ALGONA—It was homecoming night on Friday, Oct. 1, at Conway Field but the St. Edmond Gaels spoiled the fun as the green-and-white defeated the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears by the score of 38-20 in eight-man district action as veteran Gael coach Matt Dillon earned his 200th career victory.
The game started slowly as the contest was scoreless after the first period. The visitors scored twice early in the second frame on pass plays of 19 and 24 yards for a 12-0 advantage.

ARMSTRONG—The North Union Warriors volleyball squad earned a Top of Iowa Conference victory on Thursday, Sept. 30, in three straight sets over the Eagle Grove Eagles.
The green-black-and-silver took the opening game 25-11 before winning the second set by the score of 25-15 and ended the match with a 25-11 victory in game number three.
 
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FOREST CITY—Bishop Garrigan handed Forest City their conference set loss of the season but the Indians still prevailed in four games in a Top of Iowa Conference volleyball match played on Tuesday, Sept. 28.
The home team took the opening two sets by identical scores of 25-14 before the black-and-gold dominated in game number three with a 25-15 victory.
 
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ALTA—Alta-Aurelia defeated the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines volleyball squad in three straight sets on Thursday, Sept. 30, in a Twin Lakes Conference match.
The Warriors took the opening game 25-12 before winning the second set by the score of 25-11 and ended the match in game number three with a 25-16 victory.
 
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POCAHONTAS—On Saturday, Oct. 2, both the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys and girls cross-country squads competed in the Pocahontas Area Invitational.
On the boys side of things, Damon Fehr finished in 34th place with a time of 20:49.74.
 
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ALGONA—Algona turned away a North Polk two-point conversion try with 47 seconds left to play in the game to secure an exciting, 28-27, Class 3A district opening victory on Friday, Sept. 24, over the Comets.
The red-and-black got huge nights from seniors Trevon Smith and Tyler Manske in the win and homecoming king Wyatt Garman sealed the deal in the final minute by recovering an attempted onside kick by the visitors.
 
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ALGONA—Brooke Ludwig won the 500-yard freestyle race to highlight the performances of the Algona swim team on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Algona Family YMCA.
The red-and-black fell to the Spencer Tigers in the meet by the score of 129-38. Ludwig was the lone first place winner as she touched the pad first in the longest race of the evening with a season-best clocking of 6:24.32.
 
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ALGONA—Ryan Stundahl of Algona placed third overall to highlight the performances of the four area cross-country teams on Monday, Sept. 27 at the 21-team Algona Invitational held at the River Road Golf Club.
Algona finished in eighth place in the team standings with a team total of 225 points with Bishop Garrigan taking 13th with 338 as both North Union and West Bend-Mallard did not have enough runners for a team score.
 
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ALGONA—For the past two seasons, Algona’s Moriah Knapp has been trying to get under the 20:00 mark in her cross-country races and came very close on different occasions.
The Bulldog junior final achieved the feat on Monday, Sept. 27 at the Algona Invitational held at the River Road Golf Club to highlight the performances of the four area girls’ cross-country squads.
 
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BOONE—The Algona Bulldogs volleyball squad went 3-3 against some very good competition at the Boone tournament on Saturday, Sept. 25. The Bulldogs played against larger schools in several matches. 
 
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ALGONA—The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears volleyball squad hosted the six-team BGHS tournament on Saturday, Sept. 25, and went 2-3 on the day in tightly contest tourney.
Saint Ansgar won the tournament 5-0 closely followed by Garner-Hayfield/Ventura at 4-1. Bishop Garrigan, Belmond-Klemme and Southeast Valley all went 2-3 on the day while West Hancock was 0-5 in the tourney.
 
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NEWELL—Newell-Fonda showed why the squad is ranked seventh in Class 1A in the latest rankings with a three-set victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Thursday, Sept. 23.
The Mustangs won the opening set by the score of 25-14 before taking the second set by the count of 25-9. The blue-and-white ended the match with a 25-6 win in game number three.
 
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WEST BEND—On night when the West Bend-Mallard football field was renamed Koy Goodchild Field, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire broke a 12-12 deadlock at halftime with a pair of second half scores to earn a 26-12 win over the purple-and-gold on Friday, Sept. 24, in eight-man district play.
 
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ARMSTRONG—Top-ranked West Hancock took full advantage of two early turnovers for a quick 22-0 lead on Friday, Sept. 24, and never looked back in a 42-7 Class A district football win over the North Union Warriors.
 
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LAKE PARK—Some people think that in eight-man football games you do not see a lot of defense played. That group of people should have been at the Bishop Garrigan and Harris-Lake Park contest on Friday, Sept. 24.
The home team Wolves only allowed a safety on a bad snap on a punt in a 19-2 district number two victory over the black-and-gold squad that allowed just 37 yards rushing in 29 attempts.
 
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