Homecoming — that annual rite of fall — will take place on Saturday, and it will also be Buena Vista’s American Rivers Conference opener as the Beavers welcome Simpson College to …

Haley Wright finished 42-for-51 in hitting with 12 kills, charted 11 digs and three blocks, and went 12-for-12 in serving, but it wasn’t enough as West Monona handed Ridge View a Western Valley …

Danika Wetherell went 19-for-22 in hitting with five kills and charted five digs, but it wasn’t enough as Southeast Valley defeated Storm Lake St. Mary’s in a Twin Lakes Conference match …

Storm Lake began its final Lakes Conference season with a bang. The Tornadoes hosted Estherville Lincoln Central on Tuesday and won the match in four sets. Scores were 25-19, 21-25, 25-13, …

Caitlin Wildeman went 15-for-18 in hitting with six kills and was 6-for-7 in serving, but it wasn’t enough as Manson Northwest Webster defeated Sioux Central in a Twin Lakes Conference match on …

Class 2A No. 13-ranked Emmetsburg proved to be too much for Alta-Aurelia as the E-Hawks defeated the Warriors in three straight sets on Tuesday at Emmetsburg. Scores were 25-20, 25-9, 25-17. …

Joel Ramirez-Parra finished first overall to help Storm Lake win the Sheldon Invitational on Monday. Storm Lake scored 29 points in the meet to beat Western Christian, which had 58 points. …

Lucos Wernimont finished first overall and Jack Christian placed second to help lead Sioux Central to the team title in the HMS Invitational on Monday in Sanborn. Sioux Central scored 27 points …

Marley Madsen and Sage Weber finished second and third overall to help Sioux Central win the team title in the HMS Invitational on Monday in Sanborn. Sioux Central scored 41 points in the meet. …

Addy Tesch finished eighth overall to help Ridge View to a fourth-place finish in the Humboldt Invitational on Monday. Humboldt won the meet with 69 points. Ridge View scored 118. Newell-Fonda …

Odin Hanson finished sixth overall to help Ridge View to a fifth-place finish in the Humboldt Invitational on Monday. Algona won the meet with 58 points. Ridge View scored 138. Newell-Fonda was …

Freshman Andres Gonzalez found Dominic Kamrath on a nice touch pass just in front of the box, and that goal was the difference as the Buena Vista men’s soccer team held off Grinnell College 1-0 …

Ridge View participated in the Cherokee Invitational last Saturday and the Raptors were defeated in three out of four matches. The Raptors beat Sheldon 21-16, 23-21. Claire Wandrey went …

One team couldn’t stop the run. The other couldn’t stop the pass. The latter did a better job of it in the second half than the former, and that proved to be the difference. Atlantic …

MMCRU scored four touchdowns in the second quarter to take control before scoring two more touchdowns in the third quarter to pull away as the second-ranked Royals spoiled Sioux Central's homecoming …

The good news. Alta-Aurelia became the first team this season to score points against state-ranked West Lyon. The bad news. The Warriors gave up 70 points to the Wildcats. West Lyon used a …

Ridge View scored 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter as the Raptors rallied to beat Hinton 23-14 in a district game last Friday at Hinton. Hinton scored a touchdown in the second quarter …

Newell-Fonda scored all 49 of its points in the first half, including 23 unanswered in the first quarter as the Mustangs picked up their first win of the season after holding off a Harris-Lake Park …

Storm Lake participated in a Class 1A substate team girls tennis tournament last Saturday and the Tornadoes won their first round match before being eliminated. Storm Lake edged Estherville …

Storm Lake participated in the Carroll Invitational last Saturday and the Tornadoes were defeated in three of their four matches. Storm Lake lost to Audubon 21-16, 14-21, 15-12; lost to Spencer …