The old saying goes, "when you're hot you're hot; when you're not you're not." Bishop Garrigan was hot, and Mason City Newman was not as the ninth-ranked Golden Bears cruised past the 10th-rated Knights by the score of 82-48.
The black and gold connected on 35 of 57 overall field goals for 61.4 percent, hit three of 11 attempts behind the three-point line for 27.2 percent and made nine of 16 free throws for 56.2 percent.

Coleman Grimm and Connor Fehr both finished in third place to highlight the performances of the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines wrestling squad at theTwin Lakes Conference tournament on the campus of Buena Vista University Saturday, Jan. 12.
Get all the details in the Jan. 17 Kossuth County Advance.

The Algona High School Wall of Fame Committee announced a few changes for the 2019 induction ceremonies. This year, the Wall of Fame ceremony will be in conjunction with the first home game of the football season, which is Aug. 30.
In addition, an indoor tailgate supper will be in the high school commons.
Get all the details in the Jan. 17 Kossuth County Advance.

Algona made a long road trip to Hampton a lot more enjoyable, as the Bulldogs came back to town with a 66-45 North Central Conference boys basketball victory over Hampton-Dumont.
The first quarter was even as the visitors held a narrow, 15-14 lead at its conclusion. Algona turned up the defensive pressure in the second period....
Get all the action in the Jan. 10 Kossuth County Advance.

Sophomore Kaylyn Meyers poured in a career-high 32 points to help lead the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls basketball squad to a 63-55 nonconference victory over the Humboldt Wildcats.
Meyers went 11 of 19 from the floor, including two of three behind the three-point arc and made eight of 12 free throws.
Get all the action in the Jan. 10 Kossuth County Advance.

Senior Carson Devine won three matches to capture the 160-pound title and highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldogs wrestling squad at the Forest City Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 5.
Teammates Luke McKenna and Cole Lewis were both runners-up, while Cole Johnson was third, and Gavin Meints placed fourth.
Get all the action in the Jan. 10 Kossuth County Advance.

Dominick Etherington wins the 285-pound title for the Algona Bulldogs wrestling team at the Bo Sharp Invitational in Ankeny.
Review 2018's best sports highlights in the Jan. 3 Kossuth County Advance.

West Bend-Mallard picked up its first wrestling match victory of the season with a 39-18 win over the North Union Warriors on Thursday, Dec. 13.
Get the details in the Dec. 20 Kossuth County Advance.

Led by a big night offensively by senior T.J. Schnurr, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys basketball team earned a 65-29 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the North Union Warriors.
Get all the details in the Dec. 20 Kossuth County Advance.

In a battle of two squads that qualified for the state tournament last year, but were hit hard by graduation, the North Union Warriors rallied in the fourth quarter to earn a 39-36 win over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.
Get the game details in the Dec. 20 Kossuth County Advance

Trevor Kruse won three matches to take first place in the Nashua-Plainfield wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 8, to highlight the performances of six North Union grapplers at the tourney. The green, black and silver finished in eighth place overall ....
Get the details in the Dec. 13 Kossuth County Advance.
 

A 14-0 run in the third quarter proved to be the differance, as the Algona Bulldog girls basketball team earned a 57-42 North Central Conference victory over the Humboldt Wildcats.
A traditional three-point play from Kameryn Etherington got the game started for the red and black ....
Get all the action in the Dec. 13 Kossuth County Advance.

A six-minute scoring drought early in the final quarter proved to be too much to overcome, as the Bishop Garrigan Bear boys basketball squad dropped a 68-58 Top of Iowa Conference contest to the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals.
Get the all the action in the Dec. 13 Kossuth County Advance.

T.J. Schnurr of Bishop Garrigan recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year at Morningside College in Sioux City.
Get the details in the Dec. 6 Kossuth County Advance.

Iowa State Bank announced it has made a donation to both the Algona (AHS) and Bishop Garrigan football teams following the sales of playoff T-shirts during both teams' playoff runs.
T-shirt sales resulted in donations of $3,171 to AHS and $2,497 to Bishop Garrigan High School.
Get the whole story in the Dec. 6 Kossuth County Advance.