Drew Henderson of North Union qualified for the Class 1A state golf tournament in Waterloo with his 18-hole total of 79 at Monday’s district meet at LeMars.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

SIOUX CENTER—Making the best of a long road trip, the Algona Bulldog girls track squad made a strong showing at the Class 3A regional track meet held on Thursday, May 15 as the red-and-black finished third in the team standings with 98 points.

During the eight-team meet, the Bulldogs qualified 10 young ladies in nine different events for this week’s Class 3A state track meet held at the Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

JEWELL—Hanna Merron was the individual winner, and the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls golf squad won the team title in the first round of the Class 1A regional tournament played at the Jewell Golf & Golf Country Club on Friday, May 16.

The black-and-gold had the low team total of the day with a 391 of the eight teams at the meet to claim the regional title on Friday and advanced to the regional on Wednesday at the Highland Park Golf Course in Mason City.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

LEMARS—North Union’s Drew Henderson punched his ticket to the Class 1A state golf tournament for the second consecutive season by placing fifth at the district tourney played on Monday, May 19 at the Willow Creek Golf Course in LeMars.

NORTHWOOD—A trio of Bishop Garrigan events qualified for this week’s Class 1A state meet from the district meet held on Thursday, May 15.

The black-and-gold finished in the fifth place in the team standings with 77 points as West Hancock topped the 12-team field for the district title with a total of 120.83 points.

The Golden Bears will take eight young men to Des Moines to compete in the Class 1A state meet inside Drake Stadium in those three different events.

SIOUX CENTER—Winning by a whopping total of 41.5 points, the Algona Bulldog boys track team cruised to the Class 3A district title in the state-qualifying meet held on Thursday, May 15.

The red-and-black literally ran away with the team title with 152.5 points as MOC/Floyd Valley was a distant second place in the eight-team field with a team score of 111 points.

ALGONA—In their final tune-up before the Class 3A regional tournament in Carroll, the Algona Bulldog girls golf squad dropped a tight non-conference match to the Spencer Tigers 200-213 at the River Road Golf Club on Thursday, May 15.

Morgan Irvine of Spencer had the low nine-hole total of the day with her score of 48 as Algona’s Gabby Venteicher earned the runner-up medal with her nine-hole total of 48.

NORTHWOOD—The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls track squad will send a total of eight girls in five different events to the Class 1A state track meet in Des Moines this weekend.

The black-and-gold competed in the Class 1A regional track meet in Northwood on Thursday, May 15 to qualify for the state meet and finished in fourth place in the 13-team field with a team score of 71 points.

ARMSTRONG—A strong showing by the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls track squad highlighted the performances of a pair of area teams at the Class 1A regional track meet held on Thursday, May 15.

The purple-and-gold advanced six young ladies in six different events to the 2025 state tournament as the Wolverines finished in fourth place in the team standings with 77 points as the host school, North Union, ended up in seventh place with 45 points.

HULL—North Union sophomore Alexis Cummins advanced to the Class 1A regional finals after her 18-hole performance in the first round of the regional tournament played at the Rolling Hills Golf Course on Friday, May 16.

Cummins played the first nine holes with a score of 53, but rebounded with a round of 43 on the back nine holes for an 18-hole total of 96 to place fourth overall of the 32 golfers.

AURELIA—The 2025 golf season came to an end for the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls golf squad in the first round of the regional tournament played at the Aurelia Golf Club on Friday, May 16.

The purple-and-gold finished in sixth place in the eight-team field with a team score of 481 as Newell-Fonda with a 407, Alta-Aurelia with 408 and South Central Calhoun with a 424 each advanced to the regional final.

FORT DODGE—North Union’s Drew Henderson shot one of the best 18-hole rounds in recent years at the Lakeside Golf Course on Wednesday, May 14 in the Class 1A sectional golf tournament to earn the medalist honor.

The green-black-and-silver junior fired a sizzling 18-hole total of 68 to capture the sectional title by a whopping nine strokes at the beautiful Lakeside Golf Course located just north of Fort Dodge.

ARMSTRONG—Despite posting some of their season-bests, neither the North Union Warriors, nor West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys track teams had any state qualifiers at the Class 1A district meet held on Thursday, May 15.

North Union placed eighth overall in the 13-team field with a team total of 38 points while West Bend-Mallard rounded the field in 13^th place with one point.

SPENCER—Algona sophomore Nathan Manske placed seventh overall to advance to the district tournament to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog boys golf team at the Class 3A sectional golf tournament.

The event took place at the Spencer Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, May 13 as the red-and-black finished in fourth place in the eight-team field with a team score of 329.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—There were seven new feature winners on the second evening of dirt track racing at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, May 15 as none of the feature winners from the season opener repeated their opening night success.