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Crooks verbally commits to Iowa State

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—The suspense is over where the top Class of 2023 girls’ basketball recruit in the state of Iowa will continue her career after graduation next spring.

Bishop Garrigan’s three-time first-team all-state Audi Crooks verbally committed to Iowa State University in an assembly in the Golden Bear gymnasium on Thursday, April 14 in front of her high school students and friends.

Trapshooters compete in Emmetsburg Invitational

CYLINDER—The Algona trapshooting team competed in the Emmetsburg Invitational on Saturday, April 16. The meet saw a total of 26 teams and 229 shooters compete in the event.

The high score of the day came from the Algona 8 team with a score of 227. Members of that squad were James Burma, Cole Harms, Chase Roof, Nick Christensen and Hunter Thilges.

Three area girls’ golf squads compete at West Bend

By Greg 

Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

WEST BEND—A trio of area girls’ squads tried to complete a non-conference triangular match at the West Bend Golf and Country Club on Tuesday, April 12.

But not all of the players completed all of their nine holes before an incoming storm rolled through but enough young ladies completed their round to establish a final score.

North Union boys’ golf team wins triangular

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—The North Union Warrior boys’ golf team prevailed in an area boys’ triangular non-conference match played on Tuesday, April 12 at the Algona Country Club.

The green-black-and-silver had the low team score of the day with a total of 174 as Algona finished in second place with a score of 194 and West Bend-Mallard ended up in third place with a total of 220.

BGHS girls win seven events at Sundall Relays

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—Three area girls’ track squads competed on Monday, April 11 at the Adam Sundall Co-Ed Relays competing against a total of eight other teams.

Bishop Garrigan won seven events and placed second overall with 126 points followed by Algona in third place with 112 points and North Union ended up in fourth place with a team score of 77.

Bulldog boys take third at Adam Sundall Relays

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—Algona won four events and finished third in the team standings to highlight the performances of three area boys’ track teams at the Adam Sundall Co-Ed Relays held on Monday, April 11 at Bishop Garrigan.

Eisenbarth earns medalist honor

ARMSTRONG—Ava Eisenbarth was the medalist as teammate Annie Burns earned the runner-up medal in Top of Iowa Conference girls’ golf triangular meet held on Monday, April 11 at the Country Greens Golf Course.

Bishop Garrigan won the triangular meet with a team score of 195 while Forest City was second with a 256 and North Union did not have enough players for a team score.

Collin Montag double winner for WB-M boys

GOWRIE—Collin Montag won a pair of events to highlight the performances of the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ track team at the Southeast Valley Invitational on Monday, April 11.

Montag crossed the finish line first in the 800-meter run with his time of 2:05.04 and won the high jump with a winning leap of 5’ 6”.

The purple-and-gold finished in second place in Class B in the eight-team field with a team total of 139 points, topped only by Madrid’s winning score of 204.

Fothergill earns runner-up medal

ARMSTRONG—Teagon Fothergill of North Union was the runner-up medalist with a nine-hole score of 41 at a Top of Iowa Conference boys’ golf triangular on Monday, April 11.

Forest City won the meet with a team total of 176 while Bishop Garrigan was second with a score of 188 and North Union placed third with a 191.

Fothergill recorded pars on Holes No. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 during his round that was topped only by Forest City’s Jack Harms, who carded a round of 40.

West Bend-Mallard girls’ golf open season on the road

NEWELL—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ golf squad began the 2022 season with a Twin Lakes Conference quadrangular meet on Monday, April 11.

Newell-Fonda won the league meet with a team score of 196 with Pocahontas Area taking second with a 212 as Sioux Central finished in third place with a 249 and West Bend-Mallard ended up in fourth place with a team total of 288.

Wolverine boys fall in league opener

SIOUX RAPIDS—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ golf team fell in their Twin Lakes Conference opening golf meet on Monday, April 11.

Pocahontas Area placed first with a team total of 163 followed by Newell-Fonda with a 174, Sioux Central took third with a 212 and the Wolverines were fourth with a team score of 236.

Algona girls’ golf squad drops opener

ESTHERVILLE—The Algona Bulldog girls’ golf squad dropped their 2022 season opener on Monday, April 11 in a non-conference meet at the Estherville Golf and Country Club.

Spirit Lake won the non-conference triangular with a team score of 211 as Algona came in the clubhouse in second place with a team total of 244 and Estherville-Lincoln Central finished in third place with a 257.

Trapshoot teams open 2022 season

ALGONA—The Algona and Bishop Garrigan High School trapshooting teams opened the 2022 season on Saturday, April 2 by hosting a home meet at the Izaak Walton League.

The season opener drew a total of seven schools and clubs, including the Emmet County Clay Busters, the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Bulls Eyes, the Humboldt Wildcats, the Pocahontas Shooting Club and Sibley-Ocheyedan.

With the snow gone, racing can’t be far away

ALGONA—With the last piles of snow gone and temperatures slowly rising, Thursday night dirt racing at the Kossuth County Speedway cannot be far away.

The plan right now is for a test and tune evening on Thursday, April 28 for the drivers that would like to test their cars with the 2022 season opener slated for Thursday, May 5.

WB-M place third in season opener

BRITT—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ track team won a pair of events and placed third in the team standings with 104 points at the Bob Sanger Relays on Monday, April 4.

The purple-and-gold won a pair of events as Collin Montag took the 800-meter run in 2:08.59 along with the 4 x 800-meter relay quartet of Joe Mader, Lucas Fehr, Landon Montag and Collin Montag with a time of 9:10.17.

Wolverine girls win four events at Britt

BRITT—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ track squad had an impressive season opener on Monday, April 4 at the Bob Sanger Relays.

The purple-and-gold won four events during the evening and scored a total of 82 team points to finish in fourth place in the team standings.

The individual winners for the Wolverines were Kierstin Montag in the 800-meter run in 2:40.25 and Shaylee Wise in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 1:18.55.

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