Four late turnovers by the Harris-Lake Park boys basketball team resulted in the loss of a fourth-quarter lead and a second-round Class 1A District contest to Central Lyon, 53-49. Eli Ihnen paced a balanced attack with 14 points, as the Wolves concluded their season with an 18-5 record. The Lions received 15 points from Clayton Busch and advance to the district final in Sheldon on Thursday, where they will face Boyden-Hull. The Comets beat Gehlen Catholic 67-55.
Also in Class 1A, Storm Lake St. Mary’s showed why they are one of the heavy favorites to reach Des Moines, pounding Ruthven-Ayrshire 59-9. Next up in Thursday’s district final in Emmetsburg will be Laurens-Marathon, who up-ended Armstrong-Ringsted 59-44.
On to Class 2A, where Emmetsburg is headed to substate after collecting a district championship, beating Manson NW Webster 63-46. The E-Hawks never trailed in the contest and were paced by Nick Wuebker and Ryan Kliegl, who both dropped in 16 points. At 18-5, Emmetsburg will play on Saturday in Fort Dodge against St. Edmond for the right to go to state. That game will be live on Y100 and online at ExploreOkoboji.com.
Other Class 2A district winners include Western Christian after a 76-50 defeat of Sibley-Ocheyedan, and Sioux Center took down Lawton-Bronson 60-52.
