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Wolves look rusty in loss to Wolverines

 

After a two-week stretch without a contest due to weather cancellations, Harris-Lake Park’s boys basketball team appeared rusty in a War Eagle Conference home loss to South O’Brien on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Wolverines topped the Wolves 58-44 in Lake Park.

Spirit Lake Park wrestlers wrap 2022 at Algona

 

Spirit Lake Park’s boys wrestling team wrapped the first part of its season at a quad hosted by Algona on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Indians went 0-3 as a team, falling to Pocahontas Area, Algona and Cherokee.

Boji boys basketball edges Boyden-Hull

 

Okoboji’s boys basketball team earned a narrow Siouxland Conference road victory over Boyden-Hull on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Pioneers topped the Comets 57-54 to close out the first half of the hoops season in Hull.

Pioneers top Comets, extend win streak to 3 games

 

Okoboji’s girls basketball team extended its win streak to three games with a 10-point Siouxland Conference road win over Boyden-Hull to close out the first part of the hoops season on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Pioneers topped the Comets 66-56 in Hull.

Love that sight fishing

 

This past week before all the snow and wind arrived, I headed out on West Okoboji to see if I could find some bluegills. I was going to fish the shallows in 8-10 feet of water. My first concern was ice conditions, but my grandson and a friend had been out the day before and it was he said it was a good 8 inches thick. I went twice, and I was so excited to see clear, clear water. In 8 feet of water, it was like a video game on a big screen TV.

Small details for bigger fishing catches

 

People who fish, whether in open water or through the ice, often try to learn what they can do to catch more fish. Maybe it’s a lure, a lure color, or the way the lure is moved. Maybe it’s the type of minnow or the size of the leech that’s on your hook. Those are all important considerations, but the reality is that there usually is no one special thing that we can do to catch more fish.  

The thrill of late season pheasant hunting

 

We’ve hit late December, gone through a couple of blizzards and certainly have more than a little snow on the ground. Even so, there’s still a couple of weeks before the pheasant season closes. This what I call the second and the most physically challenge season of pheasant hunting. The pheasants have been chased for nearly eight weeks, and only the smartest roosters have survived. Their instincts have been honed on how to avoid getting caught in a hunter’s trap.

Iowa’s late muzzleloader deer season underway

 

With Iowa’s shotgun deer seasons in the rearview mirror, hunting deer returns to a more solitary experience with late muzzleloader season and the reopening of the archery season.

Around 25,000 hunters participate in the late muzzleloader season which accounts for about 10 percent of the overall deer harvest. The late muzzleloader and archery deer seasons close on Jan. 10, 2023.

BACK 2 BACK: Pioneers pick up second straight victory with win over Mustangs

 

Days after securing its first victory of the season, Okoboji’s girls basketball team doubled its win total and earned its first Siouxland Conference win with a thrilling home victory over George-Little Rock on Monday, Dec. 19. The Pioneers defeated the Mustangs 53-44 in Milford.

Boji boys earn conference win over Mustangs

 

Okoboji’s boys basketball team earned its second Siouxland Conference victory of the season with a solid home win over George-Little Rock on Monday, Dec. 19. The Pioneers defeated the Mustangs 56-49 in Milford.

PIONEERS GO TO THE MAT: Okoboji/HMS wrestling places 6th at 2022 Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament

 

Okoboji/HMS wrestlers put on a show in their final appearance of 2022.

The Pioneers earned a trio of top-three performances and placed sixth as a team at the 2022 Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament held Saturday, Dec. 17 in Spencer.

Dylan Jones, Noah Strantz and Sam Pas each placed third at the tournament. Strantz collected his 100th career win.

Spirit Lake girls dominate Kuemper Catholic

 

After taking a narrow lead in the opening frame Monday night, Spirit Lake’s girls basketball team pulled away and nearly doubled Kuemper Catholic’s point total in a dominant non-conference road win. The Indians defeated the Knights 60-34 in Carroll.

Spirit Lake Park girls wrestlers compete at Fort Dodge

 

Spirit Lake Park’s girls wrestling team competed at a tournament hosted by Fort Dodge on Saturday, Dec. 17. The Indians placed 11th overall and put a trio of wrestlers on the podium.

Aroura Preston led the way with her fourth-place finish at 100 pounds. Cassie McKeen and Norah Juhl placed sixth at 105 and 120 pounds, respectively.

Spirit Lake Park boys compete at Don Miller Invitational

 

Several Spirit Lake Park boys wrestlers competed at the 2022 Don Miller Invitational held Saturday, Dec. 17 in Fort Dodge. The Indians took a skeleton crew of five wrestlers to the tournament and two wrestlers won their consolation brackets.

STRANTZ COLLECTS 100TH CAREER WIN
Pioneers clinch first win of the season

 

Okoboji’s girls basketball team collected its first win of the season in convincing fashion with a dominant home victory over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Saturday, Dec. 17. The Pioneers topped the Titans 83-42 in Milford.

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