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AKRON — The Akron-Westfield golf teams dusted off the cobwebs to earn wins over Gehlen Catholic in War Eagle Conference action Tuesday. The matches were the first for the Westerners in two weeks as they last competed April 9. The boys matchup came between winless teams so one team was guaranteed to pick up a win by the end of the match. That team was the Westerners as they shot a 186 to win by seven strokes over the Jays...

LE MARS/SPENCER — The Le Mars Community golf teams were in action Tuesday for a set of Lakes Conference triangular meets with the teams taking on Spencer and Spirit Lake. The Bulldog boys and girls each finished in third place out of the teams on the day...

HINTON — Perfect conditions awaited golfers at Deer Run Golf Course on Tuesday with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s with minimal wind. It was an ideal setting for two of the War Eagle Conference’s leaders to battle on the course and it came down to just four strokes to decide which team would stay perfect in league play and which team would earn their first conference loss. ...

DES MOINES — Remsen, Iowa native and Drake University alumna, Danika Portz, is making a return to campus Saturday, April 27, to perform at the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee Fanfest. Portz will perform three free acoustic sets for Drake Relays fans and the community to enjoy Saturday at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Fanfest located on Forest Ave. outside the iconic brick walls of Drake Stadium...

DES MOINES — Emily Kraft will compete for KP-WC at the 2019 Drake Relays to be held April 24-27 at Drake Stadium. The junior will compete in the shot put as one of 27 competitors in the girls event which will take place on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m...

Alyannah Buhman, Brenna Dirksen, Carlie Arens, and Kylie Martin were selected by their cheer coaches to represent Le Mars at the Special Olympics in May, based on their leadership, commitment, and compassion to the Le Mars Cheer program. This is the 14th year the Iowa Cheerleading Coaches Association has been asked to perform at the Special Olympics. ...

HINTON — Briar Cliff women’s volleyball head coach Lindsey Weatherford has announced the signing of Aspen Coffee to her 2019 recruiting class. Coffee is a senior at Hinton High School. “We are very excited to have Aspen join the BCU volleyball team,” said Weatherford. “Her attitude and work ethic are both strong attributes and will help her transition well to the next level. Aspen is an outstanding local-area athlete who will help round out our defensive and offensive stature.”...

REMSEN — The MMCRU golf teams lost their matches on Thursday as they hosted Harris-Lake Park at the Remsen Golf Course. The MMCRU boys were 33 strokes behind the Wolves who are one of the co-leaders in the War Eagle Conference with a record of 5-0 after the win. The Royals have now lost back-to-back matches after a 3-0 start to the conference season...

POCAHONTAS — The MMCRU girls track and field team was in action last Tuesday, April 16 at the Pocahontas Relays. Kaitlyn Goth was part of some of the team’s best finishes at the meet as she scored a pair of second place results in the individual 1500 and 3000 meter races. ...

HINTON — The Hinton boys track and field team won the 29th Annual Blackhawks Boys Relays on Thursday at the Held Sports Complex. The team title is the first for Hinton at their own meet since winning the Class A title at the 2012 event. This year’s event was one class with Hinton scoring 172 points to beat runner-up Lawton-Bronson by a sizable margin as the Eagles ended with 113.5 points...

MONDAMIN — The KP-WC boys track and field team finished in third place out of five teams at the Gregg Beam-Hawkeye High School Co-Ed Invite hosted by West Harrison on Thursday. The result comes on the heels of the team’s third place team result at OABCIG earlier in the week...

SANBORN — The Hinton golf teams earned a pair of road wins against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Thursday. The boys team just barely escaped the Sanborn Golf and Country Club with their perfect record still intact as they came out on top by two strokes with a 170 team total...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community track and field team was up bright and early for the Bob Guhin Invite hosted by Sioux City East at Olsen Stadium. The event began on Thursday morning under mostly cloudy skies, but there were some peeks of sunshine throughout the event...

LE MARS — After beating Western Christian earlier in the week, the Le Mars Community boys golf team dropped Thursday’s meeting as the Wolfpack had their full team on the course in this dual. Western Christian won by a 159-175 score in a match which was rescheduled from early April...

LE MARS/CHEROKEE — The Le Mars Community tennis teams continued their winning ways by earning victories over Cherokee in Lakes Conference play Tuesday. The boys team earned a 9-0 win at home, but some of the individual matches were closer than the final result would indicate. ...

KINGSLEY — The top four scores left Kingsley-Pierson and Westwood tied at 206 in a triangular on Tuesday, but the Rebels had the better fifth score to take the match in the tiebreaker. Delaney Iseminger continued her hot shooting spring with the best individual round of 44. She was three strokes better than Westwood’s Madison Holst who turned in the next score on the leaderboard...

ONAWA — The Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary’s boys track and field teams were in competition Tuesday at the Boys Spartan Relays hosted by West Monona. The Hawks scored a total of three points in the 200 meter dash as their two participants clocked identical times of 24.31 seconds to tie for fifth. ...

LAKE PARK — The Remsen St. Mary’s golf teams made the trek up to face Harris-Lake Park on Tuesday in their first meet away from home in War Eagle Conference play this season. The Lady Hawks won by default as the Wolves had just two golfers compete at the meet...

IDA GROVE — The KP-WC boys track and field team finished third out of 11 schools at the OABCIG Boys Invite held Tuesday. KP-WC started off with a win in the discus as Carter Ploen had the top throw of 115-10 to edge out first place by just over a foot. Luke Paulsen was fourth overall with a top throw of 104-10 for the team...

HINTON — The Hinton golf teams hosted MMCRU at Deer Run Golf Course on Tuesday and came away with a pair of wins. The Lady Blackhawks had their worst team score of the season come at their home course, but still managed to easily win by a 226-258 score...

HINTON — The 29th Annual Hinton Blackhawks Girls Invite was held Tuesday at the Held Sports Complex. KP-WC claimed first place in the Class A team standings while the host edged out Gehlen Catholic by one point in the Class B rankings. KP-WC continues to do well at this meet as this is their seventh straight team title at the event dating back to 2013...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic girls golf team improved to 3-2 in War Eagle Conference matches this season by edging South O’Brien by two strokes at Willow Creek Golf Course on Tuesday. The Lady Jays shot a 198 score on the Green course to record the win...

LE MARS/HULL — The Le Mars Community golf teams faced Western Christian in a pair of close contests on Tuesday. The boys team defended their home Willow Creek Golf Course with a six stroke advantage over the Wolfpack as the team shot a 172 score. “It was really good to get the win and the boys and I were definitely excited but we know we have some work to do still before the conference and sectional tournaments in a few weeks,” Le Mars boys coach Nick Knapp said...

SHELDON — Five of the Plymouth County schools competed across three classes of the Sheldon Lady Orab Invitational on Monday. The Le Mars Community varsity team competed in Class A while the JV squad joined Hinton in Class B. Gehlen Catholic, Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary’s each competed in the Class C portion of the event...

LE MARS/ESTHERVILLE — The Le Mars Community tennis teams were in action against Estherville-Lincoln Central in Lakes Conference play on Monday. The Bulldogs won both matches with the girls winning 7-2 at home and the boys going on the road for a 9-0 win...

ORANGE CITY — Local boys track and field teams were in action Monday at the Unity Christian Knight Relays held at De Valois Stadium. Le Mars Community competed in the Class A portion of the meet while Hinton, Gehlen Catholic and MMCRU competed in the Class B portion...

REMSEN — The Hinton golf teams went on the road Monday to Remsen Golf Club and picked up a pair of wins over the host Remsen St. Mary’s teams. The boys matchup featured a pair of 2-0 teams in War Eagle Conference matches this season with the Blackhawks staying perfect on the year by shooting a 164 as a team which was 22 strokes better than what RSM shot...

ONAWA/CORRECTIONVILLE — The Kingsley-Pierson golf teams each claimed third place at Monday’s Western Valley Conference meets. The K-P boys took third place after the tiebreaker as they were one of three teams to shoot a 177 team score behind the winning Westwood squad which shot a 174...

SPENCER — The Le Mars Community boys golf team competed in the 18-hole Spencer Invitational on Monday. The team ended with a score of 373 as they finished eighth out of 11 teams in attendance. “I think if we can clean some things up and avoid the big numbers on some holes we can be competitive in these big tournaments,” coach Nick Knapp said...

SIOUX CITY — After a rare cancellation involving the high school events last year, the Sioux City Relays returned this year for a punctuated one-day event Saturday for the 55th all-time running which included athletes from several Plymouth County schools...

Iowa High School Bowling Coaches Association and IGCA All-District & All-State Bowling Teams Hailey Klein, MMCRU/RSM, SR Megan Wurth, MMCRU/RSM, SR Emily Berkey, Red Oak, JR Aurora Anderson, OA-BCIG, JR Abby Swank, Harlan, SO Chelsey Hoakison, Lenox, SO...

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The Le Mars Community girls bowling team made it to the Class 2A state bowling tournament and finished as state runner-up. The Bulldogs were coached by Gail Swanberg, Gary Brady and Kellie Bork. Team statistics Match score average 2,747.9...

STORM LAKE/ESTHERVILLE — The Le Mars Community golf teams were in action Tuesday against Lakes Conference foes. The Lady Bulldogs took to the links at the Lake Creek Country Club where they didn’t see much in the way of competition. Neither Storm Lake or Estherville-Lincoln Central fielded a full varsity team of four members so Le Mars won by default with a team score of 225...

The Le Mars Community wrestling team reached a ranking of No. 19 in Class 3A which qualified them for team duals for the first time since 2015. The Bulldogs fell to Cedar Falls at the regional dual meet as they ended the dual season with a 19-3 record. ...

LE MARS — The Unity Christian golf team kept perfect in War Eagle Conference play with wins over Gehlen Catholic at Willow Creek Golf Course Tuesday. The Knights had the top four individual scores in the girls match which they won by a 177-203 margin. Chloe Krommendyk shot a 43 to lead all golfers with Justine Malenke a shot behind for the second place position...

LE MARS — It was a grueling battle which came down to every match counting as the Le Mars Community boys tennis team defeated Spirit Lake-Okoboji 5-4 in Lakes Conference action Tuesday. “Overall it was a good meet,” Le Mars Head Coach Bill Dalton said. ...

SIBLEY — The KP-WC track and field teams continued a busy stretch of the season by following up their home invitational Monday with another meet Tuesday as they competed at the Sibley-Ocheyedan Invite. The girls team added another team trophy to their haul this season with several event wins. ...

HINTON — The top four Hinton boys scores averaged a 40 as the team came away with a non-conference win over Westwood Tuesday. “We picked a good time to shoot our season low score, as we hosted a very good Westwood Rebels team,” Hinton Head Coach Bruce Held said. “They gave us one of our few losses last year, so we returned the favor this year.”...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield and MMCRU golf teams earned a split in action at the Akron Golf and Country Club Tuesday. The Lady Westerners bounced back from back-to-back losses to Woodbury Central and Remsen St. Mary’s by defending their home turf with a solid 196-258 win over the Royals...

SIOUX CITY – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following golfers-of-the-week for April 1-7, 2019. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2018-2019 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program...

HOLSTEIN — The MMCRU track and field teams competed at the Russ Kraai Relays hosted by Ridge View on Monday. The best result for the girls team came in the 4x800 meter relay which was a win for the Royals in a time of 11:20.59. Faith Olson, Emily Dreckman, Ellie Reuter and Taylor Harpenau combined for the time which was 17 seconds faster than runner-up Ridge View. ...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community girls golf team opened the season with a win over Cherokee at Willow Creek Golf Course on Monday. “I was very pleased with our results,” Le Mars coach Dave Irwin said. “As everyone knows it’s been a tough spring, not only for our golf teams but for the courses as well.”...

MAPLETON/IDA GROVE — The Kingsley-Pierson golf teams were in action against the rest of the Western Valley Conference in the second such meet of the season. The K-P boys golfed in Mapleton and took third in the team standings after winning the first conference meet. The team’s score slipped from a 168 in that meet in Holstein to a 184 on Monday. They trailed Westwood’s 170 and Woodbury Central’s 175 in the team standings...

PRIMGHAR — The Hinton golf teams hit the road for the first time this season on Monday and saw a mixed bag of results against South O’Brien. The boys team didn’t shoot as well as on their home course, but still managed to secure a win by a 184-203 score...

SIOUX CITY — It was a change of venue for the Don Shilling Invitational on Monday. With the ongoing construction at the Le Mars track, the meet was moved to Memorial Field in Sioux City this season. The Lady Bulldogs finished second in the team standings, another runner-up finish after also taking the same place at the SB-L Warrior Relays and Cherokee Tomahawk Relays earlier this month...

KINGSLEY — After not being held the previous two years because of weather, the Panther-Wildcat Relays had great conditions on Monday. With mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s before slowly dropping as the sun sank in the sky, the setting was ideal for record-breaking performances and there were several of them shattered at the meet...

SPENCER/LE MARS — After losing both regular season matches to Spencer last season, the Le Mars boys tennis team came out and took the win over the Tigers in the Lakes Conference opener on Monday. On the road, the Bulldogs took the lead after singles matches with four of the six going to Le Mars and tallied two more wins in doubles action to win 6-3...

MARCUS — The MMCRU golf teams each competed on Monday against Trinity Christian as the Tigers visited Marcus Golf Club. The MMCRU boys moved to 2-0 in War Eagle Conference play as they shot a 193 to best the 219 tally from the Tigers. Ethan Riedemann earned medalist honors for the second time in as many meets as he shot a 46 on the course. ...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s came away with a sweep over Akron-Westfield in golf action on Monday. The Lady Hawks came away with a slim three-stroke margin of victory to hand the Westerners their first conference loss of the season by a 219-222 final score. RSM is one of just two remaining undefeated teams in War Eagle Conference play along with Unity Christian...