ALGONA—Abbie Capesius blasted a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear softball squad an exciting come-from-behind 4-3 win over Forest City on Tuesday, June 25.

Zoe Montag led off the inning with a single and stole second. The visitors had the opportunity to walk the black-and-gold all-stater, but choose to pitch to her and Capesius responded with her seventh round tripper of the season.

FONDA—Algona’s 17-game winning streak came to an end as Newell-Fonda edged the red-and-black 3-2 in nine-innings in a non-conference baseball contest played on Monday, July 1.

The home team scored single runs in both the second and fifth frames to take a 2-0 advantage before the Bulldogs plated two runs in the top of the seventh stanza to force extra innings and then the Mustangs earned the win in the ninth.

MANSON—Manson Northwest Webster pounded out 17 hits in a 17-4, five-inning Twin Lakes Conference baseball victory on Monday, July 1 over the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines.

The Cougars scored in every inning in which they came to the plate, with five runs in the first inning, single runs in the second and third stanzas and ended the game with a 10-run explosion in the fourth frame.

SWEA CITY—Central Springs belted three home runs in a 12-2, six-inning non-conference softball victory over the North Union Warriors on Wednesday, June 26.

The Panthers scored twice in the first and fourth innings, tallied once in both the third and sixth stanzas and tacked on six more in the fifth as the green-black-and-silver scored their only runs in the bottom of the third and fifth frames.

FONDA—Newell-Fonda took a 3-0 lead and held off a late West Bend-Mallard rally to hand the purple-and-gold a 3-2 Twin Lakes Conference baseball loss on Tuesday, June 25.

The home team scored two runs in the bottom of the third stanza and added the eventual winning tally in the fifth as the Wolverines scored both of their runs in the top of the sixth inning to make things interesting.

EAGLE GROVE—Eagle Grove scored twice in the fifth inning and three more runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally from a 5-4 deficit to pull out a 9-5 Top of Iowa Conference baseball victory over North Union on Tuesday, June 25.

North Union scored twice in both the third and fifth innings and a single run in the top of the first frame in the league loss.

BOONE—The three area Class 1A baseball teams were all assigned to the District No. 6 as the post-season pairings were released recently by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

All three squads will begin district play on Saturday, July 6. On that date at Fort Dodge, North Union (9-10) will take on the West Hancock Eagles (1-17) at 5 p.m.

DES MOINES—Post-season softball pairings were released last week by Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union as the three area squads now know who stands between them and a chance to play in the state tournament in Fort Dodge on July 22-26.

Bishop Garrigan will be the first area team to see the field even though they received a first round bye. The black-and-gold (14-6) will host the winner of the July 8 game between North Iowa (10-9) and West Hancock (1-17) on July 10.

COON RAPIDS—Taking a long road trip on Monday, July 1, the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear baseball team earned an 8-4 non-conference baseball win over Coon Rapids-Bayard.

The black-and-gold scored single runs in the first, third and sixth frames along with two in the second and three huge insurance runs in the seventh frame as the home team scored twice in both the sixth and seventh innings.

ALGONA—Bishop Garrigan scored three runs in both the third and sixth innings and Daniel Meis tossed a complete game as Bishop Garrigan moves closer to a Top of Iowa Conference baseball title with a 7-2 win over Forest City on Tuesday, June 25.

Drew Lappe led the black-and-gold offense with a pair of doubles while teammate Tate Foertsch added a pair of singles. Justin Bauer, Carter Schwab, Benji Trainer and Brady Galligan each had single to round out the eight-hit attack.

POCAHONTAS—Tate Garman and Tate Slagle each belted home runs to lead the Algona Bulldogs’ baseball team to a 9-2 non-conference victory over Pocahontas Area on Tuesday, June 25.

The win was the 16^th straight for the red-and-black and their 22^nd victory of the season overall. The Bulldogs blew open a 3-1 contest with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings and two tallies in both the sixth and seventh frames.

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BANCROFT—The North Union Warrior baseball team handed the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines a 7-3 non-conference baseball loss in a contest played on Wednesday, June 26 at the beautiful Bancroft Memorial Park.

West Bend-Mallard scored three times in the top of the first inning for an early 3-0 advantage, but the home team answered with five tallies in the bottom of the frame for a 5-3 lead.

GILMORE CITY—In a preview of Saturday’s Class 1A district baseball opener, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines defeated the North Iowa Bison by the final score of 9-6 on Friday, June 28.

Houston Nielsen had big night for the purple-and-gold at the plate as he had a single, laced a pair of doubles, scored once and knocked in five RBI in the win.

SWEA CITY—Fourth-ranked St. Edmond flexed their muscles in a 13-1 drubbing over the North Union Warrior softball squad on Thursday, June 27 in a non-conference contest.

The Gaels tallied two runs in both the first and fifth innings with five more in the third stanza and four in the fourth as the green-black-and-silver scored their only tally in the bottom of third inning.