Throughout the years at the Algona race track, the Pesicka family name has seemingly been an entry in various division of the dirt track racing at the oval.
During the 2018 edition of the Kossuth County Fair with two nights of racing, eight members of the Loren Pesicka Sr. family raced at the track either at the fair race on Thursday or the Gary Harken Memorial Race on Saturday or both.
For more on this story, please see the August 23rd issue of the Kossuth County Advance

It is hard to believe, but the opening weekend of high school football is upon us as all four area teams are in action this Friday.  Some other fall sports will get things going before that.  The Algona volleyball team opened things up on Tuesday at the Dallas Center-Grimes Classic with four games to open the season.

A second night of dirt track racing of the 2018 Kossuth County Fair saw 77 race cars along with 14 vintage cars for the annual Gary Harken Memorial Race on Saturday, Aug. 4 to honor the longtime former track employee.

Drake Buscherfeld of Bishop Garrigan was named to the Class 1A second-team all-state squad as a utility player by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association.
For more on this story, please see the August 9th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

Senior outfielder Trevor Bormann of the Algona Bulldogs was selected to the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A all-state baseball squad last weekend.
For more on this story, please see the August 9th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

After completing a great senior softball campaign, Algona’s second baseman Emma Hjelle was rewarded with the highest honor as she was selected to the Class 3A first-team all-state squad by the Iowa Softball Coaches Association recently.
For more on this story, please see the August 9th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

After a nice turnout last year in its inaugural appearance, the second annual “Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans Night” was a huge success on Thursday, July 26 at the Kossuth County Speedway in Algona.

Caitlin Thilges of Bishop Garrigan was one of 40 players regardless of class named to the Academic All-State squad by the Iowa Softball Coaches Association last week during the state tournament.
Check out the July 26th issue of the Kossuth County Advance for pictures and highlights of the the All-Area Softball Squad.

Going 5-1 in a three-day tournament, the Algona A’s baseball squad won the USSSA Division 1A State Championship played in Cedar Rapids on July 7-9.
The squad was made up of 11 players in Tate Woodward, Myles Sanchez, Carlos Gomez, Logan Lentz, Lamorn Ulfers, Harrison Waltz, Reid Louwagie, Jensen Eischen. Austin Steenhoek, Tate Slagle and Daniel Kemna and were coached by Gilbert Sanchez and Chas Slagle.

ALGONA – Hunting with Heroes and the Kossuth County Speedway will host their second annual Salute to Veterans race on Thursday, July 26.

Humboldt advanced to the Class 3A state softball tournament for the second straight year with a hard-fought 8-4 victory over a stubborn Algona Bulldog squad at Humboldt on Monday, July 9.
The Wildcats had defeated the red-and-black 4-0 in Algona on June 6 and won by the score of 5-0 in Humboldt on June 27, but this one was much closer.
 
For more on this story, please see the July 12th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

Humboldt scored twice in both then fourth and fifth innings to rally from a 2-1 deficit in a contest played at Humboldt on Thursday, July 5 and went on to a 5-4 non-conference baseball victory over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.
The visitors scored first in the contest in the top of the first inning as Brad Capesius led off the game with a walk. He moved up 90 feet on a sacrifice by Luke Bormann and cruised home easily as Drake Buscherfeld ripped a long double.
 

Throughout the years, the trademarks of a very successful Newell-Fonda Mustang softball program are playing small ball with the bunt and swiping bases.
The blue-and-white used those staples of their program early before ripping three extra base hits to blow the game open in the seventh inning in a Class 1A regional final softball contest.
 
For more on this story, please see the July 12th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

A season-high of 110 cars signed in at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, June 28 boasted by 31 cars with the Dynotech Dyometer Legend Cars Racing for a Cause.
Also there were 16 sport mods at the oval battling for the Wyffels Hybrid $1,000 to win feature along with 16 stock cars and 15 hobby stock cars.
 
For more on this story, please see the July 5th issue of the Kossuth County Advance

Collin Sexton had three singles to help lead the Algona Bulldogs baseball squad to a 7-2 North Central Conference victory over the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets.
The home team plated two runs in the bottom of the second, tallied once in the third, pushed across three more in the fifth frame and one run in the sixth as the Cadets scored single runs in both the second and fourth frames.
 
For more on this story, please see the July 5th issue of the Kossuth County Advance