Bishop Garrigan held the North Iowa Lady Bison scoreless the first quarter en route to a 95-19 Top of Iowa Conference girls basketball victory on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The win improves the top-ranked black-and-gold’s overall record to 10-0 on the season and the Golden Bears are a perfect 6-0 in the conference standings.
The visitors took control of the league contest early as they built a commanding 31-0 lead at the conclusion of the first stanza. 
 

A nice effort by the Algona Bulldogs girls basketball squad was not enough as the 14th-rated squad in Class 3A Clarion-Goldfield Cowgirls handed the Bulldogs a 44-27 North Central Conference defeat on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The first eight minutes was a defensive struggle as the contest was deadlocked 5-5 at the quarter break. 
 
Get the full story in the Dec. 31 Kossuth County Advance.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan outscored Algona by eight points in the final eight minutes to rally for a 59-55 non-conference boys basketball crosstown victory over the red-and-black on Saturday, Dec. 19.
The black-and-gold trailed by 10 points in the third period before rallying to tie the contest with two minutes to play.
 
Get more on this game, more on BGHS sports, and more on the NCC-leading AHS boys in the Dec. 24 Kossuth County Advance.

ALGONA—The annual crosstown girls basketball contest pitted a veteran Bishop Garrigan squad against a young Algona team on Saturday, Dec. 19. The veteran squad built a big early lead and the top-ranked Golden Bears earned a 79-22 non-conference win.
Bishop Garrigan scored the first nine points of the game. Audi Crooks scored four of those before A’Lailah Perry got the home team on the scoreboard with three minutes gone in the contest.
 

ARMSTRONG—Belmond-Klemme jumped out to big lead early and never looked back in a 63-46 Top of Iowa Conference boys basketball win on Tuesday, Dec. 15, over the North Union Warriors.
The visitors led 23-10 at the conclusion of the first quarter and took a 35-17 advantage heading into the locker room at intermission. The Broncos also led 53-28 at the end of the third quarter of action.
 

ARMSTRONG—The North Union Warrior girls’ basketball squad improved to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play on Monday, Dec. 21 with a 54-21 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.
The green-black-and-silver led 13-2 at the conclusion of the opening frame and extended their advantage to 32-12 at intermission. The home team enjoyed a 45-18 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
 

ALTA—West Bend-Mallard used a balanced scoring attack to earn a 55-41 Twin Lakes Conference girls’ basketball win on Friday, Dec. 18, over the Alta-Aurelia Warriors.
With the victory, the purple-and-gold head into the Christmas break with an overall record of 4-2 and improved to 1-1 in conference games this season.
 
Get the full game report and other Wolverines sports stories in the Dec. 24 Kossuth County Advance.

BUFFALO CENTER—North Iowa jumped out to a nine-point first quarter and never looked back in a 79-46 non-conference boys’ basketball victory on Thursday, Dec. 17 over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.
The home team built a 21-12 advantage at the conclusion of the first eight minutes of play and extended that lead to 52-24 at halftime. The Bison also enjoyed a commanding 70-35 lead at the end of the third period.
 

GRAETTINGER—North Union reversed the outcome of a dual meet held last week as the green-black-and-silver topped West Bend-Mallard 40-33 on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The purple-and-gold defeated the Warriors 50-27 seven days earlier in Swea City.
Both squads went 2-1 on the night as North Union also Northwood-Kensett 42-36 but fell to Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire by the same score of 42-36 while the Wolverines beat both G-T/R-A 39-30 and Northwood-Kensett 31-24.
 

IOWA FALLS—Algona earned a big North Central Conference boys basketball win on Friday, Dec. 11, 69-56 over the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets in the conference opener for the red-and-black.
 
Get this story and more about the AHS boys in the Dec. 17 Kossuth County Advance.

ALGONA—In a rematch of the 2020 Class 1A girls basketball championship game, No. 2 ranked Bishop Garrigan dominated the second half and went on to a 66-45 victory over top-rated Newell-Fonda on Thursday, Dec. 10.

IOWA FALLS-ALDEN—A young Algona Bulldog girls basketball squad gave undefeated and 14th-ranked Iowa Falls-Alden all it could handle before the Cadets outscored the red-and-black 19-12 in the final eight minutes to earn a 40-32 North Central Conference victory.
 
Get the full story in the Dec. 17 Kossuth County Advance.

BRITT—West Hancock won a 44-26 Top of Iowa Conference boys basketball defensive battle on Friday, Dec. 11 over the North Union Warriors.
 
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WEST BEND—Overcoming a three-point deficit heading into the final frame, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys basketball team rallied on Friday, Dec. 11 to earn their first victory of the season by the score of 42-37 over the Storm Lake St. Mary’s Panthers.
 
Get more on this game and WB-M basketball in the Dec. 17 Kossuth County Advance.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan ran out to a big first quarter advantage and cruised to a 67-24 Top of Iowa Conference boys basketball victory on Friday, Dec. 11 over the Eagle Grove Eagles.
 
Get the rest of this story and more on Bishop Garrigan boys basketball in the Dec. 17 Kossuth County Advance.