Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji’s boys soccer team, after snapping a losing streak with a victory over West Sioux last week, came out on the wrong end of a tightly contested road match with Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley on Monday, May 1. SLPO fell 3-2 to the Nighthawks in Hull.

Coach Alan Ditsworth said his team placed well in the latter part of the first half and, eventually, knotted the contest in the second half on a goal by Kaleb Lee.

Okoboji’s boys track team won the 2023 Sibley-Ocheyedan Co-Ed Invitational held Monday, May 1 at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School in Sibley. The Pioneers totaled 160 team points — more than doubling the total posted by runner-up Central Lyon — and had 17 top-three finishes, including seven gold medals.

Okoboji’s girls track team earned a third-place finish at a meet hosted by Sibley-Ocheyedan on Monday, May 1. The Pioneers totaled 85.5 team points, four gold medals and eight top-three finishes on the day.

Harris-Lake Park’s boys track team competed at the War Eagle Conference meet held Monday, May 1 at South O’Brien High School in Paullina. The Wolves earned six top-eight finishes on the day.

Ethan Harper placed third in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 6 inches. He also placed sixth in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 12.73 seconds, and seventh in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 25.12 seconds.

Harris-Lake Park’s girls track team competed against the best athletes in the War Eagle Conference at the conference meet held Monday, May 1 at South O’Brien High School in Paullina. The Wolves totaled eight team points and earned four top-eight performances.

Harris-Lake Park’s boys golf team competed at the War Eagle Conference Tournament held Monday, May 1 at The Ridge Golf Course in Sioux Center. The Wolves carded a combined total of 388 to place eighth overall.

Despite missing several key athletes who were competing at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Okoboji’s boys track team placed first overall the the 2023 Nighthawk Co-Ed Relays held Friday, April 28 in Hull. The Pioneers totaled 129 team points and earned 15 top-three finishes on the day.

Okoboji’s girls track team – despite missing a large part of its sprint squad, who were competing at the Drake Relays in Des Moines – earned a fifth-place finish, totaling 56 team points and earning five top-three finishes, at the 2023 Nighthawk Co-Ed Relays held Friday, April 28 at Hull.

Spirit Lake-Okoboji’s girls tennis team proved it is the class of the conference over the weekend, winning the 2023 Lakes Conference tournament held Saturday, April 29 at Storm Lake. SLO went 16-0 on the day, totaling 16 team points. Estherville Lincoln Central placed second with eight points. The Midgets were followed by Spencer (7), Cherokee (6) and Storm Lake (3).

Spirit Lake-Okoboji’s boys tennis team earned a runner-up finish at the 2023 Lakes Conference tournament held Saturday, April 29 at Cherokee. SLO totaled 11 team points to place three points behind team champion Spencer.

Storm Lake placed third with 11 team points. Cherokee was fourth with four points and Estherville Lincoln Central placed fifth with two team points.

The Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji boys soccer team earned a pair of wins at its home tournament held Saturday, April 29 at Okoboji High School in Milford. SLPO went 2-0 on the day, earning wins over Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Mason City.

The hosts opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Caleb Reuter and William Ditsworth connected on goals for SLPO. Dominic Paulette had one assist and Eli Robinson had three saves for a clean sheet.

Spirit Lake’s boys golf team placed eighth at a tournament hosted by Unity Christian on Friday, April 28 at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City. The Indians combined to shoot a team total of 330, finishing 10 strokes out of the top four and 41 strokes behind tournament champion MOC-Floyd Valley.

Harris-Lake Park’s girls track team competed at the 2023 Spencer Girls Invitational held Friday, April 28 at Spencer. The Wolves earned 12 team points and had several solid finishes on the day, highlighted by a first-place finish from Kendal Niemeier in the high jump.

NIemeier cleared the bar at 5 feet to win.

Okoboji’s boys golf team earned a fourth-place finish at a Siouxland Conference meet held Thursday, April 27 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Hull. The Pioneers combined to shoot a 179, finishing 14 strokes out of second place and 32 strokes behind meet champion MOC-Floyd Valley on the day.

Okoboji’s girls golf team placed fourth at a Siouxland Conference meet held Thursday, April 27 at The Ridge Golf Course in Sioux Center. The Pioneers combined for a team score of 197, finishing 15 strokes behind meet champion Sioux Center.