SPENCER — Monday was the second home meet of the season for the Spencer Tiger girls swim team at the Spencer YMCA. The meet would be against the Sioux City Metro and Algona teams. The girls would come in second place behind Sioux City Metro and would dominate Algona.

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes softball team will be hosting a four-week Softball Academy for athletes in kindergarten through 12th grades. The 2022-23 Softball Academy will be held on four Sundays, Oct. 16 and 23, and Nov. 6 and 13, at the Christensen Building on the Estherville campus.

WEBSTER CITY — A clash that more than lived up to the hype, Friday night fans on both sides of the field witnessed a high school football game which seemed more like a 15-round heavyweight championship fight with both competitors throwing knockout blows which were sustained and answered until one team was left standing when the final bell sounded.

This fall the middle school and high school basketball programs at Spencer are hosting a 3 on 3 league on Sundays. Fifth and sixth graders will have the Spencer High School gym from 4-5 p.m. The high schoolers will take it over until 6 p.m. and then finally the seventh and eighth graders will have the gym for the final session from 7-8 p.m. This will be taking place on each Sunday until Nov. 6.

CARROLL — Spencer traveled to Carroll on Thursday night for a matchup in the pool with Carroll and Fort Dodge. Spencer would finish in second place during the competition behind the Fort Dodge Dodgers, losing by 10 points in the team score.

“We had a great meet,” Spencer coach Amie Lawrence said. “Many close events and again some new best times. We are progressing nicely and continue to drop time, we will continue to work hard as we work towards regionals.”

SIOUX RAPIDS ― The Sioux Central volleyball team hosted neighboring Storm Lake St. Mary’s Thursday night. The Rebels were looking to pick up their fourth win of this season that hasn’t quite went the way they would have liked.

SIOUX RAPIDS — The Sioux Central Rebels were looking for their third win of the season on Friday night when the Western Christian Wolfpack came in for homecoming. The Wolfpack were searching for their fifth win of the season, coming off a 45-0 dominating performance last week against the Sibley-Ocheyedan Generals.

MASON CITY — The Iowa Lakes volleyball team traveled to Mason City on Friday for a two day tournament. On Friday the Lakers defeated Ellsworth and NIACC to push their win streak to 10 in a row. They dispatched of the Ellsworth Panthers 3-1 (25-17, 25-9, 20-25, 25-12). In the last match of the evening the Lakers faced off with the Trojans for the third time this year and winning for the third time in those nonconference matchups.

SPIRIT LAKE — Spencer traveled to neighboring Spirit Lake on Tuesday night in hopes to pick up a conference win against the Indians. The girls were looking to bounce back after getting dismantled by the Cherokee-Washington Braves in their last outing.

LAKE CITY — Sioux Central traveled down to Lake City Monday to participate in the South Central Calhoun Invitational in cross-country. The Rebel boys have been on an absolute roll, winning their last four events in team scoring, they looked to extend that streak to five.

BURLINGTON — The Iowa Lakes Laker volleyball players are living a good life in the volleyball world these days. The Lakers made the six-hour trip to West Burlington, stayed overnight, did some homework, a little shopping, had a late lunch at the Hemphill's Farm and most importantly knocked off the Southeastern Blackhawks in a closely contested ICCAC match before returning home. Iowa Lakes defeated Southeastern CC 3-2 (26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 14-25, 15-9).

ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes Community College athletics program welcomes Jack Brashear as he steps up to lead the Lakers golf team. Brashear will be the interim head men’s and women’s golf coach for the upcoming season.

“We’re excited to have Jack as our interim head men’s and women’s golf coach,” athletic director Troy Larson said. “Having played at Iowa Lakes, Jack understands Iowa Lakes and junior college golf.

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SPENCER — In came the Fort Dodge Dodgers to Dale Norton Field on Friday for the Spencer senior night. The Tigers showed up ready to go to battle their district foe and defend their home turf. Spencer would annihilate the Dodgers in all facets of the game, giving them their fifth straight win to improve to 5-1 on the season. Led by Adrian Carrillo and Riley DeWitt who each had three rushing touchdowns in the big win.

SPENCER — It was senior night on Thursday when the Spencer Tigers hosted the Lakes Conference foe in Cherokee-Washington. The Braves came in with the chance to clinch the Lakes if they got the win. Spencer started out slow in the opening set, falling down 5-0 in a hurry. The girls would bounce back to even the score at 10 a piece, it got to be a 14-14 game before the Braves started to pull ahead, Spencer would lose the first set 25-19.