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Ridge View rallied in the fourth quarter, scoring 23 points, but it wasn’t enough as West Monona defeated the Raptors 59-53 in the consolation round of the Western Valley Conference Tournament on Tuesday.

West Monona jumped out to a 16-13 lead after the first quarter. It was 30-25 at halftime and 44-30 entering the fourth quarter.

Jacob Tokheim scored 17 points to lead Ridge View, now 4-13 overall. Jaxon Franken added 13. Logan Cuthrell tallied nine points, Klint Blum eight, Dawson Blum four and Kevin McGuire two.

Mustangs win, 62-51

Newell-Fonda clinched the Twin Lakes Conference championship outright as the Mustangs fought off a hard charge from Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire to win 62-51 on Tuesday at Newell.

The Mustangs held a 12-8 lead after the first quarter before extending it to 34-25 by halftime. It was 50-35 Mustangs entering the fourth period of play.

Lizzie Lenhart scored a game-high 21 points and added 10 rebounds and two assists as Storm Lake St. Mary’s snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 40-34 win over Remsen St. Mary’s in a nonconference game on Monday at St. Mary’s.

Remsen St. Mary’s led 11-8 after the first quarter. The Hawks owned a 16-8 lead with 3 minutes to play in the first half, but the Panthers went on a 9-0 run to lead 17-16 at halftime. It was 25-24 Panthers heading into the fourth period of play.

Olivia Schaller contributed 10 points for the Panthers. Kallie Goettsch scored five and Abby Jones four.

After holding Emmetsburg to only 31 points through the first three quarters, the E’Hawks erupted for 25 in the fourth period as they pulled away to hand Alta-Aurelia a 56-45 setback in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Tuesday at Emmetsburg.

Alta-Aurelia held an 11-10 lead after the first quarter, but the E’Hawks took a 22-19 lead at halftime. It was 31-29 Emmetsburg going into the fourth quarter.

Sandoval achieves 100th career win

Bradley Brown, Alonzo Rios, Kole Wiegert and Aaron Ungs all won both of their matches by pin to help Storm Lake conclude the regular season with a pair of dual wins on Tuesday at Denison.

The Tornadoes pinned Denison-Schleswig 61-18. Jorge Sandoval won his match by pin in 52 seconds at 285 pounds. Carter Shima was a winner by major decision 10-0 at 106 pounds.

Brookelyn Johnson scored eight points, but it wasn’t enough as Spencer defeated Storm Lake 46-8 in a seventh grade girls basketball game on Monday in Storm Lake.

The “B’ team was defeated 24-11. Delilah Khamtan had five points, Natalie Mahavong four and Evelyn Mero two.

The “C” team lost 12-6. Hennessy Vargas, Kazao Vang and Amelia Stark all scored two points.

Ridge View participated in the MMCRU archery tournament last Saturday.

The Raptors placed third in the team standings with a score of 2,791. Sergeant Bluff-Luton was first with a score of 3,366.

The top five individual scores for Ridge View were Cassie Allen (274), Brant Price (270), Rayann Volkert (263), Lauren Johnson (257) and Brett Taylor (252).

Community Education’s men’s adult volleyball league will be played every Wednesday night with the first matches of the season starting March 7.

Matches will start at 8 p.m. and will be played until 10 p.m. (depending on the number of teams that sign up). Five players per team, but can play with as little as three players. Registration is $85 per team.

After Feb. 23, the registration fee will increase to $100 per team. No team will be accepted after Feb 26.

For more information, or to sign up a team, call the Community Education office at 732-5711.