ALGONA—Algona won 10 of 14 matches to post a 55-23 North Central Conference dual meet girls wrestling victory on Monday, Nov. 25 over the Clear Lake Lions.

The red-and-black recorded falls for Laura Stohr (115) in 0:59, Sienna Fehr (135) in 3:29, Regan Jensen (155) in 3:42, Reagan Haynes (170) in 2:20 and Eden Geddings (105) in 1:42.

NEVADA—Both Reagan Haynes and Mara Davis ended up in second place to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls wrestling squad at the Central Iowa Kickoff held in Nevada on Saturday, Nov. 23.

The red-and-black ended up in fourth place overall in the team standings with a team score of 141.5 points as a total of 33 teams competed in the early season tournament.

FORT DODGE—Seven young ladies earned individual first places to help lead the Algona Bulldog girls wrestling team to the team title at the Fort Dodge Early Bird Invitational held on Thursday, Nov. 21.

Earning titles for the red-and-black were Mara Davis (100), Laura Stohr (115), Malyn Davis (120), Lillian Allie (125), Alissa Engel (130), Regan Jensen (155) and Reagan Haynes (170).

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BOONE—Area football players were well represented on the 2024 Academic All-State Team recently released by the Iowa Football Coaches Association as a total of 14 young men were selected to the team.

To be a member of the squad, a player must be a senior on their football team and maintain a minimum of a 3.7 GPA or better in school.

First Team Offense

Evan Allie, Algona, WR, 11

Colin Bird, Hampton-Dumont, U, 12

Henry Bunn, Clear Lake, OL, 12

Deacon Caspers, Charles City, RB, 11

Maddon Evans, Hampton-Dumont, OL, 11

Chase Flaherty, Humboldt, WR, 11

Keagan Groat, Humboldt, WR, 12

Jack Guy, Humboldt, OL, 11

Alex Kerr, Clear Lake, WR, 12

Landon Lewerke, Clear Lake, OL, 12

Jack Limbaugh, Algona, TE, 12

First Team

Zach Beukema, West Hancock, 12

Brady Bixel, West Hancock, 12

Brennen Bollinger, North Union, 12

Dylan Brumm, Saint Ansgar, 12

Joe Clevenger, Saint Ansgar, 11

Greyson Colegrove, North Union, 10

Nash Delger, Lake Mills, 11

Branden Dougherty, Belmond-Klemme, 11

Gunnar Faust, West Hancock, 12

Gustavo Gomez, West Hancock, 11

Ray Gretillat, West Hancock, 12

First Team Offense

Trayton Cink, Bishop Garrigan, 12, RB

Cole Fehr, West Bend-Mallard, 12, RB

Micah Fehr, West Bend-Mallard, 12, OL

Tate Foertsch, Bishop Garrigan, 11, QB

Brady Galligan, Bishop Garrigan, 12, K

Ethan Harper, Harris-Lake Park, 12, WR

Kasey Hough, G-T/R-A, 12, QB

D. J. Ingham, Harris-Lake Park, 12, OL

Austin Schmidt, West Bend-Mallard, 12, U

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

MARSHALLTOWN—Algona junior Reese Taylor made her best showing in the state swimming meet in her high school career in her third appearance at the 2024 state meet inside the Linda Bloom Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 15 with a 10^th place showing in the one-meter diving event.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

MARSHALLTOWN—Algona sophomore Ella Welp set a new school record as she competed in the preliminary round of the 2024 state swim meet inside Linda Bloom Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 15.

Welp broke her own school record she set last week at the regional swim meet as she had a clocking of 1:08.17 in the 100-yard breaststroke race, rewriting her old mark of 1:08.60 set established last week at Mason City.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

CEDAR FALLS—It was a crazy end to a very physical football game between the eight-man state champions the past two years as fourth-ranked Remsen St. Mary’s scored a late touchdown with 24 seconds left in the game off a tipped pass in the end zone.

The late score gave the Hawks a 22-20 win in a hard-hitting football game on Wednesday, Nov. 13 in the UNI Dome over No. 2 Bishop Garrigan in the eight-man semi-final contest.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

LAKE MILLS—The Algona Bulldog girls wrestling squad opened the 2024-2025 campaign in impressive fashion with a pair of victories in a quadrangular held on Monday, Nov. 18.

The red-and-black pounded the Janesville Wildcats by the score of 75-3 in their first match of the night and ended the evening with a 54-24 win over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

DES MOINES—A pair of area volleyball players were recently named to the Class 1A all-district teams by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association. Allie Fehr of West Bend-Mallard was chosen to the 1A Northwest team while Graclyn Eastman of Bishop Garrigan was selected to the 1A North Central squad.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

JOHNSTON—Algona junior diver, Reese Taylor, qualified for the state diving meet for third straight season with her performance at the regional diving meet at Johnston on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Taylor placed third overall and is ranked seventh of the 32 state qualifiers in the in one-meter diving event after she completed her 11 dives on Thursday with a total score of 427.95.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

MASON CITY—Sophomore Ella Welp became the first Algona swim team member in the school’s history to qualify for the state swim meet as she earned a spot in the 100-yard breaststroke event at Mason City on Saturday, Nov. 9 in the regional swim meet.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BISHOP GARRIGAN—The leading rusher in the entire state came to town on Thursday, Nov. 7, but the second-ranked Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear football team showed it takes more than one great player to beat a great team.