Austin Dickinson has been preaching one thing in practice this week. The second half. Buena Vista has had a propensity to play a good first half but a not-so-good second half. The Beaver …

Lucos Wernimont finished second overall to help Sioux Central win the Alta-Aurelia Invitational on Monday. Sioux Central scored 61 points in the meet. Alta-Aurelia was seventh with 162 and …

For the second consecutive meet, Alta-Aurelia tied for first place only to come up short on a tiebreaker. The Warrior girls tied Cherokee with 45 points, but the Braves’ No. 5 runner came …

Joel Ramirez-Parra finished second overall to help Storm Lake place second in the Denison-Schleswig Invitational on Tuesday. Woodbine won the meet with 60 points. Storm Lake scored 91. …

Addison Tesch finished third overall to help Ridge View to a runner-up finish in the Denison-Schleswig Invitational on Tuesday. Ridge View scored 104 points in the meet. Harlan was first with …

Storm Lake hosted Lakes Conference rival Spencer on Tuesday and the Tornadoes defeated the Tigers in three sets. Scores were 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. “I thought we played well at times, …

Ridge View advanced to the finals of the Western Valley Conference Tournament on Monday, but the Raptors were defeated by first place River Valley. Scores were 25-23, 22-25, 15-13. Ridge …

Kinzee Hinders went 45-for-48 in hitting with 22 kills and went 14-for-14 in serving with two aces to help Newell-Fonda outlast Manson Northwest Webster in five sets in a Twin Lakes Conference match …

Buena Vista opened American Rivers Conference play on Tuesday at Wartburg, but it was the Knights winning by scores of 25-9, 25-17, 26-24. BVU was held to four kills and had five errors in the …

It was a difficult game to watch because of an unfathomable number of penalties, but a fun one to watch because of Storm Lake’s offense. In a game marred with 33 penalties, including 22 on …

Peyton Meyer ran 3 yards for a touchdown and Jordyn Hinrickson kicked the extra point in the second overtime to give Alta-Aurelia a wild 34-33 win over South O’Brien last Friday at Alta. …

Emmetsburg scored 21 unanswered points in the first half as the fourth-ranked E-Hawks cruised to a 50-6 win over Sioux Central last Friday at Emmetsburg. The E-Hawks scored a touchdown in the …

OABCIG scored 20 unanswered points in the first half and the Falcons’ defense kept Ridge View out of the end zone as they retained the Reynolds Trophy after a 26-0 win last Friday in Ida Grove. …

Remsen St. Mary’s scored 16 unanswered points in the first quarter and tacked on 22 more in the second period to take a 38-6 halftime lead and the fourth-ranked Hawks went on to defeat …

Longtime Storm Lake teacher and coach Keven Besch was inducted into the BVU Athletics Hall of Fame last Saturday at the homecoming game. Besch was an All-American wrestler for the Beavers in 1986 and …

The Buena Vista football team was going after back-to-back wins to begin conference play when it hosted Central for Homecoming/Hall of Fame Day, but the Beavers couldn’t slow down the Dutch, …

Newell-Fonda won four of the five matches it played as the Mustangs captured the championship of the HMS Tournament last Saturday. The Mustangs were defeated in their first match by Trinity …

ay and the Panthers were defeated in both matches. St. Mary’s fell to Woodbury Central 25-7, 25-20. Isabelle Landgraf led the team in hitting by going 8-for-9 with three kills. Neely Bacon …

Newell-Fonda rallied from a 2-0 deficit by winning the last three sets as the Mustangs came back to beat West Bend-Mallard in a Twin Lakes Conference match last Thursday. Scores were 24-26, …

Breyer Anderson went 30-for-31 in hitting with nine kills, but it wasn’t enough as Manson Northwest Webster defeated Alta-Aurelia in a Twin Lakes Conference match last Thursday. Scores …