Just was glancing at the golf scores from sunny Tuesday afternoon and thought I’d write about them.
First, the boys’ got three nice rounds yesterday. Garrett Ryynanen posted a 39, which was in a tie for seventh-best. Trevor Grindle was right behind him with a 40. And as we have seen, Grindle as the talent to go even lower, so if Ryynanen can keep golfing like Tuesday, the Chargers have a great duo at the top. Eric Dahlman also turned in a nice round of 42.
The problem is getting a low number from that fourth golfer. Tuesday, Tyler Koivisto was the guy after a round of 47. That is not a bad number, but that makes the difference between yesterday’s sixth-place finish, and something in the top three. The Chargers were just four strokes from fourth place, and eight from third.
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Happy Earth Day and Severe Weather Awareness Week everyone! At least to me, it seems that the Earth should receive a week too. Oh well.
I got my first look at both the DC softball and baseball teams last week, so I thought I would share my thoughts.
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Last week, the Minnesota State High School League made some interesting decisions at their board meeting. First, it was decided to add mercy rules to basketball and football for when games get too lopsided. Second, the board voted against reducing the number or weights in wrestling from 14 to 12 or 13.
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The spring sports season is already here, with track and field kicking (running, actually) it off in Becker Tuesday. Here are some more thoughts about the DC teams.
Softball: Clearly, coach Rachel Franklin has a lot of options heading into the season, which will hopefully now start in Waconia next week after Friday’s game has already been canceled. Just about everybody on the team can play multiple positions, where they will play will depend on who is doing well with the bat. In the team’s 12 losses last season, the Chargers scored more than two runs just once. The addition of Briann Jennissen to the lineup, along with a lot of new blood should overcome some of the offense they lost to graduation. A good sign for the future: six players that are a sophomore or younger could see regular time.
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Ok, the winter sports season is over. Of all the DC teams, only two (boys’ swimming and wrestling) had winning records in the regular season. But the biggest thing I take from it was the postseason success that many of the individuals and teams saw. Dan Felt, Keeley McConkey, Tom Werner, and Tim Walker won the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Class A meet. They also took second in the 400-yarder.
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L/DC takes on New Ulm Friday night at 7:30 p.m. for rights to the state tournament.
These two teams met Dec. 6 with the Eagles winning 4-3. In that game, neither team scored until less than two minutes left in the second period. Six goals were scored in the final period. John Barrick scored back-to-back goals early on to give the Dragons a 2-1 lead. But the Eagles scored three straight, including a power play goal, to win.
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The state swimming and diving meet begins Thursday, let’s take a look at what is ahead for the six DC/L athletes.
In the 200-yard freestyle, the Chargers will have Tom Werner, Dan Felt, and Tim Walker swimming. There are three returning medal winners in the field. Felt has the fifth-best seed time, Walker has the 11th, and Werner has the 12th. If you remember back to last year, Felt missed the podium by one place.
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Okay, the match ups are set for the individual state wrestling tournament.
At 189 pounds, Tony Larson will take on Milaca/Faith Christian’s Roy Ash in the first round. Ash has a 38-4 record and is ranked fifth by The Guillotine. That should not be discouraging to Larson, though, because he defeated the fourth-ranked wrestler (Kurt Schlangen) to earn the Section 6AA title. Tony is in the bottom part of the bracket, which features last year’s runner-up, Drew Ross from Fergus Falls, who is a perfect 35-0. The two would face off in the semifinals if it plays out that far. By the way, Larson has a 30-8 record.
At heavyweight, Chuck Pokornowski will wrestle Casey Johnson from Kasson-Mantorville. Johnson has a 33-7 record and is unranked. Pokornowski is in the top half of the heavyweight bracket, which features two of the three returning medalists from last year. They are Carter Ash (42-0) and Cody Socher (37-4 and from Delano). If Chuck can win his first two match ups, he would most likely face one of them.
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