BANCROFT—Nate Leerar’s sacrifice fly with one out in the top of the eighth-inning chased home older brother Nick to give Bishop Garrigan a hard-fought 5-4, eight-inning Top of Iowa Conference baseball win over the North Union Warriors on Friday, June 27.

The black-and-gold built an early 4-0 advantage only to see the home team plate three runs in the bottom of the seventh stanza to force extra innings.

SWEA CITY—North Union exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break open a tight 5-4 contest as the green-black-and-silver went onto a 12-4, six-inning Top of Iowa Conference softball win over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears on Friday, June 27.

The victory kept the Warriors atop the league standings with a 13-1 conference record and 18-5 overall while the black-and-gold fell to 5-12 overall and 3-7 in conference games.

COLLINS—Bishop Garrigan dropped a pair of softball games played at the Collins Tournament held on Saturday, June 28. The black-and-gold lost 14-4 in four innings to Grandview Christian and fell to Collins-Maxwell by the final score of 8-5.

In the opener, the Thunder broke open a tight 5-4 contest with nine runs in the fourth inning for the win. The Golden Bears scored four times in the opening frame for their runs in the game.

FORT DODGE—North Union picked up a pair of non-conference softball games on Saturday, June 28 at the St. Edmond Classic. The green-black-and-silver edged Pocahontas Area 4-3 and topped LeMars Gehlen 13-1 in five innings.

In the opener, the Warriors scored twice in the opening frame along with one run in both the third and fourth stanza while the Indians plated single runs in the first, third and fifth innings.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan snapped a six-game losing streak in impressive fashion with a 14-1, four-inning rout of the North Iowa Lady Bison on Monday, June 30 in Top of Iowa Conference softball play.

The black-and-gold scored once in the first inning, plated five more in the bottom of the second stanza and exploded for eight tallies in the third frame to get the victory, avenging a wild 14-13 loss at Buffalo Center on June 9.

BELMOND—A nine-run eruption in the top of the seventh inning helped the North Union Warriors baseball team rally from a 6-3 deficit and go onto a 12-6 Top of Iowa Conference win over Belmond-Klemme on Saturday, June 28 in a make-up contest that was rained out earlier in the week.

The home team got on the scoreboard first with a run in the bottom of the first that was matched by one from the green-black-and-silver in the top of the second.

LAKE MILLS—North Union wrapped up the 2025 Top of Iowa Conference softball title on Monday, June 30 with a 12-1, four-inning victory over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

The green-black-and-silver plated three runs in the top of the first inning; exploded for seven runs in the top of the third stanza and pushed across two more in the fourth for the win as Lake Mills scored their only run in the bottom of the second inning.

ALGONA—Seventh-ranked St. Edmond used a seven-run explosion in the second inning to cool off the hottest team in the North Central Conference as the Gaels defeated the Algona Bulldogs 9-2 on Monday, June 30.

The red-and-black came into the contest going 12-1 in their last 13 games with the only loss coming to St. Edmond on June 11 by the score of 12-4 in Fort Dodge.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan prepared for a Top of Iowa Conference showdown with Forest City for the league title on Tuesday with a 9-1 conference victory over the North Iowa Bison on Monday, June 30.

The black-and-gold scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings along with four in the fifth and two more tallies in the sixth frame in the win as the Bison scored their only tally of the game in the top of the fifth stanza.

BELMOND—A nine-run eruption in the top of the seventh inning helped the North Union Warriors baseball team rally from a 6-3 deficit and go onto a 12-6 Top of Iowa Conference win over Belmond-Klemme on Saturday, June 28 in a make-up contest that was rained out earlier in the week.

The home team got on the scoreboard first with a run in the bottom of the first that was matched by one from the green-black-and-silver in the top of the second.

LAKE MILLS—Lake Mills built a big lead early and held off a late North Union rally to defeat the green-black-and-silver by the final score of 9-6 on Monday, June 30 in a Top of Iowa Conference contest.

The home team scored three times in both the first and second innings to take an early 6-1 advantage and added one run in the fourth and two more in the fifth to stay two games behind league leader Forest City in the conference standings.

ALGONA—For the second consecutive season, the Algona Bulldogs’ baseball team are the North Central Conference champions.

The red-and-black wrapped up the league title by pounding out 26 hits, including five home runs in a 20-2 and 16-5 thrashing of the St. Edmond Gaels on Monday, June 30.

ANKENY—The Algona Bulldogs’ baseball team dropped a pair of games to recently ranked Class 3A squads at the Prange Classic played here on Saturday, June 28.

The red-and-black lost a tough 1-0 pitcher’s duel in opener to fourth-ranked Ballard before dropping a 14-4 contest to Boone in the second game that just fell out of the rankings the previous week.

GILMORE CITY—Grady Goddard twirled a two-hit gem to help lead the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ baseball team to a 2-1 Twin Lakes Conference victory over the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans on Monday, June 30.

Goddard tossed all seven innings to earn the win on the hill. He gave up one earned run on just two hits while fanning 12 and issued a pair of base-on-balls.

ALGONA—Allison Trunkhill tossed a three-hit shutout and contributed two hits at the plate to help lead the Algona Bulldogs’ softball squad to a 10-0, four-inning non-conference victory on Tuesday, June 24 over the Emmetsburg E-Hawks.

Trunkhill worked all four frames to earn the win in the circle. She allowed no runs on just three hits while fanning six and issued one base-on-balls.