By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ARMSTRONG—West Bend-Mallard won five events to highlight the performances of a pair of area girls track squads at the Jim Godfredsen Relays on Monday, April 21.

North Union finished in fourth place overall in the final team standings with a team score of 93 points, one place ahead of the purple-and-gold who totaled 83 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ARMSTRONG—Leydan Grimm won the 400-meter hurdles event to highlight the performances of a pair of area teams at the annual Tom Elliott Relays held on Monday, April 21.

North Union had a good showing on their home track placing third with 100 team points while West Bend-Mallard ended up in sixth place overall with a team total of 47 points.

SPENCER—The Algona Bulldog boys golf team ended up in fifth place overall in the 15-team Bill Chambers Invitational held at the Spencer Golf & Country Club on Monday, April 21.

The red-and-black’s team total of 324 was the fifth best of the day as Clear Lake took the team title with a score of 303 and the Spencer Tigers were runner-ups with a total of 312.

LIVERMORE—Hosting a Top of Iowa Conference triangular golf match on Monday, April 21 were the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys and girls golf teams.

The black-and-gold girls placed first with a team total of 196 as Forest City took second place with a 212 and Belmond-Klemme was third with a 221 score.

SPIRIT LAKE—Greyson Colegrove was the runner-up in the long jump to highlight the performances of the North Union Warrior boys track team at the Spirit Relays on Tuesday, April 15.

The green-black-and-silver ended up in seventh place in the final team standings with 25 points as Spirit Lake ran away with the team title amassing a total of 234 points during the evening.

ARMSTONG—North Union defeated West Bend-Mallard 174-187 in a non-conference boys golf match played at the Country Greens Golf Course on Monday, April 21.

The green-black-and-silver turned the top two scores of the day as Drew Henderson shot a one-under 35 to earn the medalist honors as teammate Cole Nicoson took home the runner-up medal with his nine-hole score of 45.

WEST BEND—In the season opener for the squad, the Algona Bulldog girls golf squad topped the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines by the final score of 218-255 in a non-conference match played at the West Bend Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, April 15.

The red-and-black posted the top two scores of the day as Gabby Venteicher won the medalist honor with her nine-hole score of 49 while teammate Taylor Hellman was the runner-up medalist with a score of 54.

BUFFALO CENTER—Algona dominated the five-team field in Class A at the Lady Bison Relays by winning 11 different events and cruised to the team title in the meet held on Thursday, April 17.

The red-and-black amassed a team total of 177 points to easily place first in the meet. North Union also competed in the meet and scored a total of 59 points to place fifth overall.

SPIRIT LAKE—A pair of runner-up finishes highlighted the performances of the North Union Warrior girls track squad at the Spirit Lake Relays on Tuesday, April 15.

The green-black-and-silver girls scored a total of 33 points during the meet to finish in sixth place overall as Spirit Lake won the team title with 182 points.

ALGONA—A large group of 11 Algona track athletes and one West Bend-Mallard high jumper have qualified for the 115^th running of the Drake Relays this week in Des Moines.

ARMSTONG—North Union defeated West Bend-Mallard 174-187 in a non-conference boys golf match played at the Country Greens Golf Course on Monday, April 21.

The green-black-and-silver turned in the top two scores of the day as Drew Henderson shot a one-under 35 to earn the medalist honors as teammate Cole Nicoson took home the runner-up medal with his nine-hole score of 45.

BANCROFT—For the first time this spring, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls golf squad tasted victory as the team earned their first win of the season on Monday, April 21 at the North Kossuth Golf Club.

The purple-and-gold had a team total of 234 to win the non-conference match as North Union had just three golfers and no team score.

ESTHERVILLE—The Algona Bulldog girls golf squad had an impressive showing on Monday, April 21 with a second place showing in the Estherville Invitational played at the Estherville Golf & Country Club.

The red-and-black’s 18-hole team total of 395 was topped only the Spencer Tigers’ score of 393 in the field of six different girls teams.

CLEAR LAKE—Turning in some more season-best performances, the Algona Bulldog boys track team had a solid showing at the annual Lion Relays held on Tuesday, April 15.

The squad won five events and scored a team total of 123 points to place second in the eight-team field that was topped only by Clear Lake’s winning score of 125 points.

MANSON—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys track team competed in the Emily Market Co-Ed Relays held on Thursday, April 17 and finished in 10^th place overall with 12 team points.

The top purple-and-gold place winner was the 4 x 200-meter relay unit of Grady Goddard, Silas Bindel, Abner Zaugg and Leydan Grimm that crossed the finish line in fifth place in 1:42.44 and Grimm was sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.91.