Stories from Friday, February 3, 2017

HARTLEY - The South O’Brien boys edged Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 45-42, in a War Eagle Conference basketball game here Friday that was close from starrt to finish. Carson Louscher scored 23 points to lead the Wolverines, while Drew Faust chipped in with nine points and Case Moemond added seven for South O’Brien. Louscher also led the Wolverines on the boards, grabbing 14 rebounds...

PAULLINA - The ranked Remsen St. Mary’s boys came to town Tuesday to face Soth O’Brien’s Wolverines, and defense was the name of the game, as the Hawks held South O’Brien to a total of 34 points while scoring 45 themselves in a low scoring War Eagle Conference basketball matchup. Carson Louscher led the Wolverines with 16 points while Jackson Louscher added 11...

REMSEN - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union boys hung tough with rated Remsen St. Mary’s in the first quarter of their basketball game here Friday, with the Hawks holding just a six point lead, 16-10, at the end of that period. From that point on, however, things went as expected, with RSM posting a win by a final score of 61-25...

MARCUS - The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire boys defeated Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union 50-41 in a non conference basketball game here Saturday, as GTRA took an early lead and pretty well maintained it throughout the game. Chris Schmid scored 11 points to lead the Royals’ scoring, while Joel Johnson added eight points and Hunter Tentinger chipped in with five. ...

Cherokee Washington has been assigned to District #1 in Class 2A by the Iowa High School Athletic Association for the 2017 Iowa High School Boys’ Basketball tournament. The Braves will be in the same district as Emmetsburg, Pocahontas Area, Sheldon, Sioux Center and Orange City Unity Christian...

The 2016-17 Regional brackets for Iowa girls basketball tournament play have been released and Cherokee is matched up in the first round of Class 3A Region 2 tournament action with Southeast Valley-Gowrie. That game will be held on Saturday, February 11th in Cherokee. Other teams in the same bracket include: East Sac County, Atlantic, Shenandoah, Clarinda, Red Oak, and Creston...

The Alta-Aurelia girls won a pair of Twin Lakes Conference basketball games over the weekend to improve their overall season mark to 8-9. On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to Sioux Rapids to take on Sioux Central, and A-A pulled out a 61-50 win behind double digit scoring by four players. ...

A pair of wins over the weekend saw the Alta-Aurelia boys improve their basketball record to a sparkling 14-1. On Saturday, the Warriors played Sioux Central on the road, and Alta-Aurelia cruised to a 58-40 Twin Lakes Conference win. Carson Kruger led the Warriors with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while TJ Walter and Ryan Radke joined him as double digit scorers with 12 and 11 points, respectively. On the defensive side of things, the Warriors had 15 team steals and two blocked shots...

The Ridge View wrestling team compete in duals with Kingsley-Pierson, Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, and Sioux City Bishop Heelan on Monday January 27th, and the Raptors won one of the duals. More importantly, the Ride View wrestlers got in some work against some solid Class 2A opponents,...

EMMETSBURG - Three Cherokee Braves earned runner-up honors after making it to the final match at the Lakes Conference Wrestling Tournament here last week. Those grapplers included Matt Stines at 145 pounds, Tyler Zeimen at 170, and Treighton Schubert at 182...

EMMETSBURG - The Cherokee Braves boys basketball team made the long trip here Tuesday with intentions of grabbing their seventh win of the season. Although the game had many lead changes, the gritty E-Hawks were able to edge out the Braves, 54-51 on their home floor...

EMMETSBURG - The Cherokee Washington High girls traveled to Emmetsburg Tuesday night, and looked to get back on the winning track after suffering their second loss of the season in their previous game against LeMars. The Braves were able to easily handle the E-Hawks 64-15, and pick up win number 16 on the season...

Rich D. Wych of Quimby, age 70, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 3, 2017, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating. ...

At its Jan. 31 meeting, the Cherokee City Council went into closed session to discuss two matters in litigation. Following the closed session, the council voted to proceed with settlement negotiations on a workman’s compensation claim. The council also voted to authorize the city attorney to proceed with sidewalk notices on East Willow Street in the block containing the former Wilson School at a later date at her discretion. ...

Dick Sievers executive director of Mid Sioux Opportunity, Inc., presented Mid Sioux’s annual funding request and an update about activities on Tuesday morning to the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors and to the Cherokee City Council that evening...

The Cherokee 7th grade boys took 1st place at the Cherokee Hoops Festival on Sat. Jan. 29. Coached by Matt Lugar, Ttam members are (left to right) Trey Benson, Levi Pingel, Will Lugar, Mekhi Scheuder, Jacob Hodgdon, Joe Benson, Andrew Creel, and Mason Carver...

Both Doug and Rita Pierson of Pierson Photography in Cherokee were honored at the Professional Photographers of Iowa Awards Banquet on Jan 22. Doug received his 20 year pin for being a PPI member for 20 consecutive years and Rita received her 30 year pin for being a PPI member for 30 consecutive years...

Isabelle Wendt of Storm Lake has received the Western Iowa Tech Community College TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for February. This award recognizes WIT TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success...

Funeral services for Roswell “Sam” Samuel McCormack, 86, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday February 3, 2017, at the United Methodist Church in Sutherland, with Pastor Robin Thomas officiating. Roswell “Sam” Samuel McCormack was born May 21, 1930 in Sutherland, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland, where he received his education at country schools in Waterman Township in O’Brien County. Sam continued his education at Sutherland High School, graduating in 1948...

Larry L. Feldotto, of Paullina, age 72, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Zion Lutheran Church in Paullina, with Rev. Daniel Wagner officiating, and burial will be at a later date at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina. Visitation at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina, with family present, will be from 5 -7 p.m. on Friday, February 3, 2017...