By Greg Grabianowski, 
Sports Editor
For the fifth straight year, the North Central Conference boys’ track championship trophy will be resting in the trophy case of the Algona Bulldogs.
In 2012 the race was tight, as a big win in the 4 x 100-meter relay along with a third place finish by the 4 x 400-meter relay squad gave the red-and-black the trophy with 136 points.
St. Edmond, which has ironically won two state titles during the Algona run but has not won the league title during that time, was the runner-up with 129 edging out Webster City’s 121 total in the three-team race.
Iowa Falls-Alden was fourth with 89; Humboldt was fifth with 60, Bishop Garrigan was sixth with 56 and Clarion-Goldfield was seventh with 46. Hampton-Dumont was eighth with 29; Eagle Grove scored 19 and Clear Lake totaled 16.
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By Greg Grabianowski, 
Sports Editor
For the third straight season, the Algona Bulldog girls’ track team is the North Central Confernce champions. The red-and-black ran away from the league field with 159 points with cross-town rival Bishop Garrigan taking second with 91.
Eagle Grove was third with 82 followed closely by Clarion-Goldfield with 71; Humboldt had 69, Webster City scored 66 and Hampton-Dumont scored 65. Iowa Falls-Alden totaled 61, St. Edmond scored 53 and Clear Lake rounded out the 10-team field with 23.
Algona won six events in the meet, including four relays. Individual winners were Tangy Wiseman in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:03.26 and Paige Yi in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.54.
Winning relays were the shuttle hurdle relay foursome of Jacey Thompson, Morgan Goche, Ali Grein and Brandee Hockett with a clocking of 1:09.83 along with the 4 x 200-meter relay group of Courtney Groen, Tawny Schultz, Amber Lenz and Grein in 1:51.89.
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By Greg Grabianowski, Sports Editor
Defending Class 1A state champion Bishop Garrigan narrowly edged defending Class 3A state champion Clear Lake by two strokes to capture the team title at the North Central Conference girls’ golf meet played at the River Road Golf Course in Algona on Monday, May 7.
The Golden Bears had a team total of 357, two strokes ahead of Clear Lake’s score of 259. Humboldt was a distant third with 427; Hampton-Dumont finished fourth and Algona placed fifth with a score of 453.
Clarion-Goldfield took sixth with a 461 followed by Eagle Grove with a 485; St. Edmond totaled 486, Webster City had a 528 and Iowa Falls-Alden rounded out the 10-team field with a 593.
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North Union won the team title at the boys’ Cornbelt Conference meet held at Armstrong on Tuesday, May 1. The Warriors won four events, placed second in seven and were third in eight more.
The green, black and silver edged out Clay Central-Everly 160-157 for the crown. West Bend-Mallard placed third with 118 followed by Ventura with 49, Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne was next with 30 and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire rounded out the six-team field with 26 points.
Tyler Feddersen was a double winner for North Union, taking the long jump with a best of 18’ 8” and the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.87. Also placing first was Jake Adams in the 800-meter run with a clocking of 2:08.84.
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For the fourth straight year, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverine girls’ squad is the Cornbelt Conference champions. The Wolverines won 13 events in the meet ran at Armstrong on Tuesday, May 1 and scored 210 team points.
North Union was the runner-up with 189 followed by Ventura with 61; Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire was fourth with 37, Clay Central-Everly had 30 and Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne totaled 28.
Jessica Abrahamson was a double winner for the purple-and-gold, winning the shot put with a heave of 109’ 0” and took the discus crown with a throw of 38’ 2”. Kaley Lempke won the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.23 while teammate McKenzie Grimm crossed the finish line first in 27.29.
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