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Algona FFA Chapter

The Algona FFA members participated at the North Central District FFA Leadership Conference today. The FFA members had a very successful day! Congratulations to each of them as they gained valuable public speaking skills for future contests. Even if some of the results weren't what we had hoped for each member can hold their head high knowing they did a great job!

Updated with results:

Conduct of meetings - Gold 1st Adv to State: Hunter Thilges, Allison Casey, Aidan Morris, Emily Walker, Cody Nielson, Declan Braun, and JD Burma

Chapter Program - Silver: Collin Casey, Molly Bormann, and Joe Schumacher

Creed - Gold 2nd Adv to State: Beth Anderson

Ag Sales - Gold Alt to State: Joanna Fullerton

Public Speaking - Silver: Elly Louwagie

Extemporaneous Speaking - Bronze: Taylor Kelly

Voting Delegates: Maddie McPeak and Collin Casey

District Officer Candidate: Elly Louwagie

Senior Academic Achievement - Jackie Reding and Garrett Schmidt

Jackie finished her term as the 2019-2020 NC District Sentinel. Great job on a successful year!

Another successful College Fair!! 52 colleges were represented and also the military was present. Students from Algona, Garrigan, Emmetsburg, and West Bend got the chance to interact with these representatives to get more information about their future possibilities. Huge shout out to Julie Stein & Noel McLaughlin for putting on this wonderful event for around 350 students!
Photo credit: Halo Gronbach

Algona FFA Chapter

Fantastic March FFA meeting. We went through the events that will perform at districts on Saturday, banquet info, chapter officer information, and state convention deadlines.

Last official meeting for this officer team. Thank you to Maddie, MaKiley, Elly, Carter, Molly and Collin for an excellent year!

Drill Team Spring Show 2020

Shout out to Bazzell & Ryan for sharing their talent helping at the middle school concert last night! And on Ryan’s birthday even!

‪Great day giving back at Central Iowa Shelter Services in Des Moines today! Student Senate members donated supplies, got a tour, and served lunch! ‬

Fun time giving back at the Reading Cafe @ Bryant Elementary! AHS students worked as servers to the young readers. Thanks Mrs. Young for the organization and pictures!

Congratulations Nick!

We are excited to congratulate Nick Christensen on his qualification to the NASP 2020 State tournament!!! #archery #hardwork #dedication #shootingsports #NASP #statebound

Algona 71
Ballard 73
(overtime)

Algona 71
Ballard 73
(overtime)

Algona 60
Hampton 50

Algona 60
Hampton 50

Photo credit: Patrick David

Photo credit: Patrick David

‪Such an exciting game with a packed house and lots of great plays - just ended up two points short, 71-73, to Ballard. Great fight Bulldogs ❤️🖤‬

AHS is full of talent!! Check out Wyatt Garman showing off his auctioneer skills at the FFA Labor Auction! Such skill - and humor!

Algona FFA Chapter

What a fun way to end day 2 of FFA week with our annual pancake feed and labor auction. Thank you to our community for their support of the chapter. Another great crowd and topped off with Algona FFA member Wyatt Garman serving as our auctioneer. He did an awesome job! Thanks Wyatt for sharing your talents.

Way to go Bulldogs!!

Updates with results:

Good luck to the Algona FFA members who are competing at subdistricts today.

Ag Broadcasting - Caleb Christensen (Gold - Alt)

Ag Sales - Joanna Fullerton (Gold - 1st)

Chapter Program - Collin Casey, Molly Bormann, Carter Casey (Gold - 1st)

Conduct of Meetings - Hunter Thilges, Allison Casey, Declan Braun, Cody Nielson, Emily Walker, Aidan Morris, and James Burma (Gold - 2nd)

Creed Speaking - Beth Anderson (Gold - 1st)

Extemporaneous Speaking - Taylor Kelly (Gold - 2nd)

Job Interview - Maddie McPeak (Gold)

Public Speaking - Elly Louwagie (Gold - Alt)

Courtesy Corps - Jacey Savage and Jaden Zwiefel

#RISE #GoBulldogs #IowaFFA20

‪Algona wins 60-50 over Hampton. Next up in postseason play is this Thursday vs Ballard @ home @7:00 Go Dogs!! ‬

Excellent pops concert last Thursday! Mark your calendars for the all school band concert March 10th.

Algona 45 vs. Okoboji 71

Algona 45 vs. Okoboji 71

Algona 64 vs. Clear Lake 53

Algona 64 vs. Clear Lake 53

‪Great season Cole Lewis! 8th place in class 2A, 195 pounds!!! Bulldog Strong! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

Great season Andrew Hamilton!! 6th place in class 2A, 220 pounds!!! Bulldog Strong! Photo credit: Patrick David

‪Andrew Hamilton beat Nunley from WEDE 7-2. Tomorrow he takes on Adrian from ASDA. If he wins, he will wrestle for 3rd. If he loses, he wrestles for 5th. Good luck Andrew!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

‪Cole Lewis battled hard but came up short to Maynes of REOA, 5-2. He wrestles for 7th place tomorrow against Marty of SOLO. Good luck Cole!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

‪AHS’s Andrew Hamilton lost a close one this morning to Howard (37-0) 1-3. However, he came back and beat Goodell of Humboldt 3-2. Next up is Nunley of WEDE. Good luck Andrew!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

‪AHS’s Cole Lewis came up against a hard match this morning against Voelker (36-1) and lost 2-14. However, he came back & beat Morgan of ASDA 7-4. Next up is Maynes of REOA yet tonight. Go Cole!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

Algona FFA Chapter

An excellent learning opportunity for the Ag Leadership students to present their ag sales presentations to area sales professionals! The students received valuable feedback and gained confidence in the process. Always great to be a Bulldog #RISE #GoBulldogs https://t.co/TnI8SL0Wt3

‪AHS’s Gavin Meints put up a good fight but lost by a fall to Cale Roller from Atlantic and then lost in a 10-4 decision to Nicholas Wood of CHAR. Congrats on a great season Gavin! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

‪AHS’s Andrew Hamilton wins 1st round 4-3 over Josh Riibe from CLGL. Next up: Crew Howard of CLAR. Way to go Andrew!!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

‪AHS’s Cole Lewis wins 1st round 6-4 over Jacob Steenhoek from Gilbert. Next up: Wyatt Voelker of WEDE. Way to go Cole!!! Photo credit: Patrick David‬

Good luck at State wrestling today Cole, Andrew, and Gavin!! Catch the first match around 3:30 on KLGA!

‪Regional semi finals tonight at 7 pm in Milford against a talented Okoboji team. You got this girls!! Rise (RIZE) to the occasion & show them Bulldog Strong!! ❤️🖤‬

Great pictures from Jim Gale of boys’ basketball vs Clear Lake

BULLDOG BASKETBALL ACTION VS. CLEAR LAKE

‪After losing by 2 back in January, the Bulldog boys win over a tough 18-2 Clear Lake team!! Go Dogs! ‬

Algona State Wrestling

State Wrestling shirt orders are due by tonight!! https://algonastatewrestling.itemorder.com/sale

algonastatewrestling.itemorder.com Online ordering for Algona State Wrestling ends on Monday February 17th, 2020 (11:59pm CST)

District wrestling 2/15/20

On to State!!! Congrats Andrew Hamilton & Cole Lewis - District champions! And Gavin Meints - District runner up! Also congrats to the hard work of Luke McKenna and Jake Zabka - both placed 3rd. Go Dogs ❤️🖤

‪Packed house for wrestling Districts - Go Dogs!! ‬

Thanks to all who bought cookies from the Student Senate fundraiser!! With the money, flowers were bought for nursing home residents. Sophomores made cards to go with them and they were delivered by students on Valentine’s Day ❤️

Another reason the AHS staff rocks: the blood drive on Friday was scheduled to start at 9:00. But with the two hour late start, students weren't able to help until school started. So AHS staff came in early, helped set up, and filled the chairs with donors until school started! Proud to be a Bulldog!

Excellent blood drive sponsored by the AHS National Honor Society on Valentine's Day! 35 donations were made and many more tried. Many first time donors who rocked it and some students donated enough throughout high school to earn red cords! Love seeing the students, staff, and community come together to help others!

Student Senate decorated Valentine's cookies that were sold & will be delivered tomorrow. Proceeds of this fundraiser go to buy nursing home residents in Algona flowers. Way to give back Bulldogs!

Boys' basketball vs. Clarion 2/11/20
Boys win 71-40 & have an overall record of 15-3!!

Pep band 2/11/20 - sounded wonderful!

Girls' basketball vs. Clarion 2/11/20 Senior Night
Put up a tough fight against a strong team, just came up short, 44-53

Fun to excite the younger students on what can be in their future!

A few pictures from the AHS Jazz Band performance.