STORM LAKE—For the second straight evening, the Algona Bulldogs’ baseball team let a big lead get away as the Storm Lake Tornadoes rallied for an 11-10 non-conference walk off win over the red-and-black on Tuesday, June 20.

The visitors scored two runs in the top of the first and six more in the top of the third stanza for an early 8-0 advantage.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Making their annual visit to the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, June 22, a total of 15 outlaw mini-mods made an appearance at the track with Matthew Grobe of Austin, Mn. earning the win by leading the entire race.

Ben Kraus  ▪  Kanawha

Outlaw Mini-Mods

How many years have you been racing: Around 25 years

Who is the biggest influence or person that got you started racing: My dad, he raced go-karts when I was growing up; when I turned four, Scott Brown, my dad and a couple other dads wanted their boys to get into racing so we started a rookie class at Forest City

LAKE MILLS—North Union moved one step closer to a perfect Top of Iowa Conference softball record with a 14-0, six-inning victory over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

The green-black-and-silver broke open a close 1-0 contest in the top of the fourth inning with six runs and ended the game two innings later with seven more runs.

ALGONA—Two St. Edmond pitchers limited the Algona Bulldogs’ softball squad to just one hit as the ninth-ranked Gaels shutout the red-and-black by the final score of 3-0 on Friday, June 23.

The green-and-white scored their only three runs of the contest in the top of the fourth inning to break a scoreless contest with Josie Harvey’s two-run double being the game’s key blow.

North Central             Overall               Conf

St. Edmond 18-10 9-2

Humboldt 14-9 7-2

Webster City 12-15 8-3

Clear Lake 10-11 5-4

Hampton-Dumont 7-13 5-5

Algona 7-10 4-7

Clarion-Goldfield/Dows 5-14 2-8

Iowa Falls-Alden 2-15 1-10

Top of Iowa

North Union 18-6 14-0

Bishop Garrigan 12-8 10-3

North Iowa 12-5 10-4

Lake Mills   8-9 8-5

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—On Friday, the post-season softball pairing were released by the Iowa High School Athletic Union for the three area squads as they know the teams that stand between them and the chance to play in the state softball tournament in Fort Dodge July 17-21.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

BOONE—Class 1A baseball district and sub-state pairings were released last Thursday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association for the three area teams.

The Class 3A pairings, which includes the Algona Bulldogs, will be released sometime this week as teams will now know their path to a possible trip to the state baseball tournament on July 17-21 at Carroll or Iowa City.

North Central Overall Conf

Humboldt 19-3 11-0

Clear Lake  12-9 8-3

Webster City 12-14 7-4

Hampton-Dumont 13-11 6-5

Algona 11-14 6-5

Clarion-Goldfield/Dows 8-18 3-9

St. Edmond 3-14 3-9

Iowa Falls-Alden 4-13 1-10

Top of Iowa

Bishop Garrigan 19-5 12-1

Forest City 14-7 11-2

Eagle Grove 14-9 9-5

Lake Mills 10-8 9-5