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The Cherokee baseball team took a pair of big wins this week, first a 14-3 win at Spirit Lake on Monday before the Braves took down Sheldon 13-3 on the road on Tuesday. It was "Bombs Away" for the Cherokee Braves in Spirit Lake on Monday night in a 14-3 route over the host Indians...

Collin Mitchell of Sioux City and Ryan Feauto of Ames both qualified with even par 72s and kept that link through to the Championship Flight finals where Feauto prevailed 3-1 to claim the coveted Sioux Valley Men’s Match-Play Golf Tournament title here Sunday afternoon...

STORM LAKE - Due to a misinterpretation of pitching rules, Cherokee's win over Okoboji last week was forfeited. That, coupled with Monday night's 14-8 loss to Storm Lake here, drops the Braves to 12-4 on the season and 3-1 in the Lakes Conference. According to Tom Ryherd, head Cherokee coach, Cherokee's 7-0 win last week at Okoboji was nullified and void when Cherokee's coaching staff allowed a relief pitcher to go over the state's consecutive day pitch count...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee softball team suffered a 6-0 loss at Storm Lake in Lakes Conference play on Monday night. The host Tornadoes put up two runs in the first and three in the second before tallying a final run in the fourth while holding the Braves off home plate across all seven innings...

The South O’Brien baseball team took a harsh 14-4 loss to West Sioux on Monday before falling to Ridge View in a close 9-8 contest. On Monday the Wolverines got three runs in the first before West Sioux tied it up in the bottom half of the inning and added four more in the second to take the lead. South O’Brien pushed one more across in the third but the Falcons responded with a pair of runs in each the third and fourth before finishing things off with three runs in the fifth...

The Ridge View baseball teams hit the road last week and took a 7-5 win over Westwood on Wednesday, fell 6-4 to Keumper Catholic on Thursday, and beat River Valley 20-1 on Friday. On Wednesday the Raptors scored a run in each the second and third before Westwood tied it up with a run in the bottom of the third and fourth. The host Rebels took the lead with three runs in the fifth but the Raptors pulled it back and took the win with five runs in the sixth...

CHEROKEE - The MMCRU softball team traveled to face Cherokee on Tuesday and took a 19-0 win in four innings. MMCRU got things started quick with 11 runs in the top of the first while holding the Braves off home in the bottom half of the innings. After a scoreless second and third the Royals put another eight across in the top of the fourth to end the game early...

CHEROKEE - The Cherokee baseball team hosted MMCRU on Tuesday and took a 14-5 win over the Royals. MMCRU hopped on the board early with a run in the top of the first but the Braves took the lead with a pair in the bottom half of the inning. MMCRU plated four in the second to take the lead but Cherokee scored three more in the bottom half of the inning to tie it up at 5-5. ...

IOWA CITY - Cherokee junior Kenna Mongan traveled down to Iowa City to compete in the Class 1A State Singles Tournament on Friday, May 27. Mongan faced Alli Hagness from Columbus Catholic in the first round. Mongan fell 6-0 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set to lose 0-2, but moved on to the consolation side of the bracket...

The Cherokee softball team fell 16-3 in their season opener against Sioux Center at home on Monday evening before traveling to take down Sioux Central, 7-5, on Tuesday night. On Monday the Braves were down early as the Warriors scored five runs to start off the game. ...

Jason Spooner is no stranger to Cherokee, its athletic programs or this community. Spooner, a lifelong Cherokee resident and 1994 Washington High School graduate, recently accepted a fulltime position in the Cherokee Community School District as Activities Director...

The Cherokee baseball team rounded out last week with a pair of road wins, first a 13-3 win at MVAOCOU on Wednesday before an 11-2 victory over Akron-Westfield on Thursday. On Wednesday, against MVAOCOU, freshman Daenon Loucks pitched a beauty and joined senior teammate Levi Pingel for two hits each in leading the Braves to their first win of the season, a 13-3, 10-run-rule win in five innings...

ESTHERVILLE - The Alta-Aurelia baseball team traveled to face Class 2A #9-ranked Estherville on Thursday afternoon and fell 15-0 in four innings of play. The Warriors couldn’t get anything going on the offensive end as the Midgets pitched a no-hitter. Estherville ran seven runs across in the bottom of the first, one in the second four in the third and three in the fourth to end it...

The score was 0-0 going into the sixth inning. That's when the 10th ranked Remsen St. Mary's Hawks scored seven runs, two in the sixth and five in the seventh, to defeat Cherokee 7-1 in the opener for both ball clubs here Monday night. Cherokee senior starter Joe Benson threw four innings of hitless ball, throwing 56 pitches, striking out five and walking just one. ...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Cherokee boys tennis team took part in the Lakes Conference Tournament on Wednesday and placed fourth, edging out Storm Lake who came in fifth. Spencer won the tournament with Estherville taking second and Spirit Lake coming in third...

Cherokee's track and field Braves took advantage of pleasant weather conditions and finished second to a strong host Spencer club in the six-team Spencer Invite here Monday. Cherokee tallied 97 points, second to Spencer's 149. Estherville-Lincoln Central was third with 95, followed by Bishop Garrigan 91, Emmetsburg 73, Storm Lake 43 and Spirit Lake 17...

I sincerely hope our 2022 graduates pick up our newspaper and read this. They deserve to know how much we appreciate them. Thirteen years ago, your mom and dad dropped you off at kindergarten and the journey began. It's been a long and winding road, full of unknown twists, turns, jubilation and sorrow...

HINTON - The Cherokee and MMCRU boys track and field team’s took part in the Blackhawk Relays in Hinton on Thursday evening. The Royals came in second with 125 points, just below Gehlen Catholic who won with 133, while Cherokee placed fifth with 67 points...

I tripped and knocked over my golf clubs and bag in the garage the other day and as I picked them up it dawned on me that I haven’t swung them for about seven years and probably won’t ever again. Suddenly sad and melancholy, I started looking around the garage and saw my youngest son’s old “Little League” bag with his glove, spikes, balls and bat he will never use again. ...

He probably never realized it, but a humble, soft spoken man we all call "Doc" is one of the best friends I've ever had. I've always felt a close kinship to him, having the utmost respect for a guy I shared the sidelines with so many years ago covering sports for the Cherokee Daily Times...

CHEROKEE - The Cherokee boys golf team hosted a triangular against Ridge View and OABCIG on Tuesday evening. The Braves took second place by carding a 198 while the Raptors placed third with 203. OABCIG won the triangular with a 177. Drew Spooner led the Braves with a 40 while Joe Bensen followed with a 43./ Trey Bensen had a 50, Max Clark carded a 65 and Cole Comstock put up 68 to round out the team...

IDA GROVE - The Cherokee and Ridge View girls golf teams traveled to Ida Grove on Tuesday for a triangular with OABCIG. The host Falcons won the meet wit ha 235, Cherokee took second with a 245 and Ridge View placed third at 259. Lauren Schubert led the Braves with a 58 while Reagan Pogeler carded a 61. Julia DeVos and Paige Schlenger each had a 63, Allie Shea put up 65 and Hayley Frey rounded it out with a 75...

Adam comes to us from the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune. The Okoboji area native graduated from Okoboji High School in 2015 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served for five years as a Combat Mass Communicator and Combat Videographer, reaching the rank of sergeant by the end of his service. ...

The 2021-22 boys' basketball season is in the books as we watched the Braves come together, especially late in the season, winning five in a row before losing to Central Lyon in a Class 2A substate final. Obviously, the highlights of the season for the Braves was a 64-63 district final win over Western Christian on Feb. 23 to qualify for the program's first substate appearance in 30 years...