HOLSTEIN — The Sioux Central girls track team traveled to Holstein on Tuesday to compete in the Ridge View Relays. The Rebels would finish in second place, behind only Ridge View.

The Iowa Lakes Community College softball team earned two big wins over the No. 6 DMACC Bears. The Lakers won 6-5 on a walk-off single in game one and then won game two 7-6. The Lakers are now 19-9 overall and 6-6 in conference.

GAME 1: 6 (ILCC), 5 (DMACC)

MANKATO, Minn. — After waiting out the winter weather early Saturday morning, Spencer made its way to the Minnesota State Varsity Showcase. Competing against some of the best girls from Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Tiger girls would finish in third place at the showcase.

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The quest to return back to state began on Saturday for the Spencer girls soccer team. Traveling to Council Bluffs to compete against Underwood and Treynor. The girls would split their two games, dropping the first one to Underwood 2-0, before dominating Treynor 5-0.

MANKATO, Minn. — Spencer traveled north to Minnesota State on Saturday. The team would take third place at the event. The best finish for the Tiger boys came from the 4x200-meter relay team. Miles Robbins, Campbell Wessels, Gavin Timmer and Jack Berends finished in second place in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:33.62. The best solo performance came from Robbins in the 60-meter dash. Robbins showed off the speed, finishing in second with a time of 7.17.

SIOUX CITY — The beginning of a new soccer season got started on Thursday. The Spencer boys traveled to Sioux City to face off with the Bishop Heelan Crusaders. Spencer would drop its opening game 3-2, it's the first Crusader victory over the Tigers in boys soccer since 2019.

Thunderous calls from competing Toms trying to out-do one another for the attention from nearby hens, rattles through Iowa’s timber each spring. This annual ritual is witnessed by hunters who attempt to mimic the call of a lonely hen, to attract a frustrated Tom to come search her out.

That’s no easy task.

Six years ago, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever unveiled its most ambitious, strategic, science-based and visionary initiative ever: The Call of the Uplands Campaign. This was the organization’s promise to conserve the uplands — one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world — before it was too late. Today, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are proud to celebrate the completion of this record-breaking endeavor.

There are techniques that anglers employ frequently in their fishing. Jigging and crankbaiting are common techniques when it comes to walleye fishing. Much of the time we can tie on a jig or a crankbait and start trolling or casting. But there are times when we can make little changes to our jigs and crankbaits regarding how we present them that will get more walleyes to eat our bait. Following is a sampling of those changes.

Ever since I moved to northwest Iowa in 1978, I’ve participated in the annual walleye opener on three lakes on the Iowa Great Lakes: Big Spirit, East Okoboji and West Okoboji. Each year, the walleye season closes on those lakes in mid-February and does not reopen until the first Saturday in May. These are the only waters in the state of Iowa with this regulation. Let’s take a further look at when and how this regulation came about.

SPENCER — After a very successful year, the Spencer Tigersharks wrapped up their season with some record-breaking performances. Multiple kids broke meet records during the three championship meets.

"The Tigersharks had a very successful season this year, finishing second in their division at the state swim meet, losing by three points to Bedell," head coach Sandy Holck said.

SPENCER — The Tigersharks completed their season 2022-23 season, 48 members medaled at the three state competitions this season.

VERMILLION, S.D. — Spencer hit the road on Monday morning, traveling to Vermillion, South Dakota, to compete at the Dan Lennon High School Track and Field Meet. Spencer claimed three first place finishes at the University of South Dakota.

VERMILLION, S.D. — Heading out-of-state to South Dakota, the Spencer boys track team participated in the Dan Lennon Relays. The 4x200-meter relay team of Miles Robbins, Campbell Wessels, Gavin Timmer and Blaine Erdman took the top spot in the race. The group clocked a time of 1:35.98. Outrunning second place in Le Mars, the victory would be the only one for Spencer at the meet.

Nine athletes from the Iowa Lakes sports shooting team traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to compete in two trap events. The ACUI/SCTP College National Shoot was held at the National Shooting Complex from March 21-25. This year was the second largest College Nationals ever held with 741 athletes from 73 teams competing in the American Trap Singles Event.