By Stephen Wiblemo
Sports Editor
It has been a tough stretch of games the last three weeks for the Dassel-Cokato football team (2-4, 1-4 WCC), but tonight they look to turn the tide as they hit the road to take on Wright County Conference foe Delano (4-2, 3-2 WCC).
It has been a frustrating time for the Charger team and its coaches as they look back on this three-game loosing streak and try to diagnose and treat the malady that is plaguing them.
Continue reading ‘Charger football looks to turn trend in Delano’
Matt Kane continued to dig his hole deeper in week five with a 6-8 record. Aaron Schultz led the pickers with a 10-4 record, and Stephen Wiblemo was second with a 9-5 record. Guest pickers Neil Schlagel and Mitch Rue were 8-6, and guest picker Steve Dietman was 7-7.
Continue reading ‘NFL pick-a-winner: week six’
By Stephen Wiblemo
Sports Editor
The Dassel-Cokato boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are gearing up for the Wright County Conference meet in Waconia Thursday, Oct. 9, but they were in Litchfield Oct. 2 to compete in a 13-school meet with 80 varsity boys runners and 76 varsity girls runners.
This meet was a good indicator for the teams as they prepare for the conference meet because they got a good look at several conference teams and individuals.
Both the boys’ and girls’ Charger teams finished well with the boys taking fifth with 132 points and the girls taking seventh with 170 points.
Continue reading ‘Charger CC prepares for conference meet’
By Aaron Schultz
Sports Editor
HOWARD LAKE, MN – It was homecoming for the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers this past week, and the football team did their part, capping off a week of celebrations in style Friday, beating Kimball 35-6.
“This was a great win for homecoming, but it also made us 4-0 on our home field this year,” head coach George Montgomery said.
By beating the Cubs Friday, HLWW improved its overall record to 4-2 on the season, and to 4-1 in the Central Minnesota. And, as Montgomery said, the Lakers are now a perfect 4-0 at Laker Athletic Field in their first year playing games on the new field.
That 4-1 record keeps the Lakers in a second place tie in the CMC with Pierz and Maple Lake.
Continue reading ‘Balance the name of the game in Lakers’ win over Kimball’
By Aaron Schultz
Sports Editor
LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – After a little bit of a slow start, the Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity Bulldogs football team turned things up a notch in the third quarter on their way to a 35-6 win over St. John’s Prep.
“I thought we played a good game. We may have started a little slow, but part of that was we were trying to establish a complete game, not just one or two things,” head coach Joe Scoblic said. “In the second half we got it all going.”
In the end, the winless Johnnies were no match for LP/HT, despite the slow start.
LP/HT ran for 273 yards in the win, improving its Minnesota Christian Athletic Association record to 4-0 on the year, while jumping to 5-1 overall.
Continue reading ‘Huge third quarter helps LP/HT blow past Johnnies’
By Aaron Schultz
Sports Editor
WINSTED, MN – It may have taken over two years, but high school varsity football will be coming back to Winsted Friday, Oct. 10.
That is when the Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity football team will be hosting Providence Academy in Minnesota Christian Athletic Association play at 7 p.m.
This game is a big one, and not just because of the two-year hiatus Weinbeck Field in Winsted has experienced from varsity football.
Providence Academy and LP/HT are the lone two undefeated teams in the MCAA, and the winner will lock up at least a share of the conference championship.
It is also Holy Trinity’s homecoming football game, something they didn’t have last year.
Continue reading ‘Football back in Winsted Friday’
By Aaron Schultz
Sports Editor
Change isn’t always easy, nor does it always stick.
That was the case for the North Star League in 2008, as they went through a number of changes.
First off, the league expanded to 17 teams with the addition of Class C teams Big Lake and Elk River.
Then, the league realigned its divisions so that the five Class B teams were split up into three divisions along with the 12 Class C teams.
Then, lastly, the Class C teams in the three divisions were all dispersed into three different regions come playoff time.
All three of those moves will be tinkered with this upcoming season, with several of the changes already taking place.
Continue reading ‘North Star League going through some changes’
By Aaron Schultz
Sports Editor
MARSHALL, MN – Southwest Minnesota State University softball player Erin Dickhausen and football player Tyler Reed have been named SMSU’s female and male Athletes of the Year for the 2007-08 academic year, while women’s golfer/basketball player Abby Oakland and football player Tyler Fischer were named the female and male Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
Continue reading ‘Dickhausen named SMSU female athlete of the year’
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