Okoboji led start to finish Friday night and swept the season series with rival Sibley-Ocheyedan with a 33-30 decision. Skylar Hansen netted more than half of the Pioneers points, finishing with 18. Generals senior Alyssa Hibbing did score half of S-O’s points, registering 15 points in the loss. Sibley-Ocheyedan is 3-7 in league matchups and will take a 4-7 overall record to Spirit Lake on Monday, which will air on KUOO. Okoboji’s win snaps a five-game losing streak, and pushes their record to 4-8 overall and 3-7 in conference. The Pioneers travel to George-Little Rock on Tuesday.
Click here for the postgame interviews with Skylar Hansen and Mikkinzie Peschong.
In the rest of the Siouxland, Boyden-Hull pulled away from the Mustangs in a 39-25 victory. West Lyon blew out Rock Valley, 55-36. MOC-Floyd Valley remains unbeaten with a 56-30 defeat of Sioux Center. Central Lyon was victorious over Sheldon, 46-34.
Down 11-2 late in the first quarter, Spirit Lake answered with a 21-4 run to close out the half, eventually taking down Emmetsburg, 48-40. KJ Veldman, the state’s leading scorer, tallied 25 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Cara Vale registered eight points and eight boards. The E-Hawks top scorer was Paige Naig, who controlled the paint en route to 24 points. Emmetsburg’s record sits at 6-5 overall and 2-4 in conference. They travel to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Tuesday for a non-conference battle on Q102. The Indians boast a 7-3 mark and 4-2 record in league games, with a non-conference test against Sibley-Ocheyedan set for Monday. That game can be heard on KUOO.
Click here for the postgame interview with coach Rick Reinking.
The rest of the Lakes Conference slate had Western Christian routing Spencer, 88-46. Brooke Wolterstorff dropped in 33 points for the Wolfpack. The Tigers, who committed 40 turnovers, got an eleven-point effort from Heather Williamson to lead the way. Spencer is 5-4 this winter and and even 3-3 in conference. Also, the second-ranked Midgets of Estherville-Lincoln Central suffered their first setback of the season, falling 65-59 in overtime to sixth-ranked Bishop Heelan. The game was played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City. ELC is 11-1 this season.
On the road in Cornbelt Conference play, Harris-Lake Park edged out Ventura, 37-36, on Friday. The Wolves have six wins to five losses on the year, with a 5-1 record in league contests. HLP hosts Ellsworth, Minnesota on Monday. Also in the Cornbelt, North Sentral Kossuth/Armstrong-Ringsted dismantled CWL, 56-16.
Elsewhere in girls hoops, Sioux Central pulled out a 44-39 win over Prairie Valley. North of the border in Minnesota, Jackson County Central won at Pipeston, 43-30. Martin County West lost to Murray County Central, 50-34. Fairmont won at New Ulm, 62-47.
