FORT DODGE — The Rebel cross-country team has been preparing all week for Friday, when Sioux Central will take on the very best Class 1A runners in the state at Fort Dodge. The team has worked hard all year to get here. For the Rebels, their whole boys team qualified after grabbing a second place finish at last week’s district competition in Ridge View.

GLENWOOD (6-3, 4-1) at SPENCER (7-2, 4-1) — 7 p.m. Friday — Round 1 Class 4A Playoffs, POD C

Spencer wrapped up the Class 4A-1 district crown with a dominating win over the Storm Lake Tornadoes last Friday. All of that however, gets thrown out the window with postseason play beginning tonight. The 6-3 Glenwood Rams come to Dale Norton Field for round one of the 4A State Playoffs.

On Monday night, midway through the second set of the Iowa Lakes volleyball match at Dakota State University, Laker sophomore libero Kylie Kline, from North Branch, Minnesota, recorded her ninth dig of the match. Just happened to be the 2,000th dig of her stellar Laker career. Kline went on to record 14 more in that match and another 13 versus Mount Marty, bringing her career total to 2,027 with more matches to play in the 2022 season.

MASON CITY — The Iowa Lakes volleyball team ended the 2022 regular season with a 3-1 win at NIACC in Mason City, Wednesday night. Set scores were 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-21. The Lakers finish the regular season with a 22-21 overall record and 5-4 in the ICCAC. The 22 wins is the second most wins for Laker volleyball in the last 11 years, the 2015 team won 31. It is the first time the Lakers have finished above 500 since 2015.

A pair of Spencer youth football teams claimed gold at the recent Harris-Lake Park Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 22. The third and fourth grade, and fifth and sixth grade Spencer teams both won their divisions. (Photo submitted)

It’s in every golfer’s dream to hit that hole-in-one, some call it skill, everyone else calls it total luck. But it must have been a good day for Dennis Taylor who picked up his first ever ace recently on Hole 9 at the Spencer Golf and Country Club. Taylor used a 6-iron for his shot that went into the cup. Spencer Club Pro Adam Coates said, “Congratulations to Spencer Golf and Country Club member Dennis Taylor as he scored his first hole-in-one.

STORM LAKE — Can you picture to yourself that its 1995, smartphones weren’t a thought yet. The national average for a gallon of gas was $1.15, Nebraska football was at its peak, and finally this reporter wasn’t even alive yet.

It’s been that long since the Spencer Tigers captured an outright district title in football, until now.

STORM LAKE — The Spencer High School Tigerettes Dance Team attended The Dance Challenge at Buena Vista University, Saturday, Oct. 22. The team competed in the varsity jazz and kick categories as well as junior varsity pom. The team also brought five soloists to the competition: Reese Hough, Paris Dean, Monroe Daniels, Mackenzie Manwarren and Aliyah Schon. The girls did a great job coming together and performed well at our first competition of the season.

SIOUX RAPIDS — On a special Thursday night the Sioux Central Rebels hosted the Alta-Aurelia Warriors in the final game of the season between the two on the football field. The Warriors dominated Sioux Central through the air, Alta QB Cale Brechwald completed 12 of 26 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns. Including a 20-point outburst in the fourth quarter to lead the Warriors to victory. Alta-Aurelia would pick up a 29-6 win over the Rebels to pick up their third win of the season.

HOLSTEIN — Sioux Central’s cross-country season has been a successful one to say the least, especially for the boys side of the sport. The Rebels competed in Holstein Thursday for a chance to advance to state as a team.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes volleyball team begins the most important week of the season on the road. The Lakers competed in the Dakota State University Triangular Monday and will end the squad’s regular season at NIACC on Wednesday for their final ICCAC showdown. On Saturday the Lakers will be in the Region XI Tournament playing at 1 p.m. versus a yet to be determined opponent and location.

HUMBOLDT — Spencer traveled a little over an hour south to compete at Joe Sheldon Park in Humboldt on Wednesday in districts for cross-country.

“We knew going in that it was going to be tough,” Spencer coach Valerie Hamilton said. “We were one of five ranked teams with each of these five teams being ranked as high as seventh at some point throughout the season.”

HUMBOLDT — Spencer’s season hung in the balance on Tuesday when the volleyball girls traveled to Humboldt to face off against the Wildcats in the first round of postseason play. Unfortunately for the Tigers, it would be their last game of the season, losing to Humboldt in three straight sets. Spencer would drop the first set to the Wildcats in a close battle 25-22. Humboldt would have control all night long, winning set two 25-18.

SPENCER — It was Senior Night at the Spencer YMCA on Tuesday, when the Tiger swimming team hosted the Sioux City Metro. Spencer has battled with this team at various meets, many different times. The Tigers would fall to the Metro 111-59 on the night.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes men's basketball team debuted at No. 14 in the 2022-23 Preseason National Junior College Athletic Association Men's Basketball Rankings. The Lakers are one of four Iowa Community College Athletic Conference teams ranked joining No. 9 DMACC, No. 17 Ellsworth and No. 18 Kirkwood. Defending National Champion South Suburban is ranked No. 1.