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Golden Bears go 3-1 in own tournament

ALGONA—The Bishop Garrigan volleyball squad hosted its second volleyball tournament of the 2020 season Saturday, Sept. 26, and the Golden Bears won three of the matches they played in during the day.
Saint Ansgar won all four of its matches, Southeast Valley was 2-2, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura went 1-3 and West Hancock was winless in four matches.
 
Read all about the tournament in Oct. 1 Kossuth County Advance.

Wolverines win fifth straight match

GRAETTINGER—West Bend-Mallard remained the hottest volleyball team in the area with its fifth straight win on Tuesday, Sept. 22, by drubbing the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans in three sets in a Twin Lakes Conference match.
 
Get all of the details on this and other West Bend-Mallard sports in the Oct. 1 Kossuth County Advance.
 
 

Bulldogs top NCC-rival Iowa Falls-Alden

IOWA FALLS—Algona rolled up 408 total yards and earned a 28-20, non-district football victory Friday, Sept. 25, over the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets in contest that was not scheduled until Wednesday.
The Bulldogs were supposed to play Cherokee and the Cadets were slated to host Roland-Story, but both of those schools were not able to play because of COVID-19 situations so the two longtime North Central Conference foes renewed a rivalry.

Algona swimmers host only home meet, senior night

The Algona swim team hosted Spencer Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Algona Family YMCA in its only home meet of the season and fell to the Tigers by the score of 139-31.
It was Senior Night at the pool, and the squad’s eight seniors were honored during the intermission break. 
 
Get all of the details on this and another swimming meet in the Oct. 1 Kossuth County Advance.

Boys, girls runners medal at Algona Invite

ALGONA—Area cross-country runners earned medals for top 40 finishes to highlight the performances of the four area high school squads on Monday, Sept. 28 at the Algona Invitational held at the River Road Golf Course.
 
Get all of the details in the Oct. 1 Kossuth County Advance.

Golden Bears beat Warriors in OT

ALGONA—Kellen Murphy scored on a seven-yard run in overtime to give the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears to a 33-27 victory Friday, Sept. 25, over the North Union Warriors in Class A district football action.
 
The squads ended regulation deadlocked at 27-27 after the home team scored on a 30-yard pass play with 3:54 remaining in the contest to force the overtime.
 
Get the full story in the Oct. 1 Kossuth County Advance.

Lang rushes Warriors to win; Wolverines win title

Ryan Lang rushed for over 250 yards and scored five touchdowns for the second straight week on Saturday, Sept. 19, to lead the North Union Warriors to a big, 38-9, homecoming victory over the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars.
 
For the second consecutive season, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines volleyball squad won the title at the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Invitational played on Saturday, Sept. 19.
 

BGHS defeats North Union in three sets

In a Top of Iowa Conference volleyball match played on Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears defeated North Union in three straight games.
The black-and-gold won the opening set by the score of 25-21 before taking the second game by the count of 25-13. The Golden Bears then won the match by winning a hard-fought third set by the score of 25-23.
 
Get lots of volleyball reporting on page B3 of the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.

Bulldogs' stiff defense leads to victory

Algona amassed 470 yards of offense but the story was the red-and-black’s defense as they limited high-powered Garner-Hayfield/Ventura to just 96 total yards on the evening in a 27-7 Class 2A district victory over the Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 18, for their first win of the 2020 season.
 
Get all of the details, plus more sports, on page B2 of the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.

Knights rally to topple Golden Bears, 28-20

   ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Mason City Newman scored twice in the final 12 minutes on Friday, Sept. 4, to earn a 28-20 non-district football victory over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.
Before some of the home team fans even had a chance to find their seats, Isaiah Plathe grabbed the opening kickoff and dashed 86 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown.
 

Knapp places 6th at Lynx Invitational

   WEBSTER CITY—Moriah Knapp finished sixth overall and two runners earned medals to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog boys and girls cross-country squads on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Lynx Invitational.
Knapp crossed the finish line in 22:11 to earn a medal while teammate Carley Mullins just missed a medal with her 15th place showing with her clocking of 23:08.19.
 

Schiltz takes 12th at Okoboji to pace NU, WB-M boys runners

MILFORD—Nick Schiltz of North Union crossed the finish line in 12th place overall on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Okoboji Invitational at the Woodlyn Hills Golf Course to highlight the performances of the North Union and West Bend-Mallard boys’ cross-country teams.
 
See the Sept. 10 Kossuth County Advance for the complete cross country reports.

Julia Fehr places 13th at Milford to pace WB-M, NU runners

MILFORD—Julia Fehr of West Bend-Mallard finished in 13th place overall to highlight the performances of both the North Union and West Bend-Mallard girls’ cross-country squads on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Okoboji Invitational.
West Bend-Mallard ended up in 11th place in the team race with 274 points as North Union had only three runners and no team score with Sibley-Ocheyedan won the title with 66 team points.
 

Three BGHS runners earn medals

MASON CITY—Quinn, Gavin and Lauren Swift all earned medals for top 20 finishes to highlight the performances of the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears cross-country team on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Newman Invitational.
 
Get all of the information about BGHS's cross country week in the Sept. 10 Kossuth County Advance.

Pioneers edge North Union, 17-13

MILFORD—Okoboji scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter to earn a 17-13 come-from-behind non-district football victory over the North Union Warriors on Friday, Sept. 4.
 
Read the full story in the Sept. 10 Kossuth County Advance.

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