SPENCER GIRLS TENNIS AT CHEROKEE

Monday, May 5 — Cherokee

Team Scores: Spencer 6, Cherokee 3.

Singles

• Crew vs. Anderson — 4-6, 2-6.
• Graettinger vs. Volkert — 6-1, 6-3.
• Merchant vs. Patterson — 6-3, 6-2.
• Ewalt vs. Bouchard — 6-0, 6-1.
• Lux vs. Jorgensen — 6-4, 6-3.
• Campbell vs. Christensen — 2-6, 3-6.

SPENCER GIRLS SOCCER AT WESTERN CHRISTIAN

Monday, May 5 ― Hull

• Spencer 10, X ― 10
• Western Christian 0, X ― 0

Goals: Hoben (4), Olson (2), Metcalf (2), McEntee (2); Assists: Olson (2), Horst, Hoben, Staedtler, Sears, McEntee.

SPENCER GIRLS GOLF VS ELC

Tuesday, May 6― Spencer

Team Scores: Spencer 186, Estherville Lincoln Central 202.

Medalist: Morgan Irvine, Spencer, 40.

Runner-up: Josie Christensen, ELC, 42.

Spencer Girls Scores: Morgan Irvine 40, Hallie Brown 46, Kelsi Hansen 48, Gretchen Haak 52, Isla Ward 53, Averie Nelson 63.

SPENCER ― Monday, Spencer proved 23 strokes better than runner-up Algona in girls golf, hosting a wide field, at the Spencer Golf & Country Club.

“It was a great day for golf and the girls took advantage of the low wind and nice temps for the invite on Monday,” Spencer coach Nate Wendt said.

Once again, Morgan Irvine led the competitors with an 18-hole, 82, Monday in tourney action. She bested the runner-up by two strokes.

SPENCER — A couple of wins in Lakes Conference action to start the week on back-to-back nights, helped Spencer’s boys to remain unbeaten in loop play, defeating Cherokee 7-2 and sweeping Estherville Lincoln Central 9-0.

SPENCER ― The Wolfpack of Western Christian proved no match for the Spencer boys as they picked up the 5-1 home win Monday evening. Ranked No. 5, the Tigers added two more goals after the break to account for the win.

“We knew it was going to take a full 80 minutes to win this match,” said Jesse Kuehler, the Spencer boys coach. “… Very deserved result for the boys. Very happy with this performance.

SIOUX RAPIDS ― Taking full advantage of its home track, Sioux Central’s girls kept the girls Twin Lakes Championship alive, winning by 29 points; while the Rebel boys performance earned it a runner-up finished behind Southeast Valley in the team race.

Monday, May 5 ― Sioux Rapids

Team Scores: 1. Newell-Fonda 395, 2. Pocahontas-Area 397, 3. East Sac County 399, 4. Alta-Aurelia 400, 5. Emmetsburg 413, 6. South Central Calhoun 420, 7. Sioux Central 437, 8. SE Valley 438, 9. WB-Mallard 455, 10. Manson NW Webster 506, DNP: GTRA, SL St. Mary’s.

Medalist: Westphal, AA, 82.

Runner-up: Joyce, Emm, 90.

Tuesday, May 6 ― Graettinger

Team Scores: GTRA 162, Sioux Central 188.

Medalist: Demoss, GTRA, 36.

Runner-up: Borchers, GTRA, 41.

Sioux Central Golfers: No scores provided.

Monday, May 5 ― Manson

Team Scores: 1. So Central Calhoun 321, 2. Alta-Aurelia 336, 3. East Sac 338, 4. Emmetsburg 340, 5. WB-Mallard 345, 6. GTRA 350, 7. Newell-Fonda 357, 8. SE Valley 360, 9. Sioux Central 371, 10. Pocahontas Area 372, 11. Manson-NW Webster 380, 12. SL St. Mary’s NA.

Medalist: Gaffney, SCC, 75.

Runner-up: Juhl, SCC, 79.

Black bears in Iowa? Yep, it’s a thing, and seeing one is likely to become more common!

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispatchers from counties in northeast Iowa to discuss how to respond when black bears come strolling through later this spring.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be presenting new proposed deer hunting regulations for portions of western Iowa, that are intended to allow the deer herd to recover from a major sustained decline throughout the region for the past 15 years.

There are lots of ways to catch fish. Some anglers like to try to learn a new technique every year. Others like to refine a technique that they’re already familiar with. Doing so increases that angler’s odds of fishing success.

Since 2006, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has gone about restoring lakes across the state through the Lake Restoration Program. Created by the Iowa Legislature, the goal of the program is to increase the health and safety of Iowa’s lakes, involve local communities in restoration projects and remove bodies of water from the state’s Impaired Waters list. Some of the lakes restored in Iowa have been the shallow natural lakes we find northwest and north-central Iowa.

SPENCER — Spencer won 76 of 117 games as they topped Estherville Lincoln Central on the Tigers home court, 7-2, Friday, to improve to 12-3-1 overall.

Bob Schlaeger, Spencer coach, called the victory a “good win,” but added “we still have some things that need to be improved on.”