W-M girls look to punch ticket to state tonight
March 12, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Mayer, Sports, Watertown
ST. CLOUD, MN – The Watertown-Mayer Royals girls basketball team is just one victory away from punching their ticket to the Class 2A state tournament.
The Royals will face off with Eden Valley-Watkins tonight (Friday) at St. Cloud State University at 8 p.m. in the Section 5AA championship game with the winner securing a trip to the Class 2A state tournament.
Boys basketball results from Thursday
March 12, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Howard Lake, Lester Prairie, Mayer, Sports, Watertown, Waverly, Winsted
It was a good night for the area boys basketball teams in the playoffs Thursday night, as all of them won.
In Section 2A, Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity topped Southwest Christian 73-55, and will now play Cedar Mountain/Comfrey Monday, March 15 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter at 5 p.m. in the sub-section championship game.
In Section 5AA, the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers beat Glencoe-Silver Lake 49-46; Watertown-Mayer topped Norwood Young America 78-49; and Mayer Lutheran snuck past Litchfield 74-69.
The second round of Section 5AA play will take place Saturday, March 13 at Dassel-Cokato with Mayer Lutheran facing HLWW at 6 p.m. and Watertown-Mayer battling Sibley East at 8 p.m
BBB playoff games tonight (Thursday)
March 11, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Howard Lake, Lester Prairie, Mayer, Sports, Waverly, Winsted
Tonight (Thursday) is a busy night of boys basketball playoff action as Watertown-Mayer, Mayer Lutheran, Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity, and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted will all be in action. All of the games begin at 7 p.m.
In Section 2A, LP/HT will host Southwest Christian at Lester Prairie in the North Sub-section semifinals.
Section 5AA, South Sub-section begins play, as well, with top seed Mayer Lutheran hosting Litchfield; third-seed Watertown-Mayer will battle Norwood Young America; and lastly, fourth-seeded HLWW will host Glencoe-Silver Lake.
W-M girls end HLWW’s season in playoffs
March 10, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Howard Lake, Mayer, Sports, Watertown, Waverly, Winsted
COKATO, MN – In the Section 5AA, South Sub-section championship game Tuesday, the Watertown-Mayer Royals girls basketball team defeated the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers 66-51 at Dassel-Cokato High School.
W-M will now play in the Section 5AA championship game Friday, March 12 at St. Cloud State University against Eden Valley-Watkins at 8 p.m. with the winner advancing to the Class 2A state tournament.
LP/HT boys win playoff opener
March 10, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Lester Prairie, Sports, Winsted
LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – The Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity Bulldogs boys basketball team made easy work of Le Center in their Section 2A, North Sub-section playoff opener Tuesday, winning 61-26.
With the win, LP/HT advanced to the sub-section semifinals, and will host Southwest Christian Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. in Lester Prairie.
Watertown-Mayer will be changing conferences
March 9, 2010 by Aaron Schultz
Filed under Mayer, Sports
WATERTOWN, MN – Last night (Monday) at the Watertown-Mayer School Board meeting, the board voted 6-1 to accepted the invitation from the Minnesota River Conference.
The Royals will play one final season in the Wright County Conference, and then will begin play in their new conference in 2011-12.
Other members of the Minnesota River Conference include Mayer Lutheran, Norwood Young America, Holy Family, Sibley East, Jordan, Belle Plaine, LeSueur-Henderson, and Montgomery-Lonsdale.
