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Schaefer, Huckfelt, Koenig in first HOF class

Approximately, four weeks ago, at a football game, boys wrestling coach Dave Doebel spoke to some of locals and floated the idea of a Spencer wrestling Hall of Fame.

Doebel began speaking old Tiger wrestlers in the area and looking into Spencer’s wrestling history. Girls wrestling coach Dave Storm and Doebel started charting names on the wrestling room walls.

6 headed to state swim meet

MAASON CITY — It was a good Saturday in Mason City for the Spencer girls swim team as they qualified six for state in Marshalltown next weekend in as many events.

“We had some amazing swims and a fabulous experience today at the Regional Meet with so many great time drops for the swimmers,” said Amie Lawrence, Spencer head coach, following Saturday’s competition.

Outdoors: Information about Iowa’s public lands

In Iowa, only approximately 3% of the land is available for public use. This makes it extremely important to protect the public land we have. With everyone’s help, we can all preserve our public land for future generations to come.

Outdoors: Zebra mussels found in Saylorville Lake

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has recently confirmed zebra mussels in Saylorville Lake, after concerned boat owners contacted the DNR while removing their boats from Saylorville for the winter.

Staff with the Iowa DNR confirmed the presence of zebra mussels on multiple boats in the Saylorville Marina area and will conduct additional monitoring around Saylorville Lake next summer to determine the abundance and distribution of zebra mussels.

Outdoors: Fall fishing for Iowa’s prize trout

Fishing Iowa’s trout streams is a unique way to enjoy the cool fall weather and marvel at the amazing colors of Iowa’s prize trout. Male brown and brook trout display their brightest, most vibrant spawning colors this time of year.

Outdoors: Turtle Lake Committee launches $750,000 fundraising effort to save Turtle Lake

Turtle Lake, a waterway connecting Millers Bay, Emerson Bay, and Spencer Beach, is in urgent need of preservation. The newly formed Save Turtle Lake Committee has launched a campaign to raise $750,000 for a dredging project to restore the lake and its canals, protecting this essential ecosystem and recreational space.

Outdoors: The sad story of Turtle Lake

When I first moved to Estherville in 1978, one of the obvious draws as an outdoor person was the Iowa Great Lakes. There were so many sloughs, ponds and lakes to explore and to fish. Many of these required boats, but there were a lot of areas to fish from shore.

Laker Briefs

Men’s Soccer — Division II

Horst second team, Hoben honorable mention on All-Lakes team

Lauren Horst received the highest honor for the Spencer Tigers volleyball squad, earning second team All-Lakes Conference nods, while teammate Addison Hoben landed on the honorable mention unit.

Cherokee, which completed the conference season unbeaten, scoring four of the six first placements; and added two more on the second team.

Several Tigers were also recognized for their All-Lakes Academic skills.

 

FIRST TEAM

Watson, Robbins earn lineman honors

CLASS 4A ALL-DISTRICT 1

Position — Offensive 1st Team — Offensive 2nd Team

QB — Charlie Dvergsten, Storm Lake — Tru McBride, Fort Dodge

RB — Jamarius Green, Fort Dodge** — Cole Kastner, Denison-Schleswig

RB — Kamden Young, Spencer — Jude Dougherty, Le Mars

TE — Andrew Grant, Le Mars — Royce Pederson, Fort Dodge

WR — Tytrell Mosely, Fort Dodge — David William, Storm Lake

No answer for Shull on the ground

SPENCER — No. 6 ADM-Adel scored four touchdowns in the final quarter, blowing open a 17-13 game through three periods for a 43-13 win. Spencer had no answer for quarterback Hudson Shull, who struggled at his anchor position, but rushed for a game leading 190 yards and four scores on 24 carries, almost 8 yards a carry, at Dale Norton Field, Friday night, in the first round of the 4A playoffs.

Morey completes SHS career

FORT DODGE — Peyton Morey ended her Spencer cross country career at the state meet in Fort Dodge Friday; and Rylei Koppie got a taste of the big stage in his junior year. The two did not enter into the team race final scores.

Rebel boys, girls finish in top 8

FORT DODGE — “The state meet was a great cap to a successful season for Sioux Central cross country,” said Kelsey Miller, Sioux Central head coach.

Both girls and boys qualified for the Rebels, winding up sixth and eighth in the 1A team races respectively at Lakeside Golf & Country Saturday.

“The girls team placed sixth, with only nine points separating them from third place,” Miller commented.

Laker Briefs

Division II Women’s Basketball

The Lakers fall in their first two games of the season. Friday night the Lakers played a tough North Platte Community College and fell 50-64. The Lakers were led by Grace Deputy with 10 points.

Iowa Lakes earns shot at nationals

NORFOLK, Neb. — Iowa Lakes Community College, ranked No. 2, lost its first match of the year 10 days ago to the same No. 1 Northeast Community College team they beat Saturday, 3-2, for the Region XI Championship. The Lakers played a match to remember with Kasper Wollstein breaking a 2-2 tie for the Lakers.

Outdoors: Iowa stream flows concerning heading in to winter

After record low precipitation in September and October, drought conditions have reappeared across much of Iowa, causing river and stream flows to drop to similar levels as in 2023. Heading in to winter, the potential impacts to the fish and other aquatic organisms is concerning Iowa’s fisheries experts.

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