The drought is over! Okoboji defeated rival Sibley-Ocheyedan, 49-45, in Siouxland Conference play Friday in Milford, snapping a 45-game losing streak in league games. Okoboji assumed the lead midway through the first quarter and never looked back. James Halbur buried a career-high five three-pointers en route to a game-high 18 points. Dalton Syverson pitched in with a dozen points. The Generals were paced by Pat Alexander’s thirteen points, while Harrison Feldkamp dropped in twelve points and Caleb Hartwig eleven points. Sibley-Ocheyedan falls to 1-8 overall and league games. They play at Spirit Lake on Monday, a game that will air on KUOO. Okoboji improves to 1-10 overall and 1-8 in the conference. Next up is a trip to George-Little Rock on Tuesday.
Click here for the postgame interview with James Halbur and coach Ryan Paulsen.
Elsewhere in the Siouxland, Boyden-Hull routed George-Little Rock, 70-49. West Lyon took down Rock Valley, 77-70. MOC-Floyd Valley stayed perfect with a 59-49 defeat of Sioux Center. Sheldon ran away from Central Lyon in a 53-31 ballgame.
Harris-Lake Park’s undefeated season continued through another game Friday, this time a Cornbelt Conference win over Ventura, 65-33. Brady Nissen was the top performer with 19 points and nine rebounds for the Wolves, who also got eleven points from Colin Brons. HLP sits at 11-0 on the year and 6-0 in conference. They travel north to Minnesota on Tuesday to battle Round Lake-Brewster.
Click here for comments from coach Jeff Sohn.
Also in Cornbelt, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven Ayrshire snuck past Clay Central-Everly for a 47-45 victory. The Knights are 2-8 overall and 2-4 in the league, with a home game Tuesday against West Bend-Mallard. CCE falls to 1-8 this winter and 1-5 in the Cornbelt. They go out-of-conference Tuesday to play at Laurens-Marathon. North Sentral Kossuth/Armstrong-Ringsted defeated CWL, 61-33.
Spirit Lake withstood a late surge by Emmetsburg to win a Lakes Conference matchup over the E-Hawks, 41-38. Paul Brown dropped in three 3-pointers and was a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line for a game-high thirteen points. Sawyer Harms finished with ten points. Emmetsburg received a ten-point effort off the bench from Michael Wolff. The E-Hawks are 1-5 in conference, with four of the losses coming by three points each. They are 4-6 overall and travel to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Tuesday for a non-league game on Q102. The Indians sit at 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the Lakes. They host non-conference foe Sibley-Ocheyedan on Monday, which can be heard on KUOO.
Click here for the postgame interview with Alex Dau and coach Nate Loenser.
Also in the Lakes, Western Christian poured it on offensively at Spencer in taking a 63-33 victory. The Wolfpack had four players in double figures, while the Tigers were led by Blake Seier’s nine points. Spencer, which lost for the third straight time in league play, is 3-3 in the conference and 5-4 overall. Storm Lake dominated Cherokee, 72-44.
Down in the War Eagle Conference, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn dropped a 60-48 game at Remsen-Union. The Hawks have lost three straight, and are 4-6 overall and 2-4 in the league. HMS hosts Emmetsburg Tuesday on Q102.
In other area hoops action, Sioux Central defeated Prairie Valley, 65-57. North of the border, Martin County West took down St. Clair, 69-59. Fairmont defeated New Ulm, 70-59. Southwest Star Concept fell by a point to Adrian, 58-57, and Worthington won a high scoring affair with Southwest Minnesota Christian, 79-78.
