Stories from Thursday, December 21, 2006

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien Wolverines had four girls score in double figures as they defeated the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Eagles, 59-58, in War Eagle Conference hoops here on Tuesday. SOS "came out and attacked the first 1 1/2 quarters," said Wolverine coach Julie Paulsen, "and then let up our momentum. We fought hard all game, but never decided to put the game away."...

LeMARS - The South O'Brien Wolverines and Le Mars Gehlen Jays fought a tightly contested game here Friday night in a War Eagle Conference girls' basketball contest. The teams were tied, 12-12, after one quarter, and again, 24-24 at halftime. Gehlen grabbed a two-point advantage, 32-30, heading into the final quarter, but South O,Brien wound up on top by a single point, 43- 42...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn boys traveled to Lawton for a non-conference tussle with Lawton-Bronson on Thursday, and MMC coach Al Vasher said his team "played a little tentative in the first half." Though the team played better in the second half, Vasher said "we dug ourselves too deep of a hole," and weren't able to come back, as Lawton-Bronson took a 48-34 victory...

Cherokee senior wins 4th S-O title in four years SIBLEY - Tyler Halverson's first-place finish led the Cherokee Braves wrestling squad at Saturday's rugged Sibley-Ocheyedan Wrestling Invitational. Halverson, a state champion at 103 pounds two years ago, and state runner-up at 119 last year, defeated all three opponents in the 130-pound weight class quite handily to remain undefeated for the season...

Messerole leads Cherokee with 23 points SPENCER - A smoking 28-point first quarter boosted the Spencer girls to a decisive 85-54 Lakes Conference win over a shaky Cherokee Washington High team here Tuesday night. The Tigers maintained the pace the rest of the way, mounting a 47-30 halftime lead, and a 64-42 advantage heading into the final quarter...

Veronica (Small) Plowman, Audrey Small, Anne (Salter) Frost and Micah Salter are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their parents, Cheryl Small and Danny Salter. The couple will be married at 7 p.m on December 29, 2006, at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee ...

Alexis, the four-year-old daughter of Adam and April Schossow of Meriden had never had her hair cut, but she was not at all nervous when she went to Creative Cutters in Cherokee to have 12 inches of her long blonde locks cropped off. Alexis would have a hairstyle similar to her mother's after she was done and the person cutting her hair was a family friend, Jane Schmillen. Most importantly, Alexis was having her hair cut for a worthy cause...