No. 1 ranked Bishop Garrigan defeated BCLUW, 63-31, in the regional final at Mason City Wednesday night. The 23-1 Golden Bears open Class 1A state tournament play Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m., against perennial eastern Iowa power and eighth-eeded Springville, which is 21-4. Other teams in the tournament are second-seeded Newell-Fonda (23-1), third-seeded St.

ALGONA—Algona opened Class 3A substate tournament play on Monday, Feb. 22, at home against Boone, and the red-and-black defeated the Toreadors by the score of 50-42.

    SPIRIT LAKE—Four Algona wrestlers advanced to Saturday’s district wrestling tournament in Humboldt by placing first or second at the Class 2A sectional meet in Spirit Lake on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Jacob Zabka finished first while teammates Reece Eakins, Brandon Harris and Logan Meendering each were runner-ups for the red-and-black.
 
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    MANSON—Five area wrestlers advance on to Saturday’s Class 1A district wrestling tournament in Sioux Rapids by placing first or second at the sectional meet held here Saturday, Feb. 6.
Two West Bend-Mallard grapplers and a trio of North Union competitors will move on. The Wolverines finished in third place in the team race with 159.5 points and the Warriors ended up in eighth place with a team score of 90.
 

ALGONA—Sophomore Andrew Fogarty tossed in a three-pointer as the final buzzer sounded to give the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys basketball team a thrilling 57-56 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the West Hancock Eagles.
The home team led 11-10 at the conclusion of the first period and held a 27-23 advantage at halftime. The Golden Bears led 41-38 at the conclusion of the third quarter before needing Fogarty’s late heroics to earn the league win.
 

ALGONA—All season long the trademark for a young Algona Bulldog girls basketball team is playing great defense. That fact was on full display on Friday, Feb. 5 as that strong defense led the Bulldogs to a 28-23 victory over the Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs.
The home team led by the score of 10-5 at the conclusion of the first period and held a 14-10 advantage at intermission. Algona also led 23-13 heading into the fourth quarter of action.

MANSON—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls basketball squad earned their 10th victory of the 2020-2021 season on Tuesday, Feb. 2 with a 44-26 Twin Lakes Conference win over the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars.
Both Kayla Hoskins and Monika Fehr tossed in 12 points to lead the purple-and-gold in scoring as Kierstin Montag added eight points closely followed by Rachel Fehr with seven points.
 
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ARMSTRONG—The North Union Warrior girls basketball squad earned their 13th victory of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 2 with a 75-35 Top of Iowa Conference win over the Eagle Grove Eagles.
Four players reached double figures for North Union as Sam Nielsen led the way with 20 points closely followed by Olivia Von Bank with 19 points while teammates Vanessa Von Bank and Naomi Jones both added 10 points.
 
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ARMSTRONG—Eleven different players dented the scoring column as the North Union Warrior boys basketball captured their second victory of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 2 with a 72-47 Top of Iowa Conference win over the Eagle Grove Eagles.
Four players reached double figures led by Gage Madden with 20 points as Aidan Fries chipped in with 14 points with Nick Schiltz adding 11 points and Carter Anderson had 10 points.
 

MANSON—Sam Fehr had a huge night to help lead the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys basketball team on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to a 43-35 Twin Lakes Conference victory over the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars.
The home team led 14-11 at the conclusion of the first quarter of play before the Wolverines rallied to take a 22-18 advantage at intermission. The visitors also led 31-27 heading into the fourth period of action.

FOREST CITY—Forest City came out hot early behind the three-point arc by making four long shots in the first 10 minutes of the game but top-ranked Bishop Garrigan hit full stride in the second period and never looked back in a 64-29 win over the Indians.

ALGONA—A balanced scoring that featured four players in double figures and 10 different players scoring led the Algona Bulldog boys’ basketball to a 66-44 North Central Conference victory on Friday, Feb. 5, over the Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs.
Garrett Goche led the locals in scoring with 16 points while teammate Kyle Simpson tossed 12 points and both Tyler Manske and James Wartick contributed 11 points.
 

ALGONA—The Algona Bulldogs wrestling squad split a pair of meets on Thursday, Jan. 28, to close out their 2020-21 regular season schedule with a dual meet record of 17-6 overall and 3-4 in North Central Conference matches.
 
ALGONA—Algona ended a brief two-game losing streak with a solid performance on the road on Thursday, Jan. 28, to earn a 68-58 North Central Conference boys basketball victory over the Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs.

FORT DODGE—West Bend-Mallard earned a non-conference girls basketball victory on Thursday, Jan. 28, with a 45-27 win over the St. Edmond Gaels.
Kierstin Montag led the purple-and-gold in scoring with 11 points and Monika Fehr added 10 points. 
 
EMMETSBURG—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys basketball team earned their third victory of the 2020-2021 season with a 38-34 Twin Lakes Conference win over the Emmetsburg E-Hawks.

ARMSTRONG—Bishop Garrigan used a 9-0 run to break a 30-30 deadlock to end the first half and then outscored North Union by 10 points in the second half on Friday, Jan. 29, in a 78-59 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the green-black-and-silver.