By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ESTHERVILLE—Top-ranked Estherville-Lincoln Central built an early double-digit lead and went onto a 54-38 non-conference victory on Monday, Nov. 27 over the Algona Bulldog girls’ basketball squad.

An 8-0 run to close out the first quarter and a 7-0 run to finish the first half gave the red-and-white a comfortable margin as they led by as many as 23 points during the contest.

First Team Offense

Lucas Ahrenstorff Harris-Lake Park 12 U

Cole Fehr West Bend-Mallard 11 RB

Caleb Hemphill Harris-Lake Park 12 RB

Tate Foertsch Bishop Garrigan 10 QB

Keaton Helleseth Bishop Garrigan 11 OL

Travis Luitjens Harris-Lake Park 12 OL

Devin Meyer Harris-Lake Park 12           WR

Landon Montag West Bend-Mallard 12 U

Sam Plathe Bishop Garrigan 12           WR

First Team

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

CEDAR FALLS—November 16 might have just have become the most favorite day for the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears football team to play.

The black-and-gold earned the school’s first football state title on Nov. 16, 1985 under the direction of head coach Larry Weier and repeated that feat on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 with a 39-30 victory over second-ranked Bedford.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—Bishop Garrigan senior running back Caden Roethler was voted as the eight-man football player of the year by the Iowa Print Sports Writers and Iowa Football Coaches Association on Sunday at Dowling High School.

Roethler ran the football 219 times this year for 1,340 yards as he scored 22 touchdowns along with rushing for five two-point conversions and caught one pass for nine yards.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—A pair of Algona Bulldogs’ football players were selected to the Class 3A first-team all-state team on Sunday in a vote by the Iowa Print Sports Writers and Iowa Football Coaches Association.

Senior Porter Reffer was chosen to the squad as a wide receiver while junior teammate Alex Manske was named all-state for the third straight season at an offensive utility position.

The Kossuth County Advance All-Area Football Team is selected by the newspaper’s sports editor, Greg Grabianowski, with input from the local coaches. 

This is the 18th season Grab has selected student-athletes for all-area teams.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—A nice group of 14 young men return to the 19^th annual edition of the Kossuth County Advance All-Area Football Team.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

HOLSTEIN—In their 2023-2024 season opener, the Algona Bulldog girls’ wrestling squad went 2-1 in a quadrangular meet held at Ridge View High School.

The red-and-black defeated Dension-Schleswig 72-6 in their opening match but fell to Ridge View by the score of 30-54.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

FORT DODGE—Six young ladies placed first in their weight class to help lead the Algona Bulldog girls’ wrestling squad to a first place finish at the Fort Dodge Early Bird Scramble on Thursday, Nov. 16.

The red-and-black topped the six-team field with a team score of 184.5 points as Fort Dodge second with a team total of 114 points.

Alex Manske Algona 11 QB

Landon Montag West Bend-Mallard 12 QB

Porter Reffer Algona 12           WR

Cole Fehr West Bend-Mallard 11 RB

Cohen Reffer Algona 12 OL

Preston Guerdet North Union 12           WR

Landon Hagedorn North Union 12 RB

Cortlyn Schupbach West Bend-Mallard 12 OL

Evan Allie Algona 10 RB

Tate Foertsch Bishop Garrigan 10 QB

Aiden Ulrich Algona 11 OL

Logan Grimm West Bend-Mallard 12 LB

Caden Roethler Bishop Garrigan 12 LB

Colin Rasch North Union 12 LB

Tate Slagle Algona 11 LB

Jack Limbaugh Algona 11 DE

Keaton Helleseth Bishop Garrigan 11 DL

Mitch Stevens West Bend-Mallard 12 DE

Benjy Trainer Bishop Garrigan 12 LB

Landon Thompson Algona 11 LB

Ethan Marso Bishop Garrigan 10 LB

Jaxon Zaugg West Bend-Mallard 12 DE

Reid Louwagie Algona 12 LB

Rushing—Landon Montag, WBM 198-1,536, 29 TD’s; Caden Roethler, BG 219-1,328, 22 TD’s; Cole Fehr, WBM 137-993, 14 TD’s; Landon Hagedorn, NU 150-937, 11 TD’s; Evan Allie, AHS 122-744, 7 TD’s; Alex Manske 128-714, 12 TD’s; Passing—Manske, AHS 101-167, 1,787 Yds, 17 TD, 3 Int; Tate Foertsch, BG, 92-157, 1,417 Yds, 21 TD, 2 Int; Grady Madden, NU, 84-135, 1,088 Yds, 14 TD’s, 5 Int; Montag, WBM 40-77, 810 Yds, 11 TD’s, 7 Int; Pass Receiving—Porter Reffer, AHS 47-964, 9 TD’s; Pre

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

NEVADA—Harley Tobin placed first at 105 pounds to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls’ wrestling squad at the 34-team Central Iowa Kickoff Tournament here on Saturday, Nov. 18.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

NEVADA—Harley Tobin placed first at 105 pounds to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls’ wrestling squad at the 34-team Central Iowa Kickoff Tournament here on Saturday, Nov. 18.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

Two area volleyball players were recently selected to the all-district teams in their class by a vote of the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association.

Kierstin Montag of West Bend-Mallard was chosen to the Class 1A Northwest All-District squad while Algona’s Najolie Price was named to the Class 3A Central All-District unit.