ARMSTRONG—Kory Hough drained a three-pointer from the top of the circle with 16 seconds remaining on Tuesday, Jan. 11, to give Graetttinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans to a narrow 60-59 non-conference win over the North Union Warriors.

The home team led 55-48 with 3:54 to play in the fourth quarter and 57-51 with 3:24 to go in the contest before the Titans put on a late rally for the victory.

ALGONA—Algona started slow by giving up the first five points of the game but dominated after that in a 66-53 North Central Conference boys basketball win on Thursday, Jan. 13, over Hampton-Dumont.

The home team led 20-14 at the end of the first period and enjoyed a 44-33 advantage at halftime as Algona led 55-43 heading into the fourth quarter of action.

EAGLE GROVE—Bishop Garrigan survived a barrage of three-pointers by Eagle Grove in the opening frame to rally for a 62-47 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the Eagles on Thursday, Jan. 13.

The home nailed five triples in the opening eight minutes to take an early 14-2 advantage and led 20-8 at the conclusion of the first quarter.

SWEA CITY—The North Union Warriors wrestling squad won a trio of Top of Iowa Conference wrestling matches on Thursday, Jan. 13.

The green-black-and-silver defeated Belmond-Klemme by the score of 52-24 before beating Mason City Newman 45-35 and topped West Fork by the score of 66-9.

Going 3-0 on the evening were Ethan Preston (106), Landon Price (113), Gavyn Morphew (132), Dalton Tobin (145), Kaden Laabs (152) and Kaleb Lufkin (182).

SIOUX RAPIDS—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverines wrestling squad lost a pair of non-conference matches on Thursday, Jan. 13.

The purple-and-gold fell to the Southeast Valley Jaguars by the score of 56-15 and lost to the host school Rebels by the score of 36-30.

Aaron Massner (138) and Ethan Zaugg (195) both went 2-0 while teammate Logan Grimm (152) won his only match of the night.

Bishop Garrigan Hall of Fame 2019-20 & 2020-21

Top photo: The 2019-20 Bishop Garrigan athletes inducted into the BGHS Sports Hall of Fame are from left, Marcus Plathe, Amanda Miller, Katie Noonan, Maddie Meister, Emma Fogarty, Mackenzie Meister and Andrew Arndorfer. Missing from photo is Aubree Altman.

ALGONA—Hampton-Dumont stayed in the thick of the North Central Conference girls basketball race on Thursday, Jan. 13, with a 60-38 victory over the Algona Bulldogs.

The visiting Bulldogs improved to 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the league while the home town Bulldogs fell to 4-8 overall in the year and is now 3-3 in conference contests.

BELMOND—Second-ranked Bishop Garrigan used a 22-0 run to put the game away and went onto a 65-37 Top of Iowa Conference girls basketball win on Tuesday, Jan. 11, over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.

The visitors led 16-6 at the end of the first frame and took a 33-21 advantage to the locker room at intermission. The black-and-gold also led 46-27 heading into the fourth quarter of action.

BELMOND—Bishop Garrigan snapped a long losing streak with their second victory of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 11, with a 75-38 triumph over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.

Andrew Fogarty poured a game-high 22 points as teammate Jacob Leerar contributed 19 points and Logan Nemmers also reached double digits with 10 points.

ARMSTRONG—West Hancock defeated a cold-shooting North Union squad boys basketball squad 48-31 on Thursday, Jan. 13, in a Top of Iowa Conference contest.

The visitors led 9-4 and 27-9 at the first two quarter breaks as the Warriors made just four of 26 shot attempts in the opening half. The Eagles also held a 40-18 advantage after three periods of action.

SPENCER—Spencer, ranked eighth in Class 3A, built a 15-point first quarter advantage and never looked back on Tuesday, Jan. 11, in an 85-60 non-conference boys basketball victory over the Algona Bulldogs.

The Tigers led 27-12 at the conclusion of a high-scoring first stanza and took a 47-27 advantage to the locker room at halftime. The purple-and-gold also led 67-45 at the end of the third period.

IOWA CITY—Former Algona High School graduate Wyatt Wegener is one of 113 University of Iowa student athletes named to the 2021 fall Academic All-Big 10 team.

Three other athletes that are familiar to the Algona area also earned honors in football players Josef Smith of West Hancock and Jamison Heinz of Humboldt with Bryce Gidel of Humboldt in women’s cross-country.

Wegener is a member of Iowa’s football team who is sophomore majoring in health and human physiology. 

On Sunday, Jan. 16, the local council 952 of the Knights of Columbus had their annual free throw contest for area youth held at Bishop Garrigan’s gym. It was broken out into 12 divisions for boys and girls ranging from ages 9-14. 

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

WEST BEND—Senior Collin Montag poured in a game-high 26 points to help lead the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys basketball team to a 76-46 non-conference victory on Monday, Jan. 17, over the Paton-Churdan Rockets.

Montag nailed six of 10 attempts behind the three-point arc on the evening as the purple-and-gold sank 13 of 26 triples in their fourth win of the 2021-2022 campaign.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Algona outscored St. Edmond 37-24 in the second half to earn a 65-56 North Central Conference boys basketball victory over the Gaels on Friday, Jan. 7.

Garrett Goche poured a game-high 24 points to lead the winners as teammate Caden Weber also reached double digits with 10 points while Hayden Mayer tossed in 24 points for the visitors and Quinton McCardville added 11 more.