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LE MARS — Fueled by four players in double digits, the Gehlen Catholic boys basketball team reached their season scoring high on Monday in a 73-57 win over Woodbury Central. The win brought an end to a five-game losing streak for the Jays in a game against the one-win Wildcats. Gehlen Catholic Head Coach Mike Langel said it was nice to get back in the win column...

LE MARS — While the Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team was the healthiest they’ve been in a while, thanks in part to a nine-day layoff between games, another bug hurt the Lady Jays against Woodbury Central on Monday, the turnover bug. Gehlen turned the ball over 31 times en route to a 64-57 loss...

MARCUS — The Class 1A No. 6 ranked MMCRU girls basketball team hit a new scoring high for the season Thursday, beating Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 77-36. “It was good to play against an aggressive team,” MMCRU Head Coach Gillian Letsche said. “We needed to have a challenging zone defense to work on our offense. Defensively we did a good job on their screens but there is always something to work on and we have a tough week coming up.”...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community wrestling team returned to action at the LCHS Competition Gym on Thursday for Missouri River Activities Conference duals against Sioux City West and Sioux City East. The Bulldogs won both of them on their senior night...

SIOUX CITY — Morningside College senior center Tyler Borchers (Le Mars, Iowa) was one of three Great Plains Athletic Conference players named to the Bevo Francis Small College Basketball.com Top 100 Watch list. The list was announced Wednesday, Jan. 15...

Sentinel Player of the Week Cade Pepper, MMCRU 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal vs. George-Little Rock 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal vs. Remsen St. Mary’s 29 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists vs. Harris-Lake Park MMCRU’s Cade Pepper knocked down 18 3-pointers in three games in the last week including draining nine in a win over Harris-Lake Park. ...

HAWARDEN — The MMCRU/RSM bowling teams picked up wins over West Sioux in action Tuesday. The girls team earned the win over a Falcons squad with just two individual bowlers, winning 1,830-1,041. Mattie Dias posted the top score of the day for either team with a 257 series. ...

MARCUS — MMCRU came away with wins in both games in their basketball doubleheader against Harris-Lake Park on Tuesday. The girls game was a lopsided affair between the undefeated and Class 1A No. 6 ranked Royals and the winless Wolves. The Royals matched their season-high in scoring, which they also had in their first meeting against the Wolves this season, in a 73-8 final...

SIOUX CITY — It was by far the closest game of the current winning streak for the Le Mars Community boys basketball team, but the Bulldogs managed to pick up a 63-60 road win over Sioux City West on Tuesday to extend the winning streak out to seven games. The first six games in the streak were all double digit wins for the team...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team avenged one of their three losses this season on Tuesday night, winning a 51-47 battle over West Sioux in overtime. The Lady Westerners lost the first meeting of the season on the road by a 60-45 score...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield wrestling team had a tough night of competition in dual action against larger class schools Storm Lake and Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Tuesday. The Tornadoes took down the Westerners by a 53-28 score. Storm Lake started off with wins in the first four weight classes, three of which were forfeits. The lone contested match of the first four came as Andrew Kutz pinned Eli Medina in 1:51 at the 113 pound weight...

KINGSLEY — The Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team picked up their eighth consecutive win as the Class 1A No. 11 ranked Lady Panthers took down Lawton-Bronson 65-47 on Tuesday. The two teams were evenly matched in the first quarter as the score was tied at 11 by the end of the first eight minutes. ...

KINGSLEY — The losing skid for the Kingsley-Pierson boys basketball team extended out to five games following Tuesday’s 65-34 loss to Lawton-Bronson. The series had been fairly even as of late with three wins for each school in the last six meetings with half of those games being decided by four points or less. ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Le Mars Community bowling teams picked up a pair of road wins over Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at the Thunderbowl on Monday. The Le Mars boys ended with a 3,138 team score to top their opponent by over 300. The team had all five of their counting individual scores over the 400 series mark for the day...

LE MARS — The Hinton boys basketball team was held scoreless in the third quarter against Le Mars Community on Monday and the Bulldogs capitalized to pull away for a 58-30 win. “You can’t get shut out in a quarter in basketball, that’s never going to work,” Hinton Head Coach John Spies said. ...

HAWARDEN — Originally scheduled to travel to Linn-Mar on Saturday, changes led to Le Mars Community joining Kingsley-Pierson as the two Plymouth County schools to wrestle at the West Sioux Invite on Saturday. The Panthers had one champion at the event as Kole Reis took the 170-pound title. ...

PAULLINA — The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team picked up a 58-38 win over South O’Brien in action Friday. Chloee Colt and Jaden Harris led the team with 18 points apiece and accounted for seven of the team’s eight 3-pointers with Harris knocking down four and Colt adding three. McKenna Henrich added the other trey and finished with 10 points. Natalie Nielsen led the team with three steals and 12 rebounds while adding eight points...

NEOLA — The Hinton wrestling team was led by a pair of weight class champions at the Tri-Center Invitational on Saturday as Derek Anderson and Wyatt Skuodas earned the titles in their respective divisions. Anderson went 4-0 en route to the 195-pound title as he improved his season record to 23-4. ...

GRAETTINGER — The Akron-Westfield wrestling team had a handful of competitors take the mat at the GTRA Invitational on Saturday. Securing the best finish for the Westerners was Logan Smith in the 195-pound weight class. After a first round bye, Smith met up with undefeated John Schuttler of Manson-Northwest Webster. ...

MARCUS — Remsen St. Mary’s scored 76 points against MMCRU in the first game of the season for both teams and the Hawks matched that total, their scoring high for the season, in Friday’s War Eagle Conference meeting. The difference in the two meetings was a 22 point increase in scoring output for the Royals from their first meeting of the season. ...

MARCUS — Class 1A No. 6 ranked MMCRU pushed its record out to 10-0 following a 65-26 win over Remsen St. Mary’s in War Eagle Conference action Friday. The Royals started the season with a similar 62-27 win over the Hawks. From where the season started to being 10-0, MMCRU Head Coach Gillian Letsche said it’s been a great start to the season for her team...

REMSEN — Class 1A No. 11 ranked Kingsley-Pierson picked up their sixth consecutive win as they took down Remsen St. Mary’s 69-38 in non-conference action Thursday. The Panthers led 23-13 after a quarter and used a 19-2 run across the entirety of the second quarter to lead 42-15 by halftime...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s senior Spencer Schorg needed 16 points to hit the 1,000 mark for his career entering Thursday’s non-conference game against Kingsley-Pierson. Schorg hit the nail exactly on the head as he finished with 16 points in a 61-23 win over the Panthers...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community basketball teams took the court at the Tyson Events Center on Thursday as part of the CNOS Foundation Basketball Classic. In the nightcap, the Le Mars boys came away with an 83-54 win over South Sioux City to secure their fifth consecutive win. Spencer Mackey led the team with 25 points on 11-of-17 shooting which included three makes from 3-point range. He tied Aisea Toki for the team lead with eight blocks and dished out three assists...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community wrestling team entered Thursday’s dual meeting against Missouri River Activities Conference foe Sergeant Bluff-Luton with a 10-1 dual record and 4-0 mark in conference duals. By the end of the night, the Warriors had claimed a 50-26 win to hand the Bulldogs their first loss since falling to West Lyon early in the season...

SLOAN — The Kingsley-Pierson wrestling team competed with Ridge View and Westwood in Western Valley Conference duals Thursday. It was a close battle between the Panthers and Raptors. After Ridge View opened with forfeit wins at the top two weight classes, the Panthers answered with wins in the lighter weights. ...

Sentinel Player of the Week Caleb Holmes, Hinton 30 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals vs. A-W 23 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals vs. River Valley 29 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists vs. Gehlen Catholic The Hinton boys basketball team is off to an 8-2 start and have won their first three games out of the break thanks in part to Caleb Holmes who scored at least 23 points in all three wins this past week. ...

REMSEN — It was a clash of the top-ranked teams in Class 1A and 2A as determined by the AP on Tuesday as Remsen St. Mary’s hosted West Sioux. The Falcons were able to keep their perfect record intact with a 72-58 win as the Hawks dropped their first contest of the season...

PAULLINA — The MMCRU girls basketball team kept their perfect season intact with a 46-29 win over South O’Brien on Tuesday. The win moves the Royals to 8-0 on the season. The MMCRU defense clamped down and held the Wolverines to a season-low in scoring with their previous low total being 37 in a loss to Unity Christian. The only player really able to find anything scoring-wise for the Wolverines was Taryn Hintz who had 17 of the team’s points and also led the way with nine rebounds...

SLOAN — It was a close game throughout as Westwood edged Akron-Westfield 46-44 in a non-conference girls basketball game Tuesday. Chloee Colt led the Lady Westerners in scoring with 18 points which included four of the team’s five 3-pointers. Colt also paced the team with five steals...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community basketball teams came away with a pair of wins over Unity Christian on Tuesday in non-conference action. The Lady Bulldogs followed up their lowest scoring output of the season with their highest in a 74-61 win over the Knights. The scoring onslaught was led by Shaniah Temple who finished with 30 points which is a career high. She was 10-of-16 from the field which included makes on both of her 3-point attempts. She also knocked down eight free throws...

ORANGE CITY — The Hinton wrestling team scored three wins in dual action Tuesday. The Blackhawks picked up a 49-30 victory over MOC-Floyd Valley. The team got off to a solid start with wins in the first three weight classes. Logan Sewell started off with a win by fall in 1:19 over Gavin Huss at 152 pounds. Kyle Brighton came next at 160 and scored a 12-1 major decision win against Caleb Harvey. The third win was a pin for Teegan Tschampel in 2:23 over Carson De Young...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community bowling teams started off 2020 with a pair of wins on the road against Sioux City West at the Plaza Bowl on Monday. The Lady Bulldogs won by exactly 800 with a team score of 2,522. The team had all of their counting individual series scores in the 300s. ...

HINTON — In recent years, Hinton and Gehlen have had some competitive battles and Tuesday’s meeting was no different. Each of the five previous meetings had been single digit wins with the latest being the closest in a 62-60 win for Hinton. “We got enough experience throughout these first 10 or so games to keep things moving in the right direction,” Hinton Head Coach John Spies said. ...

HINTON — The Hinton girls basketball team scored a victory over Gehlen Catholic on Tuesday, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 66-55 win. Hinton Head Coach Matt Leary said the biggest thing for his team was being able to handle Gehlen’s pressure...

LAWTON — The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team picked up their third straight win by taking care of Lawton-Bronson by a 54-37 final score in non-conference action Monday. “It was a tough ballgame the first half,” A-W Head Coach Kent Johnson said. ...

LAWTON — The Akron-Westfield boys basketball team gave Lawton-Bronson a bit of a scare Monday, but couldn’t quite come away with the win in a 70-57 final. The Eagles entered with a 5-2 record compared to an 0-7 mark for the Westerners, yet the game remained within reach for the Westerners most of the night...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community girls and boys basketball teams will be featured in the CNOS Foundation Basketball Classic held at the Tyson Events Center Jan. 9-11. The event includes high school teams from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The Le Mars teams are scheduled to play Thursday, Jan. 9 with the Lady Bulldogs pairing up against MOC-Floyd Valley at 5:30 p.m. and the Le Mars boys facing off against South Sioux City at 9:00 p.m...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community boys basketball team scored the first 10 points and dominated the first quarter by a 29-3 score en route to a 70-31 win over Sioux Center in non-conference action Saturday. The first game out of the winter break for the Bulldogs was the team’s best outing of the season according to Head Coach Dave Irwin, whose team ended 2019 with a 30 point win over Sioux City North...

AKRON — It was a War Eagle Conference split between Akron-Westfield and Hinton on Friday. The Lady Westerners picked up a 58-34 win in the first half of the doubleheader as they held Hinton to their lowest scoring output of the season. A-W did most of their damage in the middle frames, outscoring the Blackhawks 23-12 in the second quarter and 14-5 in the third quarter. ...

REMSEN — When two rivals meet you can often throw records out the window as there’s a good chance it’s going to be a competitive game. Such was the case Friday when a 2-6 Gehlen Catholic team hit the road to face 6-0 and AP No. 1 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s...

REMSEN — While both teams dealt with some injuries and players at less than 100 percent health Friday, Gehlen had the advantage in total players as Remsen St. Mary’s took the court with just five suited up and available for the contest. The Lady Hawks kept it as competitive as they could with a shorthanded staff, but came up short in a 57-31 final...

HAWARDEN — The Akron-Westfield wrestling team edged out Sibley-Ocheyedan by a 36-33 score in dual action Thursday. Both teams had six wins in the dual with the difference being all of the Akron-Westfield wins were by forfeit or fall compared to the Generals getting one of their six wins by decision...

LE MARS — For the second time this season, the Gehlen Catholic basketball teams came up short against War Eagle Conference foe Unity Christian. The Lady Jays dropped their first meeting with the Knights by a 73-41 score and Thursday’s meeting resulted in a 78-52 loss. Unity built up their lead in the first half, outscoring the Jays 47-22 prior to halftime. The game was tied 8-8 with three minutes remaining in the first quarter before the Knights went on a 14-0 run to end the first quarter...

As the 2010s reached their conclusion, we decided to take a look back at the decade of sports with our local teams. Our local schools qualified at least two wrestlers to the state meet every year of the last decade. The low for Plymouth County came in 2013 when just two wrestlers advanced to Des Moines. ...

As 2019 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at 19 of the best moments of the year involving our local athletes, teams and other sports stories of the year. Today we unveil the final entries in our top sports moments of 2019. The Remsen St. Mary’s baseball team reached the state tournament for a school-best stretch of four consecutive years with their appearance in 2019. ...

As 2019 comes to a close, we will take a look back at 19 of the best moments of the year involving our local athletes, teams and other sports stories of the year. Check back each day in our multi-part series as we count down from 19 all the way to the No. 1 sports story of 2019...

As 2019 comes to a close, we will take a look back at 19 of the best moments of the year involving our local athletes, teams and other sports stories from the year. Check back each day in our multi-part series as we count down from 19 all the way to the No. 1 sports story of 2019...

SIOUX CITY — Morningside head baseball coach Adam Boeve and his staff are announcing dates for the 2020 Morningside College Baseball Academy. The event runs Sunday evenings in January (Jan. 12, 19, and 26) and one Sunday in February (Feb. 9). It’s open for youth grades three through seven from 4:30-6 p.m. and advanced ages in grades eight through 12 from 6-7:30 p.m. The academy is set for the fieldhouse section of the Hindman-Hobbs Center on Morningside’s campus...

BOONE — Discussions over the number of qualifying teams in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s football playoffs have been ongoing for over a decade, and another new proposal was brought before the Board of Control at Thursday’s regular meeting...