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Wolverines go 4-1 at Graettinger tourney

GRAETTINGER—West Bend-Mallard won four of five matches at the Graettinger volleyball tournament played on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The purple-and-gold defeated Harris-Lake Park 20-22, 21-12 and 15-11, Sioux Central by the scores of 21-13 and 21-7 and Pocahontas Area 21-17 and 21-19.

The Wolverines also topped North Union 21-14 and 21-18 in a battle of two area teams and their only loss of the day came to the Emmetsburg E-Hawks by the score of 16-21 and 17-21.

Big second period leads Titans past WB-M

WEST BEND—Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire erupted for 32 points in the second quarter and went onto a 62-12, eight-man district football victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Friday, Sept. 20.

G-T/R-A broke open a tight 8-0 contest after the first 12 minutes by scoring four touchdowns and conversions to take a 40-6 advantage to the locker room at intermission.

Riggert leads AHS boys at Storm Lake

STORM LAKE—Running without their top runner, Gavin Weber, out with an illness, the Algona Bulldog boys’ cross-country team finished in sixth place with 160 points at the Storm Lake Invitational held on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Ryley Riggert was the top place winner for the red-and-black in 27th place in 19:04.83, two places ahead of teammate Brooks Morgan in 29th place with his clocking of 19:13.27.

Two area girls go 1-2 at Humboldt Invitational

HUMBOLDT—Tyra Schupbach of West Bend-Mallard crossed the finish line first followed by Julia Swift of Bishop Garrigan as the runner-up to highlight the performances of the four area girls’ cross-country squads at the Humboldt Invitational on Monday, Sept. 23.

Schupbach cruised to another individual win as the second-ranked runner in Class 1A won the event with a time of 20:07.0 as Swift took second place with a clocking of 20:59.9.

Wolverines split key conference triangular

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard split a key Twin Lakes Conference volleyball triangular on Thursday, Sept. 19 against South Central Calhoun and Emmetsburg.

The purple-and-gold fell to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in conference matches while South Central Calhoun is 18-6 and 4-1 and Emmetsburg now has records of 8-2 and 6-1.

The Wolverines opened the evening with a hard-fought 16-25, 25-14, 16-25, 25-21 and 15-13 victory over South Central Calhoun.

Bulldog girls compete at Storm Lake Invitational

STORM LAKE—Battling some sickness running though the team, a short-handed Algona Bulldog girls’ cross-country squad competed at the Storm Lake Invitational held at the Sunrise Point Golf Course on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The red-and-black took 10th place in the team standings with a team score of 251 points as Bishop Heelan won the team title with 52 points.

West Hancock tops Warriors 46-7

ARMSTRONG—Defending Class A state champion West Hancock used their powerful rushing attack on Friday, Sept. 20 to hand the North Union Warriors a 46-7 district defeat.

The red-and-white rushed the football 32 times for 264 yards and ran for six touchdowns and used a pick six for another score as they improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in district play.

AHS girls go 2-1 in Forest City tourney

FOREST CITY—The Algona Bulldog volleyball squad took two of three matches on Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Forest City Tournament.

The red-and-black defeated conference rival Clarion-Goldfield/Dows by identical scores of 22-20, fell to Central Springs by the scores of 14-21 and 15-21 and defeated Forest City 16-21, 21-17 and 15-9.

Storm Lake outlasts Bulldogs in five sets

STORM LAKE—Stepping outside of North Central Conference play, the Algona Bulldogs volleyball squad fell to the Storm Lake Tornadoes in five hard-fought sets on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The red-and-black took the opening game by the final score of 25-21 before the home team won a tight 23-25 win in game number two.

Swim team places fourth at Fort Dodge Invitational

FORT DODGE—The Algona swim team finished in fourth place with 171 team points in the five-team Fort Dodge Gary Winkler Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Reese Taylor was the lone gold medal winner in the meet as she won the one-meter diving event with a total of 440.75 to top the field.

Golden Bears host annual CYO tourney

ALGONA—The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears’ volleyball squad hosted five other Catholic schools in the annual CYO tournament on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The black-and-gold had a tough day going 0-5 in matches against some very tough competition. The Golden Bears started the day with a 22-24 and 16-21 loss to Remsen St. Mary’s and fell to fifth-ranked (Class 4A) Bishop Heelan 7-21 and 2-21.

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Area Sports Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 19

VB – Algona vs. Clear Lake

VB – West Bend-Mallard vs. Emmetsburg,

South Central Calhoun

 

Friday, Sept. 20

FB – Algona vs. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley    

(Homecoming)

FB – Bishop Garrigan @ Northwood-Kensett

FB – North Union vs. West Hancock

FB – West Bend-Mallard vs. G-T/R-A

 

Saturday, Sept. 21

Schupbach wins E-Hawk Invitational

EMMETSBURG—Tyra Schupbach of West Bend-Mallard cruised to the individual title to highlight the performances of three area girls’ cross-country squads at the E-Hawk Invitational ran at the Emmetsburg Golf & Country Club on Monday, Sept. 16.

Schupbach, ranked third in Class 1A in the latest ranking, won the race by just under a minute with her winning clocking of 21:36.4. Teammate Maddie Fehr was 19th overall in 23:36.9 for the Wolverines.

No. 3 Algona wins home opener over Midgets 34-12

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Third-ranked Algona won their home opener on Sept. 13 over the Estherville-Lincoln Central Midgets in a non-district football contest played at Bulldog Stadium by the final score of 34-12.

The red-and-black overcame some sickness filtering throughout the squad as a couple of starters off their defense missed the game, and it showed early.

Late score spoils North Union’s homecoming

ARMSTRONG—It was a tough homecoming for the North Union Warriors football team on Friday, Sept. 13 as they fell to the Belmond-Klemme Broncos 15-12 in a Class A district football contest.

The green-black-and-silver lost their senior quarterback Grady Madden on their third play of the game for the season with a broken leg and then the Broncos scored a touchdown with just over four minutes to play to win the game after the home team led almost the whole contest.

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