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Noel Banuelos won both of his matches by pin to help Stirm Lake open its wrestling season with a split of a double dual last Thursday night at Laurens.

Storm Lake was defeated by Pocahontas Area 41-25 in the first dual. Juan Rios won his match by pin in 5 minutes, 24 seconds at 138 pounds.

Cesar Loera stuck his opponent in 3:20 at 145 and Ruben Aldaba won by major decision 10-1 at 152. Banuelos won by pin in 2:20 at 182 and Nathan Carlson prevailed by decision  7-4 at 285.

Beavers outlasted in shootout with N’western

Malarie Gilley scored 24 points and Susan Kies followed with 20, but it wasn’t enough as Northwestern (Minn.) outlasted Buena Vista in a shootout 110-100 last Saturday at Siebens Fieldhouse.

Gilley made 10 of her 11 shots from the field and also went 4-of-4 at the free throw line to turn in the second-highest point total of her career.

Kies made four of BVU’s 14 3-point baskets in the game with Lexi Fisher also connecting on four to finish with 15 points.

Beavers pick up fourth straight victory

In a game that was tight from start to finish, Buena Vista was able to pull away late in the second half en route to a 76-65 victory over visiting Northwestern (Minn.) and pick up its fourth straight win overall last Saturday at Siebens Fieldhouse.

The Beavers led most of the way, but Northwestern was able to keep the game from getting out of hand. The Eagles held a slim 3-2 lead early on before BVU used a 14-3 run to take a 16-6 lead with 7 minutes gone by.

Newell-Fonda scored 29 fourth-quarter points, and it needed all of them to hold off Spencer 73-66 in a nonconference game last Saturday.

Spencer jumped out to a   14-10 lead after the first quarter. It was 33-30 Newell-Fonda at halftime and 44-40 Mustangs entering the fourth period.

Brady Bohe led Newell-Fonda with a game-high 28 points. He also had seven rebounds. Dillon Anderson charted 19 points and five rebounds.

Yach Deng scored 23 points, but it wasn’t enough as Denison-Schleswig jumped out to a 36-21 halftime lead en route to a 65-42 win over the Tornadoes last Thursday at Denison.

It was 16-8 Monarchs after the first quarter and 48-32 entering the fourth period of play. Storm Lake got no closer than 12 points in the second half.

Kouny Deng scored 13 points for the Tornadoes, who dropped to 0-2. Ross Dewerff scored five points and Amer Damanhoury one.

Zach Tokheim scored a career-high 19 points to lead three players in double figures, but it wasn’t enough as Manson Northwest Webster defeated Ridge View 59-49 in a nonconference game last Thursday night at Manson.

The Cougars led 19-9 after the first quarter. It was 31-24 at halftime and 47-37 entering the fourth period of play.

Daniel Jeckell and Jackson Graff each scored 12 points for the Raptors. Logan Richard had four and Garret Lamp two.

Hudson Spedding scored 26 points to lead Manson. Collin Christensen added 14 for the Raptors.

Newell-Fonda outscored Spencer 19-6 in the first quarter and were never threatened after that as the No. 1-ranked Mustangs beat the Tigers 68-34 in a nonconference game last Saturday night at Spencer.

The Mustangs led 34-13 at halftime and 52-20 heading into the fourth period.

Renee Maneman scored 12 points to lead the Mustangs. Maddi Morenz and Claudia Larsen each added 10.

Rebels hold Chargers scoreless in 2nd OT

Sioux Central held Laurens-Marathon without a point in the second overtime as the Rebels outlasted the Chargers 56-50 in a nonconference game last Friday night at Laurens.

Laurens-Marathon led 8-6 after the first quarter. It was 20-17 at halftime and 29-28 Chargers entering the fourth period of play. The score was tied at 46-46 at the end of regulation. Sioux Central outscored Laurens-Marathon 6-0 in the second overtime.

Ross Friedrich finished with 15 points, three rebounds and three assists to help Alta-Aurelia get past Trinity Christian 54-53 in a nonconference game last Friday night at Alta.

Jayden VanBerkum scored 10 points for the Warriors and Zach Sliefert added nine.

Greg Gritters led all scorers with 24 points for Trinity Christian.

“It was a hard-fought win for the guys,” Alta-Aurelia coach Chris Abaray said. “Once again, our hard-nosed defensive effort won the game for us. We forced two turnovers in the game’s final minute.

Raptors hold Warriors to only 36 points

Lexi Johnson finished with 14 points, seven steals, five rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots to help send Ridge View to a 51-36 win over Whiting in a Western Valley Conference game last Friday night at Whiting.

Ridge View held a 14-7 lead after the first quarter. It was     24-16 at halftime and 30-29 entering the fourth period.