ROCKWELL CITY — A short-handed Sioux Central Rebels girls wrestling squad traveled to Rockwell City Thursday, Jan. 4, for a conference quad with South Central Calhoun, Manson-Northwest Webster and GTRA-ELC.

Sioux Central defeated Manson-NW Webster 39-21, fell to GTRA-ELC 42-24 and defeated South Central Calhoun 39-30.

HOLSTEIN ― Sioux Central raced to a 17-point lead after eight minutes and didn’t look back in claiming a 67-33 girls basketball win on the road Tuesday, Jan. 2.

The fifth-ranked Rebels (9-1) led 22-5 after the first quarter, 36-17 at the half and 62-27 after three quarters. Ridge View fell to 4-6 with the loss.

HOLSTEIN ― Sioux Central was outscored 33-9 in the first and third quarters combined and dropped a road game to Ridge View, 53-41, Tuesday night, Jan. 2.

The Rebels fell behind 17-2 after the first quarter, but fought back to within 26-21 with a strong second quarter.

ANKENY — The Iowa Lakes women’s basketball team fell on the road at DMACC Wednesday, Jan. 3, by a score of 78-58.

DMACC led 18-10 after the first quarter, 38-27 at half and 56-39 after three periods.

The Lakers were led by Jazlin King with 10 points and Tayona Keys added nine points.

DMACC was led by Reanna Hutchinson with 15 points.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes men’s basketball team fell to DMACC, 93-74, to move to 11-4 overall and 3-2 in Iowa Community College Athletic Conference play in a game played Wednesday, Jan. 3.

The Lakers were led by Sam West with 26 points, Kai Evans added 24, and Blake Kooiman had 10.

DMACC was led by Trevian Carson with 17 points.

CORALVILLE — Olivia Huckfelt remained perfect for Spencer all season long. Breaking into the history books, becoming the first Tiger wrestler to win two individual state titles. The first Tiger athlete to go back-to-back in winning state titles, as well as the first girls heavyweight state champion in Iowa girls wrestling sanctioned history.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau has openings for seasonal fisheries workers for the summer 2024 season at fisheries offices across Iowa.

Learn about fisheries careers and gain valuable experience while working alongside biologists and technicians. Positions are available in research, management, culture and aquatic invasive species.

With the two shotgun seasons now in the books, Iowa’s deer hunting shifts to a more solitary endeavor with the opening of the late muzzleloader season and the reopening of the archery season.

Jace Elliott, state deer biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said roughly 15,000-20,000 hunters will participate in the late muzzleloader season and likely harvest about 10,000 deer.

Whenever people who like to fish gather, there are usually fishing related conversations. “How 'dja catch 'em?” “Where 'dja catch 'em?” That sort of thing. A popular topic lately relates to electronics. Mostly FFS is fisher-talk for “forward facing sonar.” FFS enables an angler to see what’s in front of the boat as well as what’s around the boat.

Each November the Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club hosts its annual fall Department of Natural Resources night at Oak Hill Outdoor on the north side of Milford. With over 350 members, the goal is to get as many members as possible there to learn more about the efforts of the law enforcement and fisheries biologists across northwest Iowa.

TUSCON, Ariz. — Champions.

That’s the word the Iowa Lakes men’s soccer team can call themselves after claiming the NJCAA Division II Soccer title on Nov. 18 in dramatic fashion, winning a 5-3 shootout following a scoreless double-overtime affair with Phoenix College in front of a locally partisan crowd.

CARROLL — “We knew going into Monday’s tournament at Kuemper we were going to see some teams that we hadn’t seen before, and some quality teams that we had already faced this year,” Spencer girls wrestling coach Dave Storm said. “It’s exciting as a coach and wrestler to measure yourself against different competition and see where your team is at.”

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced Super Regional Girls Wrestling Assignments which will be conducted on Jan. 26 beginning at 10 a.m. There are four sites around the state which will host. Spencer and Sioux Central’s girls will compete in Region 2 which will be be run at Tyson Arena in Sioux City.

SPENCER — No. 2 Newell-Fonda kept Spencer’s girls basketball winless through the pre-holiday season scheduled, dominating the first half and rolling to a 76-36 win in the Field House to close out 2023 action Friday night.

“I thought we had some good moments throughout the game,” Tiger coach Matt Stevenson said. “Consistency is the name of the game, if you can play with consistency throughout an entire game, you will stay away from extended runs by the other team.

Trailing 30-22 at the half, Spencer’s second half comeback attempt would fall four points short as Newell-Fonda would escape the Spencer field house with a 51-47 win Friday night. (Above) Tiger senior Eli Hokkfin attempts to take the ball along the baseline amidst a swarm of Mustang defenders. Game scoring and details were unavailable at press time. (Photo by Sondra Hookfin)