By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

MARSHALLTOWN—For the third consecutive year, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ golf squad is the Class 1A state champions. The black-and-gold also won the title in 2019 and 2021 and there was no state tournament in 2020 due to COVID.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Despite being out-hit six to five; the Algona Bulldogs softball squad took advantage of walks and hit batters in a 12-2 North Central Conference victory on Friday, May 27 over the Clarion-Goldfield/Dows Cowgirls.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Algona pounded out 12 hits to help lead them to a 14-4, five-inning non-conference victory on Wednesday, May 25 over the Emmetsburg E-Hawks for the their first win of the season.

The red-and-black ended a 5-4 contest by erupting for nine runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Carlos Gomez led the way with three singles as Stren Crouch had two singles and Tate Slagle added a single and a double.

BANCROFT—North Union scored in every inning in a 16-1, four-inning season opening Top of Iowa Conference baseball victory on Wednesday, May 25 over the North Iowa Bison.

The green-black-and-silver plated three runs in both the first and second stanzas; scored twice in the third frame and ended the contest early with eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

ALGONA—In a non-conference baseball game shortened to six innings because of rain, Bishop Garrigan edged Emmetsburg on Tuesday, May 24 by the score of 8-7.

With the contest deadlocked at 7-7, Andrew Fogarty led off the bottom of the sixth inning with double in the right-center field gap. Nathan Merron followed with an infield single and Fogarty cruised home with the winning run when the E-Hawk shortstop threw the ball away.

ALGONA—The Algona and Bishop Garrigan High School trap-shoot squads hosted four other schools or clubs on Wednesday, May 25 at the Izaak Walton League.

The Algona 2 team had the high score of the day with a 219 as the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Bull Eyes took second with a total of 211 and the Algona 1 squad was third with a score of 210.

SWEA CITY—North Union opened defense of their Top of Iowa Conference title in impressive fashion with a 12-0 league opening softball victory on Wednesday, May 25 over the North Iowa Lady Bison.

The green-black-and-silver pushed across two runs in the bottom of the first inning before scoring four runs in both the second and third frames and ended the contest with two runs in the bottom of the fourth stanza.

ALGONA—Lake Mills scored twice in both the first and second innings and made those runs stand up in a 4-2 Top of Iowa Conference softball victory on Friday, May 27 over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.

The home team scored both of their tallies in the bottom of the fourth frame and had four hits in the loss. Darius Goche led the offense with a pair of singles as Hanna Merron and Molly Peterson both added a single as Goche and Merron scored the black-and-gold runs.

PETERSON—Sioux Central blanked West Bend-Mallard 23-0 in three innings in a non-conference baseball contest played at the Brooke Peterson Memorial Field on Tuesday, May 24.

The home plated five runs in the bottom of the first inning and put the game away in the next stanza as they exploded for a total of 18 runs in the frame to take a commanding 23-0 advantage.

ALGONA—Right-hander Andrew Fogarty pitched the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears baseball team to a 4-2 Top of Iowa Conference victory on Friday, May 27 over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

The black-and-gold scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning on four straight hits, including a solo home run by Garrett Heying. The home team added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth as the Bulldogs plated single runs in the third and fifth frames.

ALGONA—Algona let a commanding 10-1 lead get away before Tate Slagle singled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Bulldogs a hard-fought 12-11 North Central Conference baseball win over the Clarion-Goldfield/Dows Cowboys on Friday, May 27.

MASON CITY—Second ranked Mason City Newman scored in every inning in a 15-1, four-inning non-conference baseball victory over the Algona Bulldogs on Thursday, May 26.

The Knights scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, tacked on four more in the second, added two in the third and ended the contest with six runs in the fourth while the red-and-black scored their only tally in the second stanza.

FOREST CITY—Forest City jumped out to early 7-0 advantage and went onto a 9-2 Top of Iowa Conference baseball victory over the North Union Warriors on Friday, May 27.

The Indians added two more tallies in the bottom of the sixth stanza before North Union scored their only two runs of the contest in the top of seventh inning.

ESTHERVILLE—Estherville-Lincoln Central blanked the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears baseball team by the score of 9-0 in a non-conference contest played on Wednesday, May 25 at the Hess-Limberg Field.

The Midgets scored two runs in the first, third and fourth innings and tacked on three more in the fifth in the win. The black-and-gold had just four hits in the loss.

SWEA CITY—In a pitcher’s duel that featured 27 strikeouts of the 39 outs between the two squads, the North Union Warriors softball squad squeezed by Estherville-Lincoln Central 3-2 on Tuesday, May 24 in non-conference action.

Each squad scored twice in the first inning and the home team scored what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the third frame. The Warriors did not have a hit in the game and struck out 11 times but still got the victory.