Lyon’s Den Youth Wrestling Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter In late February and early March, a myriad of youth wrestlers competed in AAU state championships in varying locations. Representing Lyon’s Den Youth Wrestling and/or Mini Mustangs, one grappler earned a state title while six others finished in second. During the Iowa Super Peewee state tournament […]
The allure of high school sports
Sports Column Why northwest Iowa fosters a unique environment for the most unadulterated form of athletics Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter There is no purer level of athletics than high school sports.From the often small but packed environments to the passion supporters bring, there’s something about nearly everyone being connected to the kids playing the […]
G-LR Honors
Central Lyon Honors
Vander Zee earns All-State nod
Three Cheers for Our Cheerleaders!
During National Cheerleading Week, we salute the cheer athletes who bring the spirit to every competition and every game. Their hard work, dedication, creativity and support contribute a great deal to our athletics and their fellow athletes. Thanks, cheerleaders!
Desta Hoogendoorn – First-team All-State IPSWA
Desta Hoogendoorn – First-team All-State IPSWAAndrew Buckman | Sports Reporterabuckman@ncppub.comDES MOINES – Desta Hoogendoorn closed her basketball career by earning statewide recognition yet again. Central Lyon’s star center was named IPSWA first-team all-state for a second consecutive season and honored by the association for the third straight year.During her final high school campaign, Hoogendoorn averaged […]
Back 2 Back 2 Back
Lady Lions to head back to The Well for the third straight season The Central Lyon girls’ basketball team celebrates a victory over Hinton during the Class 2A regional final on Wednesday, Feb. 21 punching their ticket to the state tournament. Read the full story in the sports section in this issue. Central Lyon will […]
Squad suffers season-ending heartbreak
George-Little rock boys’ basketball Senior-heavy Mustangs close strong campaign with close defeat to Hawks in district final Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter George-Little Rock 10-14-23-18 39Remsen St. Mary’s 6-12-19-8 42ORANGE CITY – Experiencing heartbreak hadn’t been uncommon for George-Little Rock with three of its five regular-season losses this season coming in 5-point games, but its […]
Mustangs show grit in loss
George-Little rock girls’ basketball Steenhoven fuels offense during season-ending defeat to Hawks in regional championship game Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter George-Little Rock 4-10-9-15 38Remsen St. Mary’s 11-16-13-12 52SIOUX CENTER – Grit.That’s the word George-Little Rock coach Reid Geerdes kept using to describe his girls’ basketball team following its 52-38 season-ending loss to Remsen St. […]