ALGONA, Ia. — The Webster City Lynx football team returned to the grid iron on Friday night, as they made the trip north into Kossuth County to take on Algona Bulldogs in Class 3A, District 1 action at Algona High School. Webster City entered at 1-6, while Algona entered at 4-3.
Webster City’s defense would start off by forcing a turnover on downs, before punting the ball back to the Bulldogs. Algona would fumble on the ensuing possession, as the Lynx would convert on the short field with a 32-yard field goal from Israel Torres to put Webster City up 3-0. Algona answered on the ensuing drive with a 9-yard touchdown run by Tayten Rummel, as the Bulldogs led 7-3, which would last through halftime.
The 2nd half started well for Webster City, as Kaleb Hansen ran the second-half kickoff back 96 yards for a touchdown as the Lynx took a 10-7 lead. From there, Algona would respond in a big way as Owen Moe ripped off an 89-yard touchdown run to put the Bulldogs ahead 14-10. The Bulldogs then scored on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Nathan Manske to Jacob Burns to put Algona up 21-10. The 4th quarter saw Algona throw three more touchdowns on the board on a Nathan Manske QB sneak, a 15-yard Cael Rotert run and a 1-yard touchdown run by Wyatt Kelly as the Bulldogs capped off a 42-10 win.
The Aces of the Game, presented by Ace Hardware of Webster City, were Lynx seniors Kaleb Hansen and Grant Arends. Hansen had 187 all-purpose yards and a kickoff return for touchdown, while Grant Arends had a game-high 11.5 tackles and a TFL. Boston Farley had 7.5 tackles with a sack, as John Wilwerding had 7 tackles, 2.5 TFL and a sack.
Webster City football returns to action on Friday, when they host the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutchmen in Class 3A, District 1 action for senior night at Lynx Field, with kickoff at 7 PM on AM 1570/FM 99.1 KZWC, kqradio.com and the KQWC App.