B-B-E's golfers have a great opening day at state

Junior Amy Knutson shot a 48 on the front nine at the main Pebble Creek Golf Course, then followed that with an even-better 45 on the back nine for a first day score of 93. Teammate Peyton Miller shot a 50 on the front nine and then a 45 on the back nine for a first day score of 95.

Knutson ranks in a seven-way tie for 18th place, while Miller sits in a five-way tie for 29th. Both are competing in their first state golf tournament. A total of 87 girls golfers are in Class A.

Junior Kelsey Ross of Osakis leads the Class A field with a first-day score of 75.

Corey Tonn's first-day score was an 86. He shot a 41 on the back nine and then a 45 on the front nine. Corey tees off at 11:49am tomorrow.

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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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Jaguars girls golf competes in the first Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season, finishes in sixth place, only four strokes behind 4th

In their first meet of the season, the Jaguars girls golf team tallied a 227 in the six-team Central Minnesota Conference opener at the Osakis Country Club on Friday afternoon.

Peyton Miller, just a seventh grader, led the Jaguars with a score of 51. Junior Amy Knutson was right behind her with a 52.

Team scoring:
(1) Osakis 199 (2) Rockford 201 (3) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 201 (4) Pierz 223 (5) Maple Lake 225 (6) B-B-E 227.

Up next for the Jaguars girls golf team: a trip to the Kimball Invitational on Monday, April 12, which begins at 10:00am. Their next CMC meet is on Thursday, April 15, back at Kimball.

The April 12 invitational will be held at the Kimball Golf Course, including the teams of Annandale/Maple Lake, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Dassel-Cokato, Delano, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Hutchinson, Litchfield, New London-Spicer, Paynesville Area, Pierz Healy, Rockford Area, and Saint John's Prep.

Prep fastpitch scores from Friday:
St.Cloud Cathedral 8, Albany 0
Paynesville 11, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Osakis 9, Kimball Area 3 (Silverstreaks are 3-0)
Minnewaska Area 5, Montevideo 0
Rockford 11, Litchfield 4

Prep baseball scores from Friday:
Melrose Area 9, Sauk Centre 2
Paynesville Area 8, A-C-GC 2
Upsala/Swanville Area 12, Pillager 0 (Patriots improve to 2-0)
BOLD 18, RCW 7 (6 innings)
K-M-S 10, YME 6
Minnewaska Area 12, Montevideo 2 (5 innings)

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Jaguars girls golf team opens the 2010 season at Osakis on Friday, April 9

The Jaguars girls golf varsity roster consists of Junior Amy Knutson, freshmen Jordan Gruendemann and Katelyn Steffenson, and seventh graders Peyton Miller and Jamie Meyer.

The Jaguars will have to replace two-year state tournament participant Whitney Bertram, who graduated in 2009.

They begin their season at 4:15 on Friday, April 9, at the Osakis Country Club. It will be the first Central Minnesota Conference meet of the season.

At the Sub-Section 5A-North tournament last year, the West Central Area girls golf team won the team title with a total of 414 strokes. Ortonville placed second with 424, followed by Osakis with 429 and B-B-E with a 442. The Knights and Trojans advanced to the Section 5A meet at Little Crow Golf Course in Spicer.

The Jaguars girls golf team will host their turn at the Central Minnesota Conference meet on Monday, April 19 at 4:15pm.

The Sub-Section 5A-North tournament will be held Friday, May 28 at Minnewaska Golf Course, with the Section 5A meet to follow on Friday, June 4 at the Benson Golf Club.

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