Sports

Cham Deng had a breakthrough season this year, and the Storm Lake junior was rewarded for it by being selected to the Lakes Conference first team for boys basketball, it was released.

Joining Deng on the first team were Jacob Vis and Caleb Harmsen of Western Christian, Owen Coburn and Alex Van Dyke of Spirit Lake, Gabe Eckstaine and Will Pottebaum of LeMars, Brady Kluender of Spencer and Trevor Freisner of Estherville.

Kluender, Vis, Harmsen, Coburn and Pottebaum were all unanimous choices.

Storm Lake senior Briana Soto was selected to the all-Lakes Conference second team for girls basketball, it was released.

Chosen to the first team were Paityn Hagberg and Kassidy Pingel of Cherokee, Madison Dreckman and Jenn Schneider of LeMars, Ashtyn Veerbeek and Olivia Granstra of Western Christian, and Keeley Petzenhauser of Spencer.

Petzenhauser, Hagberg, Pingel, Dreckman and Veerbeek were all unanimous selections.

Bryce Coppock, who helped Newell-Fonda to a share of the Twin Lakes Conference boys basketball title this season, heads the list of selections to the all-TLC first team, it was released.

Joining Coppock on the first team were Jace Davidson of Pocahontas Area, Jacob Conlon of Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire, Levi Olhausen of East Sac County, Tayler Gano of Alta-Aurelia, Hunter Decker of Sioux Central, Cameron Krebsbach of Manson Northwest Webster and Jared Birks of South Central Calhoun.

Six Sioux Central youth wrestlers qualified for the state AAU tournament held in Wells Fargo Arena Feb. 24-25.

Three wrestlers placed in the top eight of the junior high division. Keagan Riley placed third at 75 pounds. Chris Ferguson placed fourth at 95 pounds. Josh Ferguson placed seventh at 110 pounds. Riley recorded three pins and Ferguson two.

The Buena Vista University baseball coaching staff and players will be holding pitching and hitting clinics for any high school player on Sunday, March 11, in the Lamberti Recreation Center on the BVU campus.

The hitting clinic will take place from 10 a.m.-noon with a pitching clinic following from 1-3 p.m. Both sessions will expose the high school players to effective training drills for their upcoming  baseball seasons.

The cost of the hitting portion is $40 with the pitching at $50.

Muhlbauer named honorable mention

The Iowa Conference released its all-conference selections on Wednesday, and Buena Vista had seniors Jasmine Demers and Claudia Larsen selected to the first and second teams, respectively, while junior Morgan Muhlbauer was voted honorable mention.

Beavers to play Lake Forest, Northwestern

The 2018 season will officially get started for the Buena Vista softball team on Saturday inside the Rochester Dome against Northwestern-St. Paul and Lake Forest College, respectively.

BVU is coming off a 20-17 campaign a year ago in which it placed fifth in the Iowa Conference after going 8-8 in league games.

The Buena Vista University athletic department has announced the 2018 spring kickoff event to be held at Lake Avenue Lounge.

The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, and is open to the public free of charge.

A social hour will take place starting at 5 p.m. with light snacks and refreshments being served.

Following at 5:30 p.m., the head coaches of BVU’s spring sports will each give a brief overview of their upcoming season to conclude the event.