Stories from Monday, May 28, 2012

Once again it came down to beating Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji for a trip to state and, like last year, the Tigers came up just short. Facing its Lakes Conference rival for the third time this season, the Spencer boys team was unable to get the best of SLP-O again as they fell to the Indians, 2-1, in the Substate final at Spencer Soccer Complex Saturday afternoon. SLP-O is now 3-0-1 versus Spencer dating back to the 2011 Substate final...

Spencer's Michael Gabhart placed eighth at the 1A boys singles tournament over the weekend at Byrnes Park in Waterloo. After losing his first match of the tournament to Jimmy Huiskamp of Assumption, Gabhart won two matches in the consolation bracket (one by withdraw) to secure a top-8 finish on Friday, including defeating Harlan's Nate Ohms is straight sets. Ohms eliminated Gabhart from the state tournament last year...