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Devine wrestles at state

Carson Devine of Algona finished 1-2 at the Class 2A state wrestling tournament last weekend as the Bulldog junior ended his season with an overall mark of 22-9.
Carson started his tournament off right on Thursday as he won 3-1 decision over Knoxville’s Colby Meyer. He registered a takedown 25 seconds into the match and rode Meyer out the rest of the period.

Devine wins district title, headed to state

All year long, Carson Devine has battled some back issues and then got the flu for a week and missed the North Central Conference wrestling tournament.
But the Algona junior put all that in the past by winning a pair of matches to take the district title at 170 pounds and advance to the Class 2A state wrestling tournament this week in Des Moines.

NU girls capture conference title

In a league that featured four rated teams all year long, the North Union Warrior girls’ basketball clinched first place and a conference championship with a 72-25 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals in a game played at Armstrong on Friday, Feb. 2.

Algona tops Cadets, 58-37

A big second quarter which Algona out-scored Iowa Falls-Alden 22-6, proved to be the difference as the red-and-black defeated the Cadets 58-37 in a North Central Conference girls’ basketball contest played in Algona on Friday, Feb. 2.
 
For more on this story, please see the Feb. 8 issue of Kossuth County Advance.

 

Wild comeback win for Warrior girls

After scoring just 37 points in the first 24 minutes of the game, the ninth-ranked (Class 2A) North Union Warrior girls’ basketball team erupted for 33 points in the fourth quarter and 18 more in overtime to rally for an 88-79 win over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.

BGHS boys bounce back

Rebounding from a lop-sided loss at Garner at Tuesday, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ basketball squad used some hot shooting in both the first and third quarters in an 83-40 Top of Iowa Conference win over the North Union Warriors.

Jake Anderson places 4th at conference meet

Jake Anderson finished in fourth place at heavyweight to highlight the performances of the North Union Warriors wrestling squad at the Top of Iowa Conference meet wrestled at Forest City on Saturday, Jan. 27.
Two teammates placed fifth while fourth other Warrior wrestlers ended up sixth place as the green-black-and-silver finished in 13th place in the 16-team field with 61 team points.

Kruse wins NCC title at 182

Algona only had one wrestler make the finals in the 2018 North Central Conference wrestling meet but senior Calvin Kruse made sure the red-and-black came home with a title as he prevailed in the 182-pound class.
The Bulldogs finished in sixth place as a team with 112 team points in the league meet held at Humboldt on Saturday, Jan. 20 as two wrestlers ended up in third place, a trio of grapplers took fourth, one Algona wrestler was fifth and four more placed sixth.

Buscher leads Bulldogs past Lynx

For the second straight night, some uncanny shooting from long distance by Aliyah Buscher helped the Algona Bulldog girls’ basketball team to a 62-45 North Central Conference victory over the Webster City Lynx in a game played at Algona on Friday, Jan. 19.
The Bulldog sophomore poured in a game-high 22 points, including making 5-of-6 behind the three-point arc just 24 hours after going 7-of-10 from deep the previous evening against Pocahontas Area.

Bulldogs improve to 6-2 in NCC play

The biggest strength of the Algona boys’ basketball program under the guidance of Head Coach Noel McLaughlin is the squads’ strong defensive play.
On Friday, Jan. 19 at home, that defense was solid as ever as the red-and-black avenged a loss earlier in the season at Webster City by defeating the Lynx by the score of 44-31, limiting the visitors to just 19 points the final three quarters.

Studer places 3rd at league meet

Senior Mason Studer placed third at 145 pounds to highlight the performances of the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines wrestling squad at the Twin Lakes Conference meet held on Saturday, Jan. 13 at Gowrie.
The purple-and-gold finished in ninth place as a team with 62 team points as one wrestler ended up in fourth place, two were fifth and two more finished in sixth place in the meet.

Fourth period rally dooms Wolverines

Newell-Fonda erupted for 27 points in the final eight minutes to rally for a 69-50 Twin Lakes Conference boys’ basketball victory over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines in a league contest played at West Bend on Friday, Jan. 12.

BGHS girls get back on winning track

After dropping three straight close games to teams with combined records of 31-7, including two in overtime, the 12th-ranked Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ basketball squad got back on the winning track with a 75-37 Top of Iowa Conference win over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.

Warriors rally past North Iowa

North Union used a strong fourth quarter to rally for an exciting 57-55 Top of Iowa Conference boys’ basketball victory over the North Iowa Bison in a contest played at Buffalo Center on Friday, Jan, 12.
The visitors out-scored the Bison 17-10 in the final eight minutes of action to earn their third win of the season.  The Warriors won the game at the charity stripe by converting 22-of-28 chances on the night.

Algona blows past Gaels, 74-30

Overcoming a sluggish start, the Algona Bulldog girls’ basketball squad defeated the St. Edmond Gaels 74-30 in a North Central Conference contest that was played at Algona High School on Friday, Jan. 5.
Emma Hjelle open the game’s scoring with a basket for the home team before the green-and-white responded with a 9-0 run to take a 9-2 advantage with 4:25 remaining in the opening frame as Bulldog Head Coach Mike Ford called a timeout.

Golden Bears improve to 10-1

Scoring early and often with some hot shooting from the perimeter, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear boys’ basketball team earned a 95-71 Top of Iowa Conference victory over the West Hancock Eagles.
The black-and-gold came out on fire with the inside presence of T.J. Schnurr along with some outside sniping from guards Brad Capesius and John Joyce to build a 26-19 advantage at the conclusion of the first stanza.

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