Bowling teams lose to Sigourney-Keota

The Norwalk bowling teams both dropped to 1-1 on the season after losing dual meets against Sigourney-Keota on Monday at Air Lanes Bowling Center in Des Moines. The Savages won the boys’ meet by 408 total pins (2843-2435) and took the girls’ meet by 172 pins (2305-2133).

Gavin Housley led the Norwalk boys with an individual series of 406, rolling games of 193 and 213. Tanner Housley bowled a 398 (202-196) and Brytan Bassman added a 376 (208-168).

The Norwalk girls were paced by Julia Palen’s 325 series, including a 200 in her second game of the afternoon. Anna Curran totaled a 288 (144-144) and Elivia Stout had a 286 (162-124).

The Warriors’ next competition will be December 10 vs. Bondurant-Farrar at the Great Escape in Pleasant Hill.

Basketball doubleheader at Ballard

The Norwalk basketball teams travel to Huxley tonight for a girl-boy varsity doubleheader against the Ballard Bombers. The girls game will tip off at 6:00 p.m., followed by the season-opening boys contest at approximately 7:30. Both games can be streamed live on kniakrls.com (KNIA3), beginning with pregame coverage at 5:45.

The Class 4A fourth-ranked Norwalk girls enter tonight’s contest with a 3-0 record, having outscored Urbandale, ADM and Bondurant-Farrar by 24, 22 and 49 points, respectively. Ballard is 1-1 on the season. The Bombers lost to Dallas Center-Grimes by 32 points and defeated Clear Lake 37-27. Norwalk won last year’s meeting 60-46, outscoring Ballard 52-27 during the final three quarters.

The boys contest will match two traditionally-strong programs. Norwalk finished 18-6 last year and reached the Class 4A substate finals. Ballard went 16-9 and reached the 3A state tournament. The Bombers defeated the Warriors in last year’s opener, 56-50.