ALGONA—Fourth-ranked Bishop Garrigan notched their 20^th victory of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 18 with a 68-34 win in the girls Class 1A regional quarterfinals over the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans.

After a tight first eight minutes, the black-and-gold gradually pulled away in the second period getting eight points from both Graclyn Eastman and Sacha Alesch in the frame.

WEST BEND—A huge third quarter spurred the Mason City Newman Knights to a 56-41 Class 1A girls regional basketball tournament quarterfinal round win over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

The visitors scored off the opening tap, but the purple-and-gold responded with nine straight points. Newman fought back to tie the game at 9-9 before two late free throws by Tiffany Fehr gave the home team an 11-9 advantage at the end of the first period.

SAINT ANSGAR—A 7-0 run in the third quarter proved to be the difference in a Class 1A girls regional quarterfinal basketball contest on Tuesday, Feb. 18 between the Saint Ansgar Saints and the North Union Warriors as the 12^th-ranked Saints squeezed out a 55-47 win.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan exploded for 30 points in the opening eight minutes and never looked back in a 70-61 win over the West Fork Warhawks in the Class 1A district semi-finals played on Thursday, Feb. 20.

The home team started fast by building a commanding 30-18 advantage at the end of the first period. The black-and-gold took a 48-32 lead to the locker room at halftime and led 58-48 heading into the fourth quarter.

HUMBOLDT—Humboldt splashed 13 three-pointers and scored 34 points off 21 Algona turnovers in a 90-48 rout of the red-and-black in the opening round of the Class 3A sub-state boys basketball tournament on Monday, Feb. 24.

The Wildcats drained nine three-pointers in the opening half to build a huge halftime lead and never took their foot off the gas ending the game strong with a 19-0 run to start the fourth quarter.

MARCUS—Third-ranked Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen Union outscored North Union 36-21 in the second half to break open a seven-point contest at halftime and went onto a 71-49 victory over the Warriors in the Class 1A district semi-finals on Thursday, Feb. 20.

CLEAR LAKE—Top-ranked Clear Lake completed a perfect regular season and North Central Conference slate with a 78-53 victory on Tuesday, Feb. 18 over the Algona Bulldogs by the final score of 78-53.

The Lions raced out to a 28-11 first quarter advantage and never looked back as they ended the regular season undefeated at 21-0 and were the North Central Conference champions with a perfect 14-0 record.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Eight area girls basketball players were recently honored by the Iowa Girls Basketball Coaches Association as the 2024-2025 season comes to an end.

Four girls were selected to the Class 1A Northwest All-District team as another one was chosen to the Class 3A Northwest All-District team and three more were named to the Academic All-State team.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

SIOUX CENTER—Eleven of the thirteen Algona Bulldog boys wrestlers advanced to the Class 2A state tournament as the red-and-black cruised to the district title on Saturday, Feb. 15 with a team score of 240 points, far ahead of second place Estherville-Lincoln Central’s total of 150.5 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

EMMETSBURG—North Union’s Max Merrill and Brennen Bollinger along with Mason Knapp of West Bend-Mallard punched their tickets to the Class 1A state wrestling tournament after their showings at the district meet held on Saturday, Feb. 15.

Wednesday, Feb. 19

1:30 P.M.—Class 1A 1^st + 2^nd Championship Rounds, 1^st Round Consolation

6:00 P.M.—Class 2A 1^st + 2^nd Championship Rounds, 1^st Round Consolation

Thursday, Feb. 20

1:30 P.M.—Class 1A Championship Quarterfinals, 2^nd + 3^rd Round Consolation

ALGONA—Completing a perfect 12-0 run through their North Central Conference schedule, the Algona Bulldog girls basketball squad wrapped up a perfect conference trip through the league with a 46-36 victory over the Humboldt Wildcats on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

WEST BEND—A short-handed West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls basketball squad got a pair of career-highs to earn a 61-48 victory on Thursday, Feb. 13 over the West Hancock Eagles in the opening round of the Class 1A regional tournament.

ARMSTRONG—A swarming North Union defense forced 31 turnovers and pocketed 25 steals in a 67-16 win on Thursday, Feb. 13 over the Northwood-Kensett Vikings in the first round of the Class 1A girls regional basketball tournament.

The green-black-and-silver raced out to a commanding 20-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter while holding the Vikings scoreless for the first 12:49 of the contest.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan jumped out to big early lead and never looked back in a 76-38 victory over Rockford in the opening round of the Class 1A district boys basketball tournament on Monday, Feb. 17.

Nine different black-and-gold players broke into the scoring column as four of them reached double figures. Tate Foertsch led the way with 20 points as Carter Schwab poured in 18 and both Amaury Thomas and Michael Joyce added 12 more.