BUFFALO CENTER—North Union improved to 14-2 overall and 10-1 in Top of Iowa Conference boys’ basketball play with a 71-50 victory over the North Iowa Bison on Monday, Jan.22.

The green-black-and-silver led 14-9 at the end of the first period and increased their advantage to 35-21 at intermission. The visitors also led 55-31 heading into the final eight minutes of action.

ALGONA—It was not a pretty thing with numerous turnovers from both squads as Algona nipped Webster City 47-44 in a North Central Conference boys’ basketball contest played in Friday, Jan. 19.

The home team led 14-7 at the end of the first period and the two teams went to the locker room at halftime deadlocked at 22-22.

The Lynx led 33-29 after three quarters as the red-and-black outscored Webster City 18-11 in the final eight minutes to rally for the league victory.

BRITT—North Union remained in a second place tie with Forest City in the Top of Iowa Conference girls’ basketball standings with a hard-fought 46-39 league victory on Friday, Jan, 19 over the West Hancock Eagles.

The Warriors trailed 12-10 at the end of the first period before taking a 30-21 advantage to the locker room at intermission. The green-black-and-silver also led 38-31 after three quarters of play.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan remained undefeated in Top of Iowa Conference girls’ basketball play on Friday, Jan. 19 with a 62-24 victory over the Eagle Grove Eagles.

The seventh-ranked black-and-gold led 13-6 at the end of the first quarter before blowing out to a 35-16 advantage at halftime and held a 48-20 lead at the conclusion of the third period.

GRAETTINGER—Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire avenged a loss earlier this season with a hard-fought 52-48 Twin Lakes Conference girls’ basketball victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Friday, Jan. 19.

The Wolverines topped the Titans 58-51 the opening week of the season on Nov. 28 at West Bend but turned the tables the second time around.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan built a big first half lead and cruised to a 59-38 non-conference boys’ basketball victory on Saturday, Jan. 20 over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.

The home team led 15-7 after the first eight minutes of action and extended that advantage to 34-10 at halftime. The black-and-gold also led 48-22 after three quarters of basketball.

Carter Schwab led the Golden Bears in scoring with 20 points and both Michael Joyce and Nick Leerar added 13 points.

ALGONA—Seventh-ranked Bishop Garrigan drained 13 three-point field goals in an 83-51 non-conference girls’ basketball victory on Saturday, Jan. 20 over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.

The home team got off to a good start, taking a 22-6 lead after the first eight minutes of play. The black-and-gold increased that advantage to 46-21 at intermission and led 69-42 after three quarters of play.

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard split a pair of Twin Lakes Conference wrestling matches on Tuesday, Jan. 16 here.

The purple-and-gold defeated Southeast Valley by the final score of 42-36 but lost to the Sioux Central Rebels 55-21.

Phillip Fehr (106), Mason Knapp (113), Logan Grimm (165) and Cortlyn Schupbach (215) all went 2-0 on the night as Grimm registered a pair of fall and teammates Kaden Knapp, Mason Knapp and Fehr all had one pin.

LAKE VIEW—A pair of West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ wrestlers competed at the East Sac County Invitational on Monday, Jan. 22.

Mercy Thilges placed seventh at 140 pounds for the purple-and-gold at the meet while teammate Kasey Douglas finished in eighth place at 145 pounds on Monday evening.

The Wolverines finished in 11^th place in the tournament with five points as Ridge View captured the team title with a team score of 207 points.

ROCKFORD—Improving to 18-2 overall on the year, the Algona Bulldog boys’ wrestling team won a pair of non-conference matches held on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

The red-and-black topped Rockford by the score of 77-0 before edging the Lake Mills Bulldogs by the final score of 33-31.

BRITT—North Union improved to 13-2 overall and 9-1 in Top of Iowa Conference boys’ basketball play with a convincing 75-32 league win on Friday, Jan. 19 over the West Hancock Eagles.

The green-black-and-silver led 14-8 at the conclusion of the game’s first eight minutes before increasing their advantage to 43-16 at halftime and had a commanding 61-24 lead going into the fourth quarter.

GRAETTINGER—Graettinger-Terri;/Ruthven-Ayrshire defeated West Bend-Mallard for the second time this season, this one was a 61-43 Twin Lakes Conference boys’ basketball victory on Friday, Jan. 19 over the Wolverines.

The home team led 14-6 at the conclusion of the game’s first eight minutes before the purple-and-gold cut the advantage to 26-23 at halftime.

ALGONA—Playing probably their best game of the 2023-2024 campaign, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ basketball team won a 67-40 Top of Iowa Conference contest on Friday, Jan. 19 over the Eagle Grove Eagles.

The black-and-gold jumped out to an 18-6 lead at the end of the first stanza and increased that advantage to 36-17 at intermission. The home team also 50-30 heading into the fourth quarter of action.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan remained undefeated in Top of Iowa Conference girls’ basketball play on Friday, Jan. 19 with a 62-24 victory over the Eagle Grove Eagles.

The seventh-ranked black-and-gold led 13-6 at the end of the first quarter before blowing out to a 35-16 advantage at halftime and held a 48-20 lead at the conclusion of the third period.

SPENCER—There were not a lot of points scored on Saturday, Jan. 20 inside the Spencer Fieldhouse as the 10^th ranked Algona Bulldog girls’ basketball squad pulled out a 35-25 non-conference win over the Spencer Tigers.

The visitors led 9-3 at the conclusion of the first stanza and held a 17-10 advantage at intermission. The red-and-black led 24-18 heading into the final eight minutes of action.