ESTHERVILLE — On Monday the Spencer girls and boys cross-country teams traveled to Estherville to compete in the Lakes Conference. Both groups have been battling all year for the Tigers. For Spencer and it’s runners it was a night to remember as the boys and girls would take home the Lakes Conference championship in cross-country.

SPENCER (6-1, 3-0) at LE MARS (4-3, 1-2) — 7 p.m. Friday

The Spencer Tiger JV softball team completed their fall season at Storm Lake, the girls would defeat the Storm Lake Tornadoes 10-1 and Sioux Central 10-3 on their way to a championship. The girls, pictured from left: Front row: Lauren Lee, Dakoda Lux, Jersey Vail, Lucy Simington and Brynn Merchant. Second row: Marissa Kruse, Peyton Kelly, Emma White and Katie Eilts. Third row: Coach Vail, Kate Elser, Kennedy Graettinger, Addison Sutherland and Coach Merchant. (Photo submitted)

ARMSTRONG — On Tuesday, Spencer traveled to face off against the North Union Warriors. This is the last regular season week for the Tigers as they look to finish strong on an unsuccessful regular season, before heading into regional play next week. Spencer came out strong in the first set taking an early lead, the Warriors would battle back before snagging set one from the Tigers 25-21.

SPENCER — Monday was the second home meet of the season for the Spencer Tiger girls swim team at the Spencer YMCA. The meet would be against the Sioux City Metro and Algona teams. The girls would come in second place behind Sioux City Metro and would dominate Algona.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes softball team will be hosting a four-week Softball Academy for athletes in kindergarten through 12th grades. The 2022-23 Softball Academy will be held on four Sundays, Oct. 16 and 23, and Nov. 6 and 13, at the Christensen Building on the Estherville campus.

WEBSTER CITY — A clash that more than lived up to the hype, Friday night fans on both sides of the field witnessed a high school football game which seemed more like a 15-round heavyweight championship fight with both competitors throwing knockout blows which were sustained and answered until one team was left standing when the final bell sounded.

This fall the middle school and high school basketball programs at Spencer are hosting a 3 on 3 league on Sundays. Fifth and sixth graders will have the Spencer High School gym from 4-5 p.m. The high schoolers will take it over until 6 p.m. and then finally the seventh and eighth graders will have the gym for the final session from 7-8 p.m. This will be taking place on each Sunday until Nov. 6.

CARROLL — Spencer traveled to Carroll on Thursday night for a matchup in the pool with Carroll and Fort Dodge. Spencer would finish in second place during the competition behind the Fort Dodge Dodgers, losing by 10 points in the team score.

“We had a great meet,” Spencer coach Amie Lawrence said. “Many close events and again some new best times. We are progressing nicely and continue to drop time, we will continue to work hard as we work towards regionals.”

SIOUX RAPIDS ― The Sioux Central volleyball team hosted neighboring Storm Lake St. Mary’s Thursday night. The Rebels were looking to pick up their fourth win of this season that hasn’t quite went the way they would have liked.

SIOUX RAPIDS — The Sioux Central Rebels were looking for their third win of the season on Friday night when the Western Christian Wolfpack came in for homecoming. The Wolfpack were searching for their fifth win of the season, coming off a 45-0 dominating performance last week against the Sibley-Ocheyedan Generals.

MASON CITY — The Iowa Lakes volleyball team traveled to Mason City on Friday for a two day tournament. On Friday the Lakers defeated Ellsworth and NIACC to push their win streak to 10 in a row. They dispatched of the Ellsworth Panthers 3-1 (25-17, 25-9, 20-25, 25-12). In the last match of the evening the Lakers faced off with the Trojans for the third time this year and winning for the third time in those nonconference matchups.

SPIRIT LAKE — Spencer traveled to neighboring Spirit Lake on Tuesday night in hopes to pick up a conference win against the Indians. The girls were looking to bounce back after getting dismantled by the Cherokee-Washington Braves in their last outing.

LAKE CITY — Sioux Central traveled down to Lake City Monday to participate in the South Central Calhoun Invitational in cross-country. The Rebel boys have been on an absolute roll, winning their last four events in team scoring, they looked to extend that streak to five.

BURLINGTON — The Iowa Lakes Laker volleyball players are living a good life in the volleyball world these days. The Lakers made the six-hour trip to West Burlington, stayed overnight, did some homework, a little shopping, had a late lunch at the Hemphill's Farm and most importantly knocked off the Southeastern Blackhawks in a closely contested ICCAC match before returning home. Iowa Lakes defeated Southeastern CC 3-2 (26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 14-25, 15-9).