Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Okoboji/HMS wrestlers competing in Class 2A at the state tournament wrestled Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 15) at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. First and second round matches, as well as first-round consolation matches were on the opening day schedule. Bryce Dodge (26-13), seeded 20th at 152 pounds, was paired with 13th seeded Talan Weber, 11, of Charles City (19-4) in the first round. The winner advanced to take on Chase Thomas, 12, of Osage (30-6), the fourth seed. Other first-round matches for...
• Feb. 12, 1948 The Peterson Hatchery was purchased by the Bloemendaal Hatcheries, of Alton and Sheldon. Kenneth Bloemendaal had charge of the Hartley hatchery. Mr. Peterson planned to remain in Hartley and would be associated with the Bloemendaals for a time. The Hartley girls breezed through the sectional basketball tournament in the local gymnasium with little difficulty. The Hartley team defeated Excelsior and Sanborn before winning the title game against Harris, 50-21. Hartley advanced to the district tournament which was held at Akron. S...
After losing six of seven games over a two-week period, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn rebounded last week with three wins. The week began almost like the previous one had ended at Hinton, with H-M-S surrendering a second-half lead and losing in overtime. But the Hawks would not follow that script at Harris-Lake Park on Jan. 31. Despite allowing leads to slip away in the first half and again in the fourth quarter, they prevailed, 68-65, in overtime. A 12-9 lead after one quarter did not hold up as H-LP...
Trinity Christian controlled the first half, but Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn came back during the final two quarters and in overtime to claim a 44-40 win on Feb. 3 in Hartley. The Tigers scored the first nine points and led 12-4 at the end of the first quarter. They extended the margin to 11 midway through the second quarter and led 18-10 at half time. The Hawks still trailed by that margin when they began a 9-0 run late in the third quarter, giving them their first lead. A late three-pointer put...
Two Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn seniors will continue their football careers with area colleges next fall. Keevyn Jacobsma and Travis Kamradt signed their letters of intent during the national signing day on Feb. 1. Jacobsma will join the football program at the University of Sioux Falls. He is listed as a tight end in the official signing release. He is an Iowa All-State First Team athlete and was twice all-district. Jacobsma is the son of Ryan and Becky, and plans to major in Biology at USF....
An unofficial Siouxland Conference dual tournament to complete six teams' schedules was held at Sioux Center on Feb. 2. Okoboji/HMS won one dual, lost one by a single point and dropped another to a highly-ranked team. The Pioneers defeated MOC-Floyd Valley, 46-30; lost to Sioux Center, 34-33, by the tie-breaker criteria; and fell to Top 10-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 50-24. With those results, Okoboji/HMS finished the conference dual season with a record of 5-2, and was 9-6 overall. H-M-S se...
Eleven Okoboji/HMS wrestlers were place-finishers at the 2023 Siouxland Conference tournament, which was held Feb. 4 at Sioux Center. The Pioneers' Noah Strantz was the champion at 160 pounds and four others, including H-M-S senior Bryce Dodge, wrestled in the title match of their respective weights. Dodge won his quarterfinal match by pinning James Bullerman of West Lyon in 42 seconds. He also won by fall (1:03) in a semifinal match with Kooper Huss of MOC-Floyd Valley. Coy DeBoer of...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn athletes are transitioning from the regular season to postseason competition in the coming week. Okoboji/HMS wrestlers will compete in the Class 2A district tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11. The meet will be held at Estherville and begins at 10 a.m. Other competing schools will be Algona, Cherokee, Estherville-Lincoln Central, Forest City, Sheldon/South O'Brien, Spirit Lake Park and West Lyon. First- and second-place finishers in each weight class qualify for the state...
Lance Berends became the leading rebounder in Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' basketball history on Jan. 27 at Hinton. The senior's accomplishment was recognized with the presentation of a commemorative basketball prior to Friday night's game with Trinity Christian. He was joined on the court by teammates and Hawk coach Naet Hoaglund. Berends broke the record of 906 rebounds that had been held by Blake Simons. Entering this week, Berends has 238 rebounds this season to give him 958 overall. He had...
• Feb. 5, 1948 Although the fuel oil shortage had not been so keenly felt in Hartley as in other sections of the state, plans were discussed by the Chamber of Commerce to set up an emergency fuel oil council. The committee would attempt to allocate fuel oil so that all would receive enough to heat their homes. The Hartley Hawks made history when they marched through the three toughest opponents, Sheldon, Primghar and Gaza, to win the O’Brien County basketball tournament. In the title game, Hartley pulled away from tournament dark horse Gaza, 55...
After fashioning a 7-2 record through the first half of January, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' basketball team has lost seven of their last eight games. The only win came against MMCRU, 63-51, on Jan. 24 in Hartley. H-M-S led by 11 points in the first quarter and by 15 late in the second before taking a 31-20 lead into half time. The Royals narrowed the margin to eight points in the third quarter and made another run to get to within seven with less than two minutes to play. The Hawks then...
Getting any consistent scoring proved a difficult proposition for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' basketball team during three games last week. Hosting Remsen St. Mary's [1A No. 4] on Jan. 23, H-M-S was held to single digits in three of the four quarters of a 60-28 loss. St. Mary's built a 30-10 lead by half time. Despite scoring 12 points in the third quarter, H-M-S trailed by 30 heading into the final eight minutes. Emily Mutombo scored 11 points and Kylee Schiphoff scored seven. Adding two...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn senior Kooper Ebel has reached another milestone in high school athletic career, this time on the basketball court. Ebel scored his 1,000th point during the Hawks' game with West Sioux on Jan. 20. Ebel was presented with a special basketball commemorating the accomplishment prior to the game with Remsen St. Mary's on Jan. 23. He was congratulated on court by Hawk coach Naet Hoaglund and teammates. "What a milestone and accomplishment for Kooper. I couldn't be more proud...
Boyden-Hull proved to be ungracious hosts on Jan. 26, sweeping both games of a non-conference basketball doubleheader with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. In the girls' game, H-M-S only scored seven points in the first half while the Comets finished with 25 to take an 18-point lead into half time. Boyden-Hull extended the advantage to 38-14 at the start of the final period. The Hawks nearly doubled their point production by scoring 23 points during the fourth quarter, but the Comets maintained their...
This winter's weather has impacted the Siouxland Conference dual wrestling schedule, but so far Okoboji/HMS has taken advantage of every opportunity to compete. The Pioneers improved their conference dual record to 4-0 with a double dual sweep of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock and West Lyon, on Jan. 24 at Inwood. They edged CL/GLR, 39-33, and won convincingly against the Wildcats, 45-27. One of James Gellerman's wins was a pin of Ethan Pedersen of CL/GLR, and Bryce Dodge added a pin on James...
Pin totals were more than enough for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's bowling teams to sweep Sioux Central during a meet on Jan. 27 at Sioux Rapids. The varsity boys finished with their highest team total of the season to top the Rebels, 2745-2328. Scores for the Hawks were Jack Mastbergen 225-238, 463; Marcus Aaron 192-175, 367; Riley Russell 201-151, 352; Dawson Niichel 147-170, 317; Drew Prins 123-193, 316; and Caleb Aaron 138-145, 283. The Baker game scores were 202, 183, 184, 165 and 196. H-M-S...
An agreement for scheduled service of HVAC systems in all three Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn buildings was approved by the school board on Jan. 16. Superintendent Patrick Carlin described the one-year service agreement with Trane as "preventive/proactive maintenance." "It's a proactive step. We have a lot of units and a lot of filters to maintain," he noted. The agreement divides Trane's services into three scopes of service. The first calls for spring and fall service inspections of all 23 rooftop...
The status of the old water plant in Royal is being further investigated following discussions with the city's water supplier. Mayor Josh Toft reported at this month's council meeting that Iowa Lakes Regional Water (ILRW) has agreed to provide cost estimates for exposing lines under the former plant. Doing so will help determine what should be relocated or eliminated, and what must remain. The old plant is located adjacent to the city maintenance building and fire station. According to discussio...
• Jan. 29, 1948 The Hartley Town Council voted to repeal the outmoded poll tax that had been on the statutes of the town for many years. The tax, which placed a levy upon the head of each able-bodied man of military age, was considered by many to be in effect little more than a “veteran’s tax.” The levy was originally intended to secure a fund of labor for the construction of roads. Harlan Goetsch was attending a school for farm equipment management, which was conducted by the International Harvester Co. exclusively for dealers and their p...
Defensive breakdowns against a hot-shooting team doomed Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn during a 78-49 loss to visiting West Sioux on Jan. 20. Mason Coppock and Booker Walsh outscored the entire H-M-S team with 28 and 24 points, respectively, The Falcons built leads of 19-12 after one quarter and 38-22 at the half thanks to an efficient offensive performance. "They were able to get the ball wherever they wanted it and capitalized by making their shots," said Hawk coach Naet Hoaglund. "They had us in...
Five Okoboji/HMS wrestlers were among the place finishers during the Herb Irgens Invitational, hosted by OABCIG on Jan. 20-21. James Gellerman was the only competitor from H-M-S to finish in the Top 8. The 182 pounder pinned Seth Donelson of East Sac County in 27 seconds and won an 8-1 decision over Wyatt Haffner of Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire. Following a loss by fall in 1:37 to Deontez Williams of Pocahontas Area, Gellerman edged Brendan Lamfers of Sioux Center, 4-3, and was pinned by...
One girls' basketball team was going to get its first win when Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and South O'Brien played in Hartley on Jan. 17. After starting the season with 10 straight losses, the Hawks got into the win column by defeating South O'Brien, 50-21. An 8-0 start propelled H-M-S to a 15-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Hawks maintained the double-digit advantage throughout the second quarter, helped by back-to-back three-pointers by Frankie Mohni within a 10-second span. Despite...
Emmetsburg's boys edged Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn to place first as a team during a bowling triangular Jan. 17 at Locomotion Lanes in Sanborn. The E-Hawks finished with a team total of 2,741. That was 13 pins better than H-M-S's total of 2,728. West Sioux finished with a final score of 2,325. Dawson Niichel rolled the high boys' individual game (236). He also rolled a 187 to finish with a team-best total of 423. Other scores for the Hawks were Jack Mastbergen 171-234, 405; Marcus Aaron 199-156,...
Bids for several improvements at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School are scheduled to be opened next month. The school board approved the scope of the project on Monday. According to John Hight, of Beck Engineering, Inc., bids will be opened and tabulated on Feb. 16. Results will be announced at the Feb. 20 meeting, when the board will conduct a hearing and determine whether to award contracts. BEI will recommend awarding contracts based on bid amounts and whether contractors are able to...
Although they approved a new solid waste collection contract with Town & Country Disposal, Royal council members on Jan. 11 still questioned the meaning of some of its language. The main sticking point was that the initial proposal received in November called for a 3 percent increase per year for the five-year agreement. Local officials interpreted that to mean the rate charged to the city would increase 3 percent each year. The final contract, however, calls for a 15 percent increase in the fir...
