawks on Saturday...

Spirit Lake senior Gavin DeVos pitched a gem Friday night, leading the Indians to a 7-1 road win over Central Lyon. DeVos allowed just one earned run on three hits and a walk while striking out 10 in seven innings. The Lions lone run came in the bottom half of the seventh, as senior Brandt Boekhout doubled to center to score Jaydon Baker. To that point, though, it was all Spirit Lake...

Harris-Lake Park put on a hitting clinic Friday night in front if its home crowd, as the Wolves torched Trinity Christian 13-2 in five innings to improve to 2-0 on the season. H-LP scored four in the first, one in the second and seven in the third to lead the Tigers 12-0 heading into the fifth inning. There, Trinity Christian got two back, but the Wolves plated one in the bottom half of the fifth to end it...

The Okoboji softball team picked up its second straight win of the young season Friday with a 20-1 road rout of George-Little Rock/Central Lyon that ended after just four innings. The Pioneers battered the Lions, plating seven in the second, five in the third and eight in the fourth. They scored 20 runs on 23 hits...

After earning a convincing 22-9 win over Sibley-Ocheyedan on Thursday, the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire softball team suffered a setback against Alta-Aurelia the following night. The Titans struggled offensively, and the Warriors took advantage, downing the visitors 15-2 in four innings in Alta...

After earning back-to-back 2-1 home wins over Pocahontas Area and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire, the Okoboji baseball team suffered its first setback of the season Friday with a 10-0 road loss to Alta-Aurelia. The Warriors plated two in the first, three in the third, four in the fourth and five in the fifth to salt away the win...

The Sioux Central softball team outscored Harris-Lake Park 15-5 in five innings Thursday night, ending the Wolves' night early. H-LP struck first in the top half of the opening frame, plating a pair to take a 2-0 lead, but Sioux Central stormed back, scoring four in the first and four more in the second to lead 8-2...

The Harris-Lake Park baseball team plated two in the bottom half of the seventh inning to top Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in walk-off fashion in Thursday night's season opener. The Wolves led early, pushing one across in the bottom half of the first frame and another in the bottom half of the third to lead 2-0. The Royals responded with a pair in the fourth to knot it at 2-2 before taking a one-run lead with a run in the top half of the sixth, but H-LP had the final say...

Okoboji broke open a 2-2 tie with a three-run fifth inning Thursday in a 5-2 season-opening road win over Algona. The two teams were scoreless through three innings before Okoboji plated a pair in the top half of the fourth and the Bulldogs scored two in the bottom half of the frame...

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire plated 17 runs combined in the sixth and seventh innings Thursday night to rout Sibley-Ocheyedan 22-9 on the road. It was the first win of the season for the Titans. The Generals led 1-0 after one, but GT/RA knotted the game at 1-1 with a run in the second and took a 3-1 lead with a pair in the top half of the third. The Generals answered with four runs in the bottom half of the frame to lead 5-3...

Newell-Fonda scored three runs in the top half of the first inning Wednesday and hung on to defeat Spirit Lake 6-4 in front of the Indians faithful. The Mustangs got a leadoff single from Olivia Larsen. Spirit Lake pitcher Kelsey Kannenberg responded by striking out sophomore Emma Stewart, but a passed ball and a wild pitch allowed Larsen to advance to third...

Okoboji plated a run in the bottom half of the sixth to break a tie with Dickinson County rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Wednesday, May 24, as the Pioneers topped the Titans 2-1. Okoboji got on the board first, plating a run in the bottom half of the first. The Titans returned the favor, scoring one in the third to knot it at 1-1...

The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire softball team rallied late to send its season-opening game with Estherville Lincoln Central into extras, but eventually suffered a lopsided defeat at the hands of the Midgets. ELC scored runs in each of the first six innings to take a 6-3 lead over the Titans into the bottom half of the sixth. There, GT/RA plated three runs to knot the game at 6-6...