EMMETSBURG—Emmetsburg rapped out eight hits and took advantage of seven West Bend-Mallard errors to earn an 11-3 Twin Lakes Conference softball victory over the purple-and-gold on Friday, June 19.

The home team got the scoring started with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The game remained that way until the Wolverines plated two runs in the top of the third stanza.

FOREST CITY—Top of Iowa Conference leader Forest City scored in every inning of a 13-2, five-inning league baseball victory on Friday, June 20 over the North Union Warriors.

The red-and-white plated four runs in the bottom of the first inning; scored twice in both the second and fourth frames and added five tallies in the third stanza for the victory as North Union scored their only two runs in the third inning.

ALGONA—Carter Schwab delivered a two-out, two-run walk off double to lead the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear baseball team to an exciting 3-2 come-from-behind Top of Iowa Conference contest played on Friday, June 20 over the Lake Mills Bulldogs.

Schwab smashed a 1-1 pitch off the right-field fence to score both Thadd Kollasch and Tate Foertsch to give the black-and-gold a key league victory over the Bulldogs.

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard and Alta-Aurelia hooked up in a wild Twin Lakes Conference softball contest on Monday, June 23 as the Warriors came out on top in a high-scoring 18-11 game.

The Warriors had just five hits in the game but took advantage of 11 purple-and-gold errors, eight base-on-balls and four hit batters by the Wolverine pitchers who fanned nine batters during the evening.

HUMBOLDT—For the 10th time in their last 11 games, the Algona Bulldogs’ softball squad is in the win column with the latest coming on Monday, June 23 with a 12-4, five-inning North Central Conference victory over the Humboldt Wildcats.

RUTHVEN—Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire defeated the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines’ baseball team 5-1 on Wednesday, June 18 in a Twin Lakes Conference contest.

The Titans scored twice in both the third and sixth innings along with a single run in the fourth frame as the purple-and-gold plated their lone tally in the top of the first stanza.

BANCROFT—In a Top of Iowa Conference baseball game played on Wednesday, June 18, the North Union Warriors edged the North Iowa Bison by the final score of 3-2.

North Iowa opened the game’s scoring with a run in the top of the first inning while the home team got on the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second stanza.

HAMPTON—Algona remained perfect in North Central Conference baseball play by sweeping a league doubleheader on Thursday, June 19.

The visiting Bulldogs took the opener by the score of 10-0 and the second contest by the final tally of 11-1 as both contests lasted six innings. The two victories improve the red-and-black conference record to 10-0.

ALGONA—Kelly Shryock has been the dominant stock car driver early this summer in special feature races around Northwest Iowa and that trend continued at the Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday, June 19 as the veteran driver added another win to his collection.

Shryock took the lead on the fifth lap of the 25-lap feature and weaved in and out of lapped traffic for the final seven laps to hold off a serious challenge from Justin Luinenburg to win the $2,000 first place winnings.

ALGONA—Lake Mills scored in every inning in a 14-6 Top of Iowa Conference softball victory on Thursday, June 19 over the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears.

The purple-and-gold scored three times in both the first and second stanzas to take an early 6-0 advantage before the home team cut the lead in half at 6-3 as the big hit of the frame was a two-run single by Molly Peterson.

GILMORE CITY—Alta-Aurelia built a big lead early and pitcher Camden Reinert made those runs stand up as the Warriors defeated West Bend-Mallard 6-1 in Twin Lakes Conference baseball play on Monday, June 23.

The Warriors scored once in the opening frame and added six more tallies in the second stanza for the win as the purple-and-gold’s only run of the game came in the bottom of the sixth frame.

BANCROFT—In a wild Top of Iowa Conference baseball game played on Monday, June 23, the West Hancock Eagles outlasted the North Union Warriors 19-13.

The Eagles had 10 hits in the win but took advantage of the green-black-and-silver’s generosity as the Warriors’ pitching staff handed out 17 base-on-balls; hit two batters and the defense committed nine errors behind them in the field.

EMMETSBURG—Emmetsburg earned an 8-1 Twin Lakes Conference baseball victory on Friday, June 20 over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.

The black-and-gold pushed across four runs in the bottom of the fourth stanza along with single runs in the first, second, third and sixth innings in the game.

West Bend-Mallard managed just two hits in the contest as Tyler Hansen had both of them with a single and a double as Houston Nielsen scored the only run for the purple-and-gold.

EAGLE GROVE—Bishop Garrigan went on the road Monday, June 23 in Top of Iowa Conference baseball play and came back home with an 8-2 league victory over the Eagle Grove Eagles.

The black-and-gold scored single runs in the first and fourth innings and scored two times in the second, fifth and seventh frames in the win as the Eagles scored their only two runs of the contest in the bottom of the fifth stanza.

WEST BEND—West Bend-Mallard and Alta-Aurelia hooked up in a wild Twin Lakes Conference softball contest on Monday, June 23 as the Warriors came out on top in a high-scoring 18-11 game.

The Warriors had just five hits in the game but took advantage of 11 purple-and-gold errors, eight base-on-balls and four hit batters by the Wolverine pitchers who fanned nine batters during the evening.