Wildcats will continue to focus on defensive end of the floor while looking to find different ways to score on offense Hannah TerWee prepares to fire a 3-pointer from the corner during Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball at George-Little Rock Friday, Jan. 6. The...
Gianna Klarenbeek drives down the lane for a layup during Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball versus Sioux Center Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Warriors handed the West Lyon Wildcats a 58-52 defeat. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Eight turnovers in the final eight minutes allow...
Easton Jacobson pulls up for a mid-range jump shot during Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball versus the Sioux Center Warriors Tuesday, Dec. 20. The West Lyon Wildcats won the game 60-38. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Four players score in double figures for West Lyon as it...
Northwestern coach Matt McCarty watches from the sidelines during one of the Red Raiders’ football games this past season. McCarty, also a West Lyon graduate, coached in his second National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National title game Saturday, Dec. 17...
Evan Erpenbach at 106, Ryan Bahnson at 113 and Emmitt Fleshman at 195 all take home bronze medals Saturday, Dec. 17, in Spencer Ryan Bahnson puts his Okoboji opponent Mike Gonnerman to his back prior to getting the pin call in 1:41 in the opening round of the Austin...
Jana TerWee, Eliana Kooi and Kiann Blomgren all take home gold at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Lady Invitational Monday, Dec. 5, in Sioux City Elianna Kooi, left, hand fights with her Okoboji/Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn opponent, Kadence College, during the Sergeant Bluff-Luton...
West Lyon’s defensive effort the main key in a Siouxland Conference victory over Sheldon Jersey Hawf gets bumped by an MOC-Floyd Valley player on her way to the basket for a shot attempt during Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball Friday, Dec. 9. The Wildcats...
New version is used by Minnesota State High School League Nathan Broek | Sports Editor BOONE-The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced, after its annual board meeting Monday, Dec. 5, that it will adopt a new format for classifying schools for sports....
One other place-winner, Evan Erpenbach, takes sixth place at 106 pounds in Jackson County Ryan Bahnson of the West Lyon boys’ wrestling team. Bahnson was the top placer for the Wildcats, finishing in third place at the Jackson County Central Tournament in Jackson,...
West Lyon’s defensive effort makes up for some miscues on offense in a 56-36 victory Carson Hoogeveen makes a hard dribble drive around an MOC-Floyd Valley defender during Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball Friday, Dec. 9. The Dutch handed the West Lyon Wildcats an...
Wildcats outscore Okoboji Pioneers 38-7 in the final 16 minutes on opening night (RIGHT) Devan Van Wyhe drives down the lane for a transition layup during Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball versus Okoboji Friday, Dec. 2. The West Lyon Wildcats won the game 82-39....
After a 16-3 run in the first quarter, West Lyon overcomes lulls in second and third periods to remain undefeated in the young season Kyndra Gramstad races to the basket during Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball Friday, Dec. 2. The West Lyon Wildcats came away...
West Lyon wins three duals in five tries to begin a busy weekend of wrestling Jackson Ver Meer of the West Lyon wrestling team. Ver Meer went 3-2 in his matches at the Hinton Blackhawk dual team tournament Friday, Dec. 2, as the Wildcats won three of five duals during...
Defending state champion Jana TerWee finishes third in her weight class at Okoboji wresting tournament Friday, Dec. 2 (LEFT) Kiann Blomgren works to secure the arm of her opponent during her first-round match at the Okoboji girls’ wrestling tournament Friday, December...
Emily TerWee fires a floater in the lane with a George-Little Rock defender being late to defend during Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball Tuesday, Nov. 22. The West Lyon Wildcats defeated the Mustangs 60-25. (Photo/Nathan Broek) West Lyon defeats George-Little...
Anderson Trejo chosen for the first team, Korey McKenney picked to the second team Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two West Lyon football players were selected by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association to the Class 2A all-state team after the association’s meeting...
Former players highlighted by first-team honorees Jaden Snyder and Noah Van’t Hof Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Five former West Lyon football standouts have been named as Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) all-conference football players as announced Tuesday,...
Evy Knoblock and Jordyn Aeschliman picked to the Class 3A West team by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association Tuesday, Nov. 15 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two West Lyon volleyball players were named all-district honorees for the Class 3A west district as announced by...
The West Lyon football team looks on as Greene County accepts its state qualification trophy following the third round of the Class 2A state football playoffs. The Wildcats ended up seeing their 2022 season come to an end as they fell to their Lyon County rivals,...
Photographed left to right: Maddie Johnson and Madison DeJong. Both volleyball players from West Lyon were selected to the 2022 academic All-State volleyball team by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association. (Photos/Nathan Broek) Maddie Johnson and Madison DeJong honored...
