SANTIAGO, CHILE—Former Bishop Garrigan and current Iowa State standout Audi Crooks earned a gold medal as a part of the United States Ameri-Cup team in Santiago, Chile last week.

The United States team went 6-0 in the tournament and claimed a berth in the 2026 Women’s World Cup in Berlin. It was the fifth time the United States has won a gold medal at the FIBA Women’s Ameri-Cup.

ALGONA—For the fourth straight year, the “Showboat Open” golf title goes to Andrew Arndorfer. Andrew won the 51st annual title on Sunday, July 13 by just one stroke over his father Mike.

It was a far cry from last year when he ran away with the tournament by setting a new record score for the 27-hole event but said he just simply ground his way around the course on Sunday to earn the 2025 title.

HUMBOLDT—It surely was not a thing of beauty this time around. During the regular season, Algona and Humboldt split a doubleheader by the scores of 11-0 and 2-0 as each team’s pitcher dominated one of the games.

In the rubber match between the two teams in the Class 3A sub-state semi-final on Monday, July 14, the Wildcats won a wild 17-9 decision as the two teams combined for 26 hits, committed nine errors, walked eight batters and hit four batters.

ALGONA—Senior Dan Meis led the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears’ baseball team into the Class 1A district finals with a 10-0, five-inning victory on Tuesday, July 8 over the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans.

Meis twirled a five-inning no-hitter with 13 strikeouts and one walk and provided the biggest blow in the game with a grand-slam home run in the bottom of the first stanza.

MASON CITY—Mason City scored in every inning but one in an 11-1, five-inning non-conference baseball victory on Tuesday, July 8 in the regular season finale.

The red-and-and-black ended the regular season with an overall record of 22-8 while Mason City improved to 24-12 on the year with the non-conference victory.

SAINT ANSGAR—In a very well played Class 1A district final contest on Saturday, July 12, the sixth-ranked Saint Ansgar Saints defeated the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears by the final score of 3-2 in 10 innings.

Bishop Garrigan got on the scoreboard first as Brady Galligan reached on an error and later scored when Daniel Meis reached on an error for an early 1-0 advantage.

FORT DODGE—Algona cruised past the Charles City Comets 10-0 in five innings in the opening round of the Class 3A sub-state baseball tournament played on Friday, July 11.

The contest was moved to Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge to play on the artificial turf as the Algona baseball field was too wet due to the rain that came through the town that day.

SAINT ANSGAR—Saint Ansgar topped West Bend-Mallard 10-0 in six innings in the second round of the Class 1A district baseball tournament on Tuesday, July 8.

The Saints scored three times in both the first and third innings; tacked on two more in the second frame and ended the contest early with single runs in both the fifth and sixth stanzas.

ALGONA—Reagan Haynes ripped four hits and Allison Trunkhill pitched seven strong innings to lead the Algona Bulldogs’ softball squad to a 7-1 Class 3A regional tournament opening round win over Sheldon on Thursday, July 10.

After a scoreless opening frame, the home team scored three runs in the second. Lainey Venteicher singled as Emma Spear and Jillian Burns drew walks to load the bases.

FORT DODGE—Seventh-ranked St. Edmond overcame a slow start before going onto an 8-0, sixth inning regional softball quarterfinal round victory on Wednesday, July 9 over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.

The green-and-white scored a run in the bottom of the first stanza for an early 1-0 advantage. The Gaels then exploded for three runs in both the fourth and fifth frames and ended the contest early with a tally in the bottom of the sixth inning.

FORT DODGE—Seventh-ranked St. Edmond advanced to the Class 1A regional finals with an 8-1 victory over the North Union Warriors at the Harlan Rogers Park.

The contest took place on Saturday, July 12, 24 hours later than the original schedule date as heavy rains moved through the Fort Dodge area on Friday.

The green-and-white started fast with two runs in the first frame and added three more runs in the second inning for an early 5-0 advantage in the contest.

SWEA CITY—North Union advanced to the Class 1A regional softball semi-final round with a 10-3 victory over the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans on Wednesday, July 9.

The home team scored twice in the bottom of the second inning on two singles, a Titan error and dropped third strike to take a 2-0 advantage.

The lead grew to 5-0 in the third stanza as the green-black-and-silver used four base-on-balls and a pair of singles to push across three more runs.

ALGONA—Algona completed the 2025 regular season by cruising to a 10-2, five-inning non-conference softball victory over the Spencer Tigers on Tuesday, July 8. The red-and-black will take an 18-6 overall record into the regional tournament.

The home team scored three times in both the first and third stanzas and ended the contest early with four tallies in the bottom of the fourth frame as the Tigers plated single runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.

Izaak Walton League July 8 Team Standings—“A” League—Reutzel Excavating 1,609; Mains Street Specialties 1,608; Ingalls Electric 1,605; Kemco Tires 1,603; Dan Peterson Construction 1,549; Algona Machine 1,576; “B” League—S & B Farms 1,617; Security State Bank 1,604; Ingalls Electric Jr.

Jaxon Eischen, AHS Boys Baseball