Sports

’Cats cap year with victory

West Lyon’s Jersey Hawf takes steps after picking up the basketball against Sioux Center. The Wildcats beat the Warriors 52-48 Tuesday, Dec. 19, in Inwood. (Photo/Jason Hommes) West Lyon Girls’ Basketball Dominant all-around effort on the glass pushes squad to win in...

read more

The Wildcats Give to the Community!

By Paige Thiessen This week marked the 21st year that West Lyon has participated in the community blood bank blood drive! The bloodmobile made its way to West Lyon where many students and staff contributed to the cause. This year the Wildcat community donated 15 units...

read more

JV Girls Basketball Victory at Boyden-Hull

By Tobias Stensland The JV team went up against and beat Boyden-Hull Friday December 15th. This gave the girls a win with the score of 27-21. Due to a limited number of players on the opposing team the girls only played for 2 quarters.Starting off, the Wildcats had...

read more

West Lyon JVR Boys Basketball Defeats Sioux Center

By Nix Meemken This Wednesday West Lyon had a difficult game against Sioux Center. Despite their win 58 to 49, Sioux Center still challenged them quite a lot.Sioux Center made West Lyon test their defense. Coach Berensehot stated that Sioux Center “Challenged our guys...

read more

Warriors Snatch the Lead from the Lady Wildcats

By Evy Knoblock On Tuesday, December 19 the West Lyon Junior Varsity Girls Basketball team faced the Sioux Center Warriors. The Wildcats had a tough night and ended up falling to the Warriors 40-52.The Wildcats started off hot and their press was looking great the...

read more

Wildcats now one win from 10-0

Trevor Ciesielski (4) goes up for a highly-contested jump shot against Sioux Center on Tuesday, Dec. 19. West Lyon beat the Warriors 65-39 to move to 9-0 on the year. (Photo/Jason Hommes) Junior Easton Jacobson dribbles the ball with a Sioux Center defender trailing...

read more

JV Boys Basketball Beats MOC

By Tobias Stensland The Junior Varsity boys beat MOC with a score of 59-48 on Friday, December 8th. All of the athletes did a very good job playing, with incredible effort. The team did an amazing job playing well together. Combining all that makes a great team....

read more

The JVR Boys Basketball Wildcats Win Again

By Amber Rose On Tuesday December 12, the West Lyon JVR boys basketball team went head to head with the Central Lyon Lions. The boys fought hard and came out on top!West Lyon won in a landslide, winning 53-36. Some of the star players that night included Will Warner...

read more

Wildcats Suffer Their First Tough Loss to the Lions

By Evy Knoblock The West Lyon Girls JV team played their rival game against the Central Lyon Lions on Tuesday, December 12. This was West Lyon’s first loss of the season with a score of 40-42. It came down to the final seconds of the game when Central Lyon pulled...

read more

An Outstanding Win for the JV Boys Basketball Team

By Mattie Eliason At home on Tuesday, December 12th, our Wildcat JV boys basketball team had an amazing win against Central Lyon. The ending score was 75-34 for the Wildcats!There were a few people who stood out during this game according to Coach Chase Vander Feen....

read more

’Cats keep perfect season alive

Sophomore Jordan Meyer (20) steps back from a Central Lyon defender Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Inwood. The Wildcats defeated the Lions 69-64. (Photo/Jason Hommes) West Lyon’s Carson Hoogeveen (1) weighs his options with two Central defenders closing him out in his unit’s...

read more

Wildcats best Comets in Hull

West Lyon Boys’ Basketball West Lyon 17-16-19-15 67Boyden-Hull 11-9-17-10 47 HULL – Three games in four days equated in three wins in four days for West Lyon, after beating Boyden-Hull to end its packed week. The Wildcats took down the Comets 67-47 Friday, Dec. 15, in...

read more

’Cats collect win in Sioux City

West Lyon Boys’ Basketball West Lyon 15-18-9-14 56Remsen St. Mary’s 16-11-3-8 38 SIOUX CITY – In its second of three games this week, West Lyon picked up another win. The Wildcats remained unbeaten with a 56-38 victory over Remsen St. Mary’s Thursday, Dec. 14, at the...

read more

Wildcats finish seventh at Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament

West Lyon Boys’ Wrestling West Lyon 93.5SPENCER – No West Lyon wrestlers were able to take home the top podium spot at the Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament Saturday, Dec. 16, in Spencer. Two grapplers fell just short of first place, finishing second, as the Wildcats...

read more

’Cats go winless in duals

Freshman Adeline Knobloch breaks free of Okoboji/HMS’s Shianne Cummings in dual meet on Thursday, Dec. 14. (Photo/Kari Jurrens) Sophomore Trace Dreke drives into a pin against CL/GLR’s Adrian Bontje in team duals at Okoboji/HMS on Thursday, Dec. 14. (Photo/Kari...

read more

Small ’Cats squad impresses in Canton

West Lyon Girls’ Wrestling West Lyon 107.0CANTON, S.D. – Though small, West Lyon sure was mighty at the 2023 Battle for the Paddle. The Wildcats ended up in fourth out of 17 teams despite only wrestling seven girls in the tournament Saturday, Dec. 16, in Canton, South...

read more

’Cats cage Comets

West Lyon Girls’ Basketball West Lyon 10-8-14-14 46Boyden-Hull 6-2-11-4 23 HULL – West Lyon’s seemingly constant waltz with .500 continued Friday, Dec. 15, against Boyden-Hull. With a 46-23 win over the Comets, the Wildcats once again leveled their record, moving to...

read more

West Lyon falls to local rival

West Lyon freshman Kaitlyn Ter Wee drives toward the basket with the ball in her hand against a West Lyon defender. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Lions defeated the Wildcats 46-42 in Inwood. (Photo/Jason Hommes) West Lyon’s Evy Knoblock closes out Central Lyon’s Desta...

read more