The Okoboji Girls Basketball team improved to 6-2, last
night, as the Lady Pioneers used an effective pressure defense to get
Boyden-Hull to commit 24 turnovers en route to a 48-26 victory in Hull. Freshman Megan Peschong came off the bench to
score 10 to lead Okoboji.
The Spirit Lake Girls basketball team fell 6-2, last night,
after they were beaten, 57-35, by Western Christian. The Lady Indians trailed by just four, 28-24,
at halftime, but the Lady Wolfpack outscored Spirit Lake, 18-2, in a decisive
third quarter to pull away for the win.
The Emmetsburg Girls topped Storm Lake,
31-23, last night. The Lady E-Hawks led
8 – 0 after the first quarter and maintained that lead throughout.
Emmetsburg got 10 points a piece from Ashton Connelly and Alexa Naig and picked
up their first win of the season. Storm Lake
has now lost 50 games in a row.
Elsewhere, North Union knocked off Harris-Lake Park,
49-35. Estherville-Lincoln Central
trounced Cherokk, 61-13. Gehlen Catholic
downed Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 38-31, and LeMars edged Spencer, 39-35.
The Okoboji boys fell to Boyden-Hull, as the Comets took advantage
of Okoboji turnovers and outscored the Pioneers 21-7 in the third
quarter to pick up a 68-43 win.
Spirit
Lake lost to Western
Christian, 51-39. The Indians trailed by
just one at halftime, 20-19, but were outscored 17-7, in the third
quarter. Michael DenHerder scored nine
of his game-high 19 points in the third.
Alec Henrickson led Spirit
Lake with 18 points.
Spirit
Lake is on the road,
today, against Corwith-
Wesley-Luverne.
Storm
Lake knocked off
Emmetsburg, 54-42. The Tornadoes were
led by Ethan Kenkel with 19 points, Emmetsburg got 15 from Jake Jackson.
Elsewhere, Harris-Lake
Park ran away from North
Union, 78-30.
Estherville-Lincoln Central edged Cherokee, 64-58. Gehlen Catholic downed Hartley Melvin
Sanborn, 61-42. LeMars beat Spencer, in
double overtime, 86-80. Central Lyon topped Sibley-Ocheydan, 46-35. Unity Christian got by South O’Brien, 51-50.