Make it five straight.

Spirit Lake’s football team is rolling following a dominant homecoming win over bitter rival Estherville Lincoln Central on Friday, Oct. 4. Since narrowly dropping their season-opening game to top-ranked (3A) Algona, the third-ranked (2A) Indians have reeled off five straight wins by a combined score of 233-27, including a 49-7 drubbing of the Midgets.

After a Garner-Hayfield-Ventura scoring drive made it a one-score game in the third quarter Friday night, and after suffering a lopsided loss to rival Spirit Lake the previous week, Okoboji’s football team showed a ton of resilience and grit late in a convincing win over the Cardinals to cap homecoming week. The Pioneers scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Cardinals 34-12 Friday, Oct. 4 in Milford.

In a road game with unbeaten rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Thursday, Oct. 3, Harris-Lake Park’s football team got out to a solid start but couldn’t match the Titans’ offensive firepower in a lopsided loss. The Titans topped the Wolves 58-8 in Ruthven.

Harris-Lake Park’s volleyball team went 2-3 at a tournament hosted by Estherville Lincoln Central on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Wolves fell 2-0 to Emmetsburg and Sheldon, and 2-1 to Dickinson County rival Okoboji, but earned a 2-1 win over ELC and a 2-0 win over rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on the day.

Okoboji’s volleyball team earned a trio of wins at a tournament hosted by Estherville Lincoln Central on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Pioneers earned 2-1 wins over Dickinson County rival Harris-Lake Park, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire and Siouxland Conference rival Sheldon, but fell 2-1 to Emmetsburg and 2-0 to ELC.

Spirit Lake pushed its win streak to five games last week with a dominant performance against rival Estherville Lincoln Central.

Following a loss to rival Spirit Lake, Okoboji earned a bounce-back victory over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura on homecoming night last week.

With the win, the Pioneers improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in district play. Their four wins are the most for the program since going 4-5 in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

A win this week over Clarion-Goldfield-Dows would give the Pioneers their most wins in a single season since going 9-3 in 2008.

Harris-Lake Park suffered a third consecutive loss last week to watch their record dip to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in district play. The Wolves will look to right the ship this week when they travel to Buffalo Center to face a struggling North Iowa team.

The Bison (1-5, 1-3) have lost two straight to West Bend-Mallard and Northwood-Kensett, and would also like to pick up a victory this week. Their last win was a 57-6 victory over Rockford in Week 4.