Holdingford defeats Jaguars fastpitch and baseball - Jaguar boys' track and field defeats five teams at Belgrade Lions' Invite

The Jaguars baseball team (2-3 CMC, 3-6) lost a home game in Elrosa to conference front-runner Holdingford by an 9-3 score. The Huskers (6-0 CMC, 8-1) took a 4-0 lead in the third inning and plated five more runs in the sixth. Sophomore Matt Schmitz led the Jaguars with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate. Kevin Kuefler and Brandon Roelike each added two hits.

At Holdingford, the Jaguars fastpitch team lost in five innings by a 12-0 margin. They were held to two hits.

Below, action from today's home track and field invitational...


Freshmen Austin Kollman speeds to the finish line in the 100 open today, finishing with a time of 12.74 seconds.

Boosted by a first-place finish by Grant Bell (1600) and runner-up finishes by Ben Borgerding (Pole Vault), Zaph Dotson (200), and Bell (3200), the Jaguars boys' track and field team placed fourth out of nine teams. They defeated Osakis, Rockford, Paynesville Area, St. John's Prep and Hancock. The Jaguars girls' squad defeated Rockford and Hancock.

Noteworthy...Kinlee Swanson won the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.2 seconds. Whitney White won the pole vault with a best jump of 8-0. Grant Bell won the 1600 meter run with a time 4:52. Ben Borgerding broke his personal record two times while winning the Pole Vault with a best jump of 12-0.

A photo gallery from the event will be added to the Sauk Centre Herald website on Wednesday morning. http://saukherald.mycapture.com

Coming on Thursday for the Jaguars: Fastpitch is in a double-header at Maple Lake. Boys' golf is in Howard Lake at the Greens. Girls' golf is at Kimball. The track and field teams will compete at the Little Crow Invite at New London-Spicer at 3:30 p.m.

Area baseball results on May 3:
Maple Lake 3, Kimball Area 0 *(CMC game)
Albany 4, Melrose 3
Osakis 13, Royalton 12
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 7, Browerville 3
Sauk Centre 8, Milaca 1
Minnewaska Area 11, Yellow Medicine East 8
Foley 5, New London-Spicer 4
Paynesville Area 4, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 3

Area fastpitch results on May 3:
Maple Lake 11, Kimball Area 1 *(CMC game)
Eden Valley-Watkins 8, Rockford 7 *(CMC game)
Eden Valley-Watkins 14, Rockford 10 (8 innings) (*CMC game)
Rockford 7, Kimball Area 2 (*CMC game held on Monday May 2)
Sauk Centre 16, Milaca 10
Albany 22, Melrose Area 2
Royalton 19, Upsala 6

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