ALGONA—Clarion-Goldfield/Dows handed the Algona Bulldogs’ volleyball team their first North Central Conference loss on Thursday, Sept. 9, in three straight games.
The Cowgirls won a tight opening set by the score of 25-23 victory before taking the second game 25-8. They won  the league match with a 25-13 win in set number three.
 
See the full story in the Sept. 16 Advance. 

ALGONA—Amassing 524 total yards during the evening, No. 9 ranked Algona cruised to 47-13 non-district football victory over the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 10.
 
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SAINT ANSGAR—Saint Ansgar, ranked No. 10 in the latest Class A Radio Iowa football poll, scored the final 24 points of the game to rally in the fourth quarter for a 40-26 district victory on Friday, Sept. 10, over the North Union Warriors.
 
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LAKE VIEW—East Sac County earned a Twin Lakes Conference volleyball match win on Thursday, Sept. 9, over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines in three straight sets.
 
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BOONE—The Algona swim team dropped a double duel on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Boone. The red-and-black fell to the Perry Bluejays by the score of 51-38 and the Boone Toreadors by the count of 80-21.
 
See two stories on Algona swimming in the Sept. 16 Advance. 

ESTHERVILLE—Finishing fourth overall in the team standings, the Algona Bulldog boys’ cross country team highlighted the performances of the four area high school squads on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Estherville Invitational.
The red-and-black had a team total of 101 points with Bishop Garrigan placing sixth with 138 points as both North Union and West Bend-Mallard did not have enough runners for a team score.
 
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ESTHERVILLE—Moriah Knapp of Algona ran away from the 57 runners competing at the Estherville Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 7, to highlight the performances of the four area girls’ cross country squads.
Algona finished in sixth place overall with 116 points in the 12-team field as Bishop Garrigan, North Union and West Bend-Mallard did not have enough runners for a team score.
 
See the full report in the Sept. 16 Advance. 

ARMSTRONG—North Union won their second straight Top of Iowa Conference volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 7, over the West Hancock Eagles in three straight sets.
 
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ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan won their third Top of Iowa Conference match in four tries on Thursday, Sept. 9, in a closely contested four-set match win over the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals.
 
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   WEST BEND—A couple of decades ago, two of the strongest football programs in northwest Iowa were the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines and the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears. The two squads battled each other in some entertaining and exciting battles but have not played each other for a while since the Wolverines went to eight-man football.

   EMMETSBURG—North Union freshman Jacey Welbig placed fifth overall on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Emmetsburg Invitational to highlight the performances of three of the area girls’ cross-country squads. Bishop Garrigan had one runner with Veronica Capesius taking 14th. West Bend-Mallard had two runners  Lexi Welter and Kayla Welter.
 
See the full report in the Sept. 16 Advance. 

  EMMETSBURG—Quinn Swift was the individual runner-up while his Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear team finished second to highlight the performances of three area boys’ cross-country squad on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Emmetsburg Invitational.
The black-and-gold had a team score of 68, one point behind champion Estherville-Lincoln Central. Both North Union and West Bend-Mallard did not have enough runners for a team score.

ALGONA—Hosting the first of two Saturday tournaments this season, the Algona Bulldogs volleyball team hosted the six-team Algona Classic on Saturday, Sept. 4.
The red-and-black finished the day with an overall match record of 2-3. Sioux Center, ranked No. 13 in Class 3A, won the tourney with a perfect 5-0 mark.

FORT DODGE—West Bend-Mallard erupted for 26 first quarter points and never looked back in a 70-26 district opening eight-man football victory on Friday, Sept. 3, over the St. Edmond Gaels inside Dodger Stadium.
 
See the Sept. 9 Advance for the full report. 

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan opened eight-man district play with a hard-fought, 20-16 victory on Friday, Sept. 3, over the North Iowa Bison.
The stat sheet for the evening was as close as the scoreboard was as the home team accumulated 236 total yards while the Bison had total yardage for the night of 237.
 
See the full report in the Sept. 9 Advance.