Stories from Thursday, February 4, 2016

Thirteen players scored and all 14 saw considerable action as the 4th ranked Cherokee Washington High girls basketball team trampled a winless Storm Lake club, 86-23, in Lakes Conference action in Cherokee Friday night. Kaely Hummel led a balanced Cherokee team with 16 points, while Makenna Carver added 13, Paityn Hagberg 11, Payton Slaughter nine, Kassidy Pingel nine, and Olivia Dagel eight...

A hot-shooting Storm Lake team canned 15-27 three-pointers against a lackluster Cherokee defense on the way to a convincing 85-62 Lakes Conference boys basketball victory in Cherokee Friday night. All told, the Tornadoes sank 32-63 field goals for 51 percent, including a sizzling 56 percent from three-balls to seal the deal and avange the Braves win in Storm Lake earlier in the season...

The Cherokee versus Emmetsburg girls and boys varsity basketball games scheduled for Tuesday night were rescheduled for Thursday night in Cherokee due to Tuesday's blizzard. The girls game will start at 6 p.m. Thursday followed by the boys game. There will be no JV games...

SPENCER - The Cherokee Braves crowned one champion at Friday's Lakes Conference Wrestling Tournament here and placed sixth in the team standings featuring eight league teams. Cherokee's Matt Stines earned his Conference Championship by winning the title at 145 pounds with a 2-0 record. Stines pinned Mason Mohr of Le Mars in 1:25 and then beat Emmetsburg's Dillon Van Oosbree 4-2 in the finals match...

HOLSTEIN - The 7th ranked (Class 2A) Ridge View boys basketball team overcame poor shooting and turnovers Monday to defeat Woodbury Central, 52-50, in the semifinals of the Western Valley Conference Tournament. "It was a nice win," said the Raptors' first-year coach Dale Tokheim. " We did not play very well offensively, but I think you have to give credit to Woodbury Central. They had a great game plan and their defense took us out of our game."...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien boys got off to a 15 point lead in the first quarter here Friday night and led the rest of the way in a 68-43 win over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference basketball. Damon Struve topped the Wolverine scoring with 21 points, teammates Kyle Paulsen and Cody Johanson each contributed 11 points to the winning effort. ...

KINGSLEY - The River Valley girls fell to the Kingsley-Pierson squad Friday in Western Valley Conference basketball here by a score of 82-44. Jenna Knaack scored 15 points to lead the Wolverines, now 5-12, and Alison Brown and Makenna Thomas each netted nine. Alycen Knaack led the team in rebounds and steals with seven of each...

KINGSLEY - Kingsley-Pierson used a big second half to run away from visiting River Valley in Friday night Western Valley Conference basketball here. The Panthers were up by just three after one quarter and led by seven, 29-22, at the half, but that was about it for the outmanned Wolverines, who were outscored 44 -13 in the second half to account for the final score of 73-35 in K-P's favor...

MOVILLE - The Ridge View girls lost to Woodbury Central in WVC baketball here last Thursday, hanging tough for one quarter before WC unleashed a 16-2 second quarter and moved on from there to win by a final score of 58-31. Harlee Wagoner led the Ridge View girls with 11 points, and the junior also led the Raptors on the boards with 10 rebounds...

IDA GROVE - The Ridge View boys racked up another Western Valley Conference basketball win here Friday with a 52-37 triumph over host Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove. The game was knotted at 13-all after one quarter, and Ridge View had but a single point advantage, 22-21, at the halftime break. Ridge View added a few more points to their lead in the second half, though, and the Raptors wound up winning by 15...

1. Western Christian, Hull 2. Dike-New Hartford 3. Treynor 4. Cascade,Western Dubuque 5. Northeast, Goose Lake 6. Anamosa 8. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 9. Des Moines Christian 10. Pocahontas Area 1. West Fork, Sheffield 2. Danville 3. Boyden-Hull 4. West Hancock, Britt...

POCAHONTAS - Trenton Miller (220 lbs.) and Skylar Solko (138 lbs.) each won championships in their respective weight classes at Saturday's Lynn Moody Invitational wrestling tournament to help the Alta-Aurelia Warriors take third place in the team standings in the 8-team field...

MANSON - The young Alta-Aurelia girls took a 10-7 season record into their Twin Lakes Conference match-up here with 12-3 Manson-Northwest Webster Friday, and the experieneced Cougar gals jumped out to a 51-28 halftime lead on their way to a 70-43 final victory...

MANSON - The Alta-Aurelia boys traveled here Friday for a Twin Lakes basketball game with Manson-Northwest Webster, and the Warriors came away with a 61-48 victory. Alta-Aurelia Coach Chris Abaray commented, "(I was) very pleased with our efforts tonight. ...

I recently took an on-line course called "In Praise of the Graphic Novel". As a writer, I figured I would be looking down my literary nose at such a concept. WRONG! I was so wrong. Though I heard the comment recently at the Iowa Library Association Conference that most books should be graphic novels, I pooh-poohed the idea then too. But I stand corrected...

Believe it or not, Iowans, the Presidential election is still a long ways off (nine months actually). As a student of American history, I find the field of potential candidates so far chock full of historical significance. Granted, a long shot may come along and wind up winning the presidency in November, but if just about any of the current list of candidates is elected, he or she will be a "first" in some area...

As of this writing, the caucus has yet to take place and the impact of Iowa on the presidential nomination process is unknown. The participants in the presidential nomination process will spin the results in a manner that best suits their objectives...

Need a new way to make winter go by faster? Why not enjoy it!? Join the Cherokee County Conservation Board (CCCB) at Redtail Ridge for night cross country skiing. Cross country skiing is a low-risk, low-impact aerobic form of exercise, which makes it perfect for all ages. Take this opportunity to enjoy the snowy outdoors and try something new with your loved ones! The CCCB has equipment you can borrow during this program free of charge. Be sure to dress comfortably and in layers...

Over a foot of snow fell across the area in a storm that started in the early morning hours of Tuesday, closing schools and many businesses on Tuesday and keeping schools closed Wednesday. Some businesses continued to be closed or opened late on Wednesday. and the Wednesday Chronicle Times was delayed until Thursday...

This Friday's Chamber Coffee at 9:30 a.m. will be hosted by retired Chamber members at Danny's Sports Spot, 1013 South 2nd Street.

The winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses, Ted Cruz, placed third in Cherokee County Republican caucuses, with 157 votes (19 percent), well behind Donald Trump who had 248 votes in Cherokee County (30 percent) and Marco Rubio, who had 243 votes (29 percent)...

Jade and David Walton of Quimby are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a girl, on January 28, 2016. Riley June Walton was born at 9:26 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 6 oz., and measured 21 inches long. Proud grandparents are Tim and Vicki Dilocker of Cherokee and Mark and Darla Walton of Bricelyn, Minnesota...

Jose and Maria Mendoza of Storm Lake are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on January 25, 2016. Juan Pablo Mendoza was born at 7:19 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 10 oz,, measured 20 3/4 inches long, and was welcomed home by his sister Maria and his brothers, Jose and Francisco...

The Boy Scouts of America, one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.4 million youth members and 1 million adult volunteers, was founded on February 8, 1910, and Boy Scout Troop 107 will be observing Scout Sunday this Sunday, February 7th, at Koser Spring Lake Park's Yacht Club...

Mary Florence Harder of Tucson, Arizona, age 78, formerly of Marcus, passed away January 1, 2016, in Tucson. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, with Father Dan Guenther officiating, and burial will be at Holy Name Catholic Cemetery in Marcus. ...

Kerry A. Smith, of Cherokee, age 60, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, February 1, 2016, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, with Pastor Jonathan Caldwel officiating, and burial was at the Correctionville Cemetery. ...

Marlys M. Hohbach of Marcus, 82, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Unity Point Health in Sioux City. Funeral services took place at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 1, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Marcus, with Rev. Don Meyer officiating. ...

Robert E. "Bob" Goodwin of Cherokee, 79, passed away peacefully at Cherokee Regional Medical Center Saturday, January 30, 2016, surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, February 4th, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. ...