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Kazin wraps up stellar career for Delano at Class AA state meet
ST. MICHAEL – There’s nothing more that Delano senior Erica Kazin enjoys doing than proving people wrong. It just fuels her. Kazin, who competed in nine straight state tournaments spanning all three sports seasons, added one more stellar showing to her collection competing at the Class AA state meet in the 1,600-meter run and the 3,200-meter run. While she got to partake in two events this year, the feeling around the experience was a little different for her having more teammates around.
St. Cloud Crush take undefeated Wayzata to final out in state baseball tournament
SAINT PAUL – Two doubles and two sacrifice grounders in the seventh inning of the Class 4A state baseball tournament brought the St. Cloud Crush within one run of the undefeated top-seeded team in Minnesota. But a Drew Lieser groundout stranded senior courtesy runner Devan Finnegan at third, giving Wayzata a 6-5 win in the first round of the tournament Thursday at CHS Field in St. Paul. ...
Orono breaks ground on golf pavilion
The official groundbreaking for the Orono Orchard Golf Course’s newest amenity addition was held this on May 28. The 1,000 sq. ft. pavilion/picnic shelter will be utilized by golfers and visitors to the golf course. The Orono Lions Organization donated $40,000 of the $80,000 cost, and is handling construction of the project as well. Ritchie Anderson and North Shore Marina also contributed $2,500 towards the project. During the 100 year anniversary celebration this June the pavilion/picnic shelter will be dedicated to the Leo Feser family. Leo Feser was the first superintendent of Woodhill Golf Course and helped build the original Orono Orchard Golf Course. Feser and his family ran the golf course for Orono for the first 40 years of its existence.
New Mountain Bike Race to Energize Monticello's Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park
Get your helmets ready and your chains oiled, because the Bertram Saddle Buster is wheelie-ing into town. On June 23, the Wright County Parks & Recreation teams up with the Minnesota Mountain Bikes Race Series for a brand-new race event at Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park in Monticello. The race aims to cater to riders of all levels from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to an announcement released by Wright County officials.
Boys lacrosse: Ponies cruise past Minnetonka at state
EDEN PRAIRIE — After opening the season with a comfortable victory over Minnetonka, the Stillwater boys lacrosse team did not give any ground in the rematch while cruising past the Skippers 17-3 in the state quarterfinals on Tuesday, June 11 at Eden Prairie High School. The second-seeded Ponies (15-2), who won the previous game 17-5, advanced to face third-seeded Lakeville North (13-4) in the semifinals on Thursday, June 13 at Chaska High School. The winner will advance to the title game at Eden Prairie on...
Weekly Round-Up - Area sports scores and reviews
Baseball The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks are matched-up against top-seeded Mankato East on Thursday in Chaska for their opening game of the MSHSL Baseball State Tournament. Head coach Bill Kinnunen says it will be a good match-up between the two teams, since both teams hang their hats on defense, pitching, and a small-ball style. “They’ve got...
Van Beusekom sends Delano to Section 6AAA title game with a walk-off single
DELANO – The Delano baseball team was anything but perfect in their matchup with Orono in the Section 6AAA Tournament with their season on the line and that’s OK. The Tigers, no strangers to late-game drama, found themselves in another thrilling finish and were able to keep their season alive by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs to stun the Spartans thanks to a walk-off single by Carter Van Beusekom for a 4-3 thrilling win Wednesday night.
Wayzata Trojans head into Minnesota state baseball tournament undefeated
WAYZATA, Minn. — Baseball is a game of percentages. For Wayzata, the most important number is still at a thousand percent."It's been awesome all around. I mean, it's really hard to come out here and not have fun with the group of guys we have," said starting pitcher Riley Leatherman. "And then on top of that we're winning games and we're playing hard. So it's been really fun and really awesome."The Trojans are undefeated entering the state tournament. In baseball, that's unheard of. They have played four one-run games, but always managed to squeak out the win."I've heard from a...
Plato suffer first loss; Brownton has busy week
The good news for Brownton going into last week, which featured a busy four game schedule, was that the team got back key injured players in Seth Schuette and Nathan Schultz. The bad news is that during the four game stretch, the Bruins wold lose center fielder Spencer Glaeser (hit by pitch to the thumb), utility Cole Mathews (collision) , and pitcher Daniel Rosenau (arm) to injury.
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