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Grimm wins 165 pound title at Poky

POCAHONTAS—Logan Grimm placed first at 165 pounds to highlight the performances of the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ wrestling team at the Lynn Moody Invitational here on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Grimm won by fall in 48 seconds in his first match and pinned Sioux Central’s Spencer Forbes in 1:49 in the semi-finals.

Logan earned the 165-pound title with an 8-6 overtime decision over Ryan Panbecker of Pocahontas Area in the finals.

WB-M girls wrestlers wrap up season

MASON CITY—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ wrestling squad wrapped up the 2023-2024 season at the Region 8 super regional tournament on Friday, Jan, 26 competing against 24 other teams.

A pair of wrestlers competed for the purple-and-gold in the meet as the team did not score a point during the day and ended up in a tie for 24th place.

Wolverine boys go 1-2 at East Sac quad

LAKE VIEW—West Bend-Mallard went 1-2 at a Twin Lakes Conference wrestling quadrangular held on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

The purple-and-gold defeated East Sac County 36-33 but fell to South Central Calhoun by the score of 66-18 and Sioux Central by the final score of 54-29.

Bulldog wrestlers edge West Hancock 37-36

ALGONA—In a battle of ranked wrestling teams on Thursday, Jan. 25, the seventh ranked (Class 2A) Algona Bulldogs edged the West Hancock Eagles (No. 6, Class 1A) by the final score of 37-36.

Colby Jennings and Caden Kuecker won by fall for the red-and-black in the win as Thomas Zabka and Ashton Moreno won by decision as Chase Roof, Isaac Wilson and Tate Slagle received forfeits.

Titans defeat WB-M boys 58-40

 

WEST BEND—South Central Calhoun jumped out to a big early lead and never looked back in a 58-40 Twin Lakes Conference boys’ basketball victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Landon Montag was the only Wolverine in double digits with 13 points with Abner Zaugg adding eight more points.

Humboldt hands Bulldog girls first NCC loss

 

HUMBOLDT—Humboldt handed 10th ranked Algona their first North Central Conference girls’ basketball loss on Tuesday, Jan. 23 as the purple-and-gold defeated the Bulldogs by the final score of 59-49.

Hayden Kuhlmann led the red-and-black in scoring with 18 points and was joined in double figures by Casey VanOtterloo with 15 points.

Wolverine girls drop low scoring league contest

 

WEST BEND—After an 11-11 deadlock in the first quarter, both West Bend-Mallard and East Sac County had trouble putting the ball in hoop as the visitors won a low scoring 33-24 Twin Lakes Conference girls’ basketball win on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Tiffany Fehr was the leading scorer with eight points for the Wolverines as Abi Schmidt added six more. Kierstin Montag contributed four points as both Hannah Stalzer and Lexi Welter tossed in three points to round out the scoring.

Wildcats rout Algona boys 98-62

ALGONA—Humboldt buried 12 three-point field goals and routed the Algona Bulldog boys’ basketball team 98-62 in a North Central Conference contest played on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Three red-and-black players reached double figures led by Ben Helmers with 19 points as Landon Welp chipped in with 11 points and Alex Manske added             10 more.

Capesius, Eastman lead Bishop Garrigan past Cardinals

 

GARNER—Senior Abbie Capesius and freshman Graclyn Eastman each scored over 20 points to help lead seventh-ranked Bishop Garrigan to a 64-51 Top of Iowa Conference victory on Tuesday, Jan. 23 over the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals.

Capesius poured in a game-high 22 points as Eastman chipped in with 21 more to lead the black-and-gold to their 16th win of the 2023-2024 campaign.

Warrior boys roll past Belmond-Klemme 88-28

 

BELMOND—North Union built an enormous 30-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and was never challenged in an 88-28 Top of Iowa Conference boys’ basketball victory on Tuesday, Jan. 23 over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.

A dozen different Warriors scored in the rout led by Danyal Fothergill with 16 points. He was joined in double figures by Kody Irmiter with 13 and both Kyan Jones and Aiden Lofstrom added 11 points.

Bulldog girls have seven champs at Clear Lake

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

CLEAR LAKE—Algona won the team title with 193 points as the red-and-black girls’ wrestling squad crowned seven individual champions on Friday, Jan. 19.

The meet was called the Clear Lake Invitational but was the unofficial North Central Conference tournament as just four of the eight league schools currently have a girls’ wrestling program.

AHS boys’ wrestlers earn 10th NCC title

 

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

CLEAR LAKE—For the first time since 2004, the Algona Bulldog boys’ wrestling team captured another North Central Conference title on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Despite the 20-year drought, the title was the 10th for the tradition-rich wrestling school. The red-and-black wrestled the best when it counted the most, going 21-3 in the final two rounds and were 10-2 in the final round.

AHS girls remain perfect in conference games

 

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—Algona remained perfect in North Central Conference girls’ basketball play with a 77-40 win over the Webster City Lynx on Friday, Jan. 19.

The red-and-black led 20-9 at the conclusion of the first quarter as Lauren McLaughlin scored seven points in the frame and Hayden Kuhlmann added five more.

Three Warrior wrestlers place fourth at conference meet

 

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

OSAGE—Three North Union Warrior wrestlers placed fourth to earn a medal in the star-studded Top of Iowa Conference wrestling tournament held here on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Ethan Preston at 113 pounds, Brennan Bollinger at 215 and Kolton Wolter at 285 pounds all finished fourth for the green-black-and-silver during the day.

North Union boys roll past Bison 71-50

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 edges Webster City boys 47-44 in NCC play

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.

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