Harris-Lake Park boys track and field competed in Storm Lake St. Marys’ home meet on Friday at the Buena Vista campus, placing ninth as a team.

A familiar face for Spirit Lake boys basketball will continue to occupy the sidelines as assistant coach Brady Dicks has been announced as the next head basketball coach.
 “I love basketball, and I love the guys I’ve worked with over these last four years coaching at Spirit Lake,” Dicks said. “I’ve always envisioned leading a program. The opportunity presented itself, and I’m fortunate and excited to be the boys basketball coach.”

Spirit Lake-Okoboji boys tennis opened their 2025 at home on Thursday, April 10 with a 9-0 win over Cherokee despite some chilly wind.  
“The guys started the season extremely strong today by sweeping the singles and doubles,” Coach Dan Taylor said. “In singles our guys handled the gusty winds well with solid footwork and smart decisions when making shots. And in doubles they were able to serve well and win points at the net. “

Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls tennis was down most of their Spirit Lake athletes due to prom, yet the Okoboji girls stepped up and placed fifth with 10 team points in the six-team Dennis Price Tournament on Saturday in Spencer. 

Okoboji girls track and field only ran one race at the Sioux City Relays on Saturday, yet the 4x200 meter relay of Alivia Avery, Riley Meyer, Miley Wells and Krishauna Allen made it a momentous one by running a 1:44.32 to smash a 30-year old school record and qualify for the Drake Relays next week. 

Harris-Lake Park senior Kelsey Ehret started riding horses competitively at age 13, and five years later she is taking her rodeo talents to the next level with South Dakota State University. 

Harris-Lake Park’s Kendal Niemeier helped lead Wolves’ basketball to one of its greatest seasons in program history, and the senior hopes she can continue to elevate her new teammates at Morningside College in Sioux City, signing with the Mustangs on Tuesday, April 1. 

Spirit Lake’s Ethan Stecker and Cooper Winkel took advantage of one last indoor meet at South Dakota State University to put down qualifying 110 meter hurdle times for the Drake Relays on Monday, April 7, the two seniors making their triumphant return to the Blue Oval. 

Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji-Estherville boys soccer will leave 2024 as a distant memory, opening their current season with a 3-0 win over Sheldon/Sibley-Ocheyedan on Tuesday, April 1 at American State Bank Sports Complex.

A school-record nine goals by junior Claire Turner was not an April Fools joke as 2A No. 14 Spirit Lake-Okoboji overpowered Sheldon/Sibley-Ocheyedan 11-1 on Tuesday, April 1 inside American Bank Sports Complex for both program’s season opener.

Spirit Lake boys basketball coach Paul Brown recently resigned from his position after seven years on the sideline as he and wife Emily prepare to welcome their first child in a few weeks. 

In the span of seven minutes, three 4x100 relays between Okoboji, Spirit Lake track and field crushed the coveted Blue Standard at the Ruth Marske Invite on the South Dakota State University campus last Saturday, qualifying for the 2025 Drake Relays next month. 

Okoboji senior Evan Osler came into the Ruth Marske Invite on the South Dakota State University campus on Saturday with a strategy for the 800 meter run, executing it beyond his own expectations to win the event and qualify for the 2025 Drake Relays next month. 

Spirit Lake sophomore Leah Bolluyt is heading back to the Drake Relays in the 100 meter hurdles for the second time in her track career, hitting the automatic qualifying time or “Blue Standard” at the Ruth Marske Invite on the South Dakota State University campus last Saturday. 

Chilling. Crazy. Happy. Insane. 
    These are some of the words the Okoboji 4x100 meter relay of Alivia Avery, Riley Meyer, Miley Wells and Krishauna Allen used to describe the flood of thoughts and emotions flowing through them as the set a new Class 2A state record in the event with a time of 48.97 at the 2024 State Track and Field Championships inside Drake Stadium last season in Des Moines.