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Seven new winners at Kossuth County Speedway

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—There were seven new feature winners on the second evening of dirt track racing at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, May 15 as none of the feature winners from the season opener repeated their opening night success.

Area State Track Schedule

Thursday, May 22

9:00—Girls Discus (Reagan Haynes)

11:00—Boys 200 Prelims (Allie, Garman)

11:20—Girls 4 x 800 (AHS)

11:30—Girls High Jump (Lentz)

11:30—Boys Discus (Nevitt; Limbaugh)

12:50—Girls 100 Prelims (Johnson)

1:05—Boys 100 Prelims (Weichert)

1:40—Boys 400 (Moreno)

3:20—Girls 3000 (Schupbach, Swift)

4:20—Girls 100 Prelims (Fehr)

5:00—Girls 4 x 800 (WBM)

5:50—Boys 4 x 800 (BG)

Manske falls just short of state tourney bid

ORANGE CITY—Algona sophomore Nathan Manske fell one stroke short of a Class 3A state tournament berth at the district tournament held at the Landsmeer Golf Course in Orange City on Monday, May 19.

Manske’s 18-hole score of 80 tied for eighth-place overall with Drew Early of Okoboji as Early won the card-back tiebreaker to take eighth place.

Alex started his day on Hole No. 15 with pars on the first two holes followed by a pair of bogeys to make the turn at two-over par.

AHS, BG trapshooting squads host home meet

ALGONA—The Algona and Bishop Garrigan High School trapshooting teams hosted a multi-team meet on Saturday, May 17 at the Izaak Walton League located just north of Algona.

The Algona High School team of Cody Harms, Porter Divis, Blake Kajewski, Sam Schutjer and Landon Thompson placed first with a team total of 213.

Three-peat for Bulldog boys track team

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

CLEAR LAKE—For the third straight year, the Algona Bulldog boys track team won the North Central Conference meet, with the latest coming on Thursday, May 8.

Manske wins NCC title after two playoff holes

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BOONE—It took two extra holes to determine the 2025 North Central Conference individual champion in the league meet that took place on Monday, May 12 at the Legacy Golf Course here.

After 18 holes of golf, Algona’s Nathan Manske and Eli Anderson of Clear Lake were deadlocked at three-over par totals of 74.

Henderson is runner-up medalist at league meet

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

LIVERMORE—North Union’s Drew Henderson placed second at the Top of Iowa Conference boys golf tournament played at the Spring Valley Golf Course to highlight the performances of a pair of area teams.

Henderson carded an 18-hole total of 35-39—74 that was topped only by Lake Mills’ Austin Stene, who had the low score of the day with a one-over par 36-37—73. The top 10 finishers earned all-conference honors in 2025.

Thomas wins conference discus title

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BRITT—Bishop Garrigan’s Amaury Thomas won the discus title at the Top of Iowa Conference meet on Thursday, May 8 to highlight the performances of a pair of area boys track teams.

Thomas flipped the platter 146’ 6” to take first place in the discus as the black-and-gold finished in fifth place with 72 points in the final team standings while North Union ended up in eighth place overall with a team total of 29 points.

Three Golden Bear girls earn conference titles

BRITT—A trio of Bishop Garrigan freshmen earned individual titles at the 2025 Top of Iowa Conference track meet held on Thursday, May 8 to highlight the performances of a pair of area girls squads.

The black-and-gold finished in fourth place overall in the team standings with a team total of 82 points during the evening as North Union ended up in eighth place with a team score of 35 points.

AHS girls win five events at NCC meet

IOWA FALLS—The Algona Bulldog girls track squad won five events at the annual North Central Conference track meet held on Thursday, May 8.

The red-and-black scored a total of 153 points during the evening, a total that was only surpassed by Clear Lake’s winning score of 194 points.

Junior Natalie Johnson was a double winner for the Bulldogs as she was a conference champion in the 100-meer dash in 12.63 and the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.44.

Cummins, shuttle hurdle relay place first at Panther Relays

MANLY—Winning a pair of events, the North Union Warrior girls track squad finished in fifth place overall in the team standings at the Panther Relays held on Monday, May 12.

Alexis Cummins placed first in the 800-meter run in 2:33.57 as did the green-black-and-silver’s shuttle hurdle relay group of Cloey Anderson, Peyton Jenkins, Marissa Nielsen and Jameele Reyes with a time of 1:19.83.

Opening night draws 85 cars at speedway

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

 

ALGONA—It was opening night for the 2025 racing season at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, May 8 with an impressive number of 85 cars signing in at the pit shack to compete on the first night of the season.

Bulldog girls win cross-town golf battle by two strokes

LIVERMORE—It was a tight match in the annual cross-town girls golf battle as the Algona Bulldogs edged the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears 197-199 at the Spring Valley Golf Course on Thursday, May 8.

The medalist of the meet was Ava Snider of Bishop Garrigan with her nine-hole score of 47 as Ella Welp took home the runner-up medal with the same score of 47.

AHS girls golfers take 2nd at Storm Lake Invite

STORM LAKE—It was another strong showing by the Algona Bulldog girls golf squad as the team finished in second place at the Storm Lake Invitational played at the Buena Vista Lake Creek Golf Course on Saturday, May 10.

The red-and-black’s team score of 392 was topped only by MOC/Floyd Valley who ran away with the tournament title with a team total of 337.

WB-M girls have two runner-ups in league meet

SIOUX RAPIDS—West Bend-Mallard had a pair of runner-up finishes to highlight the performances of the purple-and-gold girls track squad at the Twin Lakes Conference meet held on Tuesday, May 6.

The Wolverines amassed a total of 52 points during the evening as the Sioux Central Rebels claimed the conference title with a team total of 128 points.

NU boys run at Manly

MANLY—In the last tune-up before Thursday’s district track meet, the North Union Warrior boys track team competed in the Panther Relays here on Monday, May 12.

The green-black-and-silver ended up in fifth place in the team standings with a team score of 56 points as Clear Lake took the team title with 188 points.

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