Stories from Monday, September 26, 2011

The week off helped the Spencer girls cross country team as they finished second as a team at the Algona Invitational Monday night. Cierra Guerrero took second place in a time of 15:19 and the entire Tiger pack pushed its way through the competition for its best team finish since they won the Estherville Invitational Sept. 6...

Clay Central-Everly played some of its best volleyball of the season while picking up three wins at the Alta-Aurelia tournament on Saturday, Sept. 24 in Alta. The Mavericks defeated Alta-Aurelia 2-0 (21-16, 21-8), Remsen St. Mary's 2-0 (21-12, 21-16), and Graettinger-Terril 2-1 (21-8, 13-21, 15-4). CC-E lost its only match of the day to Cherokee, 2-0 (21-11, 21-12)...

The Iowa Lakes volleyball team is proving why they're nationally-ranked in the NJCAA polls by defeating three ranked schools at the Johnson County Challenge in Overland Park, Mo. held Sept. 23 and 24. The Lakers, ranked 14th in last week's poll, defeated No. ...

The Iowa Lakes men's and women's soccer teams each picked up a 4-0 home win Saturday, Sept. 24 versus Scott Community College in Spencer. It was the sixth consecutive victory or draw for the Laker women, who improved to 6-4-1 on the season. The win gave the Laker men a much needed victory after they had lost the last five of six matches...