SPIRIT LAKE — AJ Stanley, Easton Beehler, Trevor Cooke and Tyler Storey treated Spirit Lake’s Brooks Golf Course like it was home Tuesday. Stanley medaled, Beehler finished runner-up — both with rounds of 38; while Cooke and Storey finished close behind with 39s for Spencer. The course mastery resulted in a 17-stroke road win, 154-171.

Marc Bruning, Tiger head coach acknowledged it was “another very solid outing by our guys.

SPIRIT LAKE — Tuesday night, a collection of seven teams — including both Sioux Central boys and girls, and the Spencer girls — traveled to Spirit Lake to compete in track and field action. In the ladies competition, the Rebels and Tigers battled for runner-up honors, with Sioux Central besting Spencer by six points, 123-117.

Spirit Lake would run away from the field in both boys and girls action. Brandon Goodchild’s Rebel boys placed fifth in the field with 57.

NEWELL — The Rebel boys golf team finished third in the pack of teams competing in a Twin Lakes Quadrangular Monday, finishing with 200 strokes to place ahead of West Bend-Mallard, but behind champion and host Newell-Fonda, and Pocahontas-Area/Pomeroy-Palmer.

“I was happy we improved our team score from last Thursday's meet,” said Chris Wildeman, the Sioux Central coach.

He added, “Still room to improve.”

SIOUX RAPIDS — "It was good to be at home tonight and play in a familiar atmosphere,” Sioux Central girls golf coach Jen Wittmaack said. “The girls showed improvement and we had several players shoot their personal bests.

Newell-Fonda, Pocahontas-Area/Pomeroy-Palmer and West Bend Mallard — all Twin Lakes Conference competitors with Sioux Rapids to play nine holes at the Little Sioux Golf & Country Club.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes Community College softball team went 1-1 on the day against Hawkeye Community College over the weekend. The Lakers lost the first game, 18-5, and won game two, 5-2. The Lakers are now 11-19 overall and 2-8 in conference play.

GAME 1: Hawkeye 18, Iowa Lakes 5

The GK Storm Gymnasts — based out of Storm Lake and including Spencer athletes — competed at the Iowa State Meet at the TBK Bank Sports Complex in Bettendorf, March 22-24. The four Spencer athletes include: (above) Maja Edmonds, Kahlie Genson, Caitlyn Barr and Adlee Erdman. (Below) The GK Storm Gymnastics team includes the Spencer gymnasts and others are from surrounding towns. Barr will be moving on to Regionals, April 19-21, at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

FORT DODGE — Debuting on the road against Fort Dodge, Spencer’s girls claimed 10 of 11 matches, and 125 of 153 games played, for their first win of the young season, Thursday.

“A good start to our season,” said Bob Schlaeger, Tiger girls head.

“Saw some good things that we have been working on, also knocked some rust off,” he added. “As a team, we will build upon this win and try to peak towards the end of the season.”

The Tigers finished the week with a 2-2 mark in girls soccer action after falling to Heelan, the third-ranked team in 1A, Thursday evening; and heading to Council Bluffs for the Thomas Jefferson Invite where they finished 1-1 Saturday.

HEELAN 3, SPENCER 0

CHEROKEE — The Spencer girls hit the road Thursday, battling wind and a difficult nine-hole course to best Cherokee, the home team, 223-210, in Lakes Conference golf action.

“The girls battled hard,” said Nate Wendt, Spencer head coach. “The course is one of the most difficult that we play because of the hills and a few forced carry shots over water.

SPENCER — Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Fort Dodge traveled to Spencer Tuesday to face the Tigers at the Riverview Tennis Courts. The Warriors and Dodgers walked away with wins over the hosts, scoring 9-0 and 6-3 respectively on the road.

“Although we finished with two losses today,” Spencer coach Joe Steele said. “I’m not disappointed with the way we played. I thought we were improved tonight compared to Monday's win and I'm happy with the way our skills are trending.

MASON CITY — “It was a tough day all around on Saturday, starting with the wind,” Spencer boys tennis coach Joe Steele said. “With sustained winds in the 30 mph range and gusts even higher, we were playing in extremely difficult conditions in addition to extremely good opponents. At points Saturday afternoon, our focus became less about tennis and more about competing through adversity.”

The Tigers would fall to both Decorah and Waverly by 9-0 counts at the Mason City Tournament.

Sophomore Cayden Brewer carries the ball up the field for Spencer against Norwalk, Friday on the Warriors home field, earning the 2-1 win. Trailing Norwalk 1-0 at the half, goals by Iain MacRae and William Frehse would propel Spencer to the win. Romeo Alvarez would provide an assist. The Tigers would duplicate the winning score against Denison-Schleswig Saturday to improve to 3-0 on the season.

SPENCER — Now 3-0, the Spencer boys golf squad downed Cherokee by 29 strokes in its Lakes Conference golf opener against Cherokee at the Spencer Golf & Country Club Thursday.

Behind a medalist and runner-up finish from Reid Doring and Trevor Cooke, the Tigers downed the Braves, 155-184. Doring recorded a 36 while Cooke finished with 38.

SHS coach Marc Bruning said he was “just very pleased with continued consistency one through six.

CHEROKEE — The Spencer Tiger boys delivered a dominant performance at the Lynn Jolly Coed Relays, in Cherokee, Thursday, besting a field of 12 with 148 points, pulling away from runner-up Okoboji which finished with 125.5. The purple-and-gold placed first in for relays — 4x800, shuttle hurdle, 4x200 and 4x100; while claiming the gold in the long jump, 100-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles.

EMMETSBURG — A 50-stroke loss to Emmetsburg, Thursday, wasn’t exactly how the Sioux Central boys golf team was hoping to begin its 2024 season. The E-Hawks took full advantage of its familiarity with Five Island Golf Course in a 159-209 win.

“Our scores were not quite what I was hoping for,” Rebel coach Chris Wildeman said. “Emmetsburg has a really good team and I think that intimidated us a little bit. Hopefully as we get more rounds in our scores will come down.”