ALGONA—It was memorable night for McCain Jennings as the Algona driver picked career feature win number one on Thursday, June 3 to highlight an exciting night of dirt track racing at the Kossuth County Speedway.
Jennings started on the outside of the third row before working his way to front and holding off a challenge of three veteran drivers in Derek Green, Donovan Smith and Kelly Shryock to win the stock car feature.
 

This Bishop Garrigan girls golf team won the Class 1A state championship Wednesday, June 2, completing the second day of play and winning by 74 shots over second-place Central Lyon. Three Golden Bears finished in the top eight individually. 
Get the results here: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/7447902334740375814
Read the full report and see a congratulations page in the June 10 Kossuth County Advance.

ALGONA—Senior Wyatt Streit blasted a home run and a triple to drive in three runs while teammate Miles Goche pitched six strong innings to lead the Algona Bulldogs baseball team to a 13-3, six inning non-conference victory on Wednesday, May 26 over the Emmetsburg E-Hawks.
The E-Hawks got the board with single runs in both the first and second innings to take an early 2-0 advantage but Goche stranded five runners in those two frames that proved to be huge later in the contest.

LAKE MILLS—In a wild Top of Iowa Conference softball contest that featured 34 runs and 19 hits on Friday, May 28, the Lake Mills Bulldogs outslugged the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears by the final score of 21-13.
The visitors scored four runs in the first frame and tacked on two more on the second inning for an early 6-0 advantage but Lake Mills erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the frame for a 10-6 lead.
 
Get the full story in the June 3 Advance.

FOREST CITY—North Union pounded out 10 hits and Emily Meyer twirled a three-inning no-hitter on Friday, May 28, in a 14-0 Top of Iowa Conference softball victory over the Forest City Indians.
The green-black-and-silver scored six times in the first frame and tacked on eight more runs in the third inning in the shortened contest. Meyer fanned six Indians in the win from the chalked circle.
 
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CLARION—Trailing 3-2, the Algona Bulldogs softball team scored four runs in the sixth inning and added five more in the seventh to rally for an 11-4 victory over Clarion-Goldfield on Friday, May 28, in their North Central Conference opener.
 
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LAKE MILLS—Bishop Garrigan went on the road on Friday, May 28, in a key early season Top of Iowa Conference baseball contest and came home a big 6-4 win in nine innings over one of the conference favorites in the Lake Mills Bulldogs.
 
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FOREST CITY—North Union out-hit Forest City seven to six but the Indians make their hits count in an 11-1 Top of Iowa Conference baseball win on Friday, May 28, over the green-black-and-silver.
 
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    LYTTON—One night after being shutout and limited to just three hits, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines baseball team exploded for 13 hits in an 18-4 victory on Wednesday, May 25 over the South Central Calhoun Titans.
The purple-and-gold opened the game’s scoring with three runs in the top of the first inning only to see South Central Calhoun come back in the bottom of the frame to deadlock the contest at 3-3.
 
Get the full story in the June 3 Advance.

LYTTON—West Bend-Mallard pounded out 14 hits and scored 10 runs but fell just short on Wednesday, May 26 in a 12-10 softball loss to the South Central Calhoun Titans.
 
Get the Wolverines sports report in the June 3 Advance.

Rachel Fehr of West Band-Mallard won two state championships, and Molly Joyce and Audi Crooks of Bishop Garrigan each won an event at the Iowa State Track and Field Meet at Drake Stadium May 20-22. Get all of the results in the May 27 edition of the Advance.

   LAKE MILLS—Kyle Schaaf of Bishop Garrigan along with Chase Cummins and Teagan Fothergill of North Union recorded three of the 10 scores of the day on Monday, May 10 at the Top of Iowa Conference West tournament played at the Rice Lake Golf Club to earn all-conference honors.
The black-and-gold finished in sixth place overall in the team standings with a team score of 369 with the Warriors placing second a score of 348 as Lake Mills cruised to the title with a team total of 312.

EAGLE GROVE—North Union sophomore Bryer Prochniak was a double winner at the Top of Iowa Conference boys’ track meet on Thursday, May 6.
The green-black-and-silver finished in fifth place overall in the team standings with 61 points while Bishop Garrigan ended up in seventh place in the nine-team field with a team score of 38 points.
 
See the full story in the May 13 Advance.

MASON CITY—The Algona Bulldog girls’ golf squad finished in seventh place overall at the North Central Conference tournament played at the Mason City Country Club on Monday, May 10.
The red-and-black had a team total of 464 during the day as the Clear Lake Lions captured the 2021 conference title with their team score of 355. 
 
Get more on this in the May 13 Advance.

WEST BEND—Senior James Wartick fired an even-par round of 36 to lead the Algona Bulldog boys’ golf team to a non-conference win over North Union and West Bend-Mallard on Friday, May 7 at the West Bend Country Club.
The red-and-black totaled a season-low team score of 171 to place first as North Union finished in second place with a team total of 181 and West Bend-Mallard was third with a 185.
 
See the full story in the May 13 Advance.