Jaguar boys' golf third at Maple Lake

At Albion Ridges Golf Course in rural Annandale on Tuesday, the Jaguars boys' golf team missed out on a tie for second place by one stroke at the third Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season. Rockford Area won the meet with a 160, followed by Osakis with a 172 and B-B-E with a 173.

Carl Knutson led the Jaguars with a 41.

The team sits in third place with three meets to go before playoffs.

Here's the link to the photo gallery from Monday's baseball double-header (just 1 1/2 innings of game one) against Holdingford.
http://saukherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1651028&CategoryID=69413&ListSubAlbums=1

Coach Illies goes over strategy with Dalon Bitzan during game one on Monday.

...and here's a picture of the B-B-E sixth grade classes after their annual spring speech meet on Tuesday afternoon.

Gathered after the meet's awards ceremony in the elementary auxiliary gymnasium.

Mr. Hadley's class won the traveling trophy for the fourth year in a row.

Elrosa Saints baseball game postponed to Sunday night at 7:30 - Prep results from Friday below

The Elrosa Saints will host New Munich on Sunday, May 22 with a 7:30 start time. It rained most of Friday night around the area and it would have been a miserable night for amateur baseball.

The 2011 boys' golf team champion of the Central Minnesota Conference is Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins, who finished with a final stroke tally of 1,244. They won the final CMC meet of the season on Friday with a score of 176 at Plymouth's Hollydale Golf Course, where Rockford hosts meets.

In the final CMC meet of the year, the Jaguars boys golf team was led by Jordan Lewis, who shot a 45. His score was only three strokes off of the medalist finish.

Sub-Section 5A-West quarterfinal results:
#4 seed Eden Valley-Watkins 6, #5 seed Browerville 5
#5 seed Upsala 14, #2 seed Royalton 6 (sophomore sensation Aimee Pelzer went 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBI and two doubles to lead the Cardinals to the upset win)

Area baseball results on May 20:
Albany 7, Melrose Area 4 (Albany is 15-4 overall)
Milaca 4, Sauk Centre 3
Foley 4, New London-Spicer 3
Pierz 6, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 0
Minnewasa Area 13, Yellow Medicine East 2
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 15, MACCRAY 2 (5 innings)

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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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Here's how the Sub-Section 5A-North boys' golf race played out on Friday

Matt Goodwin drives off of a hole on the back nine at the Minnewaska Golf Club during the sub-section meet on Friday.

It was a wild afternoon as the scores came in at the Minnewaska Golf Course, during the Sub-Section 5A-North meet.

West Central Area, with only one senior on the roster, took first place honors with a score of 343. They barely edged the Jaguars' boys golf team, who came in with a 345.

WCA's Matt Wagner was the second place individual medalist with a score of 78. Logan Pfingsten took sixth with an 86.

WCA head coach Kraig Hunter stated following the meet, "After our top golfers came in (Wagner and Pfingsten) we were trailing B-B-E by one stroke."

Here's how it played out from there... Calvin Anderson came in next with a solid round of 91, but B-B-E's #3 golfer (Jordan Lewis) shot an 89 putting the Knights behind by 3 strokes. B-B-E's 4th golfer (Karl Knutson) came in with a 93. In the next group, WCA's Luke LaValley needed to come in with a 90 to tie B-B-E and an 89 to beat them. LaValley came in with an 88 giving the Knights a 2 stroke lead. They just had to hope B-B-E's #5 and #6 golfers didn't have lower than a 92 and they did not, sealing the Knights victory.

Boys' golf team standings at Sub-Section 5A-North:
1 - West Central Area
2 - B-B-E
3 - Chokio-Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
4 - Wheaton/Herman-Norcross
5 - Ashby
6 - Osakis
7 - Browerville

Area fastpitch playoff results:
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg gets a shot at a section championship berth by virtue of their 14-5 win over Edgerton today in a Section 3A winner's bracket game. They lost to Wabasso in the winner's bracket final, though, by a 14-8 score. This sets up a rematch between K-M-S and Edgerton, coming next Tuesday (June 1) in a loser's bracket final game. The winner of that has to take on Wabasso in the Section 3A championship (June 3)...and they have to beat the Rabbits twice to advance to the state tournament.

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Jaguars' boys golf team gets back to Section 5A, finish as sub-section runners-up - Jaguars baseball falls in sub quarters 4-0

Jordan Lewis makes his first shot of the day at sub-sections, off of hole #1 on the front nine at the Minnewaska Golf Club.

The Jaguars' boys golf team finished as runners-up at the Section 5A-North tournament today at the Minnewaska Golf Course.

Two of the team members will play at sections for the second straight year, as seniors Matt Goodwin and Corey Tonn advanced individually from last year's sub-section meet.

They last advanced as a team in 2008.

West Central Area was boys' champion, while Osakis won the girls' side of Sub-Section 5A-North.

In the south half of the section...
Ortonville won the boys' side at the Sub-Section 5A-South meet, with Dawson-Boyd coming in as runner-up. On the girls' side at Sub-Section 5A-South, Ortonville was also team champion, while MACCRAY came in as runner-up. Those four teams will advance to the Section 5A meet, coming next week on June 4 at the Benson Golf Club.

A photo gallery at the Sauk Centre Herald's website has over a hundred photos of the Jaguars in action at the sub-section meet. The link is: http://saukherald.mycapture.com.

The Jaguars' girls golf team took third place the the sub-section meet. Only the top two teams advance to Section 5A. On the plus side, though, junior Amy Knutson advanced individually, keeping the streak of sending a Jaguars' girls golfer to sections intact since 2006.

• **Update in Sub-Section 5A-West baseball action...

The Jaguars' dugout cheered on their teammates at the plate during the playoff game at Upsala.

The Jaguars' baseball team played a good game but had their bats kept in check at Upsala-Swanville Area today, as they lost 4-0 in the quarterfinals.

The Jaguars finish their season 7-12 overall.

Sophomore Brady Weller pitched a complete game in the playoff opener.


Second-seeded Osakis fell behind 8-2 early on but rallied to win their sub-section opener by an 10-9 margin over #7-seed Pillager. It marks the first time in many years that Osakis has won a playoff game. They improve to 15-2-1 overall, while Pillager finishes 4-15.

Sub-Section 5A-West baseball quarterfinals:
Royalton 10, St.John's Prep 1
Eden Valley-Watkins 9, Kimball Area 8!! (Cubs make the Eagles sweat)
Osakis 10, Pillager 9

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Jaguars fastpitch at Sauk Centre and Jaguars baseball in Elrosa are both cancelled due to the rain

Wet field conditions brought about a cancellation to both games, with the fastpitch game being scrubbed at the last minute.

The fastpitch game at Sauk Centre is non-conference, basically just a rivalry game that bears no implications on anything. The baseball game against Osakis, however, is a sub-section game and would've been a good chance for the Jaguars to duke it out with another top Section 5A team. Osakis is currently unbeaten at 8-0-1 overall. The Silverstreaks beat Upsala-Swanville Area 10-1 on Tuesday, handing the Patriots (6-1) their first loss of the season.

The Jaguars' baseball game against Osakis will be played on May 25.

We've had a steady, slow rain on and off for the past 36 hours or so. But it beats having blizzards out on the roadways!

Area fastpitch results on Friday:
Paynesville Area 5, Morris Area 2 (Bulldogs' faspitch has won 10 in a row)
Upsala 19, Royalton 16


Tomorrow, Saturday, the Jaguars' boys golf team will compete at the Benson/Hancock boys golf invitational beginning at 8:30am at the Benson Golf Club. Other teams at the meet will be Minnewaska Area, Sauk Centre, and Alexandria.

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Jaguars fastpitch defeats Browerville to even their record at 1-1 overall; Boys golf finishes 3rd at CMC meet in Pierz

Sophomore Amy Bast went 2-for-3 against Browerville, including a double, while also earning three RBI.

Senior Laura Johnson went 1-for-2 at the plate against Browerville, while scoring two runs and earning an RBI. She also picked up the pitching win, spinning all seven innings while scattering six Tigers' hits, giving up one earned run, one walk, and firing four strikeouts.


The Jaguars fastpitch team defeated Browerville today in their home opener, winning by a final score of 7-2.

They were helped by earning a 3-0 lead after the first inning was complete.

Sophomore Raeann Sorenson led the team at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance.

More will follow on Friday morning.

Central Minnesota Conference boys meet 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.

Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch results:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 4, Rockford 2

Area baseball results:
Holdingford 6, Foley 4
Rocori 6, Willmar 5
Paynesville Area 7, Minnewaska Area 6
Montevideo 11, LQPV 10
BOLD 10, YME 0
RCW 5, Dawson-Boyd 4
MACCRAY 12, RTR 2
K-M-S 14, Lakeview 0
Sauk Centre 6, NLS 5
EV-W 26, A-C-GC 1

Area fastpitch results:
Albany 1, Milaca 0
Albany 4, Milaca 3
Kimball Area 14, St. John's Prep 0
Pequot Lakes 7, Pierz 6
Rocori 9, Willmar 4
Paynesville Area 1, Minnewaska Area 0
Benson/Hancock 3, Morris Area 1
YME 18, BOLD 9
Dawson-Boyd 5, RCW 2
RCW 13, Dawson-Boyd 12
Sauk Centre 4, NL-S 3
Dassel-Cokato 10, Litchfield 0
A-C-GC 7, EV-W 6

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Jaguars boys golf finishes first meet of the season with a runner-up finish at Osakis

In their first action of the 2010 season, the Jaguars boys varsity golf team pulled a runner-up finish at the first Central Minnesota Conference meet of the year.

As a team, the Jaguars carded a 186, trailing first place by 10 strokes.

Team scoring in CMC meet #1: (1) Pierz 176 (2) B-B-E 186 (3) Osakis 186 (4) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 187 (5) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 190 (6) Rockford 201 (7) Maple Lake 202.

Up next for the Jaguars boys golf team: a trip on Monday morning to Kimball, where they'll compete with the girls team in the 14-team Kimball Area Invitational.

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Jaguars boys golf team opens season with CMC meet on April 8; will be led by defending individual CMC champion Corey Tonn

The Jaguars boys golf team, who narrowly missed out on a Section 5A berth at last year's sub-section meet, will open the 2010 campaign with the first Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season on April 8 at the Osakis Country Club at 4:15pm.

At last year's Sub-Section 5A-North meet, Ortonville took the team title with a 331, followed by Chokio-Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley with a 353. B-B-E took third with a 356, with West Central Area coming in at fourth with a 370. Osakis was fifth with a 373, and Wheaton/Herman-Norcross finishing sixth with a 387.

Osakis is a first-year member of the CMC in 2010, having previously competed in the Quad County Conference that included teams such as Chokio-Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, Ashby/Evansville, Ortonville, Underwood, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross, and Henning.

The Jaguars will host a CMC meet at Prairie View Golf Course on Friday, May 14 at 1:00pm.

For 2010, the Jaguars return 2009 Section 5A participants Matt Goodwin and Corey Tonn. They, along with Chris Kent, are the seniors on a very deep varsity roster. Tonn and Goodwin took third and fourth-place, respectively, at the Sub-Section 5A-North tournament last year, while also earning All-Conference honors. Tonn won the individual Central Minnesota Conference championship last year as well, while as a team the Jaguars finished second, only six strokes behind champion HL-W-W.

Final 2009 Central Minnesota Conference boys golf standings:
(1) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 1,076 (2) B-B-E 1,082 (3) Pierz 1,088 (4) Rockford 1,109 (5) Kimball 1,119 (6) Maple Lake 1,166.

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