ALGONA—Adam Dooley of Minneapolis won the Randy Buscher Memorial Algona Am golf tournament on Saturday, and Sunday, Aug. 8-9, at the Algona Country Club.
Dooley built a nice lead after Saturday’s first 18 holes by recording eight birdies and came back with three more on Sunday morning to post a six-shot advantage heading into the final nine holes.

ALGONA—Nick Meyer led all 30 laps to win the Dirt Knight Tour modified feature to conclude a huge evening of dirt track racing at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, Aug. 6.
The event was the first of two nights of racing at the track last week where the feature winners each received a six-foot-tall trophy. Thursday night was also the Denny Hovinga Memorial and winners of the top four classes each earned $1,000 for first place.

ALGONA—A nice crowd in the grandstand along with 92 cars and five vintage cars attended the sixth annual Gary Harken Memorial race on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Kossuth County Speedway.
The sport mods had the biggest car count of evening with 27 followed by 18 in the hobby stock class. There were 16 stock cars signed in at the track, and a group of 15 modifieds competed for the second night of dirt track racing during the COVID-19, scaled-down Kossuth County Fair.
 

Just four players return for the 15th annual Kossuth County Advance All-Area Baseball first team. Bishop Garrigan’s Marcus Plathe is the only player to make the first team for the third time in his career while Algona’s Cameren Rindone, Bishop Garrigan’s Isaiah Byrkeland and North Union’s Noah Morphew all are repeaters from last year’s 2019 squad.

ALGONA—A field of 29 hobby stock cars competed in the first annual Jess Weishaar Memorial along with the Mid-Summer Shootout for the first place prize of $1,000 at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, July 30.
The night was dedicated to Weishaar who was senselessly murdered in an attempted bank robbery in Lu Verne within the past year.
A total of 85 cars were in the pits, including 15 stock cars, 14 modifieds and 13 sport mods.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released details on how football will be handled during COVID-19 this fall: https://www.iahsaa.org/covid-19-fall-football/. Here is what is in store for cross-country: https://www.iahsaa.org/covid-19-fall-cross-country/.

ALGONA—The fourth annual Salute to Veterans Night at the Kossuth County Speedway continues to get bigger every year and on Thursday, July 23, it brought a season high in both the car count and dirt track racing fans in the grandstands.
The big evening is dedicated to honor veterans who have given their service to protect the rights Americans have today, and it attracted a season-high total of 124 cars, including 33 stock cars, 31 sport mods and 26 modifieds.

The North Central Conference all-conference softball and baseball teams have been released, as have academic all-state teams. See what Algona and Bishop Garrigan students have been honored in this week's Kossuth County Advance.
For more of the story, see the July 30 edition of the Kossuth County Advance.

The new field turf at Algona High School's football stadium should be ready for the first game of the year.
For more of the story, see the July 30 edition of the Kossuth County Advance.

RUTHVEN—Bishop Garrigan did not get a hit until the top of the seventh inning, but pitcher Marcus Plathe did not let that bother him. The senior right-hander pitched the black-and-gold to a 3-1 Class 1A district opening victory over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire.
The contest was played on Saturday, July 11. The teams combined for just four hits as the pitchers in the game fanned a total of 18 batters.

HUMBOLDT—Jacob Thurm belted a pair of two-run homers and pitched four shutout innings on Monday, July 13, to lead the Humboldt Wildcats to a 7-4 North Central Conference baseball victory over the Algona Bulldogs.
The blue-and-gold improved to 9-5 overall on the year and are 4-1 in conference play while the Bulldogs fell to 7-8 overall and finished at 4-3 in North Central Conference contests.

MANSON—North Union completed the 2020 regular season on Friday, July 10, with a 12-1, nonconference softball victory over the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars. The Warriors scored single runs in the second, third and sixth frames, plated two runs in the first, four more in the fifth and three runs in the seventh frame.
 
 
More information about this game, and others, can be found in the July 16 Kossuth County Advance.
 

LAKE CITY—A big, four-run fourth inning proved to be the difference on Wednesday, July 8, as the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines softball squad picked up a 5-3 Twin Lakes Conference win over the South Central Calhoun Titans.
 
 
For more information on this and other games, see the July 16 Kossuth County Advance.
 

ALGONA—Kameryn Etherington blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to propel the sixth-ranked Algona Bulldogs to a 3-1 North Central Conference win on Wednesday, July 8, over the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets.
Ashlin Young went the first five innings to earn the win in the chalked circle. She gave up no runs on a pair of hits with two strikeouts and walked none.
 
 
For more information on AHS softball, see the July 16 Kossuth County Advance.

MASON CITY—Bishop Garrigan let an early 9-1 laead get away on Friday, July 10, as 12th-ranked Mason City Newman rallied for a wild, 14-13, eight-inning win over the sixth-rated Golden Bears in the regular season finale for both squads, and a game that could preview a Regional final matchup.
 
Read more about this game and other BGHS softball action in the July 16 Kossuth County Advance.