Western Christian

Wolfpack avoid upset on buzzer-beater

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 12-17-12-25  66 Western Christian 7-21-17-23  68 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian did not have its best game in a Lakes Conference boys’ basketball contest with Storm Lake Tuesday, Dec. 18, but the Wolfpack avoided...

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Wolfpack start the season with a win

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 7-19-14-20  60 Spirit Lake 10-8-8-10  36 SPIRIT LAKE-The Western Christian boys’ basketball team was rusty for its first game of the 2018-2019 season Tuesday, Dec. 4, but the Wolfpack soon played up to its potential and...

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Tough shooting night spells a 43-24 defeat for the Wolfpack

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 4-8-8-4  24 Spirit Lake           9-13-9-12  43 SPIRIT LAKE-Spirit Lake used a 2-3 zone defense against Western Christian in a Lakes Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 4, but the Wolfpack were unable to shoot...

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Wolfpack compete at home quadrangular

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-It was the first night out for the young and small Western Christian wrestling team at a home quadrangular with Lawton-Bronson, Sibley-Ocheyedan and Kingsley-Pierson and the Wolfpack finished the night 1-2 as a team. But Western...

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Wolfpack fall short to Black Raiders in OT

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux City East            7-12-8-21-14  62 Western Christian 11-10-17-10-6  54 HULL-Western Christian gave Sioux City East a battle in a non-conference girls’ basketball game at home to open the 2018-2019 season, but the Wolfpack were...

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Wolfpack make it 18-straight trips to state

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 25 25 25  3 Boyden-Hull            18 10 14  0 SHELDON-When you have been to as many regional volleyball tournament finals as Western Christian has, nothing seems to faze the players when things get tight. That theme was...

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Nine Wolfpack earn all-conference honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Nine Western Christian volleyball players were selected to the Lakes all-conference volleyball team as announced and voted on by conference coaches Wednesday, Oct. 31. Earning first-team honors were Madison Hofman, Olivia Granstra,...

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Wolfpack take down H-M-S

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 14-6-9  0 Western Christian 25-25-25  3 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian had everything working on defense and from the service stripe, which in turn led to an aggressive offensive attack in a 25-14,...

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Three runners represent Western Christian at state

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor FORT DODGE-Whitney Minderhoud of Western Christian had some high expectations for herself coming into the Class 2A state cross-country meet Saturday, Oct. 27. Minderhoud fell a little short of those expectations, but still had a strong...

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Western Christian to send three runners to Fort Dodge

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-The Western Christian girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams had high goals set for themselves coming into the Class 2A state-qualifying meet at Landsmeer Golf Course in Orange City Thursday, Oct. 18. Unfortunately, the Wolfpack...

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Three Wolfpack runners earn all-conference honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SPIRIT LAKE-It was a wet and cold night for the Lakes Conference cross-country meet at Brooks Golf Course in Spirit Lake Monday, Oct. 8, but Western Christian did well enough to have three runners claim all-conference honors. The Wolfpack...

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Seniors go out with a conference title

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Cherokee                   12-14-20  0 Western Christian 25-25-25  3 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian knew the task at hand: defeat Cherokee and claim another Lakes Conference title for the seniors on Senior Night. The Wolfpack...

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Wolfpack fall short on the road against E’Hawks

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 7-7-0-0  14 Emmetsburg         0-14-6-0  20 EMMETSBURG-Western Christian kept the game within reach, but inconsistencies on offense and some big plays given up by the defense cost the Wolfpack a 20-14 Class 1A District 1...

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Wolfpack pull away from the Generals in second half

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan   0-0-0-0  0 Western Christian  7-0-14-7  28 HULL - Western Christian did not have much trouble moving the ball overall in its Class 1A District 1 football game against Sibley-Ocheyedan Friday, Oct. 5, but the Wolfpack...

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Western Christian and Trinity Christian get tested in Cherokee

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor CHEROKEE-Conditions proved to be an added factor for the Trinity Christian and Western Christian cross-country teams at the Cherokee Cross-Country Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 2, but the competition proved to be much tougher for the Wolfpack...

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Western Christian routs the Tornadoes in three

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake                       4-9-8  0 Western Christian 25-25-25  3 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian got off to a fast start in set one and never looked back in a 25-4, 25-9, 25-8 Lakes Conference volleyball victory over...

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Nighthawks impress with two third-place team finishes

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX CENTER-With the amount of rain the past two weeks cancelling a majority of cross-country meets, local teams were pleased to get a meet in at Dordt College in Sioux Center for the Western Christian Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 25. Both...

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