MASON CITY—A pair of Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears cross-country runners narrowly missed a top 10 finish to highlight the performances of the black-and-gold at the Newman Invitational held on Tuesday, Aug. 30.

Gavin Swift placed 11^th for the Golden Bear boys in 19:17.87 as Daniel Meis was 53^rd with a time of 22:22.05 just ahead of teammate Ethan Kuper in 54^th place in 22:23.52.

MILFORD—A pair of area boys’ cross-country teams competed at but did not have enough runners for a team score on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Okoboji Invitational.

Both North Union and West Bend-Mallard did not have enough runners to compile a team score on Thursday as the Warriors had four varsity runners and the Wolverines three.

Gavyn Morphew was the top area place winner at Okoboji Invitational as he took 25^th place for the green-black-and-silver in 19:40.40.

MILFORD—Sophomore Jacey Welbig of North Union placed fourth overall to highlight the performances of a pair of area girls’ cross-country squads at the Okoboji Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Welbig stopped the watches at 20:55.20 as she came across the finish line. West Bend-Mallard’s Tyra Schupbach also turned in a top 10 showing as she took 10^th place with her time of 21:50.30.

MANSON—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverines volleyball squad went on the road on Thursday, Sept. 1 in Twin Lakes Conference action and dropped a four-set match to the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars.

The home team took the first two games by the identical scores of 17-25 before the purple-and gold fought back to take the third set by the score of 25-15. But the Cougars ended the match with a 14-25 victory in the fourth game.

BUFFALO CENTER—Opening Top of Iowa Conference play with a four-set victory over North Iowa on Tuesday, Aug. 20, the North Union Warriors volleyball squad remained undefeated on the season in six matches.

The Lady Bison won the first game by the score of 20-25 before the green-black-and-silver roared back to take the next three sets by the scores of 25-18, 25-23 and 25-11.

ALGONA—It took all sets to determine a winner as the Algona Bulldogs’ volleyball squad opened the 2022 North Central Conference season with a victory over the Clear Lake Lions on Thursday, Sept. 1 in the league opener for both clubs.

The home team took the first two games by identical scores of 25-23 before Clear Lake fought back to win the third game by the score of 25-15.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Six season champions were crowned on Thursday, Aug. 25 as the 2022 dirt track racing season at the Kossuth County Speedway came to an end.

The crowd was treated to double features as last week’s races were rained out after the heat races were competed by a much needed thunderstorm that rolled through the Algona area.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan scored early and often in a 52-6 season opening victory on Friday, Aug. 26 over the Janesville Wildcats. The home team raced out to a 28-0 advantage at halftime and never looked back.

Bishop Garrigan scored on their first possession of the 2022 season as Cal Birkey dashed the final 27 yards for the score at the 9:33 mark of the opening stanza as the home team led 6-0.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

EMMETSBURG—Algona built a 26-0 first half advantage and went onto a 39-27 non-district victory over the Emmetsburg E-Hawks on Friday, Aug. 26 in the season opener for both football teams.

SPENCER—The Algona Bulldog boys’ cross-country team placed three young men in the top eight runners and finished second in the team race to highlight the performances of three area squads on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Spencer Invitational.

The red-and-black’s team total of 63 was topped by only Okoboji’s score of 51 points with Bishop Garrigan taking eighth place with 195 and North Union did not have enough runners for a team score.

SPENCER—Algona’s Moriah Knapp was the runner-up and North Union’s Jacey Welbig placed third to highlight the performances of three area girls’ cross-country squads on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Spencer Invitational.

Knapp crossed the finish line with a time of 20:02.51 just ahead of Welbig in 21:01.00 as Peyton Morey of Spencer won the race with her clocking of 19:53.10.

WEBSTER CITY—The Algona boys in the team race and Moriah Knapp in the girls’ individual race were the runner-ups to highlight the performances of the Algona cross-country teams at the Lynx Invitational on Monday, Aug. 29.

The red-and-black boys’ team score of 81 was topped only by North Polk, who had a perfect score of 15 created by having the top five runners.

GARNER—The North Union Warriors’ volleyball squad went a perfect 5-0 to place first at the Garner Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 27.

The green-black-and-silver started the day with a 21-15 and 21-13 victory over West Fork. Libby Stevens led the team in set assists with 14.

Olivia Merrill pounded home seven kills and registered one solo block and two block assists at the net while teammate Emily Meyer connected on 14 of 15 serves with four aces and came up with eight digs.

ADEL—The Algona Bulldogs volleyball squad went 1-2 on the road at the ADM (Adel) on Thursday, Aug. 25 in their 2022 season opener.

The red-and-black dropped their opener to the host school ADM by the score of 21-10 and 21-17. Lillian Etherington went nine of 11 behind the service line and Paige Schmitt had seven set assists.

Ryan Haynes came up with seven digs for the Bulldogs with Najolie Price registering two solo blocks at the net and A’Lailah Perry had six kills.

FORT DODGE—The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears volleyball squad went 2-3 on Saturday, Aug. 27 in a very balanced St. Edmond tournament. The black-and-gold opened the day with a 21-17 and 21-11 win over Webster City.

Molly Joyce led the way with a 13 of 16 serving performance with four aces, had seven kills and seven digs as Maggie Vaske added 11 set assists. Avery Lichter also came up with seven digs and Audi Crooks had one solo block and one block assist at the net.