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Just two weeks remain in the regular season, as Dickinson County teams look to finish their district slates strong. Spirit Lake, coming off of a dominant road win over Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, will face arguably its toughest task of the season when the 10th-ranked Indians host third-ranked and unbeaten Algona. Okoboji will look to snap a three-game losing streak when the Pioneers travel to take on familiar Siouxland Conference foe Sheldon...

Spirit Lake entered Friday night's contest without an Associated Press ranking, but the Indians were far from a team with no name, as the perennial powers imposed their will in a 57-8 district road rout of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows. Save for a fumble on their opening play from scrimmage, the Indians dominated from that point forward, outscoring the Cowboys 43-0 in the opening stanza alone...

Harris-Lake Park entered Friday night's district contest at a crossroads. Coming off of a hard-fought loss to second-ranked Remsen St. Mary's, the Wolves' coaching staff was worried that their squad's collective confidence may have taken too big a hit ahead of a tough road contest with perennial power Newell-Fonda...

Okoboji struggled to slow down Kole Telford in a 39-0 district road loss to Central Lyon/George-Little Rock on Friday night. According to coach Jon Allen, the Pioneers were unable to do that, as the Lions used the senior back in several different ways en route to a convincing victory in Rock Rapids. When Okoboji tried to take away the run, the Lions attacked through the air...

Spirit Lake earned a home victory over Estherville Lincoln Central on Thursday. The fourth-ranked (3A) Indians downed the Midgets in straight sets, winning 25-17, 25-9 and 25-11 on Pink Out Night. "ELC is always a fun game for us," Spirit Lake coach Beau Dielschneider said. ...

Okoboji suffered a 3-0 loss to Central Lyon Thursday in Rock Rapids. The Pioneers fell to the 11th-ranked (2A) Lions 25-10, 25-2 and 25-10 in Siouxland Conference volleyball action. "We weren’t able to get much going against them as they played top-notch defense and were able to use their middles well," Okoboji coach Ashley Linquist said. "In the first and third sets, we were able to play pretty tight to 10, but serve receive became something we couldn’t get out of."...

Harris-Lake Park dropped a road contest with Unity Christian on Thursday. The Wolves fell to the 12th-ranked Nights 25-10, 25-20 and 25-10 in Orange City. Kilyn Forbes, Zella Ingham and Grace Iverson had three kills each. Natasha Bremer and McKenzie Heikens both had two...

Spirit Lake went 4-1 at a tournament hosted by Hampton-Dumont on Saturday. The fourth-ranked Indians earned 2-0 wins over Grand View Christian, Webster City, South Hardin and Independence. Their lone loss was a 2-0 decision to Janesville. Jordyn Hamm led the offense with 48 kills on the weekend. She also had 13 blocks and five aces. Emma Loveall had 44 kills...

Yep, that was snow in the air late last week, and yes there was a blizzard in the Dakotas. Although we didn’t get anything measurable, it’s definitely a harbinger of what is to come! Even though we’re still in the fall open water fishing and all the hunting seasons, ice fishing is just around the corner with ice fishing probably a couple months away...

A recent fishing trip and memories of other fall fishing experiences reminded me why, to many anglers, autumn is a special time for fishing. I’m also reminded of how active so many species of fish can be at this time of year. Right now and until ice-up, almost every predator fish that swims in fresh water is willing to eat, but there are things you should keep in mind if you want to catch them...

Heavy rains in the morning and strong winds in the afternoon made for a less than ideal day to fish a musky tournament. Yet, that’s what the top teams on the Professional Musky Tournament Trail (PMTT), did on the first day of the two-day Ranger Boats World Championship held on October 5-6 on the Iowa Great Lakes...

Iowa pheasant hunters harvested more than one million birds annually 33 times since 1962. Since 2000, that’s happened only twice. In the upcoming season, the projected harvest of 150,000 to 200,000 is expected to set another record low. With its title of Pheasant Capital of North America gone for more than a decade, Iowa seems destined to be an afterthought in pheasant hunting circles...