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Hanson nets 24 points, 12 rebounds in win

Jake hanson scored a career-high 24 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked two shots to help Sioux Central beat Graettinger-Terril/Ruth-ven-Ayrshire 66-57 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Monday at Ruthven.

The Rebels jumped out to a 17-10 lead after the first quarter. It was 27-20 at halftime and 49-35 heading into the fourth period of play.

Dani Boettcher scored a career-high 30 points and added 10 rebounds and two blocked shots, but it wasn’t enough as Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire got past Sioux Central 71-65 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Monday at Ruthven.

The Titans held a 19-17 lead after the first quarter. It was 37-29 at halftime and 57-52 heading into the final 8 minutes.

Shera Smith contributed 20 points for Sioux Central, now 3-10. Kally Fahnlander scored eight points, Karly Boettcher four and Madison Sylvester three.

Cole Keenan was a double-winner to highlight Storm Lake’s performance in a boys double dual swim meet on Monday night at Spencer.

The Tornadoes were defeated by both Spencer and Sioux City Metro.

Storm Lake’s 200 medley relay team of Drew Binning, Cale Murray, Blake Lamoureaux and Keenan finished first with a time of 1 minute, 56.02 seconds.

Keenan won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:15.99. Carson Cole was third in a time of 2:23.53.

Binning took second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.45 seconds. Dayne Crouch was third in 28.46 seconds.

Men’s volleyball league to be offered

Community Education’s men’s adult volleyball league will be played every Wednesday night with the first matches of the season starting on Feb. 22.

Beavers fall short to Knights 85-74

Buena Vista struggled to overcome a 34 percent shooting effort as well as 26 turnovers, and the Beavers fell for the first time in Iowa Conference play 85-74 at home to ninth-ranked Wartburg College on Wednesday night.

Morgan Muhlbauer scored a career-high 18 points on the strength of her career-high five 3-point baskets while Jasmine Demers led the way with 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Beavers win 86-79

Buena Vista has found itself alone atop the Iowa Conference standings after a strong second half effort helped lift it to an 86-79 home victory over Wartburg College on Wednesday night.

BVU, which scored the first eight points of the game, led most of the first half, but a layup just before the first halftime buzzer sounded sent the Knights into the locker room with a 41-40 halftime lead.

Former Buena Vista baseball player Neil Marshall has been named one of the three finalists for the 2015-16 Duane Schroeder IIAC Scholar Athlete of the Year award.

Aside from Marshall, former Dubuque football player Blaine Snitker and former Loras track and field standout Zach Frey were also finalists.

The finalists were chosen by a committee of IIAC faculty athletic representatives, and sports information directors will now go before the full group for the final selection.

It was an entertaining game from start to finish with the two teams combining for 28 made 3-point shots, but in the end it was Buena Vista holding off a late Central comeback bid to hand the preseason IIAC favorites a 94-87 loss last Saturday at Siebens Fieldhouse.

The Dutch got a deep 3-pointer from Colby Taylor just before the first half buzzer to take a 47-41 lead into halftime.  The Beavers, who shot 53.8 percent from the field in the first half, carried over that strong shooting in the second by making 60 percent.