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Bruce Radke rushed for 162 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough as West Sioux spoiled Alta-Aurelia’s season finale with a 50-28 win last Friday night in a district game played at Hawarden.

Radke scored on touchdown runs of 8 and 3 yards for the Warriors. Jeremiah Ruby rushed for 77 yards on 11 carries, including a 5-yard touchdown.

Lane Nichols rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns and Woodbury Central scored two touchdowns in the second half to pull away for a 6-6 tie at halftime and went on to beat Sioux Central 18-6 in the season finale last Friday night in a district game at Albert City.

Nichols opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 6-yard touchdown run. The PAT was blocked.

The Alta-Aurelia sixth grade volleyball team placed second out of 16 teams in the Area 56 volleyball league end of the season tournament, which was held Oct. 18 in Alta. Team members pictured from left to right are, front row: Jessica Larson and Sierra Hill. Second row: Ellie Kaskey, Sheridan Fast, Makayli Snyder and Karla Chicas. Third row: Alaina Westphal, Mallorie Jacobson and Abbie Watts.

Pocahontas Area, Emmetsburg and Fort Dodge St. Edmond finished first, second and third to advance to state after a Class 1A state qualifying meet last Thursday in Holstein.

Alta-Aurelia finished fifth with 132 points and Sioux Central was 14th with 328 points.

Dylan Cavanaugh placed 19th overall to highlight Storm Lake’s performance in a Class 3A state qualifying cross country meet last Thursday at Carroll.

Sioux City Heelan, Harlan and MOC-Floyd Valley finished first, second and third to qualify for the state meet, which is this Saturday in Fort Dodge. Storm Lake placed ninth with 235 points.

Buena Vista picked up its 20th win of the season and secured a home match for the first round of the Iowa Conference Tournament as the Beavers beat the University of Dubuque last Thursday in Dubuque.

“These women did something that will never be taken away from them — they made history,” Buena Vista coach Lori Slight said. “They have grown so much from the first week of preseason until now at the near end.”

Storm Lake’s volleyball season came to an end as the Tornadoes were defeated by Spencer in the first round of the Class 4A regional tournament on Monday night at Spencer.

Game scores were 25-23, 25-16, 25-14.

The Buena Vista men’s soccer team took the field for the final time at home, but a bid for its first Iowa Conference win came up just short as the Beavers fell to visiting Coe 2-1.

The teams combined for only nine shots in the first half, including four on-goal, but neither could find the net and they went into halftime tied at 0-0.

Abby Smith went 15-for-19 in hitting with 11 kills, was 7-for-7 in serving and tallied 10 digs to help Newell-Fonda beat Storm Lake St. Mary’s in the first round of the Class 1A regional tournament on Tuesday at Newell.

Game scores were 25-13, 25-19, 25-16.

Newell-Fonda, now 22-14, will play at Algona Garrigan on Tuesday night.

Madison Gaffney went 15-for-18 in hitting with seven kills, was 9-for-10 in serving and also charted three blocks, but it wasn’t enough as Spencer knocked off Storm Lake in three games in a Lakes Conference match on Tuesday at Tornado Fieldhouse.

Game scores were 25-21, 25-10, 25-15.