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Jungers picks up 300th career win

Erin Gerke scored 16 points and coach Dick Jungers notched his 300th career win as Class 1A No. 8-ranked Newell-Fonda beat Emmetsburg 49-38 in a nonconference game last Thursday at Newell.

The Mustangs trailed 11-7 after the first quarter, but took a 21-19 lead at halftime. It was 30-29 Newell-Fonda going into the fourth period.

Community Education will be offering a women’s adult volleyball league this winter. Games will be played every Wednesday night with the first games of the season starting Jan. 11 and running through mid-April with a season-ending tournament.

Match times will be determined based on the number of teams signed up. The team registration fee will be $85 before Dec. 30. After Dec. 30, the registration fee will increase to $100. No registrations will be accepted after Jan. 4, so register early.

If interested, contact Community Education at 732-5711 to get your team signed up.

Tornadoes outscore Falcons 42-17 in second half to pull away

After seeing its big lead early cut to six at halftime, Storm Lake outscored OA-BCIG 42-17 in the second half as the Tornadoes won their sixth straight game with a 72-41 verdict over the Falcons on Monday at Tornado Fieldhouse.

SM prep Drey scores 1,000th career point

Buena Vista cut a 26-point second half deficit all the way down to five with 2 minutes to go, but the comeback bid against high-flying Greenville College came up short as the Panthers held on for a 115-108 win on Tuesday at Greenville, Ill.

Freshman Timothy Jeffries scored a career-high 21 points for the Beavers off the bench with Sean Morgan right behind with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Skylar Solko and Nick Gaes each won all three of their matches, but it wasn’t enough as Alta-Aurelia dropped three dual meets in a quadrangular on Tuesday at Humboldt.

The Warriors were defeated by Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 42-30. Solko won his match by pin in 3:18 at 152 pounds. Gaes was a winner by pin in 1:24 at 195.

Schade Larson won by pin in 3:54 at 106. Adan Henrich and Sam Zimmerman each won by forfeit

Ridge View finished the game on an 11-2 run as the Raptors were able to get past Sioux Central 40-37 Tuesday at Sioux Rapids.

Sioux Central led 14-12 after the first quarter. The game was tied at 20-20 at halftime. Sioux Central matched its biggest lead of the game at 35-29 midway through the fourth quarter before the Raptors rallied.

Kinzey Dutler led Ridge View with 13 points. Beth Pickhinke had 11 points Harlee Wagoner and Emerson Else each scored six points. Erin Johnson added four.

The final seconds were nothing short of a spectacular emotional pendulum. First, there was the bedlam of making a potential game-winning shot and then there was the agony of watching one go in.

Bethany Rehse’s 3-pointer at the buzzer gave OA-BCIG a 51-49 win over Storm Lake on Monday night at Tornado Fieldhouse.

Rachel Bozonie’s 3-pointer had given Storm Lake a 49-48 lead with 4.6 seconds left before Rehse took the inbounds pass and dribbled to the other end of the floor and made the game-winning shot from just beyond the arc.