AMES—One word can define the 2021 season for the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ golf team and that is dominant. The word was illustrated clearly on Tuesday, June 2 and Wednesday, June 3 as the black-and-gold lapped the Class 1A field at the state golf tournament to defend their state title.

ALGONA—North Union (No. 13, Class 2A) remained perfect in Top of Iowa Conference games on Friday, June 4 with a 14-0, six-inning win over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.
The green-black-and-silver improved to 4-0 in the league and 6-1 overall on the year while the Golden Bears fell to 3-7 on the season and is now 1-3 in Top of Iowa Conference contests.

ALGONA—Drew Fogarty pitched seven solid innings and five players had at least two hits to lead the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears baseball team to an 11-5 Top of Iowa Conference baseball victory on Friday, June 4 over the North Union Warriors.
The home team opened the game’s scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Garrett Heying belted a solo home run with one out. Fogarty then drew a base-on-balls and Collin Casey courtesy ran for the black-and-gold’s pitcher.
 

GOWRIE—West Bend-Mallard earned their third victory of the 2021 season on Monday, June 7 with a 4-0 shutout Twin Lakes Conference victory over the Southeast Valley Jaguars.
The purple-and-gold broke a scoreless 0-0 deadlock in the third inning with three runs and added a big insurance run in the top of the fourth frame. The Wolverines had seven hits in the win and played errorless baseball in the field.

CHEROKEE—Algona split a pair of softball contests on Saturday, June 5 as the red-and-black outslugged Cherokee 22-17 before falling to eighth-ranked (Class 1A) Akron-Westfield by the score of 11-5.
In the high scoring opener, Emma Zabka had three hits while teammates Moriah Knapp, Lily Elsbecker and Olivia Rochleau all added two hits. Lillian Etherington homered and knocked four RBI as Brooklyn Helmers scored four times in the win.
 

EAGLE GROVE—Algona stepped outside of their North Central Conference baseball schedule on Thursday, June 3 with a road contest against former league foe Eagle Grove and came back to town with a 13-4 win over the Eagles.

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.
 
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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.
 
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