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Ross Friedrich finished with 19 points, five rebounds and three assists as Alta-Aurelia had little trouble beating Pocahontas Area 63-36 in a Twin Lakes Conference game last Friday night at Alta.

The Warriors jumped out to a 19-3 lead after the first quarter. It was 33-9 at halftime and 51-22 heading into the fourth period of play.

Sean Berg scored 14 points for Alta-Aurelia. Jake Berg added eight and Jayden VanBerkum and Zach Sliefert five apiece. Mitchel McDonald, Trey Sliefert and Jack Sliefert all scored four points.

No. 1 Newell-Fonda used a 22-1 spurt to begin the second half as the Mustangs pulled away to beat North Union 66-41 in a nonconference game last Thursday night at Newell.

The Mustangs held a 13-6 lead after the first quarter. It was 30-26 at halftime, but then Newell-Fonda outscored the Eagles 22-5 in the third quarter to extend its lead to 52-31 heading into the fourth period.

Brady Dicks led the Mustangs with 19 points, five rebounds and four steals. Brady Bohe added 15 points and four rebounds.

Skylar Solko, Colten Larsen and John Tuttle all finished first at their respective weight classes to help Altap-Aurelia place eighth in the Sibley-Ocheyedan Tournament last Saturday.

MOC-Floyd Valley won the meet with 1791⁄2 points. Sibley-Ocheyedan was second with 168. Alta-Aurelia scored 1101⁄2.

Solko won the 113-pound title. He  won by technical fall 16-1 and won by pin in 50 seconds in the finals.

Larsen was a winner by pin in 56 seconds, by pin in 1:43 and by pin in 1:32 in the finals at 120 pounds.

Joe Kenny won both of his matches by pin to help Ridge View gain a split of a pair of Western Valley Conference dual meets last Thursday night.

The Raptors beat Lawton-Bronson 66-15 in the first dual. Erik Major was a winner by pin in 1 minute, 15 seconds at 126 pounds, as was Ryan McGuire in 1:37 at 132.

Jason Kenny won by pin in 1:50 at 145, as did Luke Kliegl in 1:24 at 160 pounds. Kyle Schiernbeck prevailed by pin in 24 seconds at 182, while Henry Sippel stuck his opponent in 1:26 at 195.

Noel Banuelos won both of his matches by pin to help Storm Lake split a pair of Lakes Conference duals last Thursday night at Spencer.

The Tornadoes were defeated by Spencer 66-12 in the first dual, but came back to beat LeMars 38-28.

Storm Lake won two matches against Spencer. Banuelos won by pin in 1 minute, 7 seconds at 182 pounds and Darren Eades was a winner by pin in 2:11 at 132.

The Tornadoes won eight matches in the dual against LeMars. Juan Rios won his match at 138 pounds by decision 9-3. Cesar Loera was a winner by major decision 19-6 at 145.

Buena Vista couldn’t overcome a tough shooting performance as Wisconsin- Superior broke open the game in the second half en route to a 95-68 victory over the Beavers last Saturday at Superios, Wis.

BVU, which didn’t have a player reach double figures, connected on just 38 percent of its shot attempt, including 6-of-22 from 3-point. The team did make 14-of-18 at the free throw line.

Ridge View suffered a cold shooting night as the Raptors shot 30 percent from the field and 50 percent from the free throw line in a 50-43 Western Valley Conference setback to Woodbury Central last Friday night at Moville.

Ridge View led 15-7 after the first quarter and 27-17 at halftime, but Woodbury Central outscored the Raptors 17-5 in the third quarter to take a 34-32 lead into the fourth quarter.

Ridge View made 13 of 44 field goals in the game and 13 of 26 free throws.

Laurens-Marathon/Sioux Central participated in the Western Christian Duals last Friday night in Hull.

The Charging Rebels were defeated by Hinton 41-21. Chase Wells won by pin in 48 seconds at 138 pounds. Sam Wood won by decision 10-8 at 160. Drew Binder was a winner by pin in 50 seconds at 220 and Caleb Gunderson pinned his opponent in 1:30 at 120 pounds.

Laurens-Marathon/Sioux Central was defeated by Sioux City Heelan 63-12. Gunderson won by pin in 47 seconds and Binder won by forfeit.

Sophomore Deng leads the way with 25 points

There were moments where Storm Lake’s inexperience showed. There were also moments of promise.

It was mixed bag kind of game for the Tornadoes on Tuesday night as they got down big early, came back, got down again only to come back again and make it interesting.

In the end, though, inexperience denied Storm Lake its first win of the season as the Indians held on for a 70-64 triumph at Tornado Fieldhouse.

Trevor Landgraf had a double-double, posting 12 points and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as Graettinger-Terril/ Ruthven-Ayrshire defeated Storm Lake St. Mary’s 81-53 in a nonconference game on Tuesday night at Ruthven.

St. Mary’s trailed 16-14 after the first quarter, but the Titans extended their lead to 44-30 by halftime. It was 64-42 entering the fourth period of play.

Aaron Miller had 11 points and six rebounds for the Panthers, now 0-3. Josh Demers scored nine points.