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Weather, Lynx too much for Algona to overcome

WEBSTER CITY—At least it did not snow. That would have been the only thing that would have made the weather worse on Friday, Oct. 13 for the Algona Bulldogs’ football team.

The Friday the 13th nightmare at Webster City featured a heavy driving rain for the first three quarters making the field a slippery, sloppy, muddy mess.

Schupbach places third at Twin Lakes meet

ALTA—Tyra Schupbach finished in third place overall to highlight the performances of the West Bend-Mallard boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams at the annual Twin Lakes Conference meet held on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Schupbach came across the finish line in 19:22.29, a time topped only by Alta-Aurelia’s Nora Peterson with a clocking of 19:03.27 and Manson Northwest Webster’s Alyssa Richman’s time of 19:06.92.

WB-Mallard topples Titans in three straight sets

WEST BEND—For the third time this season, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ volleyball squad defeated the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans in three straight sets on Monday, Oct. 16.

The purple-and-gold took the opening game by the score of 25-14 before taking set number two by the count of 25-13 and ended the match with a 25-15 victory in the third game.

Golden Bears top North Iowa in regional opener

BUFFALO CENTER—Bishop Garrigan and North Iowa played twice during the regular season with each volleyball squad winning once.

The black-and-gold won in four sets on Sept. 19 in the Top of Iowa Conference match while Lady Bison won in three sets at the Bishop Garrigan tournament on Sept. 23.

So the two teams met in rubber match on Monday, Oct. 16 in the opening round of the Class 1A regional tournament and the Golden Bears rallied twice late to win in three straight games.

Poky defeats Wolverines in four sets

POCAHONTAS—In the regular season finale for both teams, Pocahontas Area topped the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines in four sets in a Twin Lakes Conference volleyball match played on Thursday, Oct. 12.

The home team took the first two games by the scores of 19-25 and 16-25 before the purple-and-gold took the third set 25-22. But Pocahontas Area ended the match with a 15-25 victory in game number four.

Bulldogs go 3-2 in Algona Invitational

ALGONA—In their final action of the regular season, the Algona Bulldogs’ volleyball squad went 3-2 at the Algona Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The red-and-black defeated Spencer 21-13 and 21-17; topped Emmetsburg 23-21 and 21-13 and St. Edmond by the score of 21-13, 17-21 and 15-12.

The Bulldog losses came at the hands of Forest City by the score of 17-21 and 18-21 and a 17-21 and 13-21 loss to the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

Taylor places 8th at Bobcat Dive Meet

MARSHALLTOWN—Reese Taylor of the Algona swim team traveled to Marshalltown on Saturday, Oct. 14 to compete against 29 other divers in the “Bobcat Dive Meet” held at the Marshalltown YMCA.

Taylor scored a total of 369.00 points on her dives during the day to finish in eighth place out of the 30 young ladies competing on Saturday.

Bulldogs rush past Humboldt 34-17

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—A strong northwest wind slowed down the potent Algona passing so the red-and-black used a heavy dose of the rushing game to hand the Humboldt Wildcats a key Class 3A 34-17 district football loss on Friday, Oct. 6.

Golden Bears pull away in fourth quarter

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

RUTHVEN—Bishop Garrigan tallied 20 points in the final 12 minutes to break open a 28-20 contest and went onto a 48-20 eight-man football victory over the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans on Friday, Oct. 6.

The black-and-gold forced four turnovers in the road contest and turned all four of them into touchdowns which proved to be the difference in the football game.

BGHS drops non-conference match to Mustangs

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—Newell-Fonda handed the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears’ volleyball squad a non-conference defeat in three straight sets on Thursday, Oct. 5.

The Mustangs prevailed in a tight first game by the score of 25-23 before taking game number two 25-13 and ended the match with a 25-14 victory in the third set.

AHS boys take second at Eagle Grove

EAGLE GROVE—A second place finish with 66 points was turned in by the Algona Bulldog boys’ cross-country team on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Dick Bell Invitational.

Bishop Garrigan also competed at the meet and took 10th place with a team score of 281 as Garner-Hayfield/Ventura took the team title with a team total of 36 points.

Isaac Wilson was the top place winner for the red-and-black in seventh place overall in 18:32.15 and Gavin Weber was 12th with a time of 19:04.00.

Schupbach 2nd at Lake City in talented field

LAKE CITY—Tyra Schupbach of West Bend-Mallard was the runner-up in a star-studded field of talent at the South Central Calhoun Titan Invitational to highlight the performances of the purple-and-gold girls’ cross-country squad.

Schupbach, ranked fifth in Class 1A in the latest rankings, took second place in 19:30.00 as second-rated (1A) Nora Peterson of Alta-Aurelia won the individual title with a time of 18:57.70.

Mara Davis runner-up at Dick Bell Invite

EAGLE GROVE—Mara Davis of Algona was the runner-up at the Dick Bell Invitational held on Tuesday, Oct.3 to highlight the performances of the Algona and Bishop Garrigan girls’ cross-country squads.

Davis crossed the finish line with a clocking of 20:50.06 for the red-and-black that was topped only Lauren Hillesland of North Iowa in 20:34.58.

BG, NU boys’ cross-country teams run at Forest City

FOREST CITY—Both the Bishop Garrigan and North Union boys’ cross-country teams participated in the Forest City Invitational held at the Bear Creek Golf Course on Monday, Oct. 9.

The green-black-and-silver ended up in 10th place in the team standings with a team score of 261, one spot ahead of Bishop Garrigan’s 11th place total of 281 points.

WB-M falls to Southeast Valley in four sets

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard put up a good fight but Southeast Valley earned a Twin Lakes Conference volleyball win on Thursday, Oct. 5 in four close games.

The visitors won the first two sets by identical scores of 20-25 before the purple-and-gold took the third game 25-20 and the Jaguars ended the match with a 19-25 victory in the fourth set.

Algona clinches share of NCC volleyball title

ALGONA—Algona clinched at least a share of the North Central Conference volleyball title on Thursday, Oct. 7 with a hard-fought four-set league victory over the Clarion-Goldfield/Ventura Cowgirls.

The red-and-black is now 5-1 in conference matches and 15-6 in games played in those matches and travel to Humboldt tonight (Thursday) for a chance to win the title outright.

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