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Fourth-ranked Spencer ends Algona’s season

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

SPENCER—Fourth-ranked Spencer broke open a three-point game at halftime with a big second half to hand the Algona Bulldogs a 78-45 defeat on Monday, Feb. 21, in the opening round of the Class 3A substate boys basketball tournament.

Wilson, Slagle each win one match at state tourney

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

DES MOINES—Algona freshmen Isaac Wilson and Tate Slagle went 1-2 at the Class 2A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 17-19 to gain valuable experience for the future. The Bulldogs finished in 51st place overall in the team standings with six points.

Wilson had a tough opening round match against second-ranked Carter West of Burlington Notre Dame and lost by the score of 7-0.

Hot-shooting Lynx top Algona 64-59

WEBSTER CITY—A hot-shooting Webster City Lynx boys basketball team fought off a pesky Algona Bulldogs squad on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in a North Central Conference contest by the score of 64-59 in the team’s regular season finale.

The Lynx were on fire on the night from the floor, connecting on 24 of 38 attempts from the field in the victory for 63.2 percent and hit six of 11 three-point field goal tries.

Golden Bears roll past WB-M 63-20

ALGONA—Would a week layoff hurt the second-ranked Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ basketball team in their Class 1A regional opener on Tuesday, Feb. 15?

The black-and-gold made sure that the answer to that question was no as they started the game with an early 31-0 run and cruised to a 63-20 victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.

Golden Bears advance to another regional final

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan advanced to the Class 1A regional final for the third straight year and the fourth in the last five seasons with a 70-34 thrashing of the Nashua-Plainfield Huskies on Friday, Feb. 18, in the Class 1A regional semifinal round.

Cold-shooting Warriors fall to Titans 44-31

ARMSTRONG—Sioux Central outscored North Union 16-5 in the final eight minutes to break open a two-point game and went on to a 44-31 Class 2A regional girls’ basketball opening round win over the green-black-and-silver on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

The Titans led 11-6 at the conclusion of the first period but the Warriors took a 22-17 advantage to the locker room at intermission. Sioux Central led 28-26 after three quarters of basketball.

BGHS girls defeat top-ranked Wolverines

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—Second-ranked Bishop Garrigan ended the 2021-2022 regular season with a huge win as they knocked off top-ranked and defending Class 2A state champion Dike-New Hartford by the score of 50-45 on Tuesday, Feb. 8.

Indians edge Algona in regional opener

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

FOREST CITY—Forest City scored the final five points of the game to rally for a 45-41 victory over the Algona Bulldogs in the opening round of the Class 3A girls’ regional basketball tournament.

North Iowa tops Warriors in district quarterfinals

GRAETTINGER—North Union scored just nine points in the second half in a 50-28 Class 1A district quarterfinal round loss on Monday, Feb. 14 to the North Iowa Bison.

The Warriors led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter before North Iowa took a narrow 20-19 advantage to the locker room at halftime. The Bison extended the lead to 32-23 at the conclusion of the third quarter of play.

Bishop Garrigan falls to Titans in district play

GRAETTINGER—Bishop Garrigan hung tough early but a cold shooting evening for the floor hurt the squad in a 70-53 loss on Monday, Feb. 14 in a Class 1A district quarterfinal round contest against the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans.

The contest was deadlocked at 18-18 at the conclusion of the first period before the home team took a 35-28 advantage to the locker room at intermission. The Titans increased the lead to 58-42 at the end of the third quarter.

Wolverines win district opener 63-53

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard opened Class 1A district boys’ basketball play on Friday, Feb. 11 at home with a 63-53 victory over the Northwood-Kensett Vikings.

The purple-and-gold led almost the entire contest but couldn’t shake off the pesky Vikings. The Wolverines led 13-8, 25-14 and 42-29 at the three quarter breaks.

WB-M girls win regional opener in overtime

WEST BEND—A pair of youngsters had big nights to help lead the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines to a 64-60 overtime victory over the Mason City Newman Knights on Thursday, Feb. 10 in the opening round of the Class 1A regional girls’ basketball tournament.

NU girls wrap up 2nd place in conference

ARMSTRONG—North Union wrapped up sole possession of second place in the Top of Iowa Conference girls’ basketball standings on Tuesday, Feb. 8 with a 70-12 drubbing of the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

The green-black-and-silver finished the 2021-2022 regular season with an overall record of 16-5 and ended up in second place in the league standings with a mark of 13-3.

Price earns state berth

EMMETSBURG—Freshman Landon Price of North Union placed first at 113 pounds to highlight the performances of the North Union Warriors and West Bend-Mallard Wolverines wrestling squads at the Class 1A district tournament.

Price had a bye in the semifinals and wrestled only 31 seconds in the finals to advance to state with a fall over Lincoln Wilcoxon of Emmetsburg.

Pair of AHS freshmen headed to state tourney

WEBSTER CITY—Freshmen Isaac Wilson and Tate Slagle earned a trip to Des Moines to wrestle in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament this week with a second place finish at the district meet on Saturday, Feb. 12.

Wilson opened the day with a 7-0 win over Garrett Tusler of Osage in the semifinals but lost a tough 1-0 decision to seventh-rated Jayson Stevens of Hampton-Dumont in the 106-pound finals.

Golden Bears drop regular season finale

ALGONA—Hampton-Dumont defeated the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear in a non-conference boys contest on Thursday, Feb. 10 by the score of 69-55. The Golden Bears ended the regular season with a mark of 6-15.

The contest was tight until the third quarter when the visitors increased a four-point halftime advantage into a 10-point lead and went onto the victory.

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