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Spencer, Iowa ~ Sunday, July 5, 2009
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Sioux Central rallies for fourth straight win 
Iowa Lakes names new wrestling coach
(07/03/09)Iowa Lakes Community College named Ty Eustice, a Blue Earth, Minn., native as its head wrestling coach and housing manager Thursday. He comes to Iowa Lakes following a year as Assistant Wrestling Coach at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. At Cornell, The Rams placed eighth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament, counting three All-Americans, including one wrestler who had the most wins in all of Division III wrestling... 
Tigers come up empty: Late rally fuels Spirit Lake win over Spencer
(07/02/09)Spirit Lake third baseman Mitch Peschon greeted Tiger reliever Matt Sterling with a 3-run home run in the top of the sixth inning, and Spirit Lake outscored Spencer 6-1 in the final two innings to beat the Tigers 12-8 Wednesday. Peschon's third home run of the year gave the Indians a 9-7 lead -- their first of the game -- and erased what had been a four-run Spencer lead... 
Near perfection
(07/02/09)Twenty-four games into the season, the Tigers finally put it all together. A defense hampered by errors made none, and an offense handcuffed by inconsistency was anything but Wednesday at Tiger Field. Add in Amy McLaury's 11-strikeout, 1-hit performance and Spencer cruised to a 9-0 victory over Spirit Lake, ending a 6-game losing slide... 
Errors continue to haunt Tigers
(07/02/09)After closing out this weekend's Spencer Softball Invitational with more combined errors than hits in four games, the Tigers continued to have problems in the field Monday in their return to Lakes Conference action. Spencer had seven errors, leading to seven unearned runs, and Le Mars needed just six innings to hand the Tigers a 10-0 loss... 
Thousands attend funeral for Iowa football coach
(07/02/09)PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- Thousands of mourners gathered Monday to remember a slain high school football coach as a man of faith who believed in leading by example. Family, friends and former players packed into a church, community center and parking lot for the funeral for Ed Thomas, the 58-year-old longtime coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School who was gunned down Wednesday in the school weight room... 
LeMars turns tables on Spencer
(07/01/09)Two days after losing to the Tigers in the Carroll Kuemper Tournament, Le Mars turned the tables on Spencer Monday at Tiger Field, scoring nine runs in the final two innings to pull away for a 14-3 win. "Early in the game we were ready, we were making decent contact. ...
Tigers cold in 11-1 loss to Storm Lake
(06/25/09) The Tigers had just three hits and Storm Lake scored eight runs in the final two innings Wednesday, handing Spencer an 11-1 Lakes Conference loss. "I didn't think we were very aggressive when we had hitters' counts tonight. We let a lot of pitches go by against a pitcher who had a fastball that was not overpowering," said Spencer head coach Brian Dirkx, whose hitters struck out looking four times. "We watched a lot of two strike pitches, especially with runners in scoring position."...
Sioux Central rallies past TRV
(06/25/09) Sioux Central scored eight runs in the sixth inning and Andrew Saunders worked five strong innings Tuesday as Sioux Central pulled away from Twin River Valley for a 14-4, six-inning win. Saunders allowed just four hits and one earned run over five innings, striking out three. Freshman Nick Wittmaack worked a hitless sixth inning... 
Class 3A District Track and Field: Tigers push seven events to state
(05/16/09)The Spencer track and field program combined to send seven events to the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Friday's district meet in Orange City where 15 athletes earned the opportunity to compete at Drake Stadium next week. The Tigers produced three third-place performances in the boys division and put four events through in the girls division... 
Spencer hosts local Hershey's event
(05/16/09)Eighty-five area athletes ages 9-14 and a group of 40 volunteers helped mark the first ever local qualifying event for one of the most prestigious youth athletic events in North America Saturday, May 9, as Dale Norton Field played host to the Hershey's Track and Field Games... 
Tigers still alive in bid for third straight state tourney
(05/15/09)Spencer to host Storm Lake Saturday in preliminary substate 
Back on top: Sioux Central boys win Northwest Conference title
(05/06/09)Sioux Central returned to the top of the Northwest Conference in boys track and field Monday, winning eight events to claim its first league championship since 2005. The Rebels produced 22 medal-winning performances, all told, scoring 141 team points and doubling in five events. Eight athletes earned Northwest Conference titles, six coming in individual events... 
Make it eight: Sioux Central girls continue string of conference titles
(05/06/09)Thirteen conference championships and a total of 29 medal-winning performances helped the Sioux Central girls claim their eighth straight Northwest Conference track and field title Monday as the Rebels took the championship by more than 100 points over runner-up Schaller-Crestland...
85th Howard Wood Dakota Relays draws 10 Spencer runners
(05/06/09) Ten Spencer girls were a part of the more than 3,000 middle school, high school and college athletes from four different states and Canada to compete in the 85th annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays over the two-day event on Friday and Saturday in Sioux Falls...
Baethke records hat trick, Tigers bounce back
(05/06/09) Spencer and Western Christian scored their combined nine goals in threes Monday, and it was the No. 2 Tigers who recorded the final trio as Spencer bounced back from its first loss with a 6-3 win over the Wolfpack. The win allowed Spencer to clinch at least a share of its second straight Lakes Conference title. The Tigers are 5-1 in the league, Western Christian is 3-3 and in second place...
Spencer girls blank Tornadoes
(05/06/09) The Spencer girls tennis team moved back to .500 in the Lakes Conference and produced its second clean sweep of the season Monday, beating Storm Lake 9-0 at River View Tennis Courts. "After a great weekend finish in the conference tournament, it was nice to see the girls maintain a good level of tennis," said Spencer coach Brett Groen...
Spencer turns tables on Storm Lake
(05/06/09) There won't be a third straight conference championship, but the Tigers are still alive for runner-up in boys tennis. Mark Wakefield and Joel Kaldahl produced the decisive win at No. 2 doubles Monday, helping Spencer turn the tables on Storm Lake with a 5-4 victory over the Tornadoes... 
No. 1 Tigers wrap up Lakes title
(05/06/09)Michael Clark broke out in a big way Monday, tying a Spencer record for the best 9-hole round in the storied history of the boys golf program, and the Tigers wrapped up back-to-back Lakes Conference dual championships with a 5-over-par 149 at Cherokee Country Club... 
Tigers tee up another win
(05/06/09)The Spencer boys golf team is already getting used to calling itself No. 1. The top-ranked team in Class 3A won its third tournament title of the season and remained unbeaten Saturday, winning the Storm Lake Invitational by 13 strokes over Class 2A No. 1 Carroll Kuemper... 
Tigers produce three-peat
(05/06/09)Already this season, the Spencer boys tennis team has had a number of close meets and plenty of tiebreakers. Quite fitting the Lakes Conference Tournament would turn out the same way. Spencer won eight singles matches and six doubles matches Saturday in Spirit Lake, serving up its third straight conference championship in tiebreaker fashion over runner-up Cherokee... |
Spencer Boys Golf vs. Sheldon/Le Mars (4-14-09)
The Spencer boys golf team opened the 2009 spring season on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in a Lakes Conference home meet against Sheldon and Le Mars. The Tigers won the triangular by better than 25 strokes, shooting just 7-over-par as a team. All four of Spencer's scores that counted toward the team total were in the 30s. More >> Sports Topics
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