More from the Section 5A track and field meet - Plus more area playoff results

Below, the 200 dash race at sections...


You can view almost 100 photos from the Section 5A meet featuring Jaguar track athletes at the Sauk Centre Herald website: http://saukherald.mycapture.com

Area baseball post-season results on June 2:
Eden Valley-Watkins defended its Sub-Section 5A-West title from a year ago, after the #1 seeded Eagles defeated #2 seed Browerville 12-4 on Thursday night in Cold Spring. Both the Eagles and Tigers advance to next week's Section 5A Final Four round, which runs next week (June 6, 7, 9) in St. Cloud.

In Sub-Section 6AA-East, top-seeded and state ranked St. Cloud Cathedral beat #2 seed Little Falls 16-8 in the championship game.

In Sub-Section 6AA-West, sixth-seeded Melrose Area continued its stellar playoff run by squeezing past top-seeded Albany 3-2 in the championship game. The Dutchmen had defeated #2 seed Paynesville Area 12-1 in five innings the night before.

In Sub-Section 5AA-West, Maple Lake (#3 seed) fell to #1 seed Dassel-Cokato 8-7. The Irish had dropped two tough teams out of the Mississippi 8 Conference out of the playoffs in the first two rounds, doing a fine job of representing the Central Minnesota Conference in the process.

Fastpitch results from the Section 5A Final Four round:
Elimination game: Barnum 13, Upsala 3 (5 innings)...then Isle 15, Barnum 5. In the winner's bracket semifinal, Osakis beat Isle 9-6. In the 5A championship round, Osakis needed only one win over Barnum out of two games, and the second game was never needed after the Silverstreaks remained unbeaten on the season and won 6-1 in the first game.

Fastpitch results from the Section 5AA championship series:
Maple Lake needed to win only one game in a best-of-two series over Park Center on Thursday night. Unfortunately for the Irish, their third state tournament trip in the past four years did not materialize. Maple Lake lost game one 7-2 and then game two 11-1. They still had a fine season, something that they have grown accustomed to under veteran head coach Tim Knudson.

Out west in Sub-Section 6A-South baseball, the Hancock Owls entered the playoffs as the number eight seed with an unremarkable 4-13 overall record. They got hot at the right time and knocked out the top seed (Wheaton/Herman-Norcross) 6-4 in eight innings in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Owls beat fourth-seeded Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 3-1. Hancock then lost to Brandon-Evansville 13-11 in the sub-section championship game. Both teams advance to the Section 6A Final Four round. Hancock (6-14) is coached by 2004 Melrose Area graduate Brandon Welle.