FOREST CITY—Second-ranked Algona erupted for 41 first quarter points and went onto a 61-36 pasting of Forest City on Friday, Sept. 6 in a non-district football contest.

The red-and-black’s first team offense scored on each of their six possessions of the game. The final score was much closer than the contest was, as the home team left their starters in the whole game and scored 22 points in the final quarter on the Bulldogs’ reserves.

MILFORD—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ volleyball squad went a perfect 3-0 in matches on the night to place first at the Okoboji Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

The purple-and-gold topped Okoboji by the final score of 21-14, 14-21 and 15-12, defeated Estherville-Lincoln Central by identical scores of 21-18 and beat Sibley-Ocheyedan 21-16, 19-21 and 15-9.

SPIRIT LAKE—Tyra Schpubach of West Bend-Mallard ran away from the other 108 competitors in the race to easily place first overall and Class B at the Iowa Great Lakes Invitational cross-country meet held at the Brooks Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Schupbach crossed the finish line 34 seconds ahead of the overall runner-up on Thursday with a career-best clocking of 19:17.86 to win the race.

WEBSTER CITY—Sophomore Mara Davis finished in fourth place overall in the Gold Division at the Lynx Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls’ cross-country squad.

The red-and-black ended up in fifth place overall in the Gold Division team standings with a team score of 107 points as Roland Story took the team title with a team total of 37 points.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

ALGONA—Algona entertained four other schools in the annual Algona Classic on Saturday, Sept. 7, and the red-and-black went 2-2 to finish third in the volleyball tournament as fifth ranked (Class 3A) Sioux Center placed first with a perfect 4-0 mark.

The Bulldogs opened the day with 9-21 and 11-21 losses to the Lake Mills Bulldogs. Maya Lentz led the squad in kills with three.

SAINT ANSGAR—Saint Ansgar showed why they are ranked fifth in the latest Class A football poll as they defeated the North Union Warriors’ football team 48-7 in the district opener for both teams on Friday, Sept. 6.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

BOONE—Veteran race driver Kelly Shryock has over 700 feature wins in his fabulous racing career. The one thing that has eluded the Fertile driver is winning the Super Nationals “Big Dance.”

But, things all changed for the 59-year old veteran driver on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the stock car “Big Dance” “A” Feature, as Shryock added a huge memory to his great career by the winning the race.

ARMSTRONG—North Union hosted Forest City on Thursday, Sept. 5 in a Top of Iowa Conference volleyball match and the visitors prevailed in three straight sets.

The red-and-white took the opening game by the score of 25-8, took the second set by the count of 25-11 and ended the night with a 25-15 victory in game number three.

SPIRIT LAKE—A pair of area boys’ cross-country teams participated in the Iowa Great Lakes Invitational held at the Brooks Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Both the North Union Warriors and West Bend-Mallard Wolverines competed in the 22-team meet as each team did not have enough runners for a team score.

MASON CITY—Bishop Garrigan freshman, Julia Swift, had an impressive debut in her first varsity high school cross-country race at Mason City in the Newman Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to highlight the performances of the Golden Bear boys’ and girls’ teams.

Swift set a new black-and-gold school record with her sixth place clocking of 21:13.3 as she was the lone Bishop Garrigan girl to compete in the meet won Iowa Falls-Alden with 49 team points.

MANSON—Remaining perfect on the year, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ volleyball squad won a hard-fought Twin Lakes Conference road match on Thursday, Sept. 4 over the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars in four games.

The visitors won the opening set 25-22 before the Cougars took the second set 21-25. The Wolverines bounced back to win game number three 25-22 and ended the match with a 25-17 victory in the fourth set.

LAKE MILLS—Bishop Garrigan went on the road in Top of Iowa Conference volleyball action on Thursday, Sept. 5, but dropped a league match to the Lake Mills Bulldogs. The scores of the conference match on Thursday were 25-16, 25-3 and 25-13.

The black-and-gold connected on 28 of 31 serves as a team for 90.3 percent with three aces as Alyssa Haugland led the way at a perfect seven of seven.

WEBSTER CITY—Starting the 2024 North Central Conference volleyball season on the road, the Algona Bulldogs fell in three straight sets to the Webster City Lynx on Thursday, Sept. 4.

The home team rallied late to take the first game by the score of 26-24 and came back late again in the second set to take another 26-24 victory.

BUFFALO CENTER—North Union opened the 2024 Top of Iowa Conference volleyball schedule on the road on Tuesday, Sept. 3 as they fell in three straight sets to North Iowa by the scores of 25-16, 25-21 and 25-15.

The green-black-and-silver were successful on 49 of 53 serves as a team during the match for 92.5 percent with three aces as Brylie Deim led the way at 12 of 13 on the night.

By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor

PERRY—For the first time in three years, the Algona Bulldog swim team was victorious as the red-and-black edged the Perry Bluejays by the score of 81-80 in a meet held on Thursday, Aug. 29.