West Lyon girls finish sixth with boys taking eighth at the Okoboji Invitational Thursday, Sept. 1 Sam Meester paces his way to the finish line during the Okoboji Invitational at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Arnold’s Park Thursday, Sept. 1. Meester was the top runner...
The Wildcats top Luverne and Murray County Central during a non-conference triangular in Luverne, Minnesota, Thursday, Sept. 1 (LEFT) Keatyn Lorenzen rises up on an attack attempt during the Luverne Volleyball Triangular at Luverne, Minnesota, Thursday, Sept. 1. The...
In a ‘game of inches,’ Wildcats come up short West Lyon quarterback, Ryer Crichton, avoids pressure from a Western Christian player before attempting a pass during non-district football in Hull Friday, Aug. 26. The Wildcats had an early 7-0 lead on the Wolfpack, but...
West Lyon goes a perfect 3-0 in matches at its home tournament Tuesday, Aug. 23 West Lyon setter, Maddie Johnson, sets up a pass for a teammate during the Sioux Center Volleyball Tournament Thursday, Aug. 25. The Wildcats’ lone loss in this early-season tourney was to...
Cullen Berentschot of Inwood and Easton Robinson of Larchwood share their thoughts on being bull riders Cullen Berentschot of Inwood attempts to stay on a bull named Rage Monster during the Sioux County Fair in Sioux Center this past July. Berentschot has been...
Guidelines were put on the Iowa High School Athletic Association website Wednesday, Aug. 17 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor High school athletes in the state of Iowa that are members of the Iowa High School Athletic Association may have the opportunity to profit off...
Koury Kramer of the Larchwood Diamonds backs away from a pitch that sails high and inside during an at-bat against Dell Rapids in the second round of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Class B state tournament in Mitchell, South Dakota, Tuesday, Aug. 9. The...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor One West Lyon baseball player was named as an all-state player by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association. That player was Dawson Ripperda, who was named to the second team in Class 2A. Ripperda hit a blistering .471 this past summer with a...
Cody Groskreutz gives teammates from the Larchwood Diamonds high-fives after hitting the game-winning double in the bottom of the 10th to give the Diamonds a 3-2 win over Volga in the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Class B State Tournament Saturday, Aug. 6....
Pictured are the top five point earners in the Lyon County Figure 8 Race Points Series in order of placing. Pictured left to right: Rocky Kruse (452 pts), Paul Moser (440 pts), Jared Leuthold (431 pts), Mike Deutsch (363 pts) and Tyson Altena (348 pts). The season...
Childress selected to the third team in Class 3A by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association Nathan Broek | Sports Editor One West Lyon player was selected to the all-state softball team as announced by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association. The player named was Randi...
Jackson Kramer takes a lead off first base during the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Stateline District 7B tournament in Larchwood Friday, July 29. Kramer helped the Larchwood Diamonds defeat the Garretson (South Dakota) Blue Jays 11-1 in eight innings to claim the...
West Lyon highlighted by first-team selections Korey McKenney, Dawson Ripperda, Zac Severson and Ryer Crichton Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Five West Lyon baseball players were selected to the all-district team in the northwest district as announced by the Iowa...
Randi Childress and Evy Knoblock named to the Class 3A West district team as announced Thursday, July 21 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two West Lyon softball players were selected to the Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association Class 3A West district team as announced...
Four senior softball and four senior baseball athletes had a GPA of 3.75 or higher Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four senior softball athletes and four senior baseball players were picked to the Siouxland Conference all-academic list as announced Tuesday, July 12....
West Lyon grade school principal Tim Snyder begins to jog to first base after handing the softball off to the starting pitcher during a War Eagle Conference softball game between Trinity Christian and MMC-RU on June 20. Snyder came back as an umpire for the Iowa...
Wildcats headlined by first-team unanimous pick in Dawson Ripperda, with Korey McKenney and Zac Severson also getting first-team nods Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Six West Lyon baseball players were selected to the Siouxland all-conference baseball team as announced...
West Lyon highlighted by unanimous first-team honorees Randi Childress and Evy Knoblock, as well as first-team selection Jersey Hawf Nathan Broek | Sports Editor After securing the Siouxland Conference crown, the West Lyon softball team added icing to the cake as six...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The middle school A and B softball squads saw the 2022 season come to an end with games played from June 21 to July 7, but both teams ended up earning plenty of victories before the softball season came to a close. On Tuesday, June 21,...
Team Show The annual demolition derby rounded out the activities for the Inwood 4th of July celebration Monday evening, July 4. New this year was the addition of the minivan class, which had six or seven entries. Results from each class are as follows: Minivan...
