GARNER—Bishop Garrigan went on the road in Top of Iowa Conference volleyball play on Thursday, Sept. 12 and fell to the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals in four sets.

The home team took the opening two games by the scores of 25-10 and 25-19. The black-and-gold responded by taking set number three by the count of 25-14, but the Cardinals took the fourth game by the score of 25-21 to end the match.

FORT DODGE—Traveling south down Highway 169 to Fort Dodge, the Algona swim team competed against a pair of swim team perennials as the squad faced Sioux City West and Fort Dodge on Thursday, Sept. 12.

The red-and-black finished in third place with 37 points as Sioux City West placed first with 74 and Fort Dodge was second with a team score of 63 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

WEBSTER CITY—Placing a total of six runners in the top 16 runners, the Algona Bulldog boys’ cross-country team won the team title at the Lynx Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

The red-and-black’s score of 49 points was the best in the Gold Division to claim the team title as St. Edmond placed sixth with 67 and Manson Northwest Webster was third with 94 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Top-ranked and defending eight-man state champion Bishop Garrigan ran the football 43 times for 335 yards in a 41-6 district opening victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines on Friday, Sept. 6 at Conway Field.

The black-and-gold defense set the tempo of the game on the opening drive after Austin Schmidt returned the opening kickoff 48 yards to the Golden Bear 19-yard line.

MASON CITY—Reese Taylor placed first in the one meter-diving event to highlight the performances of the Algona swim team at the Mason City Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Taylor topped a group of 15 other divers in the event as she compiled a winning score of 412.30 after all of her dives were completed.

Algona ended in eighth place overall in the team standing with a team score of 106 points as Waukee Northwest won the team title with 604 points.

FOREST CITY—Second-ranked Algona erupted for 41 first quarter points and went onto a 61-36 pasting of Forest City on Friday, Sept. 6 in a non-district football contest.

The red-and-black’s first team offense scored on each of their six possessions of the game. The final score was much closer than the contest was, as the home team left their starters in the whole game and scored 22 points in the final quarter on the Bulldogs’ reserves.

MILFORD—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ volleyball squad went a perfect 3-0 in matches on the night to place first at the Okoboji Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

The purple-and-gold topped Okoboji by the final score of 21-14, 14-21 and 15-12, defeated Estherville-Lincoln Central by identical scores of 21-18 and beat Sibley-Ocheyedan 21-16, 19-21 and 15-9.

SPIRIT LAKE—Tyra Schpubach of West Bend-Mallard ran away from the other 108 competitors in the race to easily place first overall and Class B at the Iowa Great Lakes Invitational cross-country meet held at the Brooks Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Schupbach crossed the finish line 34 seconds ahead of the overall runner-up on Thursday with a career-best clocking of 19:17.86 to win the race.

WEBSTER CITY—Sophomore Mara Davis finished in fourth place overall in the Gold Division at the Lynx Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls’ cross-country squad.

The red-and-black ended up in fifth place overall in the Gold Division team standings with a team score of 107 points as Roland Story took the team title with a team total of 37 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Algona entertained four other schools in the annual Algona Classic on Saturday, Sept. 7, and the red-and-black went 2-2 to finish third in the volleyball tournament as fifth ranked (Class 3A) Sioux Center placed first with a perfect 4-0 mark.

The Bulldogs opened the day with 9-21 and 11-21 losses to the Lake Mills Bulldogs. Maya Lentz led the squad in kills with three.

SAINT ANSGAR—Saint Ansgar showed why they are ranked fifth in the latest Class A football poll as they defeated the North Union Warriors’ football team 48-7 in the district opener for both teams on Friday, Sept. 6.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BOONE—Veteran race driver Kelly Shryock has over 700 feature wins in his fabulous racing career. The one thing that has eluded the Fertile driver is winning the Super Nationals “Big Dance.”

But, things all changed for the 59-year old veteran driver on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the stock car “Big Dance” “A” Feature, as Shryock added a huge memory to his great career by the winning the race.

ARMSTRONG—North Union hosted Forest City on Thursday, Sept. 5 in a Top of Iowa Conference volleyball match and the visitors prevailed in three straight sets.

The red-and-white took the opening game by the score of 25-8, took the second set by the count of 25-11 and ended the night with a 25-15 victory in game number three.

SPIRIT LAKE—A pair of area boys’ cross-country teams participated in the Iowa Great Lakes Invitational held at the Brooks Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Both the North Union Warriors and West Bend-Mallard Wolverines competed in the 22-team meet as each team did not have enough runners for a team score.

MASON CITY—Bishop Garrigan freshman, Julia Swift, had an impressive debut in her first varsity high school cross-country race at Mason City in the Newman Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to highlight the performances of the Golden Bear boys’ and girls’ teams.

Swift set a new black-and-gold school record with her sixth place clocking of 21:13.3 as she was the lone Bishop Garrigan girl to compete in the meet won Iowa Falls-Alden with 49 team points.