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LE MARS/REMSEN — A pair of local bowlers are picking Morningside College to continue their careers. Recently announcing their commitments to the Mustangs are Le Mars Community’s Jorden Presnall and Seth Nelson from the MMCRU/RSM bowling team. Presnall wrapped up his senior season second on the Le Mars roster in total pins with 5,397 which placed him within the top 10 in the state this season. ...

PLYMOUTH CO. — As we are right around the midway point of the four week break from high school activities, including sports, local athletes and coaches are adjusting to new routines while clinging to the hope that the spring sports season might still take place...

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The Le Mars Community bowling teams made it to the Class 2A state bowling tournament this season. The girls finished in fourth place at state while the boys were seventh. The Bulldogs were coached by Gail Swanberg, Gary Brady and Kellie Bork. Team statistics...

The Akron-Westfield boys basketball team finished with a record of 1-21 on the season with their lone win coming in their first district game over MMCRU to avenge two other losses to the Royals. The Westerners are set to graduate Cecil Kidd, Jack Anderson, Daytona Foley, Dallas Smith, Colton Dennison and Jackson Newton...

The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team finished with a record of 17-7 on the season and finished 6-4 in War Eagle Conference games. The team will graduate seniors McKenna Moats, McKenna Van Eldik and Jaden Harris. Team statistics Points for (per game) 1,292 (53.8)...

The MMCRU boys basketball team finished with a record of 3-19 on the season and went 1-9 in War Eagle Conference play. The Royals had no seniors on this year’s roster. Team statistics Points for (per game) 1,078 (49.0) Points against (per game)1,537 (69.9)...

The MMCRU girls basketball team finished off a perfect regular season and went 10-0 in War Eagle Conference games to claim the conference title. The team’s only loss of the season came in the regional semifinals as eventual state qualifier Gehlen Catholic knocked off the Royals who ended the season with a 21-1 record. The Royals graduate just one senior from this year’s roster in Faith Olson...

The Hinton boys basketball team finished with a record of 14-8 on the season and were 6-4 in War Eagle Conference play. The Blackhawks graduate Justin Kirwan and Jake Koons from this year’s team. Team statistics Points for (per game) 1,382 (62.8)...

The Hinton girls basketball team finished with a record of 11-11 on the season and went 4-6 in War Eagle Conference games. The Blackhawks graduate two seniors from the team in McKenna Weiland and Emma Webb. Team statistics Points for (per game) 1,182 (53.7)...

The Remsen St. Mary’s boys basketball team finished with a record of 22-4 on the season, reaching their fourth consecutive state tournament. The team bowed out in the state quarterfinal round to West Fork on a last-second shot. The Hawks will graduate seniors Spencer Schorg, Brayden Ricke, Skyler Waldschmitt, Noah Schroeder, Wesley Smart and Brady Homan. The team was led by co-Head Coaches Scott and Justin Ruden and assistant coaches Travis Kohler and Colin Schroeder...

The Remsen St. Mary’s girls basketball team finished with a record of 4-18 on the season and went 2-8 in War Eagle Conference contests. The Hawks graduate Emma Galles from the roster. The team was led by Head Coach Scott Willman and Assistant Coach Joe Loutsch...

The Gehlen Catholic boys basketball team finished the season with a 7-15 record and 4-6 mark in War Eagle Conference play. The Jays will graduate Peyton Rochford, Jacob Nemmers, Ethan Peters, Isaac Vaske, Isaac Ellensohn and Bergen Vacura from this year’s team.The team was led by Head Coach Mike Langel and assistant coaches Ryan Wiltgen and Eric Kellen...

The Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team finished the season with a 15-10 record and posted a 5-5 mark in War Eagle Conference play. The Lady Jays went unranked the length of the season but knocked off ranked MMCRU (No. 6) and Kingsley-Pierson (No. ...

The Hinton wrestling team finished with a 12-7 record in dual matches this season. Wyatt Skuodas (106), Teegan Tschampel (160) and Derek Anderson (195) represented the Blackhawks at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament. Anderson went on to take third place in his division while Tschampel reached the podium with the eighth place spot...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced today (Monday) that it is canceling the spring 2020 sports season, effective immediately. “All possible scenarios that would have supported a spring sports season were seriously considered by multiple NAIA governance groups,” said NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr. ...

Following Sunday’s announcements from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, all spring activities of Iowa’s high school Unified Activities partners – the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the Iowa High School Music Association, and the Iowa High School Speech Association – will be prohibited through the state’s K-12 school recommended closure of four weeks...

The Le Mars Community boys basketball team finished with a record of 15-9 on the season and went 9-5 in Missouri River Activities Conference play. The Bulldogs advanced to the substate game but fell to conference rival Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the rubber match of the season series. The team was led by Head Coach Dave Irwin along with assistants Benji Kasel, Gabe Davis and David Den Herder. The team graduates seniors Trevor Smith, Anthony Lamoreux, Tate Westhoff, Aisea Toki and Dylan Boylan...

The Le Mars Community girls basketball team made it to the regional finals for the fourth straight season, but fell short of a trip to the state tournament by falling to Glenwood. The Lady Bulldogs finished with a record of 11-12 on the season and went 6-8 in Missouri River Activities Conference play. ...

The Kingsley-Pierson wrestling team finished the season with a 7-8 record in dual matches this season. One member of the team advanced to state as Damon Schmid qualified in the 1A-138 class. Carson Seuntjens, 106, Fr. 34-12 Juan Juarez, 120, So. 26-13...

SEATTLE — Kingsley-Pierson graduate Kiana Phelps threw a personal best at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships as the result helped the University of Oregon women finish first in the team standings at the competition held at Dempsey Indoor on February 28 and 29...

The NCAA announced Thursday afternoon that all 2020 winter and spring championships were canceled due to concern over the coronavirus with the following statement: Today (Thursday), NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA announced today (Thursday) that effective immediately, it will be canceling all remaining winter championship events, including those that are currently underway. The health and safety of our student-athletes, as well as all involved in our championship events, is the NAIA’s highest priority. ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Northwestern College was able to get their first-round game in the books on Wednesday night at the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball National Championship held at the Sanford Pentagon before the NAIA announced the cancellation of all remaining winter championships...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A pair of Le Mars Community graduates helped the Morningside men’s basketball team to a 99-58 rout over College of the Ozarks in opening round action at the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball National Championship at the Sanford Pentagon on Wednesday. Despite the win, the team will not be advancing any further as the NAIA announced on Thursday the cancellation of all remaining winter championships...

The Kingsley-Pierson boys basketball team finished the season with an 11-12 record and 3-6 record in Western Valley Conference play. The Panthers will graduate Matthew Christophersen, Jonah Walden, Damon Bowman and Jacob Brewer from this year’s team. The team was led by Head Coach Jarrod Schott and assistant coach Don Hirschman...

The Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team made it to the regional finals for the seventh straight season, but were held short of a trip to the state tournament by Gehlen Catholic. The Lady Panthers finished the season with a 20-5 record while going 7-2 in Western Valley Conference games. ...

DES MOINES — For the second consecutive year, Remsen St. Mary’s had their hopes of winning a state boys basketball championship dashed by a last-second shot. With the game tied at 53 with 4.4 seconds left, West Fork had a baselines out of bounds play set up with Brayden Vold stepping into the lane and scoring the game-winning shot in the final second to win a Class 1A quarterfinal game by a 55-53 final score at Wells Fargo Arena on Monday afternoon...

STORM LAKE — Jennifer Schneider, a native of Le Mars and graduate of Le Mars Community High School, is among 11 Buena Vista University student-athletes from the winter sport season to be named to the American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team. A total of 149 student-athletes, covering five of the conference’s winter championship sports, were named to the team. Four of BVU’s 11 were repeat honorees...

SIOUX CITY — Former Plymouth County standouts were among those honored by the Great Plains Athletic Conference when the All-Conference Awards were announced Wednesday. Morningside senior center Tyler Borchers topped a top-flight list of all-Great Plains Athletic Conference accolades for the Mustangs...

Sentinel Player of the Week Spencer Schorg, RSM 28 points, 6 steals, 4 assists, 4 rebounds vs. Siouxland Christian 9 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds vs. Council Bluffs St. Albert Remsen St. Mary’s Spencer Schorg will be playing in his fourth state tournament this week. The senior leads the Hawks in scoring (16.5), assists (80) and steals (52) and is second on the team in rebounds (99) and blocks (9)...

Remsen St. Mary’s is no stranger now to the state boys basketball tournament as they have the longest active streak of qualifications in this year’s Class 1A field with four in a row and are one of three teams from last year’s state tournament to make a return trip...

DES MOINES — The unranked Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team looked poised to come away with another upset, this time against No. 2 ranked and seeded Marquette Catholic in Wednesday’s Class 1A state quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena. The Lady Jays led for a good portion of the first half and stretched out their lead to seven with 3:58 left in the third quarter. ...

WEST DES MOINES — The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) action continues on Iowa PBS. The IGHSAU and Iowa PBS have announced a contract renewal for the broadcasting rights to the Iowa Girls High School State Championships. Fans across Iowa and beyond will continue to have access to unparalleled coverage of the championships, cheering on their favorite Iowa Girl from anywhere...

WEST DES MOINES — The CHARACTER COUNTS! Coach of the Year Award honors a worthy recipient who embodies the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. Rather than spotlight winning records and isolated acts of heroism or generosity, the award was conceived to recognize individuals whose coaching lives and achievements demonstrate an enduring commitment to any or all of the following qualities associated with good character...

The Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team will take the court at the state basketball tournament for just the second time in school history after their appearance in 2012. That season the Lady Jays won their first round game over North Butler before falling to Bedford in the semifinal round. For Gehlen to reach the semifinals once again, they will have to beat Marquette Catholic...

LE MARS — Justin Otto has signed a letter of intent to continue his football career at Coe College in Cedar Rapids beginning in the fall of 2020. Otto was a starter at guard for the Le Mars Community football team and will play offensive line for the Kohawks...

SIOUX CITY — Missouri River Activities Conference rivals Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Le Mars Community met in the rubber match of their season series with a state tournament berth on the line in front of a large crowd at the Sioux City North gym on Monday...

MAPLETON — This year’s class of seniors at Remsen St. Mary’s can now boast the distinction of making it to the state basketball tournament in each of their four years of high school. The Hawks sealed the fourth of those trips on Saturday night with a 52-35 victory over Council Bluffs St. Albert in a Class 1A substate final...

LE MARS — Le Mars Wrestling has seen an increase in the amount of girls wanting to participate in wrestling. The sport has been slowly evolving into more and more competitions for girls only. On Sunday, March 1 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Le Mars wrestling will be represented by four girls who will compete. ...

ORANGE CITY — In front of a full crowd at the MOC-Floyd Valley gymnasium, the Le Mars Community boys basketball team pulled off the upset of the AP No. 8 ranked host in Class 3A substate semifinal action Thursday by a 67-61 score. It was a game of momentum swings and in the end a Le Mars 14-0 run which lasted for about four minutes in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference maker in the game...

Sentinel Player of the Week Derek Anderson, Hinton 3rd place at state wrestling tournament in 1A-195 Hinton’s Derek Anderson capped off his season with a third place finish at 1A-195. Anderson’s only loss at state came in the semifinals in a multiple overtime battle against the undefeated eventual state champion. Anderson concludes his junior season with a 37-6 record with half of his losses coming to fellow Iowa placewinners...

LE MARS — It’s been a dream many years in the making for the Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team. For seniors Addison Weber, Chloe Bunkers, Josie Kolbeck, Kate Hill, Sydney Livermore and Annissa Kleich, they helped manufacture a turnaround from a 4-18 season their freshman year to a state tournament berth in their final go-round as the dream came true at the LCHS Competition Gym on Wednesday with a 73-63 win over No. 9 Kingsley-Pierson in the 1A regional final...

MOVILLE — The Remsen St. Mary’s boys basketball team came away with a 56-41 win over River Valley in Class 1A district semifinal action held at Woodbury Central on Tuesday. River Valley led 11-10 after a quarter before the Hawks pulled in front in the second frame and took a 28-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. The AP No. 5 ranked Hawks pulled away from a six point lead after three quarters with a 21-12 advantage across the final eight minutes of action...

PAULLINA — The Kingsley-Pierson boys basketball team was overwhelmed by the AP No. 3 ranked team in Class 1A as they concluded their season with a 74-30 loss to South O’Brien in the district semifinals on Tuesday. K-P Head Coach Jarrod Schott said there were several reasons why South O’Brien has gotten to where they are...

GLENWOOD — The top-scoring team in Class 4A came out in full force in Tuesday’s regional final game as No. 3 ranked Glenwood punched its ticket to the state tournament with an 86-65 win over Le Mars Community. The Rams entered the game averaging 72 points per contest and weren’t slowed down much by the Le Mars defense which had typically been fairly stingy, allowing an average of less than 50 points per game and never allowing more than 61 this season...

WATERLOO — The Le Mars Community bowling teams were in action at the Class 2A state bowling championship held at Cadillac Lanes on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs finished off their season with a fourth place finish at the state meet with a score of 2,596. Waterloo East was the 2A champion for the girls with a total score of 3,058...

ORANGE CITY — Going up against a Bishop Heelan team they’d beaten twice in regular season play, the Le Mars Community boys basketball team was confident entering Monday’s Class 3A substate opener at the MOC-Floyd Valley gym. However, the team didn’t want to be too confident knowing their rivals would give them all they could handle...

SIOUX CITY — Morningside College senior center Tyler Borchers (Le Mars, Iowa) moved into the top 50 of the Small College Basketball Bevo Francis Award watch list, released Feb. 15. He joined Dakota Wesleyan University guard Ty Hoglund as Great Plains Athletic Conference representatives on the roll. ...