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Indians maintain lead in 51-43 win

Jace Davidson scored 14 points to lead three players in double figures as Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon got past Twin Lakes Conference rival Newell-Fonda 51-43 on Tuesday at Newell.

The Indians jumped out to a 16-5 lead after the first quarter, but Newell-Fonda cut it to 20-15 by halftime. It was 35-29 PAC/L-M heading into the fourth period of play.

Jaxon Franken scored a career-high 23 points to lead three players in double figuresand help Ridge View beat River Valley 66-40 in a Western Valley Conference game on Tuesday at Correctionville.

Ridge View trailed 16-13 after the first quarter, but held a 28-20 halftime lead. It was 45-29 Raptors heading into the third period.

Tyler Wingert scored 17 points for Ridge View. Jake Kliegl added 10 and Jacob Tokheim six. Logan Cuthrell scored five points, Ezra Miller three and Colton Wunschel two.

Austin Roetman scored a career-high 35 points, including five 3-pointers, and added seven rebounds, five blocked shots and four assists to help send Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon to a 73-59 win over Webster City on Monday night at Pocahontas.

The Indians jumped out to a 22-13 lead after the first quarter. They extended it to 49-22 by halftime. It was 66-36 heading into the fourth period of play.

The Storm Lake eighth grade boys basketball team defeated Spirit Lake 37-30 on Monday. Mark Eddie led the way with 12 points. Ben Raveling and Jesus Soto added six apiece. Paul Both scored five points. Eddie and Raveling led the defensive effort.

Spirit Lake won the “B” game 30-26. Both and Kevin Lopez each scored six points. Isaac Morales added five.   

Trenton Miller and Evan Else each won all three of their matches to lead Ridge View in a quadrangular meet on Tuesday night at Rockwell City.

Ridge View edged East Sac County 42-39. East Sac won the first seven matches, but the Raptors won the final seven.

Lance Else started the run with a win by pin in 2 minutes, 49 seconds at 152. Jake Mitchell was a winner by pin in 1:07 at 160, as was Trentin Moeller in 31 seconds at 170.

Sioux Central wrestled in a quadrangular meet on Tuesday in Cherokee and the Rebels dropped all three of their duals.

Sioux Central was defeated by Cherokee 63-12. Noah Lindner (113) and Ethan Berven (132) each won by forfeit.

The Rebels were defeated by Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon 78-0.

Sioux Central was defeated by West Bend-Mallard 48-18. Lindner won by pin in 1:22. Berven and Keaton Lindner (138) each won their matches by forfeit.

Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon participated in a quadrangular meet on Tuesday night in Cherokee and the Indians came away with three dual wins.

PAC/L-M beat Cherokee 55-21. Clayton Reis won his match by major decision 14-2 at 152 pounds. Tyler Reis won by pin in 1 minute, 18 seconds at 160 and Philip Minkler was a winner by pin in 1:12 at 195.

Jacob Mielke won by pin in 1:42 at 106, while Shea Ruffridge won by pin at 120. Thomas Melohn stuck his opponent in 3:35 at 126, while Cage Arends won by decision 10-5 at 138.

She quickly fell in love with BV, has no plans of ever leaving

Ever since she was a young girl, Janet Berry knew that she wanted to become a teacher and coach when she grew up. Her childhood involved sports. Berry’s parents were both athletes and her entire family was very competitive.

Zach Lenhart’s basket with 2.4 seconds left gave Storm Lake St. Mary’s a 58-57 win over Twin Lakes Conference arch-rival Alta-Aurelia last Friday night at Alta.

The Warriors’ desperation shot from Carson Kruger was off the mark as time expired.

St. Mary’s led 27-24 at halftime and held its biggest lead of 49-37 with 1:05 to go in the third quarter.