ALGONA—In a North Central Conference boys’ golf dual meet played on Tuesday, May 3 at the Algona Country Club, the Algona Bulldogs fell to the Clarion-Goldfield/Dows Cowboys.

The Cowboys earned the conference victory with a team total of 186 while Algona came into the clubhouse on Tuesday with a team score of 203.

Jacob Moore of Clarion-Goldfield/Dows was the meet medalist with his round of 43 as teammate Cole Kierstin took home the runner-up medal with a score of 44.

WEST BEND—In their last tune-up before this week’s sectional tournament, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ golf team dropped Twin Lakes Conference match on Thursday, May 5 at their home course at the West Bend Golf and Country Club.

Pocahontas Area had the low team score of the day with a 168 with Storm Lake St. Mary’s taking second with a 176 as Alta-Aurelia was third with a 181 and West Bend-Mallard placed fourth with a total of 216.

ARMSTRONG—North Union hosted a pair of Top of Iowa Conference opponents on Thursday, May 5 at the Country Greens golf course and split the league triangular.

Lake Mills won the match with a team score of 165 as North Union took second with a 173 and Belmond-Klemme finished third with a team total of 201.

Garrett Ham of Lake Mills took the meet medalist honor with his score of 37, one stroke better than teammate Denton Kingsland’s score of 38.

GOLDFIELD—It came down to a fifth score tiebreaker to decide the winner between the Algona Bulldogs and Clarion-Goldfield/Dows Cowgirl girls’ golf squads on Tuesday, May 3 at the Oak Ridge Golf Course.

Both teams came into the clubhouse with identical team scores of 214 from their top four golfers but the Cowgirls won the meet on the strength of the first place score of 59 by Delta Swanson.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—Bishop Garrigan’s Molly Joyce finished in third place in the long jump to highlight the performances of eight area athletes at the 112th edition of the Drake Relays this past weekend.

By Greg 

Grabianowski

Sports Editor

FORT DODGE—Led by the individual medalist in the meet, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ golf squad claimed the 2022 CYO tournament title at the Lakeside Golf Course on Wednesday, April 27.

The black-and-gold compiled a team total of 371 to take the title as Remsen St. Mary’s finished second in the five-team field with a score of 397.

ARMSTRONG—For the second straight meet, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ track squad won the team title on Thursday, April 28 at the annual John Larson Relays.

The black-and-gold won four events during the evening as they amassed 110 team points with West Bend-Mallard finishing in fifth place with 58.6 points and North Union was sixth overall in the nine-team field with a score of 56 points.

ARMSTRONG—Hosting seven other schools, the North Union Warrior girls’ track squad won the annual John Larson Relays held on Thursday, April 28.

The green-black-and-silver amassed a total of 135 points as Bishop Garrigan finished in second place with a score of 92 points and West Bend-Mallard took seventh with 51 points during the evening.

PALMER—The Algona and Bisop Garrigan High School competed on Wednesday, April 27 in a meet hosted by Humboldt with five teams and 133 shooters participating.

The Algona 8 team had the low score of the day with a team total of 227. Members of the winning squad were James Burma, Cole Harms, Nick Christensen, Chase Roof and Hunter Thilges.

GARNER—Nick Schiltz picked up the medalist honor to highlight the performances of the North Union boys’ and girls’ golf teams in a Top of Iowa Conference match played on Tuesday, April 25 at the Garner Golf and Country Club.

The Warrior boys had the low team score of 179 to win the league triangular, two strokes better than Garner-Hayfield/Ventura’s total of 181 and Eagle Grove placed third with a score of 199.

SPENCER—The Algona Bulldog girls’ golf squad split a non-conference golf match played on Tuesday, April 25 at the Spencer Golf & Country Club.

Spencer won the match with a winning score of 206, four strokes better than Algona’s team total of 210 and Hull Western Christian placed third with a score of 222.

GRAETTINGER—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ golf squad fell on Thursday, April 28 in a Twin Lakes Conference match played at the Graettinger Golf & Country Club.

Pocahontas Area won the league quadrangular with a team score of 208 as Emmetsburg was second with a 214 with Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire took third with a 226 and West Bend-Mallard placed fourth with a team total of 286.

The Iowa State Bank generated a grand total of $6,447 from the sale of Bishop Garrigan girls’ basketball tee-shirts recently. Iowa State Bank’s Sara Metzger, Laurie Vitzthum, Jackie Smith and Jason Wartick join the Golden Bear players along with Bishop Garrigan’s activity director Rob Meister.

GARNER—First place wins in a pair of events led the North Union Warrior boys’ track team to seventh place finish with 52 points at the Cardinal Boys Relays on Tuesday, April 25.

The gold medal winners for the green-black-and-silver were Carter Morphew in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:00.45 and Bryer Prochniak in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.26.

EMMETSBURG—Led by six first place finishes, the Algona Bulldog boys’ track team won the Clint Stille Relays on Tuesday, April 25 with 146.3 team points.

Bishop Garrigan also had a good night at Emmetsburg as the black-and-gold ended up in fourth place with 81.5 points and won a total of four different events during the evening.