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Rebels lose all 3 duals at home quad

SIOUX RAPIDS — Sioux Central hosted East Sac County, South Central Calhoun and West Bend-Mallard in a boys wrestling quad on Tuesday night. The Rebels didn’t have the night they hoped for, losing all three duals on the night. East Sac County defeated the Rebels 42-23. West Bend-Mallard beat Sioux Central 48-21. The best chance the Rebels had was against South Central Calhoun. They would drop the dual 35-33 to the Titans.

Rebels down Warriors by 20

ALTA — Sioux Central has been dominating teams all season, and that wouldn’t change on Tuesday night facing the Warriors. The Rebels got out fast and never looked back, leading Alta-Aurelia 25-4 after the first quarter. Sioux Central got it to 30-4 before the run ended. The Warriors would battle back outscoring the Rebels 35-34 in the second half but the damage had been done. Sioux Central stays undefeated at 14-0 with a 77-57 win over Alta-Aurelia.

Pullen, Davis to cheer for Iowa Central

SPENCER — On Tuesday morning, two Spencer Tiger cheerleaders made their decision to continue their athletic and academic career at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Aubrie Davis and Trinity Pullen both said they started gaining interest in Iowa Central from the Triton Cheer Expo that they attended. Davis will be majoring in digital media production, while Pullen is majoring in elementary education.

9th annual Laker Athletics Hall of Fame inductees announced

The 2023 Laker Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Friday, Feb 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center on the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. Anyone who would like to meet the inductees of the Laker Athletics Hall of Fame and share in the memories of the past are encouraged to attend.

Outdoors: Early childhood online outdoor education training scheduled this spring

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are offering an online training for the national award-winning “Growing Up Wild” activity guide.

Outdoors: Teaching outdoor skills courses scheduled this summer

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is sponsoring four courses on how to teach outdoor skills for K-12 teachers, naturalists and other educators this summer.

Outdoors: Missouri, Big Sioux rivers paddlefish fishing season opens Feb. 1

The paddlefish snagging season on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers opens Feb. 1 and goes through April 30 (sunrise to sunset).

Anglers fishing for paddlefish must have a valid Iowa fishing license, along with a special paddlefish license and unused transportation tag(s).

Outdoors: The bad and good on plastic on ice

When it comes to plastic on the ice, I think of two things. One of them is good, the other not good at all. Plastic bottles and other forms of plastic litter that some people leave on the ice is not good, but the plastic that more and more anglers are using on their ice jigs can be very, very good. Very, very good for catching fish. Most of us know what we should do with our plastic litter. Following are some ideas about what we should do to catch more fish on plastic baits.

Outdoors: Camp Autumn Ice Fishing Tournament set for Feb. 11

The fourth annual Camp Autumn Ice Fishing Tournament and Fundraiser is set for Saturday, Feb. 11, with registration taking place at 9 a.m. and the fishing going from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a complimentary chili and spaghetti lunch to follow. The tournament will be held at Camp Autumn, a 30-acre private lake located about 13 miles southwest of Everly.

5 Tigers crowned champion at Spencer Invite

SPENCER — The Tigers hosted their Spencer Girls Invitational Saturday at Spencer Middle School. The girls dominated the competition picking up a team win with a score of 208. Twenty-eight points ahead of second place Ridge View and 92 points ahead of third place Okoboji/HMS. Five Tiger ladies took first place for Spencer. Olivia Huckfelt, Kaylee Nachtigal, Laila Nielsen and Shaylee Sutherland all finished in the top spot.

Tigers dominate Storm Lake

ANKENY — After defeating the Tornadoes Friday, Spencer had to rise and shine to head to the Dave Ewing Team Duals in Ankeny Saturday. The Tigers would finish in fourth place as a team, defeating Sioux City North 61-18. Spencer would drop their duals against Ankeny, Independence and Bondurant-Farrar.

Tigers finish in 8th at Lewis Central

COUNCIL BLUFFS — Spencer competed in their biggest competition so far this year Saturday at the Lewis Central Winter Invitational. Reid Tigges picked up a win in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.81. Tigges also placed third in the 100-yard backstroke competition with a time of 57.35. The team would finish in eighth place with 109 team points.

Tigers lose both games over weekend

NEWELL — Spencer had two big games over the weekend facing the Western Christian Wolfpack and Newell-Fonda Mustangs. Spencer would drop both games, by a combined 65 points. Losing to Western Christian, 70-39 and Newell-Fonda 63-39 to drop to 4-7 on the season.

Cham finishes 2nd to lead Rebels at Spencer Invite

SPENCER — The Rebel girls traveled north up Highway 71 Saturday to compete at the Spencer Middle School at the Spencer Tournament. This would be the Rebels final competition before heading to the Tyson’s Event Center Friday to compete in the Iowa Girls High School Wrestling Region Tournament. The Rebels would finish in eighth place in Spencer, led by Odola Cham who finished in second place winning three of her four matches on the day.

Rebels defeat Titans 72-52 Saturday

ROCKWELL CITY — Sioux Central traveled to face off against South Central Calhoun Saturday. The Titans led the Rebels in a slim 16-14 lead at the end of the first quarter, the second period was all Sioux Central. Outscoring the Titans 25-8, that would be the deciding factor. The Rebels would win 72-52. Sioux Central scored 33 points in the second half to the Titans' 28.

Rebels dominate Titans 84-55

ROCKWELL CITY — Undefeated Sioux Central traveled to South Central Calhoun for a game with the 10-1 Titans Saturday. The Rebels got off to a hot start scoring 17 first quarter points, leading by six after one. Sioux Central extended the lead to 12 at halftime. They would cruise to a 84-55 victory over South Central Calhoun.

"I could not be prouder of this team came out, competed and played with a toughness and an edge for four quarters,” head coach Stephen Tjaden said.

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