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AUSTIN FALL SPORTSFOOTBALLIn what may have been the worst

season in school history, the Packerswent 0-9 overall and lost its postseasoncontest to New Prague 38-12.Austin didn’t score an offensive

touchdown until its sixth game of theseason.The team returns its top play-maker

on both sides of the ball in AnthonyCondit.VOLLEYBALLThe Austin volleyball team finished

3-16 overall and it lost its first roundpostseason match to John Marshall inthree games.The Packers were led by All-Big

Nine libero Ashley Follmuth, a senior.They will return their top setter in

Jenna Svoboda and their top hitter inBabaye Oja.Austin will have a new coach next

season.BOYS SOCCERThe Packers saw their season end

on a heartbreaking shoot-out loss toWinona in the second round of theSection 1A tournament.Austin was the No. 2 seed and it

finished with an 11-6-2 overall record.“I don’t have the words to cure

this,” Austin head coach Jens Levisensaid after the loss. “When you playthat hard all season, you play thathard all game and you create all thoseopportunities, and then you lose on ashoot-out, there’s not much you cando. I’m pleased with everything theydid.”The Packers will return key soph-

omore forwards Francisco Torres andJake Hagen-Erickson in 2011.

GIRLS SOCCERThe Austin girls soccer team saw its

season end in a 5-1 loss to Albert Lea inthe first round of the Section 1A tourna-ment.The Packers finished 2-13-3 overall.

GIRLS TENNISThe Packers team didn’t send any indi-

viduals to state and the team lost its firstplayoff match.Austin took fifth in the Big Nine meet

and it was led by the No. 1 doubles teamof Sophie Hebrink and Nina Carney.

GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVINGThree Austin seniors closed out their

Austin swimming careers in style as theywere all part of the 200-medley relay teamthat took sixth at the Class ‘A’ state swim-ming and diving meet.Seniors Averi Splinter, a six-time state

qualifier, Kelli Bednar and Brooke John-son teamed up with Helen Heimark tomake up the relay team.The 200-freestyle relay team of Splin-

ter, Mikayla Finney, Bednar and Heimarktook 17th at state.Individually at state, Splinter finished

14th in the 100-yard butterfly, Johnson

took 16th in the 100-yard backstroke, andHeimark finished 18th in the 200-freestyle.

CROSS COUNTRYThe Austin girls cross country team

had two state qualifiers for the first timein years. Seventh grader Madison Overbyand sophomore Haley Splinter both ran inthe Class ‘AA’ meet.Splinter, who was in her second state ap-

pearance, didn’t finish the race due to an in-jury and Overby finished 89th overall.The Austin boys were led by junior

Nate Schwab and seniors Zach Fadnessand Max Gillen.

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A u s t i n ' sKelli Bednarswims the100 yardf r e e s t y l eduring adual againstWinona lastseason.

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BOYS BASKETBALLThe Packers were young and they

showed improvement through theyear, but they just couldn’t get pastWinona, which beat them threetimes, including a 45-40 win in theSection 1AAA semifinals.Austin finished 14-12 overall as it

was led by freshman guard Zach Wes-sels, and sophomore big men TomAase and Joe Aase.Seniors Zach Fadness and Jay Et-

tinger were key leaders.“I hope the young kids understand

how our seniors helped them,”Austin head coach Fadness said.“The young kids got a lot of attentionthis year because they were our threeleading scorers and they’re goodplayers, but I’d like to believe the rea-son they had a lot of success is be-cause we had some solid seniors whotook them in.”GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Austin girls basketball team

struggled down the stretch of the sea-son and it lost in the first round ofthe postseason to Winona 64-54.The Packers finished 9-16 overall,

but they return their top two scorersin Jenna Svoboda, who averaged 12.1points and 7 rebounds, and BabayeOja, who averaged 12.8 points, 7.2 re-bounds and 3.6 steals.“I think we have a good season

coming next year,” said Austin for-ward Taylor Lady, who also returnsnext season. “We have a lot of holesto fill from the seniors that are leav-ing but I think we can do it.”BOYS HOCKEYThe Austin boys hockey team fin-

ished 4-22 overall as it saw its seasonend with a 9-0 loss at Northfield.The Packers had two Big Nine

wins and both were against MankatoEast.“The kids worked hard this year

and I’m proud of them,” Austin headcoach Tim Peterson said. “We’ll dosome work this offseason to get bet-ter next year.”

GIRLS HOCKEYThe Austin girls hockey team fin-

ished 6-18-1 overall and its seasonended with a first round loss to Farib-ault by a score of 9-1.The Packers will return their top

scorers in Abby Gallaher and CarleyGrunewald.WRESTLINGThe Austin wrestling team kept its

long streak of sending wrestlers tostate alive, but neither of their quali-fiers did any serious damage at theClass ‘AAA’ state meet.Austin sophomore Devon Felten,

who was 29-10 at 103 pounds, andsophomore Erick Power, who was 25-18 at 119 pounds, both lost in thewrestlebacks.Power had an impressive run at

the Section 1AAA meet, where hewon four straight eliminationmatches to make it to state.BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVINGThe Austin swimmers sent two

swimmers to state and senior MichaelThorsheim led the way with aneighth place finish in the 200-yard in-dividual medley.Austin sophomore Nick Brehmer

was ninth in the 200-yard freestyleand 16th in the 100-yard freestyle atstate.Thorhseim took 19th in the 100-

yard butterfly.GYMNASTICSThe Austin gymnastics team sent

three individuals to the Class ‘A’ statemeet and they just missed a teamberth by a handful of points.Austin senior Selena Hataye took

14th on the bars and 31st on the vault.Eighth graders Carolyn Hackel

and Abby Bickler were slowed downby injuries at state. Hackel, who wasdealing with a broken toe, took 31ston the floor, and Bickler, who had ahigh ankle sprain, wasn’t able to fullycompete, as she took 32nd.

AUSTIN WINTER SPORTS

Herald file photoAustin's Abby Bickler performs on the balance beam during the Austin Packer Invitational atthe YMCA last season.


AUSTIN SPRING SPORTSBASEBALLAustin finished a tough season with its best outing of the

year as it gave Rochester Century a huge scare in a 3-2 lossin the first round of the Section 1AAA tournament.The Packers, who finished 3-16 overall, led Century and

their ace Mitch Brown 2-1, but the Panthers, who went onto play in the state tournament, came back to win in the sev-enth.The Packers were inconsistent as they lost six games by

one run, but they also had 10 losses by at least eight runs.Austin will return its top pitcher Jacob Thompson, who

had a 2.64 ERA.SOFTBALLAustin just couldn’t score enough runs as it ended the

season on a nine-game losing streak and the team finished5-15 overall.The Packers scored less than three runs 13 times on the

season.The team will return Marie Clennon, who hit .347, and

Danielle Tschann, who hit .340.GOLFThe Austin girls and boys golf teams didn’t have any

state qualifiers, but senior Mark Thorson finished his ca-reer on a good note.He shot a career-best round of 77 on the second day of

the Section 1AAA golf meet, but it wasn’t enough to ad-vance.Alex Thorson and Isaac Christianson also competed on

the second day of the section meet and they will return nextseason.The Packer girls team was composed mostly of sopho-

mores.BOYS TENNISThe Packers didn’t win a postseason match or advance

any individuals in the section meet.Austin, which was led by top singles player Josh De-

twiler, finished 5-8 overall.TRACK AND FIELDAustin had just one state qualifier in sophomore Abby

Snater, who advanced to the Class ‘AA’ meet in the pole vaultfor the first time in her career.Snater had a seeded height of 11-1, but couldn’t reach 10-

6 at state due to a hampering injury.“It’s a good experience and hopefully next year there’s no

injury and I’m a little more ready for it,” Snater said. “Thisis a big motivation for next year.”Besides Snater, the Packers will also return their top

sprinter in Carolyn Hackel next season.The boys team was mostly made up of younger athletes

and it was led by senior hurdler Cole Adams and junior dis-tance runner Nate Schwab.

Herald file photosTop: Austin catcher DanielleTschann tries to keep the ball infront of her as Mankato West'sKinzie Scearcy attempts to scorein the fourth inning of a game thisspring at Todd Park.

Left: Austin pitcher Jacob Thomp-son delivers in the top of the firstinning this spring against Farib-ault at Dick Seltz Field.


FOOTBALLThe Lyle/Pacelli football team beat

LeRoy/Ostrander twice, but was win-less in all of its other games in 2009.The Athletics finished 2-7 overall in

head coach Mark Buntje’s last year atthe helm.Spring Grove ended L/P’s season

with a 47-6 win in the first round of thesection tournament.Reid Olson will take over coaching

duties for L/P this fall.VOLLEYBALLThe Lyle/Pacelli volleyball team fin-

ished 2-25 and it had its season end in asweep by Spring Grove.The Athletics will return some key

players in Madison Truckenmiller andAnn Rysavy.CROSS COUNTRYMadeline Kraemer had the best per-

formance for Pacelli at the Section 1Ameet as she took 17th. Drew Chapek led the boys with a

93rd place finish.GIRLS TENNISThe Pacelli tennis team struggled to

win matches and it lost in the firstround of the section tournament.BOYS BASKETBALLThe Lyle/Pacelli boys basketball

team played better after a slow startunder first year head coach Casey An-derson.After dropping their first seven

games, the Athletics, who finished 9-16overall, won nine of their last 18.“The kids showed a lot of heart this

season,” Anderson said. “We startedout young and inexperienced, but theybelieved in our philosophies andthey’ve improved a lot this season.”L/P will return one of its top scorers

in forward Skylar Meyer.GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Athletics won more games this

past season than it had in the previousthree years combined.L/P went 17-8 overall and it made to

the Section 1A West Division semi fi-nals where it fell to Goodhue 88-31 inRochester.

LYLE/PACELLI SPORTS

The Athletics should be on the rise asthey bring back freshman guard AnnRysavy, who averaged 14.2 points, 7 re-bounds and 5.5 steals, and seventh gradesharpshooter Courtney Walter.Senior center Nyabang Diang was also

a force for L/P as she averaged 18.4 pointsand 10 rebounds per game.“The seniors helped turn this program

around and we’ve got a lot of young tal-ent,” L/P head coach Brad Walter said. “Ithink the girls are committed to improv-ing and we’re not done yet. We’ve got a lotof good years ahead of us.”BASEBALLThe Lyle/Pacelli baseball team made

some big improvements under first yearhead coach Dan Zielke this past season.The Athletics finished 6-11 overall in a

season that was highlighted by a win overRandolph. L/P continued its strong playin the postseason when it gave top-seededSouthland a good game but lost 5-2.“We’ve got a lot to look forward to in

the future and we’ll be a competitive teamhere next year,” Zielke said. L/P will return two hitters who hit

over .400 in Skylar Meyer, a sophomore,and Jordan Hart, an eighth grader. JonahRohne, an eighth grader, will come backas the top pitcher.SOFTBALLThe Athletics didn’t have enough play-

ers to field a varsity team in 2011 so theyplayed a JV schedule with the hope ofhaving a varsity team next year.TRACK AND FIELDThe Lyle/Pacelli girls track and field

team had one state representative inMaya Ebeling, a junior foreign exchangestudent from Germany.Ebeling didn’t make the finals in dis-

cus, but she placed eighth place in theshot put.The L/P boys didn’t have anyone go to

state, but they were led by senior ColtonScherer.GOLFThe Lyle/Pacelli girls golf team had

three golfers in the Section 1A meet, butnone of them made it to state.Jennie Marx, who went to state the

previous year, led L/P with a 102, whileMaggie Leif had a 107 and Abby Leif shota 123.

Herald file photoLyle-Pacelli's Gar-rett Jenkinsreaches across thegoal-line for a two-point conversion inthe second quarteragainst LeRoy-Os-trander this fall inLeRoy.


FOOTBALLThe Hayfield football team went 0-9 overall but they were

within 10 points in three of those losses under first year headcoach Grant Klennert.Hayfield safety Evan Bungum will play football at Min-

nesota State on a partial athletic scholarship next season.VOLLEYBALLThe Vikings, who went 17-12 overall, had their season end

in a sweep to Faribault Bethlehem Academy in the Subsec-tion finals.Hayfield lost the three games by a combined 11 points as

they lost the first two contests by two.“We’re pretty proud to have played them that close, but it

would’ve been nice to beat them,” Hayfield junior Abby Blan-chard said after the match. “We can hang our hat on playingthem close and we can look forward to next year.”Hayfield will bring back much of its core as setter Molly

Streightiff, who will play at UW-River Falls next season, andLiz Ristau will be the two biggest losses to graduation.BOYS BASKETBALLDespite starting three players that were sophomores or

younger, the Vikings finished 17-11 overall and made it all theway to the Section 2AA South Division title game, where itlost to Maple River 49-40 in Mankato.The Vikings were led by the shooting of junior Bobbie

Stephens and the play-making of freshman point guard ColeKruger and sophomore forward Brady Kramer.Kruger hit a buzzer beating three to beat Kasson/Man-

torville in the second round of the tournament.“A lot of people didn’t give us a shot to get to this point (this

year) and we played some great games (in the postseason),”Hayfield head coach Chris Pack said after the season. “It’ssomething to build on, but there’s no guarantee we’re evergoing to get back here unless we work at it. Hopefully it drivesthem until November.”GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Vikings had an entirely new starting lineup as they

went 13-13 overall and lost to Blue Earth 50-23 in the firstround of the playoffs.Junior point guard Alyssa Selk led the team with 11.4

points per game.WRESTLINGHayfield sent four wrestlers to the state meet, but neither

of them placed.Senior Blake Arndt, a 215-pounder, and senior Tyler Nel-

son, a 171-pounder took home Section 1A titles but werebeaten in the wrestlebacks at state in their first appearances.130-pound freshman Mason Moreno and 145-pound senior

Myles Moreno each made their second career trips to state forHayfield but they fell short in the wrestlebacks.

HAYFIELD FALL AND WINTER SPORTS

Herald file photoHayfield's Cole Kruger shoots among a trio of Kasson-Mantorville players during the waning minutes of their Section2AA, South Division semifinal game in Kasson. Kruger would later hit a game-winning three-pointer.


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best postseason run in a long time, but itultimately came up one game short ofmaking it to the Class ‘A’ baseball tour-nament after dropping a 4-1 contest toWabasha/Kellogg in the Section 1A titlegame.The Vikings had won three straight

must-win games to keep their seasongoing — including a 19-8 win over W/Kthat saw them rack up 23 hits.“I told the seniors it’s going to sting

for a couple of days, but five or six yearsfrom now people are going to talk aboutthe hitting display you had the night be-fore, so enjoy it for what it is,” Hayfieldhead coach Craig Selk said.Senior Tyler Nelson, who will play at

Bemidji State on a partial athletic schol-arship next season, hit .537 and seniorTyler Krekling, who will play at River-land next season, hit .520 for the Vikings,who finished 17-9 overall.TRACK AND FIELDHayfield junior Hunter Anderson was

the team’s lone representative at theClass ‘A’ state track and field meet.Anderson took fourth in the shot put

with a distance of 51-a 51-6.75 but he did-n’t make it to the finals in the discus.

Anderson, who has gone to state indiscus twice, finished 15th in 2011.GOLFHayfield’s lone representative at the

Section 1A meet was Trevor Anderson,who finished with a 94 and missed out onstate.BLOOMING PRAIRIE SPORTS:FOOTBALLBlooming Prairie played in the Sec-

tion 1A title game for the fourth straightseason, but this time the Awesome Blos-soms fell short with a 28-13 loss to Good-hue.The Blossoms went 8-3 overall with a

relatively young offensive line and theywill graduate just two starters.The team will bring back quarterback

Luc Zellmer, wide receiver Gabe Kartesand linebacker Luke Hueman next sea-son. All three players have started sincethey were sophomores and will be sen-iors next season.VOLLEYBALLThe Blooming Prairie volleyball team

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the hitting of seniors Whitney Burt andKristin Hagen.

Herald file photoBlooming Prairie's Cooper Nelson turns to run after a reception in the second quarter last fallagainst St. Clair in Blooming Prairie.

Herald file photoHayfield's Evan Bungum is greeted at home by teammates after his home run in their Sec-tion 1A playoff game against Kenyon-Wanamingo this spring.


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BOYS BASKETBALLAn injury to senior center Cooper

Nelson slowed down the AwesomeBlossoms as they finished just 6-18overall.While sophomore Michael

Thomas eventually picked up thescoring slack, it wasn’t enough asBP’s season ended with a 53-48 loss atJanesville/Waldorf/Pemberton inthe first round.GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Awesome Blossoms went 13-13

overall and their season ended whenthey lost to Faribault BethlehemAcademy for the third time of theseason in the Section 1A West Divi-sion semifinals in Rochester.BP was led offensively by senior

Erica Manske and sophomoreJanelle Morem.WRESTLINGBlooming Prairie senior Seth

Johnson made his first career trip tothe state meet, but he had a toughdraw and lost his first match on a 4-3decision at 135 pounds. He ended up being eliminated in

the wrestlebacks.BASEBALLThe Awesome Blossoms struggled

with pitching in a season that sawthem finish 6-13 overall.Eighth grader John Rumpza was

the most consistent pitcher on theteam, which had just one senior inthe starting lineup.

SOFTBALLBlooming Prairie made it to the

Class ‘A’ state softball tournament forthe second straight year and this timethey came home with some hardwareas they finished fourth.The Awesome Blossoms, who went

21-3 overall, won their first contestover Badger/Greenbush/Middle River8-4 before falling to Cherry/Cotton 6-1to Cherry/Cotton and losing to Kerk-hoven/Murdock/Sunburg 11-5 in thethird place game.“It’s tough to end like that, but we

still had a really good season,” saidfour-year starting pitcher EricaManske, who will pitch at Luther Col-lege next year. “We should be proud ofwhat we’ve done.”BP will have to turn to a new hurler

and find a new top hitter next season asMankse and slugger Tayla Jones grad-uated.TRACK AND FIELDBP had just one representative at the

Section 1A meet in sophomore MichaelThomas.Thomas competed in the 200- and

400-meter dashes and didn’t get to statein either race.GOLFThe BP boys took sixth place at the

Section 1A meet and they were led byDylan Hatch, who shot a 93.

BLOOMING PRAIRIE WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS

Herald file photoBlooming Prairie pitcher Erica Manske delivers in the first inning of their State 1A quarterfi-nal match-up of the Minnesota State Softball Tournament against Badger/Greenbush-MiddleRiver.


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GRAND MEADOW AND LEROY/OSTRANDER SPORTS

Herald file photoGrand Meadow’s Caleb Leichtnam takes off on a run against Lyle/Pacelli last fall.


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FOOTBALLThe Southland football team

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all, but they struggled with in-juries to their offensive anddefensive lines all season.Southland will return its

backfield of Nick Schmitz andMike Goergen, but quarter-back Sam Noterman and widereceiver Alan May, who willplay football at Winona State,graduated.Triton went on to take sec-

ond at the state tournament.VOLLEYBALLThe Southland volleyball

team finished 11-16 overall andit had its season end in a five-game loss toWaterville/Elysian/Morris-town in the second round ofthe playoffs.The team was led by the hit-

ting of senior Brandi Scham-mel and sophomore JanaSchammel.

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BOYS BASKETBALLThe Rebels had solid guards, but strug-

gled inside as they finished 14-13 overall.Southland gave No. 1 seeded Maple

River a tough game but they fell short 64-60 in the Section 2AA South Divisionsemifinals.The Rebels will bring back their top

scorer in sophomore Mike Goergen, whoscored 16.6 points per game.GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Southland girls basketball team

had its best season in at least four years asit went 18-9 overall, but it came to an endwhen they lost to Blue Earth 62-54 inAdams in the Section 2AA South Divisionsemifinals.Southland will graduate just three sen-

iors and only one starter. It returns its topscorer in sophomore guard Jana Scham-mel.“(This is) something our girls will

learn from and hopefully they’ll comeback stronger,” Sheehan said. “But theycan’t be more hungry because they playedwell this year.”WRESTLINGSouthland senior Grant Hegge finished

his fifth career trip to state with a fourth

place finish at 145 pounds.Hegge was pinned 11 seconds into the

third period after leading 2-0 against Jor-dan Chouanard of Aitkin in the fourthplace match.Southland also sent senior Michael

Churchill to state at 125 pounds, but hedidn’t place.BASEBALLThe Southland baseball team went 16-6

but had its season end in the second roundof the Subsection 1A West Division tour-nament with a 9-7 loss toKenyon/Wanamingo.The Rebels will have a much different

look next season as they graduated nineseniors.Senior Alan May hit .466 with five

homers and he was 35-for-36 steals forSouthland.SOFTBALLThe Southland softball team played in

the Section 1A softball tournament for thefirst time in at least six years, but it cameup short of state as it lost to Wabasha/Kel-logg 17-15 in an elimination game.The Rebels, who went 15-9 overall,

scored seven runs or more 15 times.TRACK AND FIELD

Grand Meadow/LeRoy/Ostrander/Southland sophomore Danielle Hansonmade her third straight trip to the Class‘A’ state track and field meet but shemissed out on the finals for the thirdstraight year as well.Hanson, who was seeded fourth, fin-

ished 11th in the preliminaries andmissed the finals by .45 of a second.GOLFSouthland senior Matt Breitbarth

made his first career state meet appear-ance for the Rebels as he tied for 40th atthe Class ‘A’ meet.Breitbarth shot an 83 on the second

day of the meet and he finished with atwo-day score of 172.Southland’s girls team had one rep-

resentative at the Section 1A meet asShawna Lewno finished with a 127.

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