By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Okoboji’s boys golf season came to a close Wednesday, May 11 at the Class 2A sectional tournament played at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Arnolds Park.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Spirit Lake senior Isaac Early was the only Indian to advance from the Class 2A boys sectional golf tournament played Wednesday, May 11 at Rolling Hills Golf Club in Hull.

Early placed fourth with his round of 78 and led the Indians to a fourth-place team score of 353. Spirit Lake came just six strokes away from advancing as a team.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Harris-Lake Park’s Braydan Perkins was the lone Wolves golfer to advance past the opening round of postseason play at Wednesday’s boys sectional golf tournament at Primghar Golf Course in Paullina.

Perkins carded an 81 to win the individual title and lead the Wolves to a fourth-place score of 401.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls tennis players Catherine Straus, Taylor Schneider and Abbie Oleson each punched their tickets to the 2022 state tournament following their performances at the regional singles and doubles tournament played Wednesday, May 11 in Le Mars.

Straus won the regional singles title while Schneider and Oleson finished second in doubles.

By Steve Weisman — Outdoors Editor

The Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club (IGLFC) works hard to provide lots of opportunities for families when it comes to the outdoors and fishing.

By Bob Jensen — Fishing the Midwest

The nation’s largest recreational boating safety event of the year, National Safe Boating Week, is May 21–27, serves as a reminder to boaters to keep safety front and center all season long. The BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water offers three tips for boaters to be safety heroes on the water:

Iowa Department of Natural Resource (DNR) foresters are receiving reports of moderate to severe winter burn damage to arborvitae and white pine trees across Iowa.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.
This workshop consists of archery practices in the summer, a fall workshop and hunting opportunities throughout Iowa’s archery season. All sessions are led by instructors that possess the experience to teach skills necessary to become efficient archers and bowhunters.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

The dynasty continues.

Spirit Lake-Okoboji’s girls tennis team earned a 9-0 sweep over Lakes Conference rival Storm Lake Friday, May 6 at Speier Park in Okoboji to claim its 14th consecutive Lakes Conference dual meet crown. SL-O’s run to the title wasn’t without adversity this season, however, as the squad had several players miss time with injuries.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

The Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls soccer team secured a Lakes Conference victory Thursday, as the squad stomped Storm Lake 4-1 at home.

SLP-O took a 2-1 lead at the half before burying a pair of goals in the second to pull away for good.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

The Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji boys soccer team went into halftime knotted with Le Mars but emerged with a 5-3 home victory Friday.

SLP-O coach Alan Ditsworth said it was a back-and-forth match early on.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Spirit Lake-Okoboji battled but ultimately dropped a home dual to Lakes Conference rival Estherville Lincoln Central Thursday at Speier Park in Okoboji. SL-O earned two wins in doubles and a win in singles, as the Midgets went home with a 6-3 victory.

By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

The Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji girls soccer team came up short in a home loss to Unity Christian on Monday, May 9. SLP-O fell 1-0 to the Knights in Milford.

Unity Christian’s lone goal came in the first half, as Callie Karhoff scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 30th minute.