Algona Volleyball Reachs Regional Semi-final

The Algona Girls Volleyball team advanced to Wednesday’s Regional semi-final with a 3 games to none victory over Clear Lake: 25-14, 25-15, and 25-15.

Natalie Hackbarth, Katelyn Seely and Rachel Nelson combined for 30 kills to lead the Bulldogs. Kirsten Lipps added a 15 of 15 night from the Service Lines with Laura TerHark going 13 of 14 from the stripe with 4 aces.

The Bulldogs will host Iowa Falls Alden Wednesday night. The Bulldogs came back from a 2 game to none deficit a couple weeks back to win in 5 games. Wednesday’s game from Algona high begins at 7:00pm with a 6:50 pre-game on Hometown Radio…

Bishop Garrigan’s Even Qualifies for State

Bishop Garrigan’s Even Qualifies for State

The Bishop Garrigan Cross Country team ran at the Class 1A district meet in Fort Dodge last night. Sophomore Katrina Even ran to a 7th place finish to earn a trip to Saturday’s state meet. Even’s time of 16:05 was a personal best and adds to her sophomore record. Senior Carrie Courtney also notched a personal Best time of 16:49 for an 18th place finish. The times for the rest of the team with 119 participants:

Shanna Miller 18:56 – 62nd place
Taylor Brandenburg 19:24 – 71st place
Holly Byrkeland 19:31 – 74th place
Krissy Kohlhaas 20:00 – 83rd place
Anna Kollasch 20:24 – 90th place

The Bishop Garrigan Boys placed 13th place as a team. Benn Hellman lead the way with a 38th place finish in a time of 19:37. Chris Kellner finished 50th for the Bear with a time of 20:17. Other runners for the boys:

Christopher Schmidt 20:41 – 65th place
Sam Norland 20:42 – 66th place
Jake Lane 21:04 – 72nd place
Alex Hamilton 26:55 – 109th place

Girls Team Scores (top 3 qualify for state):
1. Newman Catholic – 56
2. Earlham – 68
3. Panorama – 85
4. Pocahontas Area – 114
5. Prairie Valley – 170
6. St. Edmond – 185
7. Bishop Garrigan – 200
8. Guthrie Center – 219
9. AGWSR – 230
10. Madrid – 273
11. Ventura – 286
12. Rockwell Swaledale/SCMT – 314
13. St. Ansgar – 317
14. Rockford – 329
15. Belmond-Klemme – 374

Girls Top 10 all qualifying for state:
1. Kalyn Kruckenberg 15:33 – Newman Catholic
2. Grace Moore 15:38 – Newman Catholic
3. Stephanie Markey 15:46 – Colo-Nesco
4. Kayla Marsh 15:54 – Rockwell-Swaledale/SCMT
5. Michelle Hubell 16:03 – Pocahontas Area
6. Kirsten Younberg 16:03 – Pocahontas Area
7. Katrina Even 16:05 – Bishop Garrigan
8. Andrea Toppin 16:06 – Ventura
9. Andrea Haus 16:11 – Earlham
10. Emily Geneser 16:21 - Earlham

Boys Team Scores (top 3 qualify for state):
1. St. Edmond – 76
2. Woodward Academy – 116
3. Prairie Valley - 118
4. Panorama – 128
5. Lake Mills – 152
6. Earlham – 186
7. Belmond-Klemme – 187
8. Newman Catholic – 202
9. Rockwell Swaledale/SCMT – 248
10. Rockford – 248
11. SE Webster-Grand – 257
12. Madrid – 259
13. Bishop Garrigan – 275
14. Colo-Nesco – 300
15. Pocahontas Area – 364

Boys Top 10 all qualifying for state:
1. John Mellman 16:31 – Rockwell Swale Dale/SCMT
2. Aaron Vosberg 16:37 – Prairie Valley
3. Shane Warehime 17:10 – Prairie Valley
4. Brendan Thompson 17:22 – Newman Catholic
5. Jarred Schubert 17:47 – Rockford
6. Zach Tromp 17:54 – Panorama
7. Josh Madsen 17:56 – St. Edmond
8. Thomas Ostrander 17:69 – St. Edmond
9. Gatbel Cheney 17:59 – Woodward Academy
10. Aaron Aamodt 18:01 – Lake Mills

Algona Volleyball Co-Conference Champs

The Algona Girls Volleyball team will be Co-Conference Champs in the North Central Conference after defeating Webster City last night 3 games to none: 25-13, 25-6, and 26-24. Kirsten Lipps had a 22 of 22 night from the service line with 6 aces.

Algona finishes with a conference mark of 8-1 tied with co-conference champs Humboldt and Iowa-Falls Alden. Algona will open up their Class 3A playoffs Monday with a visit from Clear Lake. 7:00 is the start of the match, broadcast time is 6:50 here on KLGA Hometown Radio. The Game will also be online at myinfocentral.com with the AMU Webcast.

Algona Boys Cross Country Team District Champs; Girls 7th

A week after the Algona Cross Country team claimed their first conference Championship since 1979, the team ran to a District Championship Thursday night in Estherville. The team will make its first appearance in the state meet since 1993. With the top five runners scores, Algona was tied with Spirit Lake so it came down to the 6th runner giving the Bulldogs the edge. Ryan McMahon ran to a 2nd place finish with a time of 17:01 and Chad Rutledge was right behind at 17:03 in 3rd place. Other times for the Bulldogs:

Kyle Walker (18:30) - 23rd place
Alex Kenne (18:34) - 25th place
Pat Gerhardt (18:38) - 27th place
Derek Beaumier (18:47) - 29th place
Zach Lucas (19:05) – 40th place

The State race takes place Saturday the 27th in Fort Dodge.

The Algona Girls ran to a 7th place team finish at yesterday’s District Meet in Estherville. The Bulldogs finished 3 runners in the top 40: Annie Klepper (19:02) 34th Place, Katie Connick (19:05) 36th place, and Alanna Lauck (19:07) 37th place. Other finishers for the Algona Girls:

Brooke Benschoter (19:26) - 45th Place
Amanda Botjen (19:41) – 48th Place
Alba Lavrenz (21:03) – 63rd Place

Boys Team Totals:
) Algona 80
2) Spirit Lake Park 80
3) Spencer 82
4) Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 100
5) Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 120
6) Storm Lake 133
7) Le Mars 178
8) Clear Lake 236
9) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 248
10) Forest City 259
11) Estherville-Lincoln Central 295
12) Iowa Falls-Alden 334

Individuals
1) Aaron Siegrist (Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock) 17:02.3
2) Ryan McMahon (Algona) 17:02.8
3) Chad Rutledge (Algona) 17:05.2
4) Taylor Chapman (Spencer) 17:11.9
5) Federico Mendoza (Storm Lake) 17:15.8
6) Paul Yak (Storm Lake) 17:19.0
7) Matt Juhl (Estherville-Lincoln Central/AR) 17:23.5
8) Nate McKewon (Bishop Heelan, Sioux City) 17:25.1
9) Ryan Edwardson (Spencer) 17:26.9
10) Alec Baldwin (Spirit Lake Park) 17:28.0

Girls Team Scoring
1) Estherville-Lincoln Central 47
2) Spirit Lake Park 61
3) Sioux City Heelan 73
4) Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 109
5) Iowa Falls-Alden 125
6) Spencer 158
7) Algona 200
8) Forest City 209
9) Storm Lake 238
10) LeMars 255
11) Clear Lake 286
12) Sergeant Bluff-Luton (no team score)

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1) Brittany Ross, Estherville-LC 16:57
2) Ashley Loerts, Spencer 17:02
3) Brooke Egeland, Estherville-LC 17:12
4) Maddie Theisen, LeMars 17:14
5) Christina Hanson, Spirit Lake Park 17:18
6) Carrie Emgarten, Spirit Lake Park 17:25
7) Kate Price, Iowa Falls/Alden 17:37
8) Konnie Keifer, Garner-Hayfield/West Hancock 17:38
9) Becca Anderson, Sioux City Heelan 17:40
10) Lauren Eckert, Sioux City Heelan 17:41.45

Goodchild Earns D2football.com Honors

Story Courtesy of the Sports Information Department at Concordia-St. Paul

Senior quarterback Kole Goodchild received high recognition this week as he was named the D2Football.com National Co-Offensive Player of the Week following his record setting performance in a 46-41 victory over MSU Moorhead on Saturday afternoon at Griffin Stadium. Goodchild completed 31-46 for 433 yards and five touchdowns in the high scoring affair. His touchdowns went for 11, 12, 18, 50 and 39 yards against the Dragons.

He set individual school records in completions, yards and touchdowns while helping the team set new records in first downs (32) and team passing yards (471). He also helped red-shirt freshman wide receiver Calvin Simon post a school record four receiving touchdowns and established new career-highs for Simon in catches (9) and yards (198) while helping senior Antwon Williams to career-highs with 10 receptions for 133 yards.

Goodchild and Simon shared NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honors for their efforts. Goodchild shared National Offensive Player of the Week honors with Brad Roach of Catawba (N.C.) College who completed 37-64 for 486 yards and four touchdowns in a 55-49 comeback win over Carson-Newman.

Adding to the impressive performance was that Goodchild shared reps under center with backup Hayden Vavra due to an ankle injury that limited his work in practice leading up to the Golden Bears home game. This is the first time in Goodchild's career that he has received National Offensive Player of the Week honors and the first time that Concordia has had a National Player of the Week awarded by D2Football.com.

Golden Bear Volleyballl Advances

The Bishop Garrigan Volleyball team advanced to next weeks Class 2A District finals with a 3 games to 1 victory over Britt West Hancock last night: 21-25, 25-17, 25-13 and 31-29. In game number 3, the Bears trailed 10-5 in the match before taking 20 of the final 23 points in the game. They also clawed back trailing 24-21 in Game 4 to extend the game and eventually winning the game and the match.

Serving was the difference for the Bears. Bishop Garrigan had 6 service errors in the game one loss but only committed a total of 4 in the next three games. Kali Smith converted on 26 of 28 serves with 11 aces.

Christina Richter blasted 14 kills including a stretch of 4 consecutive points in game 3. Macy Fickbohm added 11 kills with Emily Behr chipping in with 9 kills.. Fickbohm also had a solid defensive night with 8 blocks.

The Golden Bears will take on Emmetsburg next Tuesday at Pocahontas high school. Emmetsburg topped Pocahontas last night 3 games to 1. The Golden Bears rolled over the E’Hawks earlier this year at the Emmetsburg tournament 2 games to none.

Algona Swim Splits at Perry Triangular

The Algona Girls Swim Team traveled to Perry last night for a double duel with Carroll and Perry. The Girls split the evening losing to Carroll 73-22 but beating Perry 66-25. Overall the girls had a good night according to coach Jim Fisher. They swam well against Carroll and dominated Perry. Against Perry, the Bulldogs double pointed in every event we had an entry in except one. Against Carroll Algona wanted to score at least 20 points, and they did says Fisher.

Top finishers on the night were Megan Hauswirth 1st in the 200 I.M.and 2nds to Katie Hedinger (100 Fly), Beth Hersom( 100 Free) and Megan Hauswirth ( 100 Back). Against Perry 1st went to the 200 Medley, 200 Free and 400 Free Relays. Individual 1st went to Paige Walker (200 Free),Hanna Degen (50 Free) with 2nd to Deb Weideman ( 100, 200 Free), Katie Hedinger ( 200 I.M. Becca Kent ( 50 Free), and Becca Kramer ( 100 Breast) and the 400 relay team. 3rd went to The 200 Medley Relay team, Jenni Weaver(100 Fly, Missy Zadow( 100 Breast) and Paige Walker (100 back).

The Bulldogs had some girls taking time off their times in Perry, especially Deb Weidemann who took of 2 seconds each time she swam. The Team finished up the season with 4 total wins on the season and a 3rd place finish at the Polar Bear Invitational. The team swims at Regionals in Fort Dodge on October 27th.

Week 7 High School Football Schedule

Class 3A District 2 Games Tonight
Algona over Nevada 70-3
Humboldt over Boone 27-7
Dallas-Center over Ballard-Huxley 28-14
Webster City over Saydel 70-7

Class A District 4 Games Tonight
Bishop Garrigan over SCMT 41-14
Belmond-Klemme over Northwood Kensett 28-20
Britt West Hancock over West Ben Mallard 46-18
Graettinger-Terril over Central Springs, Manly 36-14 (non-district)

8-man District 2 Games Tonight
CWL over TRV 44-28
North Kossuth over Pomeroy-Palmer 35-14
Armstrong-Ringstead over Sentral 56-16
WCLT over Janesville 18-8 (non-district)

Other Area Games Tonight…
Newman Catholic over North Iowa 53-7
Saint Edmond over Pocahontas 21-0
ELC over Clarion-Goldfield 42-0
Emmetsburg over Garner-Hayfield 48-8

Bulldogs Win; Bears Fall - 10/11 Volleyball Results

The Algona Bulldog volleyball team improved to 7-1 in the NCC last night with a 3 games to 1 victory over Hampton Dumont. Your scores from the match: 25-18, 25-17. 23-25, and 25-17.

Leading the Bulldogs were Natalie Hackbarth with 11 kills and Rachel Nelson with 10 kills. Algona hosts its second invite of the year Saturday.

Algona still has a shot for a share of the NCC crown. Humboldt takes on Iowa Falls-Alden next Tuesday. The Bulldogs are tied with the Cadets with one conference loss and Humboldt is currelent undeafeted so the Wildcats will need to lose Tuesday. Algona does have one remaining conference match Thursday night with Webster City.

Bishop Garrigan ended their regular season on a sour note falling to Clear Lake 3 games to 1: 19-25, 20-25, 25-12, and 28-30. Christina Richter had 20 kills for the Bears with Emily Behr and Meredith Meyers combing for a 28 of 30 night serving with 7 aces.

As a team the Golden Bears were solid from the serving stripe connecting on 84 of 92 serves. The slated 13 aces. Macy Fickbohm lead the Golden Bears in blocks with 6.

Bishop Garrigan will open up their playoffs Tuesday on the road in Britt. We will have that game for you here on KLGA Hometown radio.

Other Area Games...

NSK went 3-0 last night at the Forest City Quadrangular. NSK knocked off Forest City 2 games to 1, before sweeping St. Ansgar and Lake Mills. The Eagles will take their 32-4 record to Winterset tomorrow for a tournament.

WBM over Britt West Hancock 3 games to 1: 25-10, 25-12, 23-25 & 26-24.

TRV fell to Belmond-Klemme 3 games to 1: 22-25, 25-23, 17-25, & 20-25.

Algona Boys First Cross Country Conference Championship since 1979

The North Central Conference Cross Country meet was ran last night in Fort Dodge and for the first time since 1979, the Algona Bulldogs are conference champions. All seven that ran for Algona finished in the top 20 even though the top 5 runners on the team count toward the team score.

Ryan McMahon picked up another 1st place finish with a time of 16:26 and Chad Rutledge notched 2nd place finishing 3 seconds behind his teammate. Both McMahon and Rutledge received All-Conference honors.

Other Times
Kyle Walker 17:34 - 11th place
Pat Gerhardt 17:43 - 12th place
Zach Lucas was 18:04 - 15th place.
Alex Kenne 18:09 - 17th place
Derek Beaumier 18:22 - 18th place.

The Bulldog Girls edged Iowa Falls Alden for second at the conference race. Emily Eimers returned from injury to earn a sixth-place finish and All-Conference Honors with a time of 16:43. Annie Klepper just missed the top ten and All-conference considerations with a time of 17:02 and an 11th place finish.

Other Times
Katie Connick 17:19 - 16th place
Alanna Lauck 17:43 - 21st place
Brooke Benschoter18:03 - 26th place
Amanda Bottjen 18:07 27th place
Alba Lavrenz 19:03 - 48th place.

The Bulldogs now await the District meet a week from Thursday.

Team Standings:

Boys
1. Algona 41
2. Eagle Grove 45
3. St. Edmond 83
4. Webster City 103
5. Clear Lake 111
6. Hampton-Dumont 189
7. Humboldt 191
8. Iowa Falls-Alden 228
9. Bishop Garrigan 239
10. Clarion Goldfield 285

Girls
1. Webster City 52
2. Algona 80
3. Iowa Falls-Alden 81
4. Hampton-Dumont 123
5. Humboldt 128
6. St. Edmond 134
7. Bishop Garrigan 152
*Clarion Goldfield, Eagle Grove and Clear Laked did not have team totals

All-Conference Finishers:

BOYS
1. Ryan McMahon, Algona - 16:26
2. Chad Rutledge, Algona - 16:29
3. Mitch Hill, Eagle Grove - 16:56
4. Ben Lambert, Webster City - 16:57
5. Zach Thomspon, Eagle Grove - 17:04
6. Jordan Babcock, Eagle Grove - 17:11
7. Ethan Barnes, Webster City - 17:24
8. Thomas Ostrander, St. Edmond - 17:31
9. Josh Madsen, St. Edmond - 17:32
10. Anthony Bruhl, Eagle Grove - 17:33

GIRLS
1. Mikaela Pruismann, Webster City - 16:06
2. Katie Price, Iowa Falls-Alden - 16:16
3. Macala Mennen, Hampton-Dumont - 16:19
4. Lexie Ronconi, St. Edmond - 16:32
5. Katrina Even, Bishop Garrigan - 16:39
6. Emily Eimers, Algona - 16:43
7. Breanne Wager, Webster City - 16:44
8. Liz Crimmins, St. Edmond - 16:47
9. Sarah Perin, Webster City - 16:55
10. Alissa Bornhoft, Humboldt - 16:57

Bishop Garrigan's Katrina Even Earns Cross Country All-Conference Honors

The Bishop Garrigan Girls cross-country team took home 7th place at the NCC meet last night. Katrina Even picked up 5th place with a time of 16:39 earning all-NCC honors. Carrie Courtney notched a 14th place finish in a time of 17:16. Shanna Miller and Taylor Brandenburg each had season bests finishing with times 18:12 and 19:22 respectively. Miller finished 30th and Brandenburg finished 51st. Also running for the Golden Bears was Krissy Kohlhaas 56th place with a time of 20:00 and Anna Kollasch 61st place with a time of 25:52

Ben Hellman was the top runner for the Golden Bears Boys team that took 9th of the 10 teams at the conference meet. Hellman finished in 37th place finish with a time of 19:07. Chris Kellner and Chris Schmidt ran season best runs. Kellner finishing 44th in a time of 19:48 and Schmidt finished 56th with a time of 20:18.

Running Personal Bests for the Golden Bears were:
Sam Norland 20:05 – 50th place
Jake Lane 20:09 – 52nd place
Alex Hamilton 26:47 – 67th place

The Golden Bears now await the District meet a week from Thursday.

High School Football Polls

The Latest High School Football Polls are out…

Bishop Garrigan stayed still in both the Radio Iowa Poll and Fort Dodge Messenger Poll. The Golden Bears are #2 in the Radio Iowa poll and #4 in the Fort Dodge Messenger Poll.

CWL fell out of the top 10 in both polls after Friday’s loss to North Kossuth. The Panthers still show in the Messenger Poll at #12.

Radio Iowa Poll

Class A
1. Wapsie Valley (Fairbank) (6-0)
2. Bishop Garrigan (6-0)
3. Madrid (6-0)
4. WACO (Wayland) (7-0)
5. A-H-S-T (Avoca) (6-0)
6. Lisbon (5-0)
7. West Hancock (5-1)
8. Lawton-Bronson (6-0)
9. Lansing Kee (6-0)
10.Newell-Fonda (5-1)

Fort Dodge Messenger

Class A
1. Wapsie Velley (12)(6-0)
2. Madrid (6-0)
3. Avoca AHST (6-0)
4. Bishop Garrigan (3) (6-0)
5. Wayland WACO (1) (7-0)
6. Lisbon (6-0)
7. Lawton-Bronson (6-0)
8. Lansing Kee (6-0)
9. Britt, West Hancock (5-1)
10. Manning (5-1)
11. Traer North Tama (5-1)
12. Guthrie Center (6-1)
13. Northwood-Kensett (5-1)
14. Belmond-Klemme (5-1)
15. Marengo Iowa Valley (5-1)

8-Man
1. North East Hamilton (7-0)
2. Stanton (6-0)
3. AR-WE-VA (6-0)
4. Glidden-Ralston (6-0)
5. Ventura (6-0)
6. DM Grandview Park Baptist (6-0)
7. Thornburg Tri-County (6-0)
8. East Mills (7-0)
9. Harris Lake Park (6-0)
10. Walnut (6-0)
11. Lenox (5-1)
12. CWL (5-1)
13. Armstrong-Ringstead (5-1)
14. Aurelia (5-1)

Bulldog Swimmers Split Double-Duel

The Algona Girls swim team traveled to Spencer on Monday for a double duel with Spence and Storm Lake. They split losing to Spencer 78-16 and beat Storm Lake 51-43. It was a good night for the girls said Coach Fisher.

Against Spencer, Megan Hauswirth took 1st overall in the 500 free. The 400 Free relay team of Hanna Degen, Jenni Weaver, Megan Hauswirth and Beth Hersom took 2nd overall. There were several races the Bulldogs were in a tight race for 2nd and came up just short.

Against Storm Lake, first place finishers were Katie Hedinger in the 100 fly and 200 I.M., Megan Hauswirth in the 100 back, Beth Hersom in the 100 free the 200 med relay and 400 free relay teams. 2nd places went to Paige Walker in the 200 free, Becca Kramer in the 200 I.M., Hanna Degen in the 50 free and the 200 free relay team of Degen, Kent, Weaver and Hersom. Deb Weideman and Missy Zadow both had personal best Monday in their races. This victory gives the girls a school record for wins in a season.

Next up the girls travel to Perry on Monday, October 15th to swim against Perry and Carroll.

Bishop Garrigan 4th at CYO Volleyball

On Sunday, the Bishop Garrigan Volleyball team competed in the CYO and came away with a 4th place finish.

In Pool play, the Golden Bears knocked off Storm Lake St. Mary’s in 3 games and Spalding Catholic in 2-straight games but fell to Sioux City Heelan in 2-straight games.

Pool Play Scores:
Storm Lake St. Mary’s: 21-15, 21-23, & 15-5
Sioux City Heelan: 14-21 & 12-21
Spalding Catholic: 21-15 & 21-15

The 2-1 pool play record advanced the Golden Bears to the Championship Bracket where they fell to Carroll-Kemper and Lemars Gehlen in straight games for the 4th place finish.

Christina Richter made the all-CYO team with 29 kills on the day. Macy Fickbohm added 28 kills and 13 blocks for the Bears. Meredith Meyers had 20 kills with 5 aces. Cassie Vautier was 46 of 47 on serves with 9 aces. Jesie Rosenmeyer served up 78 assists on the day.

Bishop Garrigan closes out the regular season Thursday with a visit from Clear Lake. We will have that match here on KLGA hometown radio and also on myinfocentral.com with the AMU Webcast.

Friday Night Scores

Class 3A District 2 Games
Dallas-Center 21 (2-1, 3-2) @ ALGONA 7 (2-1, 3-2)
HUMBOLDT 20 (1-2, 3-2) @ Webster City 27 (1-2, 1-4)
Nevada 7 (0-3, 0-5) @ Saydel 22 (0-3, 0-5)
Boone 28 (3-0, 4-1) @ Ballard-Huxley 19 (3-0, 5-0)

Class A District 4 Games
Northwood Kensett 8 (3-0, 5-0) @ Bishop Garrigan 28 (2-0, 5-0)
SCMT 37 (0-2, 3-3) @ West Bend Mallard 18 (1-2, 2-3)
Central Springs, Manly 0 (1-4) @ Britt West Hancock 53 (2-1, 4-1)
Belmond-Klemme 48 (1-1, 4-1) @ Graettinger-Terril 8 (0-3, 1-4)

8-man District 2 Games
Pomeroy-Palmer 6 (0-3, 1-5) @ TRV 34 (1-1, 3-2)
A-R 55 (2-0, 4-1) @ WCLT 0 (0-3, 1-5)
CWL 6 (3-0, 5-0) @ North Kossuth 30 (1-1, 2-3)
Rockwell Swaledale 14 @ Sentral 6 (2-1, 3-2)

Other Area Games >>>
North Iowa 14 (1-2, 1-3) @ Turkey Valley 22 (1-2, 1-4)
Southern CAL 7 (3-0, 5-0) @ Pocahontas 10 (2-1, 2-3)
Emmetsburg 62 (1-2, 2-3) @ Clarion-Goldfield 6 (1-2, 3-2)
Garner-Hayfield 12 (1-2, 1-4) @ East Sac County 40 (2-1, 3-2)
ELC 21 (3-0, 3-2) @ Eagle Grove 7 (3-0, 5-0)

Other Area Volleyball from Last Night

NSK Swept Garner-Hayfield: 25-17, 25-22. and 25-10. The Eagles move to 29-3 on the season.

WCLT hosted a triangular last night. The Tigers lost to Graettinger Terrell in 5 games: 19-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-11, & 11-15. They then knocked off Armstrong-Ringstead in 4 games: 28-26, 20-25, 25-16, & 25-22. Stacey Schutjer had 38 kills and 16 blocks on the night. Alyssa Schwartz added 11 blocks in the two games

Algona Still Knocking at Humboldt's Door

The Algona Volleyball team continued its hot streak sweeping St. Ed’s last night in 3 games 25-16, 25-23, and 25-11. The Bulldogs received another all-around team effort with many players stepping up in their roles and doing what they needed to notch the win.

The Bulldogs sit 6-1 in the North Central Conference with 2 matches left. Here are you’re your standings with reported scores from last night…

Humboldt: 7-0
Algona: 6-1
Iowa Falls-Alden: 6-1
Clarion-Goldfield: 5-3
St. Edmonds: 4-3
Bishop Garrigan: 4-4
Webster City: 2-5
Hampton-Dumont: 2-6
Eagle Grove: 0-6
Clear Lake: 0-7

Remaining NCC Matches;

Monday 10-8
Clear Lake @ Eagle Grove

Tuesday 10-9
St. Edmond @ Eagle Grove

Thursday 10-11
Algona @ Hampton-Dumont
Clear Lake @ Bishop Garrigan
Clarion Goldfield @ Iowa Falls-Alden
Eagle Grove @ Webster City
Humboldt @ St. Edmond

Tuesday 10-16
Humboldt @ Iowa Falls-Alden

Thursday 10-18
Webster city @ Algona

Golden Bears Knock Off Hampton-Dumont in 4

The Bishop Garrigan Volleyball team got back on the winning track with a four game victory over Hampton-Dumont last night: 21-25, 25-15, 25-21, and 25-18.

The service game got back on track for the Bears as they went 89-95 from the line as a team with 9 aces.

Service Numbers
Macy Fickbohm: 19 of 19, 1 ace
Cassie Vautier: 14 of 16, 1 ace
Jessie Rosenmeyer: 11 of 11, 1 ace
Kali Smith: 17 of 19
Meredith Meyers: 14 of 16, 3 aces
Emily Behr: 13 of 15, 3 aces
Maleri Bollig: 1 of 1

Christina Richter lit up the court with 21 kills for Bishop Garrigan. Also for the Bears; Meyers recorded 10 kills, Fickbohm had 8 kills and 5 blocks, and Emily Behr put down 7 kills with 4 blocks. Rosenmeyer also put up 45 assists for Bishop Garrigan.

The Golden Bears move to 4-4 in conference and 10-13 overall as they get set for the CYO on Sunday. They will wrap up conference action Thursday night when Clear Lake visits. We will have the broadcast Thursday night on hometown radio KLGA FM 92.7 starting at 7:20.

Bishop Garrigan-Northwood Kensett Game Previewed on the Radio Iowa Scouting Report

Another big game for the #2 Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear Football team this week against #9 Northwood-Kensett. I will have a preview on the Radio Iowa Scouting Report Friday night. Both teams are 5-0 overall and unbeaten in Class A district 2.

The Scouting Report starts at 6:45 Friday night on KLGA and features the top high school contests from around the state along with preview of the state college football games for the weekend. The Scouting Report is part of KLGA's Friday Night Football Blitz witch begins at 6:30 with the Farmer State Bank Area Kickoff Show.

Thanks to Todd Kimm and Radio Iowa for the opportunity to give some statewide coverage to the Golden Bears!

A look at Friday Night's Football Schedule

Class 3A District 2 Games Tonight
Dallas-Center (2-1, 3-2) @ ALGONA (2-1, 3-2)
HUMBOLDT (1-2, 3-2) @ Webster City (1-2, 1-4)
Nevada (0-3, 0-5) @ Saydel (0-3, 0-5)
Boone (3-0, 4-1) @ Ballard-Huxley (3-0, 5-0)

Class A District 4 Games Tonight
Northwood Kensett (3-0, 5-0) @ Bishop Garrigan (2-0, 5-0)
SCMT (0-2, 3-3) @ West Ben Mallard (1-2, 2-3)
Central Springs, Manly (1-4) @ Britt West Hancock (2-1, 4-1)
Belmond-Klemme (1-1, 4-1) @ Graettinger-Terril (0-3, 1-4)

8-man District 2 Games Tonight
Pomeroy-Palmer (0-3, 1-5) @ TRV (1-1, 3-2)
A-R (2-0, 4-1) @ WCLT (0-3, 1-5)
CWL (3-0, 5-0) @ North Kossuth (1-1, 2-3)
Rockwell Swaledale @ Sentral (2-1, 3-2)

Other Area Games Tonight…
North Iowa (1-2, 1-3) @ Turkey Valley (1-2, 1-4)
Southern CAL (3-0, 5-0) @ Pocahontas (2-1, 2-3)
Emmetsburg (1-2, 2-3) @ Clarion-Goldfield (1-2, 3-2)
Garner-Hayfield (1-2, 1-4) @ East Sac County (2-1, 3-2)
ELC (3-0, 3-2) @ Eagle Grove (3-0, 5-0)

Thursday Night Volleyball

The North Central Conference Volleyball schedule continues to wind down tonight. Algona is on the road at St. Ed’s in a match you can hear right here on Hometown Radio. The Bulldogs are 4-1 in conference and in a tie for second in the NCC. Your coverage begins at 7:20 tonight here on KLGA Hometown Radio. The game can also be heard on the Web at Myinfocentral.com.

Also Tonight, Bishop Garrigan will try to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss at Algona as Hampton-Dumont Visits. Bishop Garrigan has a conference mark of 3-4 on the year and will need to win tonight and next Thursday against Clear Lake to finish above 500 in the NCC. That match starts at 7:30…

Also tonight in Volleyball Action…
* WCLT hosts a triangular tonight with Graettinger Terrell and Armstrong-Ringstead
* CWL will get a visit from Harris Lake Park.

Area Results

Here are the other results from the area for Tuesday, October 3rd...

Volleyball:

NSK improved to 9-0 in the Cornbelt Conference by taking 2 games in the Clay Central Everly Triangular.

The Eagles swept CWL: 25-10, 25-4, and 25-6
The Eagles also knocked off CCE: 25-19, 25-13, 23-25, and 25-19

NSK now sits at 28-3 overall and ranks 4th in the Class 1A state rankings

West Bend-Mallard moved to 8-1 in the Cornbelt by sweeping Harris Lake Park Tuesday night 25-13, 25-23, and 25-12. Amanda Frieden had 8 kills and 5 blocks for the Wolverines. Also helping West Bend-Mallard were Kayla Hartman had 4 aces from the service line, Amanda Knobloch had 7 kills and Megan Fuerstenau added 24 assists.

Also last night in Volleyball action, TRV fell to Manson NW Webster in 3 games: 12-25, 12-25, and 18-25. That puts the Thunder at 1-8 in conference and 3-18 overall.

Cross Country Results:

The North Iowa Girls placed 3rd in the Class B race of the Eagle Grove invite. The Boys took 9th and got a 3rd place finish from Nolan Hovland.

Algona Swim Team Puts Forth Another Strong Showing

The Algona swimmers traveled to Boone Tuesday for a 4-way meet. Your standings:

1. Boone - 243
2. Carroll - 224
3. Algona - 107
4. Storm Lake - 78

Coach Jim Fisher was happy with how hard the girls competed. Also Coach Fisher was pleased with the team completing another season goal of finishing in the top 3 of this meet. Top finishers for Algona:

2nd Place:
100 fly - Katie Hedinger
500 free - Megan Hauswirth

3rd Place:
200 and 400 relay teams of Hanna Degen, Paige Walker, Jenni Weaver Beth Hersom and Megan Hauswirth.

5th Place:
100 free - Hannah Degen
200 Med relay team
200 I.M - Becca Kramer

6th Place:
50 free - Hannah Degen
200 free - Lauren Boggess

Next up for the girls is a meet in Spencer Monday October 8 at the YMCA against Spencer and Storm Lake. Good Luck!

Algona Sweeps Bishop Garrigan in Volleyball

The Algona Bulldog Volleyball team improved to 5-1 in North Central Conference play by knocking off Bishop Garrigan last night 3 games to none: 25-8, 25-8, and 25-14. Britany Thilges was 16 of 16 serving with 2 aces for the Bulldogs while teammate Rachel Nelson had 8 kills and three Blocks. Natalie Hackbarth was 12 for 12 from the service line. Algona is now 21-6 overall.

The Golden Bears had a hard time getting a rhythm going as they fell 3-4 in NCC play and 9-13 overall on the season. After the service game was improving over the past few weeks, the Golden Bears struggled committing numerous service errors. Hopefully this was just a hiccup for a Golden Bear team that was getting stronger each week of the season.

Bishop Garrigan gets a visit from Hampton-Dumont on Thursday for the next match. Algona travels to St. Ed’s Thursday for a match that you can here on Hometown radio with a 7:20 broadcast time. Our final regular season broadcast of volleyball for 2007 will be Thursday October 11th when Bishop Garrigan hosts Clear Lake for Parents Night.

A Pair of Golden Bear Girls Medal in Eagle Grove

Katrina Even finished 6th and Carrie Courtney finished 29th as the Bishop Garrigan Girls Cross Country Team took 8th place of 15 teams in the Class B race of Eagle Grove invite Tuesday night. Even notched a time of 17:11 and Courtney ran the race in 18:37. As a sophomore, Even continues to impress by finishing ahead of state-ranked runners in almost every meet. Rounding out a solid team performance for the Golden Bears were:

Shanna Miller 19:30 - 46th Place
Holly Byrkeland 20:25 - 62nd Place
Taylor Brandenburg 20:35 - 68th Place
Anna Kollasch 21:50 - 76th Place

The top 5 race finishers:
1. Laura Sigmund - South Hamilton, 16:36
2. Kalyn Kruckenberg - Newman, 16:44
3. Grace Moore - Newman, 16:53
4. Andrea Toppin, Ventura, 16:59
5. Kayla Marsh, RS/SCMT, 17:04

Team Standings:
1. Mason City Newman = 75
2. South Hamilton = 79
3. North Iowa = 105
4. Pocahontas Area = 131
5. Gilbert = 133
6. South Hardin = 146
7. St. Ed's = 202
8. Bishop Garrigan = 211
9. Eagle Grove = 227
10. Central Springs = 250
11. Rockwell Swaledale/SCMT = 313
12. Ventura = 325
13. Clarion-Goldfield = 355
14. Belmond-Klemme = 368
15. CAL = 372
*No team scores for CWL and Lake Mills

The Golden Bears will run at the conference meet Tuesday night in Fort Dodge. Best of luck to the Golden Bears!

Bishop Garrigan Boys Cross Country Runs in Eagle Grove

The Golden Bear Cross Country place 12th of 14 teams Tuesday evening at the Eagle Grove Class B race in their last race before next Tuesday's conference meet. Bishop Garrigan finished ahead of Pocahontas and Clarion-Goldfield. Your Golden Bear times:

Ben Hellman 19:42, 37th Place
Chris Kellner 20:24, 52nd Place
Sam Norland 20:49, 60th Place
Christopher Schmidt 21:28, 76th Place
Alex Hamilton 28:27, 97th Place

Top 5 meet finishers:
1. Josh Mellman - RS/SCMT, 16:30
2. Zach Thompson - Eagle Grove, 17:06
3. Nolan Hovland - North Iowa, 17:18
4. Jordan Babcock - Eagle Grove, 17:23
5. Brendan Thompson - Newman, 17:24

Team Standings:
1. Eagle Grove = 54
2. Gilbert = 94
3. St. Ed's = 109
4. Central Springs, Manly = 148
5. South Hamilton = 155
6. Lake Mills = 158
7. Mason City Newman = 187
8. Belmond-Klemme = 194
9. North Iowa = 194
10. Rockwell Swaledale/SCMT = 243
11. South Hardin = 276
12. Bishop Garrigan = 322
13. Clarion-Goldfield = 351
14. Pocahontas Area = 387
*CAL, CWL and Ventura did not have team totals

The Golden Bears continue to run hard and improve on their times. They will be in Fort Dodge on Tuesday night for the NCC Conference meet. Best of luck to the Bishop Garrigan Boys Cross Country Runners!

Algona Girls Cross Country 4th in Eagle Grove

Still running without Senior Emily Eimers, the Bulldgos notched another strong finish with taking 4th place in the Class A race of the Eagle Grove invite. Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Annie Klepper and Katie Connick. Klepper finished 14th with a time of 18:20 while Connick took home 16th in 18:27. Freshman Alanna Lauck put forth a personal best time of 18:57 and placed 26th. Algona other finishers were:

Amanda Bottjen 19:03 - 30th
Brooke Benshoter 19:20 - 34th
Alba Lavrenz 20:11 - 42nd
Melinda Schultze 20:34 - 45th

The meets top 5 finishers:
1st: Ashley Loerts - Spencer, 16:57
2nd: Konnie Keifer - Garner-Hayfield, 17:15
3rd: Macala Mennen - Hampton-Dumont, 17:16
4th: Melony McDermott - Garner-Hayfield, 17:16
5th: Brittany Rose - Estherville Lincoln Central, 17:21

The team standings:
1. Garner-Hayfield = 45
2. ELC = 47
3. Spencer = 85
4. Algona = 120
5. Humboldt = 132
6. Forest City = 151
7. Hampton-Dumont = 163
8. Emmetsburg = 191
9. Clear Lake = 218

The Bulldogs will take part of the North Central Conference Meet Tuesday night in Fort Dodge. Good luck to all the Bulldog runners!

Algona Boys Cross Country 2nd in Eagle Grove

Freshman Ryan McMahon and Sophomore Chad Rutledge once again took 1st and 2nd place as Algona ran to a 2nd place finish in the Class A race at the Eagle Grove invite Tuesday night. McMahon has yet to lose a race finishing 1st for the 6th time in 6 races this season. His time Tuesday was 16:38. Rutledge's time of 16:45 was good enough for 2nd place and 13 seconds better than the 3rd place finisher.

Six of the seven Bulldog runners came in the top 25 finishing the race under 19 minutes. Those results:

Pat Gerhardt 18:31 - 12th Place
Alex Kenne 18:41 - 15th Place
Derek Beaumier 18:48 - 18th Place
Zach Lucas 18:58 - 22nd Place

Johnny Aboud also had a solid showing with a time of 19:48 and a 33rd place finish.

Top 5 overall finishers:
1. Ryan McMahon - Algona, 16:38
2. Chad Rutledge - Algona, 16:45
3. Ryan Edwardson - Spencer, 16:58
4. Aaron Siegrist - Garner-Hayfield, 17:01
5. Taylor Chapman - Spencer, 17:02

Team Standings:
1. Spencer = 43
2. Algona = 48
3. Garner-Hayfield = 71
4. Clear Lake = 113
5. Hampton Dumont = 143
6. Forest City = 169
7. Humboldt = 180
*Emmetsburg and ELC had no team score

The Bulldogs are off until next Tuesday when they run in Fort Dodge at the North Central Conference Meet. Best of luck to the Bulldog runners!!!!