GOWRIE—Amassing a total of 105 points during the evening, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines boys’ track team won the Class B Division at the Southeast Valley Invitational on Monday, April 8.

The purple-and-gold won a total of three events on the night and was the runner-ups in five more different events.

GARNER—Drew Henderson shot a nine-hole total of 40 to highlight the performances of the North Union Warrior boys’ and girls’ golf teams in a Top of Iowa Conference triangular played on Monday, April 7 at the Garner Golf & Country Club.

The boys’ match was very tight with Belmond-Klemme placing first with a team score of 172 closely followed by Garner-Hayfield/Ventura with a 174 and North Union was third with a 178.

SPENCER—Despite senior Avery Lichter winning the medalist honor, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ golf squad dropped their season opener to the Spencer Tigers on Tuesday, April 2 at the Spencer Golf & Country Club by the score of 203-227.

Lichter recorded pars on Holes No. 1, 2, 6 and 8 enroute to a seven over par total of 43 as Aubrie Rabei was the runner-up medalist with her nine-hole score of 48.

SPENCER—Opening the 2024 season at the Spencer Golf & Country Club, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ golf dropped a triangular meet held on Tuesday, April 2.

Spencer won the meet with a team total of 163, two less than Humboldt’s score of 165 and Bishop Garrigan finished in third place with a 182.

Trevor Cooke of Spencer was the individual meet medalist with a nine-hole score of 40 and Carson Sleiter of Humboldt earned the runner-up medalist with a score of 40.

SIOUX RAPIDS—West Bend-Mallard dropped a Twin Lakes Conference girls’ golf quadrangular meet played on Monday, April 8 at the Little Sioux Golf & Country Club.

Pocahontas Area won the meet with a team total of 203 as Newell-Fonda was second with a 216 followed by Sioux Central with a 231 and West Bend-Mallard rounded out the field with a team score of 260.

NEWELL—Heading on the road for a Twin Lakes Conference quadrangular golf match, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ golf placed fourth on Monday, April 8.

Newell-Fonda finished in first place with a team total of 168 followed by Pocahontas Area with a 194 as Sioux Central took third with a 200 and West Bend-Mallard placed fourth with a team score of 206.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—With the final frost gone after this weekend’s precipitation, it will not be long before the roar of Thursday night thunder with be back at the Thunderdome at the Kossuth County Speedway.

“We had a good 2023 season,” said track manager Ron Reefer. “Our car count was down a little bit and our crowds were pretty solid and consistent.

ALGONA—The Algona High School Wall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the 2024 class of the Wall of Fame.

This year, three individuals and one team will be recognized as the newest members of the Wall of Fame during an induction ceremony on Sept. 13 prior to the first home football game.

Our hope is to not only honor the past but to inspire our current student-athletes to strive to be part of the rich tradition and history of Algona High School.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

CLEAR LAKE—Algona won three events and set meet records in all three events to highlight the performances of the red-and-black boys’ track team at the Northwest Iowa Championships held on Friday, March 22.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

CLEAR LAKE—A new meet record performance by the 4 x 800-meter relay team highlighted the night’s showing for the Algona Bulldog girls’ track squad at the North Iowa Girls Indoor Championships on Thursday, March 21.

The 4 x 800-meter relay crossed the finish line first with a new meet record time of 10:21.12. The quartet that ran that race was Andi Jensen, Charli Dodds, Malyn Davis and Macy Knapp.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

BROOKINGS—Colin Rasch finished in third place in the shot put to highlight the performances of five North Union boys’ tracksters at the Ruth Marske Invitational held on Saturday, March 23.

Rasch tossed the steel ball 52’ 5¼” to capture third place in the event as the green-black-and-silver finished in 19^th place with a team total of six points during the day.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

BROOKINGS—A total of eight North Union girls’ track members competed on Saturday, March 23 at the Ruth Marske Invitational indoor meet on the campus of South Dakota State University.

The green-black-and-silver did not score any points in the meet and the top place winner was senior Olivia Merrill in the shot put with a ninth place throw of 35’ 7¾”.

The 27^th edition of the Kossuth County Advance Girls’ All-Area basketball squad is highlighted by a pair of three-time returnees and two more that are on the team for the second consecutive season.

Abbie Capesius of Bishop Garrigan and Naomi Jones of North Union are back for the third time while Lauren McLaughlin of Algona and West Bend-Mallard’s Kierstin Montag, who also made the squad in 2022.

Former Bishop Garrigan and DMACC center Angelo Winkel was selected as the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference player of the year and was chosen to the first-team all-conference squad.

Winkel led the Bears in scoring and rebounding this season with 519 points and 241 rebounds as the squad won the conference title with a 16-2 record and 28-4 overall this season.

STORM LAKE—Colin Rasch of North Union won the shot to highlight the performances of both the North Union Warriors and West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ track team at the Buena Vista meet held on Saturday, March 16.

Rasch tossed the steel ball 47’ 4¾” to top the field while teammates Gavyn Morphew in the 1,600-meter run and Greyson Colegrove in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.47 both ended up in third place.