Sports

Spencer High School golfer Kaden Miller participated in the Okoboji Junior Golf League, held over three weeks at Emerald Hills, Brooks National and Okoboji View golf courses. Miller, a junior, won the points race. “I’ve been golfing since I was age 3,” Miller said. ...

Editor’s note: one group will play Friday morning. The first two qualifying rounds on day one of the 99th Northwest Amateur Golf Tournament included both international and local golfers on the leaderboard Thursday. The leader is Joe Hunter of Altoona, who carded a minus five 67 score. Chris Kramer of West Des Moines is runner-up, minus four, 68...

Spencer Golf & County Club Professional Adam Coates (left) congratulates Men’s Tournament Championship winner Jagaar Halverson after Halverson’s win Sunday. His score was 179, winning by two shots. The second place finisher was Mike Clark, and also in the final six were Ezra Meyer, Travis Cooke, Chase Hough and Pat English. The country club also hosted a Junior Low Gross Championship for boys and girls.

A golfer needed to be as fast with an app as he is accurate with a putter to grab a spot in the 99th Northwest Amateur Golf Tournament at Spencer Golf & Country Club. The 72-hole tournament, with golfers from 17-84 years old, begins Thursday morning and ends Sunday...

Spencer eighth grade girls basketball coach Teresa Trierweller instructs fourth and fifth graders on proper ball handling skills at the Tigers’ youth basketball camp at Spencer Middle School. Head coach Matt Stevenson and high school and middle school players provided instructions. Fourth through eighth grade skill contest winners were presented with medals and all received camp T-shirts.

A turnout of 62 wrestlers, grades one through 11, soaked in knowledge of the sport at three days of Tiger Trained Wrestling Camp. A wide variety of wrestling moves were shown at the Spencer Wrestling Room by Spencer coaches, Northwestern College and Briar Cliff University staffs and wrestlers...

A memorable first round Class 3A substate win over Le Mars will continue to fuel enthusiasm for Spencer’s young baseball squad as all but three seniors return for 2022. On Monday the Tigers’ year was stopped at 10-14 record by a MOC-Floyd Valley’s Siouxland Conference champion, 8-1.

Four Spencer girls wrestlers — Morgan Griffin, Paris Dean, Krystol Luna Rosales and Kaylee Nachtigal — competed in summer tournaments, all competed at the Disney Duals in Orlando, Florida, and Griffin also gained mat experience at a North Carolina event...

Seven Spencer softball players earned All Lakes Conference honors and one was selected for all district honors. Freshman third baseman Olivia Huckfelt was named All-District as well as first team All Lakes Conference. She contributed 26 hits and 16 home runs...

Spencer fourth through eighth grade girls basketball players attend a camp at the middle school Monday. It was led by Spencer girls basketball head coach Matt Stevenson and current players. The camp drew 65 participants.

Spencer wrestler Izak Peterson leap frogs over Jackson Schultz during a drill Monday at Tiger Trained Wrestling Camp. Buena Vista University assistant wrestling coach Sean White and Jacob Hanson demonstrated drills Monday for grades one through 11. Northwestern College wrestling coach Mark Rial’s staff instructed...

SWEA CITY — A memorable 2021 season came to a close for Sioux Central Monday as North Union emerged as Class 2A Region One champions with a 9-1 victory. The Warriors, 29-4, earned the region’s spot at the state softball tournament in Fort Dodge. “I am so proud of the girls for the season,” Sioux Central coach Kasey Krager said...

The annual Ladies Pink Ribbon Classic Tournament took place on Tuesday at the Spencer Golf and Country Club. The proceeds will benefit breast cancer patients and research. Last year, the event raised $12,000 for the Spencer Hospital Women’s Health Center...

DES MOINES — The sport of wrestling's best of the best received National Hall of Fame honors, and Spencer High School wrestling assistant coach Dave Schaefer was among them July 8. He received a National HOF Lifetime Service Award at an HOF ceremony in Des Moines...

Logan Huckfelt put an exclamation point on a strong night of offense for the Tigers in a 16-5 victory over Algona on Tuesday. A local little leaguer caught the ball as it went over the left-field fence and brought it back. “It was good to see Huckfelt break out of a slump,” Spencer coach Brian Dirkx said. “The top-of-the-order did well. The other players can feed off it.”...

This is one of those columns that is going to be a hodgepodge of thoughts. If I were to describe myself, I would call myself a lifelong educator. Even at the age of 73, I still follow education and greatly care about the future of our youth and support the truly great teachers that are in our midst...

Carbon monoxide poisoning is not often thought of when on the water, but boaters need to be aware of the situations that can put them at risk of illness or even death. “Carbon monoxide is silent, odorless and deadly,” said Susan Stocker, boating law administrator and education coordinator for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. ...

Fishing for catfish is a fun summer tradition for many Iowa families. You can always count on channel catfish when the bite slows down for other fish in the heat of Iowa summers. “Catfish will bite most of the time, no matter what the water temperature,” explained Daniel Vogeler, fisheries technician with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “They are biting in most lakes, ponds, rivers and streams across Iowa.”...

Fish are cold-blooded creatures. Water temperatures have an effect on their way of doing things. When the water is cold, the fish prefer a slow-moving bait. Their metabolism is slower in cold water, so they don’t move as fast. When water temperatures warm up to where they are now, fish are more willing to chase down a faster-moving bait...

If you enjoy photographing Iowa state parks, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources invites you to enter your photos in the America’s State Parks 2021 Photo Contest, hosted by the National Association of State Park Directors. Photos will feature state parks from Iowa and other states, and could be included in calendars and other publications...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook mourning doves to individuals who have little to no dove hunting experience. The Aug. 14 workshop will feature a mourning dove knowledge and skills building session with instructors that will provide hands-on learning as well as a live-fire wingshooting clinic...

Pheasant hunters harvested nearly 300,000 roosters in Iowa during the 2020 season, which was the second highest harvest reported in more than a decade. In 2019, hunters harvested nearly 284,000 roosters. “The 2020 roadside survey showed our pheasant population was 18% higher than in 2019, so an increased harvest was expected,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. ...

Fishing is so many things to so many people. Some folks go fishing to relax, some go fishing to enjoy being outside or being with a person that they like to be with and other people go fishing to catch a specific species of fish. For most people though, fishing is a combination of all those things...