Webster City Lynx

Lynx shine in MC

MASON CITY — The Webster City cross country teams fared well at Mason City on Tuesday. Both the Lynx boys and girls teams earned sixth-place finishes. The boys had 154 points. Justin Callahan (17:30) recorded the top effort for Webster City, placing 10th. Aidan Wardell (18:26.6) was 23rd, Jack Barner (18:42) was 31st, Gabe Thumma (18:54.7) was 39th and Kaleb Draeger (19:58) was 59th. Mason City’s Henry Hansen (16:03) was the boys winner. Lakes Mills (45) took the team title. For the Webster City girls, they had 165 points. “It was a great meet,” WCHS head coach Derek ...

Davis, Hibbing going into BVU Hall of Fame

STORM LAKE — Two former Webster City standouts will be inducted into the Buena Vista University Athletics Hall of Fame this coming Friday night. Alex Davis and Kyle Hibbing will be honored along with their teammates from the 2011 Beaver baseball team, Dan O’Hern, Jennifer (Einck) Irvin, ...

CHALLENGING SLATE

One would be hard-pressed to find a more battle-tested group coming out of non-district play than the Webster City football squad. The Lynx finished that portion of their schedule here Friday night, dropping a tough 34-21 decision to No. 6 (Class 4A) Gilbert. Kaleb Hansen and Jaxon ...

Webster City in action at Forest City Invite

FOREST CITY — The Webster City volleyball squad wrapped up the Forest City Invitational here on Saturday with a victory over a conference rival. After dropping matches to talented opponents in Lake Mills and Forest City, the Lynx (8-8 overall) defeated Clarion-Goldfield/Dows. Scores were 21-16 and 21-19. Junior Tristyn Wright had six kills for Webster City in the win. Sophomore Jaylyn Bahrenfuss added five. Junior Lovie Pruismann recorded 14 assists. Senior Morgan Hackbarth tallied 12 digs. Senior Ashley Nydegger was perfect at the service line and had an ace. Webster City ...

COUNTDOWN IS ON

Lynx in action at regionals

BOONE — The Webster City girls tennis team came up short of advancing anyone through to individual state at a Class 1A regional tournament here Wednesday. The doubles team of Allie Severe and Alivia Burns finished third, securing a possible state bid as a alternate. Severe and Burns rolled into the semifinals, winning in the opening round over a pair from North Polk, 6-2, 6-4. In the final four, they fell to the runner-up team from Sioux City Heelan in straight sets. “I felt like Allie and Alivia got snubbed in the seed meeting and played with a chip on their shoulders because ...