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The Hinton wrestling team finished the season with a 8-15 record in dual matches this season. Derek Anderson (220) represented the Blackhawks at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament. Anderson went on to take runner-up in his division. The Blackhawks were led by Head Coach Casey Crawford and assistant coaches Marc Wermersen, Jan George and Woody Skuodas...

The Hinton boys basketball team finished with a record of 10-13 on the season and were 3-7 in War Eagle Conference play. The team was led by Head Coach John Spies and assistant coaches Nate Nelson, Greg Conry, Cory Kempema and Justin Mohning. The Blackhawks graduate Jacob Means, Tate Linton, Desmond Riley and Nick Batcheller from this year’s team...

The Hinton girls basketball team finished with a record of 10-11 on the season and went 5-5 in War Eagle Conference games. The Blackhawks had no seniors on this year’s roster. Team statistics Points for per game 54.4 Points against per game 47.3...

LE MARS — Class 1A No. 10 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s clinched their fifth consecutive appearance at the boys state basketball tournament with a 41-33 win over No. 4 ranked Gehlen Catholic in Saturday’s substate contest played at the Le Mars Community Competition Gym...

LE MARS — In a back-and-forth final quarter, the pendulum swung one final time to Sergeant Bluff-Luton who eliminated Le Mars by a 48-46 score Thursday in a Class 3A substate semifinal game played at the LCHS Competition Gym. “It stings and it’s going to hurt for them for a little while,” Le Mars Head Coach Dave Irwin said. “This is by far the worst night of the school year for me because we battled for 16 weeks together and all of a sudden it’s just done.”...

WATERLOO — Brody Vanderloo placed in the top 10 at the Class 2A state bowling meet at Cadillac Lanes on Wednesday to lead the Le Mars Community bowling team. Vanderloo rolled a 449 series to finish eighth out of 49 individuals in the class. He was the only individual in the top 10 who didn’t have a pair of games over 200 as his first game was a 183, but he followed that up with a 266 game which was the second highest individual game scored at the event...

DENISON — The Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team clinched their first state tournament appearance since 2017 on Wednesday as they defeated Council Bluffs St. Albert 64-44 in a Class 1A regional final played at the high school in Denison. A close game throughout much of the first half as the Panthers held a one point lead at halftime, K-P began to pull away in the second half. The team finished the final quarter and a half by outscoring their opponent 28-10...

SIOUX CITY — In their fifth season as a combined basketball program, MMCRU earned its first ever trip to the girls state basketball tournament, winning a Class 1A regional final contest by a 53-43 score over Westwood at the Sioux City West gym on Wednesday...

SIOUX CITY — The Class 1A No. 10 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s boys basketball team will be heading back to the substate final game as they seek to extend their string of four consecutive trips to the state tournament. The Hawks came away with a 61-41 win over Newell-Fonda to keep their season alive in the district final on Tuesday at Sioux City East’s gym...

SIOUX CITY — The Class 1A No. 4 ranked Gehlen Catholic boys basketball team advanced to the substate final with an 86-56 win over Woodbury Central on Tuesday night in the district final contest played at Bishop Heelan. The score was nearly identical to the regular season 84-57 victory for the Jays back on Jan. 18...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community boys basketball team opened their Class 3A substate tournament with a 61-43 win over Bishop Heelan at the LCHS Competition Gym on Monday. After wins of 58-40 and 70-47 over the Crusaders earlier in the season, the third game played out similarly to the first two matchups, but the team knew they had to be ready for a battle...

WATERLOO — The Le Mars Community girls bowling team won the Class 2A state bowling championship at Cadillac Lanes on Monday. The Lady Bulldogs scored a 3,061 total to edge out Keokuk (3,034) and Western Dubuque (3,016) for the title. After several years of making the tournament but falling just short of the top spot, the team finally grabbed that elusive state championship trophy...

SERGEANT BLUFF — The Le Mars Community girls basketball team saw their season come to a close Saturday in Class 4A regional semifinal action at Sergeant Bluff-Luton as they lost by a 46-29 score. The Lady Bulldogs were done in by a few cold stretches during the game which ended a six game winning streak entering the contest...

SLOAN — The Remsen St. Mary’s girls basketball team had their season come to a close Friday in Class 1A regional semifinal action. The Lady Hawks fell short of Westwood by a 50-44 score. Tied at halftime, the Rebels used a 13-8 advantage in the third quarter to pull in front for the win. ...

WATERLOO — The Le Mars Community girls bowling team won the Class 2A state bowling championship at Cadillac Lanes on Monday. The Lady Bulldogs scored a 3,061 total to edge out Keokuk (3,034) and Western Dubuque (3,016) for the title. Le Mars had three individuals receive medalist honors within the top 10. Those included Olivia Schiefen, Sam Schiefen and Kaitelin Konz...

DES MOINES — Hinton’s Derek Anderson capped off his high school career with a runner-up finish Saturday at the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Anderson, who finished in third place in 1A-195 last year, lost the championship match to last year’s 1A-195 runner-up Cole Clark of Lisbon...

DES MOINES — For the second year in a row Le Mars Community’s Colton Hoag worked his way to the podium at the state wrestling meet at Wells Fargo Arena. Hoag ended in seventh place last year at 3A-182 but improved his standing this year with a fourth place finish at 3A-220...

DES MOINES — Kingsley-Pierson senior Kole Reis ended his career at the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena with a sixth place finish in the 1A-160 class. Reis had to work his way through the back side of the bracket after an opening round loss to Drake Tiedemann of Northwood-Kensett who he would eventually edge out by a place on the podium. Reis struck first for a takedown with 1:42 left in the first period and still led 2-1 after a period with Tiedemann getting the escape...

KINGSLEY — The Class 1A No. 7 ranked Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team scored the first 18 points of Friday’s game en route to a 69-45 win over Woodbine to reach the regional final for the eighth straight season. “You get there a few years and now it’s almost an expectation for the girls, but it’s not a guarantee,” K-P Head Coach Nicole Goodwin said. ...

MARCUS — The Class 1A No. 5 ranked MMCRU girls basketball team advanced to the regional final with a 67-32 win over Woodbury Central in the semifinal round on Friday. MMCRU shot 50 percent from the field including 41 percent from 3-point range in the win. The team was also 10-of-14 at the charity stripe...

DES MOINES — Akron-Westfield’s two state wrestling qualifiers fell short of making the podium in Class 1A action at Wells Fargo Arena. At the 106 pound class, Cael Morrow started off his tournament with a loss. The A-W freshman got off to a good start against Kendrick Huck of Nashua-Plainfield with a first period takedown and two back points, but Huck won by fall in the second period in a time of 2:45. Huck would go on to place sixth in the tournament...

REMSEN — The Class 1A No. 10 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s boys basketball team held South O’Brien to just eight points in the second half as the Hawks pulled away for a 59-27 win in the district semifinals on Thursday. RSM led 23-19 at halftime and got separation in the second half as they outscored their War Eagle foe 36-8 after the intermission...

HULL — Class 2A top-ranked Boyden-Hull was too much for Hinton in a district basketball meeting Thursday as the Comets won by a 75-45 final score. Boyden-Hull had three in double figures, led by Marcus Kelderman who had 24 points, seven rebounds and four steals to lead his team in those categories...

LE MARS — The Class 1A No. 4 ranked Gehlen Catholic boys basketball team topped Siouxland Christian by a 62-36 final score in district tournament action Thursday. Carter DeRocher led the Jays with 25 points as he was 12-of-19 from the field. He added eight rebounds...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — Le Mars Community senior Spencer Mackey hit the 1,000 point mark for his career with a 23 point performance in the team’s 73-35 win over South Sioux City (Neb.) in the regular season finale for the Bulldogs on Thursday. Mackey went 8-of-10 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with his points which matched his season high from the 4OT win over Sioux City East...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community girls basketball team opened Class 4A regional tournament play with a 60-22 win over Storm Lake on Wednesday at the LCHS Competition Gym. “It was a good way to open our tournament run,” Le Mars Head Coach Cody Dyhrkopp said...

LE MARS — The MMCRU/RSM boys bowling team hosted the Class 1A state qualifying meet at Sweet 16 Lanes on Wednesday. Leading the way for the team was Bryce Staab who posted the second-highest individual series score at the meet. “It went pretty good,” Staab said. “I’ve practiced on these lanes since I was younger so I just knew what I was doing.”...

LE MARS — In a battle to the very end for the top spot at the Class 2A state qualifying meet at Sweet 16 Lanes in Le Mars, the hometown team secured a spot at the state meet for the sixth straight year as they grabbed the automatic qualifying spot by 46 points over Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln...

MARCUS — Emily Dreckman scored a career high 32 points as the Class 1A No. 5 MMCRU girls basketball team opened their regional tournament run with an 82-37 win over George-Little Rock on Tuesday. Dreckman’s career night saw her make 10-of-12 shots from the field including 4-of-5 3-pointers. ...

ONAWA — The Hinton girls basketball team saw their season come to a close Tuesday in a Class 2A regional tournament game at West Monona as they lost by a 43-34 score. Hinton led by one after a quarter, but had to play catch up after that as the Spartans built up their lead to double digits in the second half...

SLOAN — The Akron-Westfield girls basketball team had their season come to an end Tuesday in Class 1A regional action with a 55-39 loss to Westwood. The Westerners led by two after a quarter, but the Rebels took control in the middle frames. Natalie Nielsen led the Westerners with 11 points, but was limited by foul trouble in the game. ...

STORM LAKE — The Class 1A No. 13 ranked Storm Lake St. Mary’s girls basketball team entered Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal game with just three losses. One of those was an early season meeting against Remsen St. Mary’s. The Panthers had avenged that loss at the start of February, but RSM claimed the rubber match and the right to advance on in regional play by a 54-39 score...

KINGSLEY — The Class 1A No. 7 ranked Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team opened regional tournament play with a 63-38 win over Boyer Valley on Tuesday. The Bulldogs kept it close for a quarter as they trailed 18-16 after the first eight minutes, but the Panthers began pulling away after that, scoring in double digits in each frame while holding the Bulldogs to single digits in each of the last three quarters...

STORM LAKE — Jake Thompson, a native of Le Mars, has waited his turn as a member of the Buena Vista men’s basketball team during his first three years, and here in 2021, he has taken the larger role and made the most of his opportunity. Thompson has started all of the team’s games and currently ranks fourth on the team in scoring at 10.7 points per game and is shooting 50.9 percent from the field overall. ...

DES MOINES — A former wrestler at Westmar College will be among the four honorees recognized at the IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament this week. Tom Hildreth of Rockwell City is the honoree with ties to the former Le Mars college. Hildreth’s own high school wrestling career at Rockwell City was promising but cut short by a bout with Guillain-Barre syndrome. He more than made up for it with a coaching career that spanned almost 30 years, including 17 as head coach at his alma mater...

KINGSLEY — The Kingsley-Pierson boys basketball team had their season come to an end Monday in Class 1A district action against Siouxland Christian. The Panthers lost 48-45 to their Western Valley Conference foe. After a close game in the first half, the Eagles started to pull away with a 20-8 third quarter. ...

NEWELL — The MMCRU boys basketball team had their season come to an end Monday in Class 1A district play with an 84-52 loss to Newell-Fonda. The Mustangs got out to a fast start with 30 points in the opening quarter and by halftime had as many points as the Royals would score all game...

LE MARS — The streak continues for the Le Mars Community girls bowling team. For the seventh straight season, the Lady Bulldogs will advance to the state meet. “The team is just a wrecking crew right now,” Le Mars Coach Gary Brady said. “They’re bowling so good. We’re really proud of how our girls did today.”...

LE MARS — The Class 1A No. 4 ranked Gehlen Catholic boys basketball team opened their tournament run with a 79-25 win over Akron-Westfield on Monday. “I think the kids really enjoyed themselves, they had a lot of fun tonight and it was fun to watch them have a good time playing the game,” Gehlen Head Coach Mike Langel said...

HAWARDEN — Just 11 days after losing to West Sioux in War Eagle Conference action, the Hinton boys basketball team avenged that loss in the Class 2A district opener on Monday by a 54-50 score. The Falcons won the regular season meeting by a 59-43 score...

REMSEN — The Class 1A No. 10 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s boys basketball team had their hands full against a 3-19 George-Little Rock squad in district basketball action Monday, but they prevailed by a 66-53 score over the Mustangs. George-Little Rock got one of their three wins in a play-in district contest over Storm Lake St. Mary’s and kept it closer than one might have expected against an 18-3 team...

MARION — The Sioux City Metro swimming team finished in 10th place out of 28 teams that scored points at the IHSAA State Swimming Meet held at the Linn-Mar Community School Aquatic Center on Saturday. Waukee won the state championship. Hinton junior Brody Spies was a member of the fourth place 200-yard medley relay team which scored 30 of the team’s 98 total points at the event. ...

WHITING/AKRON — In an interesting coincidence, the Akron-Westfield and Whiting basketball teams met on back-to-back nights at the start of postseason play. The Lady Westerners made the trip to Whiting on Thursday and came away with a 58-22 win to kick off Class 1A regional play. A-W led by 15 after a quarter and after slowly adding to their lead in the middle two frames, outscored the Warriors 16-0 in the final eight minutes to complete the win...

SIOUX RAPIDS — Of the four wrestlers Akron-Westfield brought to the Class 1A District 6 meet on Saturday, two will see their season continue at the state wrestling tournament. Cael Morrow was the first individual to clinch a spot at state as he wrestled in the 106-pound weight class and his win in the first place match was an exciting one which went into an overtime period. He won by an 11-9 sudden victory over Western Christian’s Angelo Di Pol...

SIOUX RAPIDS — Of the three wrestlers Kingsley-Pierson brought to the Class 1A District 6 meet, two will see their season continue at the state wrestling tournament. Kole Reis, the sectional champion the week prior, followed up with a district championship at 160 pounds on Saturday...

SIOUX RAPIDS — Hinton’s Derek Anderson will be headed back to Wells Fargo Arena after a pair of wins at the Class 1A district meet on Saturday. Anderson squared off against Cole Kelly of West Hancock in a top-five showdown in the first place match. The Hinton senior is ranked No. 2 at 1A-220 while Kelly is No. 5 in The Predicament’s rankings. Both wrestlers entered the day with just one loss and it turned out to be a competitive battle until the very end...

FORT DODGE — Colton Hoag will be making a repeat trip to the state tournament after winning the 220-pound class at the Class 3A district meet on Saturday. The Predicament’s No. 5 ranked wrestler in the weight class opened the day with a bye and was on the mat for just 22 seconds in the semifinals as he pinned Alex Read of Fort Dodge to move into the first place match...

LE MARS — The Le Mars basketball teams split their non-conference contests against Vermillion (S.D.) on Friday. The Lady Bulldogs rattled off a fifth win in a row to end the regular season which is their best stretch of games on the year. Shaniah Temple led the team with 16 points and four steals while her four assists matched Maggie Allen and Alivia Van Otterloo for most on the squad...

HINTON — A 43 point night for Caleb Holmes helped Hinton come away with a 66-58 win over Sioux Central in overtime Thursday in the team’s regular season finale. The 43 points surpasses his previous career high which was 39 points in a game against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn last year. It’s tied for the sixth most points scored by a player in the state this season. Holmes was 13-of-19 from the field with three of the makes from 3-point range. He also converted on 14-of-15 attempts from the foul line...

REMSEN — After each team won in their home gyms in a regular season split, Remsen St. Mary’s Head Coach Scott Willman said having the home court advantage would be important in the rubber match to begin Class 1A regional play. RSM used that advantage to secure a 47-39 win over their rivals from Gehlen Catholic on Thursday...