BY MATT HEINRICHS — SPORTS EDITOR

Okoboji’s baseball team caught fire in a dominant Siouxland Conference road win over Sheldon on Wednesday, June 1. The Pioneers pounded the Orabs 13-4 in Sheldon.

BY MATT HEINRICHS — SPORTS EDITOR

Okoboji’s softball team suffered a Siouxland Conference road loss to Sheldon on Wednesday, June 1. The Orabs pounded the Pioneers 11-1 in Sheldon.

BY MATT HEINRICHS — SPORTS EDITOR

Harris-Lake Park’s baseball team battled Wednesday night but, ultimately, dropped a War Eagle Conference road trip to MMCRU in extra innings. The Royals topped the Wolves 9-8 in Marcus.

BY MATT HEINRICHS — SPORTS EDITOR

Harris-Lake Park’s softball team scored a season-high 12 runs in a War Eagle Conference matchup with MMCRU on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to earn a victory, as the Royals outscored the Wolves 19-12 in Cleghorn.

BY MATT HEINRICHS — SPORTS EDITOR

Harris-Lake Park’s baseball team blasted War Eagle Conference rival Trinity Christian for 13 runs in a dominant home win on Tuesday, May 30. The Wolves topped the Tigers 13-1 in Lake Park.

BY STEVE WEISMAN — OUTDOORS EDITOR

BY BOB JENSEN — FISHING THE MIDWEST

Qualifying anglers will be fishing for a total purse of $300,000 when the Mr. Crappie Invitational Crappie Classic is held Oct. 20-22 in Branson, Missouri. The winning angler will take home $100,000 cash.  

BY ABBY HADE TERPSTRA AND JOE JAYJACK — OUTDOORS CONTRIBUTORS

More than 2,000 updated fish structure locations and 215 lake contour maps have been added to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website at www.iowadnr.gov/Fishing/Fishing-Maps.

Despite some challenging weather conditions, Iowa’s wild turkey hunters reported harvesting nearly 12,000 birds through the mandatory registration system. While similar to 2021, the 300 additional birds registered represented and overall state increase in harvest of around two percent.

Iowa’s spring turkey seasons began April 8 with the youth season and ended on May 15. Hunters purchased nearly 52,500 spring turkey tags.

BY MATT HEINRICHS - SPORTS EDITOR

According to head coach Ross Ackerman, Spirit Lake played its most complete game of the baseball season in a 15-3 nonconference home win over Pocahontas Area on Tuesday, May 31.

BY MATT HEINRICHS - SPORTS EDITOR

Spirit Lake’s offense was unstoppable in a nonconference home win over MOC-Floyd Valley on Tuesday, May 31. The 14th-ranked (3A) Indians — bolstered by back-to-back home runs by Emma Whiting and Brenna Benge — hammered the Dutch 12-2 in Spirit Lake.

BY MATT HEINRICHS - SPORTS EDITOR

Okoboji’s baseball team suffered a nonconference road loss to Alta-Aurelia on Tuesday, May 31. The Warriors topped the Pioneers 13-7 in Alta.

BY MATT HEINRICHS - SPORTS EDITOR

Alta-Aurelia came out firing on all cylinders in a nonconference softball slugfest with Okoboji on Tuesday, May 31. The Warriors plated six runs in the opening frame of a 14-9 win over the Pioneers in Alta.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Spirit Lake’s softball team took an early lead and held off a West Lyon run in the middle innings to secure a nonconference home win over the Wildcats Thursday, May 26. The Indians whooped the Wildcats 10-6 in Spirit Lake after suffering an 8-1 road loss to Newell-Fonda the previous night.