ALGONA—--- The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs boys basketball team fell short in a comeback attempt in a 70-58 loss to the Algona Bulldogs on the road on Feb. 7. Hampton-Dumont-CAL is now 4-15 on the year.
STORY CITY—-- The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs boys wrestling team took first place at the Norsemen Dual Tournament on Feb. 1. Head coach Patrick Hansen was also voted the Central District Coach of the Year for Class 2A.
HAMPTON—- While the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs boys basketball team was able to keep the game competitive throughout the first half; the team was unable to keep up with the No. 8. St. Edmond Gaels in the second half. The Bulldogs fell to the Gaels 72-43 to fall to 3-13 on the year during the team’s Senior Night.
Both the Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls and boys wrestling teams had some success this past week. The girls team took fifth place out of seven teams at the girls North Central Conference Tournament with a score of 73 points. Maren Subbert went 3-0 and took first place in the 190-lbs weight class.
HAMPTON—--- The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs were able to hold on for a 60-50 win over the Pocahontas Area Indians at home on Jan. 16. The Bulldogs are now 12-1 on the year following the win. The Bulldogs led 18-10 after the first quarter and in the second quarter a three-pointer by Brooklyn Valley made it 24-10 with just over 5:00 left in the second quarter.
HAMPTON—-- It went down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter, but the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs boys basketball team fell just short of the win in their 63-54 loss to the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Cowboys at home on Jan. 16.
HAMPTON—- In a battle between two Bulldogs teams it was the No. 10 Algona Bulldogs that came away with the win as the No. 12 Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs fell 44-34 at home on Jan. 10. It was the first loss of the year for Hampton-Dumont-CAL, which fell to 10-1 on the year.
HAMPTON—-- The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs girls basketball team held the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets in check during the Bulldogs’ 45-30 win on Jan. 7. The Bulldogs improved to 10-0 on the year following the win.
HAMPTON—- In a wild finish it was the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs boys basketball team that came away with the win after a buzzer beater by Aaden Keehn after getting an offensive rebound to beat the buzzer in the Bulldogs 67-65 win over the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets on Jan 7. The Bulldogs won their second game in a row and improved to 3-5 on the year.
The season is off to a good start for the West Fork Warhawks girls basketball team as the Warhawks entered the winter break with a record of 5-2 on the year. Head coach Rodney Huber said that he thought that things were pretty good during the first half of the season.
