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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. […]
Lions return to state
Central Lyon girls’ varsity basketball Aggression leads to second-half comeback for squad in regional title win over Hinton Berlyn DeWit | Staff Intern Central Lyon 11-10-18-12 51Hinton 13-16-6-8 43ORANGE CITY – Central Lyon played the Hinton Blackhawks in the regional final at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21 in Orange City. This up-and-down game ended in […]
Central Lyon caps campaign
Central Lyon boys’ basketball Vander Zee scores 27 points during final game, a big-time loss to Western in district final Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Central Lyon13-18-17-12 60Western Christian18-18-31-22 89SHELDON – Central Lyon’s hopes of defending its state title came to a crashing halt Tuesday, Feb. 20. In Sheldon, the Lions’ season came to a […]
Unit drops penultimate contest
Central Lyon boys’ basketball Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter Central Lyon 14-10-16-11 51Unity Christian 25-20-20-12 77ORANGE CITY – Central Lyon boys’ basketball struggled mightily defensively in the penultimate regular-season game of its season. Unity Christian took down the Lions 77-51 Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Orange City.Four different Knights tallied doubled figures, as sophomore Dylan Bosma […]
Lions score 17 points
G-LR coasts to 15th win
george-little rock girls’ basketball Mustangs bog down Wolves to open playoff run with victory following first-round bye Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter George-Little Rock15-15-11-9 50Harris-Lake Park7-9-7-9 32GEORGE – After earning a bye in the first round, George-Little Rock girls’ basketball won its first playoff game Tuesday, Feb. 13, in George. The Mustangs defeated Harris-Lake Park […]