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Buena Vista sent individuals to two different locations, but the Beavers still came away with a solid day overall with two place finishers at Luther and four more at the Washington & Jefferson Invite in Pennsylvania.

Freshman 165-pounder Nick Richards came up with a runner-up finish at Luther, falling in the championship match by fall against Iowa’s Kaleb Young. Riley Altenburg took sixth at 133 pounds.

SL team edges top individual performer

BY JAMIE KNAPP

There were a lot of impressive individual performers this season. You can look no further than Newell-Fonda quarterback Reed Kruse.

Kruse had a phenomenal season for the Mustangs, rushing for over 1,500 yards, passing for almost 900 yards and accounting for 44 total touchdowns to lead the team to the 8-man playoffs for the seventh year in a row.

Beavers hit the road to take on Wartburg

BY JAMIE KNAPP

When you’re postseason plans have been eliminated, perhaps the most important game of the season is the last one.

Whether you’ve had a winning season or one below .500, it’s an opportunity to finish the year on a good note and take some momentum into the offseason.

Storm Lake, Newell-Fonda players headline list of first team selections

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It was a record-breaking season for the Storm Lake football team this fall, and now the accolades follow.

The Tornadoes had a record 10 players selected to the Class 3A, District 1 first team, it was released.

Players were not selected by position. Making the first  team for the Tornadoes were Michael Demers, Josh Werge, Parker Lange, Kevin Xayyavong, Alfredo Ramirez, Jorge Sandoval, Mickey Vasquez, Kevin Duque, Brayden Hoops and Lamar Mulgae.

Werge was selected as the District Offensive MVP, while Sandoval was chosen District Offensive Line MVP.

Storm Lake seniors Dylan Cavanaugh and Sam Olson competed in the Iowa Senior All-Star cross country meet last Saturday in Ankeny.

The standard for runners to be invited is a time of 17:30 or better on a 5K course during the season.  Cavanaugh and Olson were members of the West All-Star Team and competed against the East All-Star Team. Seventy-two runners from all classes (1A, 2A, 3A and 4A) competed with medals going to the top 15.

Cavanaugh placed eighth and earned a medal in 17:07 on the challenging course. Olson placed 48th and ran a time of 18:32.

Pairings for the 2016 Storm Lake Times/Hy Noon Kiwanis Basketball Jamborees have been announced.

The girls jamboree will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, at Storm Lake High School. Newel-Fonda and Cherokee will tip things off at 5 p.m. OA-BCIG and Emmetsburg will meet at 5:45 p.m., followed by Alta-Aurelia and Siouxland Christian at 6:30 p.m. South Central Calhoun  will face Ridge View at 7:15 p.m., while Storm Lake squares off with Sioux Central at 8 p.m.