First Team

Aric Arndorfer , North Union 12 OL

Logan Bacon, Lake Mills 11 DB

Ryan Barnes, West Hancock 12 LB

Max Burt, Mason City Newman 12 QB

Josiah Chibambo, West Fork 12 LB

Rhett Eisenmann, West Hancock 12 QB

Ryan Hackbarth, Saint Ansgar 12 DL

Noah Hamilton, Mason City Newman 12 WR

Beau Kauffman, Lake Mills 11 RB

Connor King, Saint Ansgar 11 RB

ALGONA—Defending Class 3A state champions Estherville-Lincoln Central outscored Algona 24-0 in the second quarter and cruised to a 64-30 non-conference girls’ basketball victory over the red-and-black on Monday, Nov. 28.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—Second-ranked Newell-Fonda’s quickness forced 31 Algona turnovers during the evening on Monday, Nov. 21 as the blue-and-white cruised past the locals by the final score of 82-25 in the season opener for both squads.

The Mustangs overcame an early 7-2 deficit in the contest by finishing the first the first half with a 51-5 run to build a commanding 53-12 advantage at intermission.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

NEVADA—Two Algona girls’ wrestlers placed first and the team placed fourth in a 19-team field on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Central Iowa Kickoff Tournament held here.

The red-and-black scored a team total of 155 points and was edged out of third place by just one point by Dallas Center-Grimes with 156 as Perry placed first with 190 points and Raccoon River-Northwest was second with a team score of 173.

First Team Defense

Logan Grimm

West Bend-Mallard,

Junior Linebacker

DES MOINES—West Bend-Mallard senior Lucas Fehr was named to the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association eight-man first-team all-state team while Wolverine classmate Ethan Zaugg and Ben Massner were chosen to the second team.

Fehr was picked to the first team as a punt returner with Zaugg being selected to the second team as an offensive lineman and Massner made the squad as a defensive lineman.

DES MOINES—Senior Lamorn Ulfers and sophomore Alex Manske of Algona both were named to the Class 3A second-team all-state team on Sunday by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association.

Ulfers was chosen to the squad as a linebacker for the red-and-black and Manske was selected as an offensive utility player as the pair was the top two tacklers for the Bulldogs this fall.

DES MOINES—Senior Bryer Prochniak of North Union was selected to the Class A second-team all-state squad by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association on Sunday as a returner.

Prochniak returned 10 kickoffs this year for the Warriors for 140 and took back a pair of punts for 63 yards. The senior rushed the football 157 times for 1,208 yards and scored 18 touchdowns.

FORT DODGE—Wrestling as a sanctioned team for the first time by the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union, the Algona Bulldog girls’ wrestling squad scored 32 points, recorded 16 pins and had six young ladies go a perfect 2-0 on the evening at the Fort Dodge Scramble on Thursday, Nov. 17.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—A large group of 19 young men returned to the 18^th edition of the Kossuth County Advance All-Area Football Team. Five players are back for the third time while 14 others return off the 2021 squad.

A pair of Bishop Garrigan three-time, first-team all-state basketball selections were joined by their families on national letter of intent signing day last week inside the Golden Bear gym. Audi Crooks inked her signature to play basketball next year in Ames for the Iowa State Cyclones while classmate Molly Joyce signed a national letter of intent to become a Truman State Bulldog.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

MARSHALLTOWN—Freshmen Reese Taylor became the first Algona swim team member to ever compete in the state meet on Friday, Nov. 11 as she placed 31^st in the one-meter diving event with a score of 173.85 in her five attempted dives.

The field of 32 divers was cut down to 20 after five dives and down to 16 after eight dives followed by three more dives by those 16 to determine the final placing.

Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TD’s)—Bryer Prochniak, NU 157-1,208, 18 TD’s; Max Fehr, WBM 159-1,190, 27 TD’s; Landon Montag, WBM 150-834, 11 TD’s; Cal Birkey, BG 87-592, 10 TD’s; Lamorn Ulfers, AHS 122-516, 8 TD’s; Carter Morphew, NU 56-495, 7 TD’s

First Team Defense

Lamorn Ulfers , Algona 12 LB

Alex Manske , Algona 10 DB

Ben Massner , West Bend-Mallard 12 DL

Colin Rasch, North Union 11 DL

Cal Birkey , Bishop Garrigan 12 DB

Garrett Fehr , West Bend-Mallard 12 LB

Kaden Van Wyhe , West Bend-Mallard 12 LB

Caden Roethler , Bishop Garrigan 11 LB

Landon Hagedorn , North Union 11 LB

Garrett Heying, Bishop Garrigan 12 LB

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

ALGONA—A talented group of eight young ladies return to the 2022 edition of the Kossuth County Advance 18^th Annual All-Area Volleyball Team.

This season’s first team features 11 seniors, six juniors and one freshman. Audi Crooks of Bishop Garrigan, Kierstin Montag of West Bend-Mallard and A’Lailah Perry of Algona each are three-time honorees on the squad.