Amy Knutson finishes 10th out of 87 golfers at the Class A state golf meet

What an awesome finish for two members of the Jaguars girls' golf team today at the Class A state golf meet in Becker. Junior Amy Knutson finished in a two-way tie for 10th overall by carding a 44 and a 43 for a two-day total of 180. Not far behind in the totals was teammate Peyton Miller, who finished with a 191 after carding a 46 and 50 today. In the final standings, Miller finished in a three-way tie for 27th. Both moved up in the standings from the Day 1 results.

**Update at 6:37pm...Hats off to the Minnewaska Area Lakers girls' golf team, who won their fifth straight Class AA state championship today in Jordan. They finished as champions with a 15-stroke cushion over runner-up Red Wing.

The Class A boys golf meet was called on Thursday due to the inclement weather coming through central Minnesota. The scores from Day 1 stood as the final results. Ortonville, the Section 5A team champion, won the state title by a 321-311 stroke margin over runner-up Southwest Christian of Chaska.

More on that will follow later.

Class A baseball tournament:
Eden Valley-Watkins 6, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 0 (quarterfinals result)
Sebeka 12, Southland 3
Sebeka 5, Deer River 4
Eden Valley-Watkins 14, Mayer Lutheran 3

*Sebeka and undefeated EV-W (24-0) will meet in the state championship game on Friday.

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Class A state golf meet is on Wednesday and Thursday this week

Corey Tonn, Amy Knutson, and Peyton Miller will represent the Jaguars' varsity golf teams at the Class A state golf meet this week. The event will be held at the Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker.

Knutson tees off at 8:24 on Wednesday morning, then Miller at 8:51am. After noon, Corey Tonn starts his run at the state golf meet at 12:43pm.

Look for updates to come on Wednesday night.

A great day on the links results in three Jaguars' golfers advancing to the Class A State Tournament - the most ever for B-B-E in one season

Corey Tonn in action at the Sub-Section 5A-North meet on May 28; he placed 5th at the Section 5A meet today.

Senior Corey Tonn, junior Amy Knutson, and seventh grader Peyton Miller all advanced from the Section 5A meet today to the Class A state golf tournament.

Tonn is the first Jaguars' boys golfer to advance to state since 2005, when then-senior Steven Hurst went in the two-class format and finished 7th individually.

Also, for the third straight year, the Jaguars' girls golf team will be represented at the state tournament. In 2008, Megan Herickhoff and Whitney Bertram both competed at state; in 2009, Bertram went for the second time.

• Top finishers for the Jaguars at the Section 5A tournament in Benson:

Corey Tonn carded an 80, good for 5th overall on the boys' side
Peyton Miller carded a 91, good for 4th overall on the girls' side
Amy Knutson carded a 95 - it avenges the "narrow miss" she endured as a freshmen, when she missed out on going to state by one stroke at the Section 5A meet in '08.

The 2010 Class A state golf tournament will take place at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker, MN, on Wednesday-Thursday, June 16-17. On both days, tee-off times are at 7:30am.

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Jaguars' boys and girls golfers tee off this morning at the Benson Golf Course in the Section 5A meet

The Jaguars' boys golf team has a good chance at advancing to the state tournament, which would be a first in B-B-E school history.

Meanwhile, two members of the Jaguars' girls golf team are competing at sections as well. Junior Amy Knutson and seventh grader Peyton Miller will compete for a chance to go to state. Knutson is in her second trip to the Section 5A tournament, as she went as a freshmen with the Jaguars girls golf team, who were sub-section runners-up in 2008.

By 4:00pm I will post who is advancing to the state tournament.

Section 5A girls' fastpitch championship:
Barnum 3, Osakis 0

Section 6A girls' fastpitch championship:
Menahga 1, Parkers Prairie 0 (Panthers narrowly miss out on advancing to 3 state tournaments this year - they went in volleyball last fall and took 3rd in basketball in March)...making it tougher was the fact that the Panthers swept Menahga on April 27 in a Park Region double-header. Menahga takes an 11-14 overall record into the state tournament next week

Section 6AA girls' fastpitch championship:
Rocori 5, St. Cloud Cathedral 4 (10 innings)

Jaguars baseball team falls 8-2 at Eden Valley-Watkins in their Central Minnesota Conference opener, Jaguars fastpitch wins 8-6 vs. EV-W

The Jaguars baseball team lost 8-2 at Eden Valley today in the Central Minnesota Conference opener. The Jaguars fell into a 6-0 hole after three innings and never recovered. The Eagles, who improved to 5-0 with the win and hold the #5 ranking in the latest Class A poll, are the defending CMC champions.

Junior Kevin Kuefler was charged with the loss on the mound, pitching the first five innings while earning two strikeouts against two hits.

The Jaguars baseball team travels to Swanville on Tuesday for a non-conference game against the Upsala-Swanville Area Patriots. USA is 4-0 overall, with one of their four wins coming over Kimball Area by a 9-4 margin on April 13.

The home opener for the Jaguars baseball team is this Thursday at 4:30pm at Saints Field in Elrosa. Holdingford comes to town for a CMC game.

In their Central Minnesota Conference opener, the Jaguars fastpitch team defeated Eden Valley-Watkins in a home game by an 8-6 score. The Jaguars (2-1, 1-0 CMC) led 5-0 after one inning, 7-0 after two, and then had an 8-0 lead going into the fifth inning. Starting pitcher Michelle Sanders pitched all seven innings, earning seven strikeouts and giving up only two walks. Laura Johnson led the team at the plate, hitting 3-for-4 with a line drive two-run home run in the second inning.

Eden Valley-Watkins is 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the CMC as of April 26.

Central Minnesota Conference baseball results:
Pierz 12, Holdingford 7
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 9, Kimball Area 8

Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch results:
Holdingford 16, Pierz 6
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 12, Kimball Area 2

More updates will follow on Tuesday night.

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Tonn, Lewis pace the Jaguars boys golf team at Pierz

In the second Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season at Pierz last Thursday, the Jaguars boys golf team placed third in a very competitive meet which saw league-newcomer Osakis come in at second.

Corey Tonn and Jordan Lewis led the Jaguars, both carding a 43.

Team scoring at Pierz: (1) Pierz 169 (2) Osakis 177 (3) B-B-E 180 (4) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 184 (5) Rockford 185 (6) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 188 (7) Maple Lake 192.

Dustin Herold of Pierz was medalist with a 38.

Jaguars’ individual results: Corey Tonn 43, Jordan Lewis 43, Matt Goodwin 47, Carl Knutson 47.

CMC boys golf standings after two meets: (1) Pierz 345 (2) Osakis 363 (3) B-B-E 366 (4) HL-W-W 374 (5) Kimball/EV-W 375 (6) Rockford 386 (7) Maple Lake 394.

Jaguars boys golf compete at Minnewaska Area Invitational

Senior Chris Kent putts on a green near the back end of the Minnewaska Golf Course.


An online photo gallery has been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's website with pictures from the Minnewaska Golf Course. The website URL is: http://SaukHerald.Mycapture.com

At the Benson Girls Golf Invitational on Saturday, the Jaguars girls golf team placed eighth out of 12 teams in their division. They were led by Jordan Gruendemann and Peyton Miller, who both carded 100.

Team scoring at Benson: (1) Litchfield 353 (2) Osakis 399 (3) Willmar 404 (4) BOLD 412 (5) Dawson-Boyd 413 (6) West Central 413 (7) Ortonville 418 (8) B-B-E 420 (9) MACCRAY 430 (10) New London-Spicer 435 (11) Benson/KMS 443 (12) Paynesville Area 445.

Saturday prep baseball results:
Staples-Motley 4, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 2
K-M-S Triangular at Sunburg
Osakis 8, K-M-S 7
K-M-S 18, Hancock 4
Osakis 10, Hancock 6

Saturday prep fastpitch results:
Minnewaska Area Invitational
Ottertail Central 8, Ogilvie 2
Ottertail Central 9, Minnewaska Area 0
Ottertail Central 3, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 2 (OTC is 5-0)
K-M-S 12, LP-GE 1 (5 innings)
K-M-S 15, Oglivie 1
Minnewaska Area 6, Brandon/Evansville 3
Minnewaska Area 11, LPGE 1 (5 innings)
LQPV Invite
MACCRAY 16, Montevideo 1
Championship
Dawson-Boyd 12, MACCRAY 2

**Results from the Section 5A speech meet:
4th place:
Michelle Sanders, Original Oratory
5th place:
Isabella Groller, Drama
Erin Ditmarson, Ex Reading
Jordan Lewis, Ex Speaking
6th place:
Erin Reps, Ex Reading
Hope Bell, Great Speeches
Rachel Scheller, Humorous
Katie Hieserich, Informative
8th place:
Carma Hauge, Poetry

Only the top three in each category advance to the state tournament from sections.

So while they didn't send anyone to state, the B-B-E Speech team had another outstanding season!

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In their season opener, the Jaguars fastpitch team loses 7-6 in nine innings at Osakis - That's harsh!

The Jaguar fastpitch infield gathers at the pitcher's circle prior to the start of the bottom of the fifth inning.


Senior Anna Marthaler crosses home plate after Raeann Sorenson's RBI-single brought her home for the Jaguars' fifth run of the game. They led 5-3 in the top of the fifth inning at this point.


What a tough loss for the squad.

The host Silverstreaks scored a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth to earn the win. Sophomore Michelle Sanders took the pitching loss, going the distance while giving up three walks and two earned runs. She scattered seven hits and earned two strikeouts.

For Osakis, Sabrina Zimmel earned six strikeouts while scattering six B-B-E hits and giving up five walks and five earned runs.

Osakis improves to 4-0 overall. Their third victory of the season came at Kimball Area last Friday afternoon with a 9-3 final score. You can read about that game here at Vikinglandsports.com: http://vikinglandsports.com/newsarticle.php?yid=0910&nid=37207

Here's a link to the season preview article for the Osakis Silverstreaks fastpitch team: http://www.vikinglandsports.com/schoolnewsarticle.php?yid=0910&nid=37127&sid=1230309

Up next for the Jaguars fastpitch team: this Thursday, April 15, they host another sub-section rival, Browerville, in their home opener.

The Tigers (0-1) were crushed by Osakis 21-2 in five innings on April 8. The score of that game was actually 21-2 after four innings. That still does not mean, of course, that Browerville should be taken lightly.

A photo gallery from the game has been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's website: http://Saukherald.Mycapture.com

The Jaguars boys golf team took third place at the Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins Invitational on Monday. They carded a 374, behind Pierz's 349 and first-place Delano's 326.

The Jaguars girls golf team finished in fifth place with a 467.

Area baseball results:
Maple Lake 8, Royalton 3
MACCRAY 11, Dawson-Boyd 0
RCW 3, Lakeview 1
Minneota 7, K-M-S 3

Area fastpitch results:
K-M-S 11, Ortonville 1 (5 innings)
Hutchinson 11, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 0 (5 innings)
Kimball Area 9, Upsala 1

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