By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

BOONE—For the third straight year, a season champion at the Kossuth County Speedway is a Super Nationals champion.

Hobby stock champion Mike Smith of Lake City won the Super National title on Saturday, Sept. 9 to complete eight straight days and nights of dirt track racing at the 41st annual Super Nationals held at the Boone Speedway.

EAGLE GROVE—Picking up their first Top of Iowa Conference volleyball victory of the season, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears defeated the Eagle Grove Eagles in three straight sets.

The black-and-gold started fast by taking the opening game by the score of 25-12 and squeezed out a tight 25-23 win in the second set. The Golden Bears ended the match with a 25-20 victory in game number three.

ARMSTRONG—North Union earned a Top of Iowa Conference volleyball victory on Tuesday, Sept. 5 over the West Hancock Eagles in three straight sets.

The green-black-and-silver won the opener by the score of 25-13 before taking the second game by the count of 25-17 and ended the match with a 25-14 victory in set number three.

The Warriors were successful on 72 of 74 serves as a team on the evening in the win for 97.3 percent and served 15 aces.

ESTHERVILLE—Each of the four area girls’ cross-country squads had some outstanding performances on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Estherville Invitational meet.

The four schools placed seven runners in the top 20 finishers during the meet.

Algona finished as the runner-up in the team standings with 66 points with North Union taking fourth with 99 team points while both West Bend-Mallard and Bishop Garrigan did not have enough runners for a team score.

HOLSTEIN—Competing in a pair of cross-country meets on Saturday, Sept. 9, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ team competed in both the Tim Thomas Classic and CYO meets.

The black-and-gold placed 11th in Class B in the Tim Thomas Classic with 304 points as East Sac County won the meet with a team score of 39 team points.

FORT DODGE—Reese Taylor won the one-meter diving event for the Algona swim team on Thursday, Sept. 7 at a triangular meet against Fort Dodge and Sioux City West.

Taylor scored a total of 228.35 points to win the event. Sioux City West placed first with 66 points as Fort Dodge was next with 32 and Algona finished third with 19 team points.

Homecoming candidates are front, from left: Avery Lichter, Violet Bode, Ella Schaaf and Abbie Capesius.
Back: Sam Plathe, Justin Bauer, Logan Nemmers and Nick Laubenthal. Kim Wegener photo

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

WEST BEND—Anyone who is familiar with the 2023 Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears’ football team knows that senior Caden Roethler is one of the leaders the team looks to make big plays.