Sports

PAC/L-M sending 3; Alta-Aurelia 2; Storm Lake, Sioux Central 1

SL’s Brown makes first-ever trip, 6 wrestlers just miss

Storm Lake’s Bradley Brown qualified for the state wrestling tournament after finishing in the top two at a Class 3A district meet last Saturday at Fort Dodge.

Indians make 20 threes in 99-27 win

Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon didn’t waste any time in its start to defending a Class 3A state title.

The second-ranked Indians used a 43-6 first quarter and tied their own state record with 20 3-pointers to beat Clarion-Goldfield-Downs 99-27 in the first round of the regional tournament last Saturday at Pocahontas.

PAC/L-M, now 22-1, will play Roland-Story in a regional semifinal game today in Pocahontas.

After a slow first quarter, Storm Lake used a 23-13 spurt in the second quarter to take control of the game as the Tornadoes went on to beat South Central Calhoun 66-45 in a nonconference game last Thursday.

South Central Calhoun held a 14-12 lead after the first quarter, but Storm Lake took the lead for good at 21-19 early in the second period. The Tornadoes went into the locker room with a 35-27 lead at halftime. It was 53-37 after three quarters of play.

Buena Vista led by as many as 20 points late in the second half and looked to be in control, but Coe closed the game on a 31-10 run and hit a game-winning 3-point shot as time expired for an 86-85 victory last Saturday at Siebens Fieldhouse.

The Beavers went ahead 75-55 on a Thomas Wisecup 3-pointer with 7:20 left in regulation and appeared to be well in control. Coe slowly chipped away at that lead and was back within single digts before Sean Morgan put BVU ahead 80-69 with under 3 minutes left.

Jasmine Demers scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Jordan Tynes added 15 points and five rebounds, and Buena Vista used a big fourth quarter to overcome a nine-point halftime deficit to knock off Coe 79-72 last Saturday at Siebens Fieldhouse.

Demers finished the game shooting 7-of-15 from the field and 7-of-10 at the free throw line, while Tynes also added five field goals and a 5-of-6 peformance at the charity stripe.  Sidney Beckman was the third Beaver to score in double figures, chipping in with 12 points to go along with three steals.

Raptors win, 67-46

Jaxon Franken scored 18 points and added seven assists and three steals as Ridge View won its regular season finale by beating Newell-Fonda 67-46 last Friday at Schaller.

The Raptors held a 16-11 lead after the first quarter. It was 35-25 at halftime and 43-29 after three periods.

Ezra Miller scored 11 points for Ridge View, now 8-12. Austin Degen added nine and Jake Kliegl eight.

Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon used a 24-9 surge in the second quarter to take control of the game and the Indians went on to defeat Sioux Central 74-68 last Thursday at Pocahontas.

Sioux Central held a 17-12 lead after the first quarter, but PAC/L-M took a 36-26 lead at halftime. It was 53-43 heading into the fourth quarter.

Austin Roetman scored 26 points to lead PAC/L-M. Tyler Behrendsen added 13, while Jace Davidson and Cameron Callion each tallied 12. Braden Ehn scored nine points and Nathan Aljets two.

Ryan Radke and Jaden Henrichs each scored 14 points and Alta-Aurelia ran its winning streak to 18 games in a row as the Warriors beat River Valley 83-40 in the regular season finale last Friday at Correctionville.

The Warriors (19-1) led 23-13 after the first quarter, 46-20 at halftime and 64-28 heading into the fourth period of play.