FORT DODGE—Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning to squeeze out a 5-4 win in the opening round of the Class 1A district baseball tournament.

The game took place on Saturday, July 5 as the contest was moved to Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge because of wet ground at the Bishop Garrigan diamond.

FOREST CITY—Forest City had only one hit but took advantage of five base-on-balls, three hit batters and five Bishop Garrigan errors to hand the black-and-gold a 7-5 Top of Iowa Conference baseball win to clinch the league title on Tuesday, July 1.

GILMORE CITY—West Bend-Mallard had to wait two extra days due to an assist from Mother Nature to open Class 1A district tournament baseball play.

But once the purple-and-gold got their opportunity to play they made the most of it as the Wolverines defeated the Northwood-Kensett Vikings by the final score of 9-3 on Monday, July 7.

ALGONA—In a make-up game from last week, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears’ baseball team defeated the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals by the final score of 9-7 on Wednesday, July 2.

The games featured a wild fifth inning where the Cardinals plated six runs to take the lead only to see the home team score five runs in the bottom of the frame to retake the lead and went onto the victory.

ALGONA—Pocahontas Area overcame an early 9-0 deficit to rally to squeeze out a wild 13-12, eight-inning non-conference baseball victory over the Algona Bulldogs in a game played on Tuesday, July 1.

The home team started fast with nine runs in the bottom of the first stanza as the biggest blows in the frame were a grand slam home run by Tate Slagle along with a two-run single off the bat of Ryan Weier.

FORT DODGE—Brady Galligan hit and pitched the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears to a district opening 10-0 victory in five innings in a contest that was moved to Harlan Rogers Park on Saturday, July 5 because of wet grounds at the Bishop Garrigan diamond.

FORT DODGE—Bishop Garrigan pushed across single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to break a 4-4 dead-lock and went onto a 6-4 non-conference baseball victory over the St. Edmond Gaels in the regular season finale for both squads on Thursday, July 3.

St. Edmond scored first in the contest with a run in the bottom of the first stanza. Bishop Garrigan got on the scoreboard with four runs in the top third frame to take a 4-1 advantage.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan concluded Top of Iowa Conference baseball play on Wednesday, July 2 as they cruised to an 11-1, five-inning victory over the West Hancock Eagles.

The black-and-gold finished as the conference runner-up with a league record of 13-3 in the summer of 2025 as the Forest City Indians won the league title.

CLARION—Continuing their recent winning ways, the Algona Bulldogs softball squad shutout the Clarion-Goldfield/Dow Cowgirls 14-0 in four innings in North Central Conference action played on Thursday, July 3.

The red-and-black is now 15-2 in their last 17 games to improve their overall record to 16-5 and stayed in the conference race with a league mark of 9-3.

BELMOND—Each team scored in just three innings but Belmond-Klemme’s scoring frames were multiple run innings as the Broncos defeated the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears softball squad 11-3 in the final Top of Iowa Conference contest for both teams on Thursday, July 3.

The home team scored three times in both the second and fourth stanzas and added five more in the fifth to end the contest early as the black-and-gold plated single runs in the first, second and fifth frames.

SWEA CITY—North Union shutout the West Hancock E-Gals 8-0 in six innings on Monday, July 7 in the opening round of the Class 1A regional softball tournament.

The green-black-and-silver broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning with six runs and ended the contest in the next frame with a pair of tallies.

ALGONA—Algona split a North Central Conference softball doubleheader on Monday, July 7 with Hampton-Dumont. The home town Bulldogs won the opener 12-2 in four innings while the visiting Bulldogs bounced back to take the second game 6-4.

In the opener, Algona scored three times in the first and nine times in the third stanza to end the contest early as Hampton-Dumont’s only runs came in the first frame.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan scored in every inning for an 18-2, four-inning Class 1A regional opening win over the Harris-Lake Park Wolves on Monday, July 7.

The black-and-gold erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the first stanza with the biggest blow a three-run home run off the bat of senior Hanna Merron.

RUTHVEN—Two big innings led the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans past West Bend-Mallard by the final score of 14-0 in four innings on Monday, July 7 in the Class 1A regional tournament opening round.

After a scoreless first inning, the Titans plated five runs in the bottom of the second stanza and put the game away with nine tallies in the bottom of the third frame to advance to the next round.

BANCROFT—North Union concluded the 2025 regular season campaign with a 7-1 Top of Iowa Conference baseball victory on Tuesday, July 1 over the Eagle Grove Eagles.

With the game dead-locked at 1-1, the green-black-and-silver plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth stanza and added two big insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth frame in the victory.