MASON CITY—In a non-conference softball contest shortened to five innings because of rain, the Mason City Newman Knights defeated the Algona Bulldogs 5-1 on Tuesday, May 24.

The home team scored three runs in the second inning and two in the fifth as the red-and-black scored their lone tally in the top of the third stanza. Ryan Haynes took the loss in the chalked circle.

ALGONA—Pocahontas Area took advantage of six errors by the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears softball squad and handed the black-and-gold a 13-1 non-conference defeat in five innings on Tuesday, May 24.

The visitors started fast by plating six runs in the opening frame, added a single tally in the second and put the game away with six runs in the fifth as the home team’s only run came in the bottom of the first stanza.

FOREST CITY—North Union earned their second Top of Iowa Conference softball victory on Friday, May 27 with a 12-1, five-inning triumph over the Forest City Indians.

The green-black-and-silver scored in every inning with six runs in the first frame, single runs in the second and fourth stanzas along with two runs in both the third and fifth innings.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—Audi Crooks rewrote the record book at the Class 1A state track meet this past weekend in the shot put to highlight three state championship performances by the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear girls’ track squad this past weekend inside Drake Stadium.

By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

DES MOINES—All the waiting was worth it for Sam Nielsen of North Union as the Warrior senior had to survive a total of seven tiebreaker jumps to win the Class 1A state title in the high jump.

That gold medal winning jump highlighted the performances of the green-black-and-silver at the Class 1A state track meet in Des Moines this past weekend.

CLEAR LAKE—The 2022 season came to an end for the Algona Bulldog girls’ golf squad at the Class 3A regional tournament played at the Veterans Memorial Golf Club on Wednesday, May 18.

The red-and-black finished in the middle of the pack in the 12-team field in sixth place with a team score of 410. Clear Lake won the regional title with a team total of 321 as West Delaware also advance to state with their second place score of 362.

GRUNDY CENTER—The two-time defending girls’ Class 1A state champions got their first test of the season from the host school but the depth of the squad propelled the team to the regional title.

Bishop Garrigan and Grundy Center both came into the clubhouse with an identical team score of 352 from their top four golfers in the Class 1A regional final played at the Town & Country Club on Wednesday, May 18.

DES MOINES—In his first year of competing in the high jump, Bishop Garrigan’s senior Collin Casey earned a medal at the Class 1A state track meet over the past weekend.

Casey cleared the bar at 6’ 0” to finish in a three-way tie with Quinton McCardville of St. Edmond and Cooper Kock of Ar-We-Va for eighth place.

DES MOINES—Competing in a pair of different events, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine boys’ track team participated in the Class 1A state track meet.

On Thursday, the Wolverine 4 x 800-meter relay unit of Joe Mader, Lucas Fehr, Max Fehr and Collin Montag ended up in 16th overall with their clocking of 8:45.02 as Earlham won the event with a winning time of 8:04.95.

DES MOINES—Algona senior Jaxon Woodyard concluded a great high school career with a seventh place finish in the shot put at the Class 3A state track meet in Des Moines.

Woodyard was eighth after his first three attempts to make the finals and improved one spot in the finals with his best throw of 51’ 6”. J. J. Moore of Webster City won the event with a heave of 59’ 5”.

DES MOINES—North Union junior Bryer Prochniak repeated last year’s feat as the talented Warrior earned medals in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the Class 1A state track meet last weekend inside Drake Stadium.

Prochniak placed fifth in the 200-meter dash finals on Saturday with a clocking of 22.80. He qualified for the finals with a time of 23.28 on Thursday that was the eighth best time that day as Keaton Bonderson of LeMars Gehlen was the state champion in 22.05.

DES MOINES—The West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ track squad competed on Thursday, May 20 at the Class 1A state track meet in Des Moines in the 4 x 800-meter relay.

The purple-and-gold quartet of Abi Schmidt, Ashley Fehr, Tiffany Fehr and Kierstin Montag finished third in their heat and 13^th overall with a clocking of 10:36.55. Pekin won the event with a winning time of 9:55.02.

DES MOINES—Junior Moriah Knapp finished in sixth place overall in the 3,000-meter run to highlight the performances of the Algona Bulldog girls’ track squad at the Class 3A state meet.

Knapp ran the race in a time of 11:21.15 to take sixth place in the 24-lady field of runners as Ballard’s Paityn Noe cruised to the state title with a winning clocking of 10:22.05.

ALGONA—The Algona and Bishop Garrigan High School trap-shoot teams hosted the Emmet County Clay Busters and the Humboldt Wildcats on Saturday, May 21.

The Emmet County Clay Busters had the best team score of the day with a 223 followed by the Algona 3 squad with a 220 and Algona 4 took third with a team total of 214.

POCAHONTAS—After letting a 6-2 lead get away in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Algona Bulldogs softball squad erupted for eight runs in the top of the eighth frame to earn a 14-7 season opening non-conference softball win over Pocahontas Area.