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KEY NAMES

Colin Ayers, LF – Ayers, a senior captain, leads by example in left field. Although his playing time on varsity was decidedly limited last season, coach Sam Stier believes that Ayers’ work ethic and leadership abilities will take him far during his senior season.

Ben Boran, SS – One of Waterville-Elysian-Morristown’s four captains, Boran, a junior, will be the Buccaneers’ starting shortstop this year.

The junior batted .344, scored 27 times, and had seven stolen bases in 2013.

Tre Mesagna, P – WEM’s veteran pitcher brings the most experience on the mound with 11 innings pitched last year. In those innings on the mound Mesagna, a senior, earned nine strikeouts and went 1-0. Look for Mesagna to log more time in right field as well.

Landon Harmon, UTIL – Another Buccaneers captain, Harmon, a senior, will likely see time at pitcher, catcher, first base and in the outfield. He batted .350 last year and drove in 19 RBIs. As a pitcher Harmon struck out 16 batters in only 9.67 innings pitched and will be expected to lead a WEM squad that made it all the way to the Section 2A championship game last season.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Derek Masberg, P/OF – A force on the mound, Masberg capped his high school career with a dominant season, going 7-0 with 72 strikeouts and a miniscule .62 ERA through 45 innings pitched. Masberg was effective from the batter’s box as well, hitting .317 with 14 RBIs, and plays for Bemidji State University.

Nolan Grose, 1B/P – As a pitcher Grose notched 46 strikeouts and finished his senior season with a 2.65 ERA through 37 innings pitched. As a hitter he led the team with a .373 batting average, 13 RBIs, and 11 doubles. The high school standout is playing for Bethany Lutheran College.

OUTLOOK Coach Joe Grose capped a three-year career with the Buccaneers by leading WEM to its best finish in the Section 2A playoffs, a loss in the championship game to BOLD High School, a feat that Sam Stier and the coaching staff will attempt to improve upon in 2014.

However, after graduating seven seniors, including college players such as Derek Masberg and Nolan Grose, replicating the squad’s 2013 success won’t be easy.

The Buccaneers seniors will be called upon early and often to lead a young group that will feel the loss of Luke Nuetzman, Brady Ayers, Mitch Jindra, Tyson Ranslow and Sean Klugherz early in the season. Look for seniors such as Landon Harmon and Tre Mesagna, as well as junior Ben Boran, to lead this young Buccaneers squad, one that still sports plenty of offensive and defensive firepower.

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FARIBAULT ACADEMIES BASEBALL

FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL KEY NAMES

UP AND COMING

KEY NAMES

UP AND COMING

Nate Emge, P – Emge, a senior who has been pitching on varsity since his sophomore year, will be the ace again this season. He helped the Falcons to a co-Big 9 Conference title last year, compiling a 3-3 record and a 4.71 ERA. His 42 innings pitched was 15 more than anyone else on the team. He also hit .255 and stole eight bases. He was named allconference honorable mention last year.

Jake Scheffler, 2B/P – Scheffler, a senior, will be the Falcons’ starting second baseman and one of its go-to pitchers. On the mound he works fast and throws strikes, and the all-conference honorable mention player from last year will likely start the season as the team’s No. 2 hitter in the lineup.

Porter Sartor, SS – Sartor, a junior, didn’t see varsity time last season, but he’ll fill a big hole at shortstop that had been occupied by Logan Murphy the past two seasons. Coach Brent Hawkins says he has a good arm and can make all the throws, and he’ll likely begin the season as the team’s No. 3 hitter as well.

Kyle Novak, CF – Novak, a senior, is projected to start in center field for the Cardinals this season. He had only nine plate appearances (and two hits) in the 13 games that he played in last year, but he’ll likely play a larger role this season.

Mitch McBeain, P/SS – McBeain, a senior, didn’t play varsity last season, but he’s slotted to play shortstop and will be a part of a seven-man pitching staff the Cardinals hope to lean on this season.

Danny Pierce, IF/C/P – Pierce pretty much did it all for the Falcons in his three full years on varsity, playing nearly every position in the infield and pitching and catching as well. He hit .379 last year and led the team with 17 RBIs. He was named all-conference and all-section.

Logan Murphy, SS – Murphy was a vacuum at shortstop last season and was the most important defensive player on a team that played strong defense all around. He also owned a .477 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot and finished the year with 22 walks, 16 runs scored and a .308 average. He was named all-conference honorable mention.

Kollin Hanson, 1B – Hanson, a sophomore, finished his freshman season with a .300 average and 15 hits, including four doubles and eight RBIs. He also scored 13 runs. He’ll pitch this year, too.

Christian VonRuden, P – VonRuden, a junior, last season hit .444 with 14 RBIs, the thirdbest mark on the team. He also had three doubles and a home run. VonRuden threw only three innings on the mound, but he’ll be the ace on a deep rotation of pitchers this season.

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Evan Jensen, C/3B – Jensen, a senior who was named all-conference honorable mention last year, hit .309 with two home runs and 10 RBIs. He’ll provide pop in the batting order, and he will handle most of the catching duties and also play third base, which is where he started with the team as a sophomore.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

The Falcons graduated the majority of their team that led them to the program’s first Big 9 Conference title since 1993 (they shared it with Winona), and they have plenty of holes to fill. They lost 13 seniors and almost all of them had big contributions. Besides Danny Pierce and Logan Murphy (see “gone but not forgotten”), they lost first baseman and pitcher Tyler Smeby (team-high .438 batting average) and outfielder Tanner Tousignant (team-high 40 total bases), who were both named all-conference and all-section. Other key players such as Aric Hallet, Connor Wierschem and Brandon Kettering are also gone.

That group helped the team to a 15-7 record and 13-5 conference mark – which included an 11-game winning streak where it won seven games by two runs or less. This season, a new-look team – led by a few experienced veterans – will take over.

The rotation will consist of Nate Emge, Austin Houge and Jake Scheffler, and senior Mitch Clark and junior Porter Sartor, among others, should also see time on the mound. Evan Jensen and junior Mitch Nagel will platoon at catcher and third base, and junior Egan Bonde, another player who can pitch, will start the season at first base. Coach Brent Hawkins said Noah Kasper has also looked good in practice and could find time at either second or first base. The outfield will feature the speedy junior Tyler Becker, who will also bat leadoff, and junior Josh Nawrocki. Hawkins said a handful of players will mix in for the last outfield spot.

Rochester Mayo, the section champ last year, and Rochester JM (which Faribault beat to open the season) should both be strong contenders, as should Mankato West and Owatonna.

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Coachspeak “Overall, from top to bottom I like the way they look so far. They are a good group of kids and we just have to get them to mesh together, especially when you lose all of those guys (to graduation).” – Brent Hawkins

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Dylan Valentyn, C – Valentyn, a Class AA All-State pick, hit .351 with 19 RBIs – the fourth-best mark in the Faribault area – his senior season.

The Gopher All-Conference selection also had a .437 on-base percentage.

Blake Langerud, CF – Last year’s Daily News All-Area Player of the Year, Langerud hit a team-best .559, the second-best mark in school history, and led the Faribault area with 29 runs and 22 steals. As a pitcher, Langerud finished with a 1.01 ERA and fanned 51 batters.

An impressive senior class – i.e., Blake Langerud, Dylan Valentyn, who are the last two baseball players to earn the Daily News AllArea Player of the Year awards – are gone, as is starting pitching Matt Siegfried and his 1.62 ERA last year, but that’s not stopping the Cardinals from setting their sights on the conference crown.

This year’s crop of Faribault Academies players will have a deep group of pitchers that includes Christian VonRuden, Mitch McBeain, Kollin Hanson, Kyle Novak, Pete Clark, Brandt Tousignant and Connor Martin, a Shattuck-St. Mary’s senior.

Offensively, the Cardinals are led by returners VonRuden (.444 BA, 14 RBIs, 17 R) and Hanson (.300 BA, 8 RBIs, 13 R), who each played in all 19 games last season. FA shouldn’t lack for bench depth, either.

There may not be a true favorite in the conference, but Faribault Academies expects to compete with Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, the defending conference champion, Blooming Prairie, Medford, NRHEG and Maple River for the title. Watertown-Mayer, Holy Family Catholic and Belle Plaine are among the Section 2AA favorites.

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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL KEY NAMES Ashley Langeslag, OF – Langeslag, a senior, swiped an area-high 16 bases as the Falcons’ leadoff hitter last season and hit .281 with 16 hits. She also maintained a .909 fielding percentage.

Kenzie Bussert, IF – Bussert, a junior, usually played as the designated player last season and has been named one of the team’s captains, along with Ashley Langeslag.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Sara Siemers, 3B – Siemers batted .265 and had 13 hits and scored five runs her senior season. She finished with a .333 on-base percentage and stole five times.

Kayleigh Buescher, SS – The Big 9 All-Conference senior had a .957 fielding percentage at shortstop. She also hit .198 with five runs and seven stolen bases.

UP AND COMING Lydia DuPay, 2B – DuPay, a junior, had a .308 batting average and slugging percentage in a limited number of plate appearances as a sophomore last season and is one of a handful of returners with playing experience.

Claire Drentlaw, P – Drentlaw, an eighth-grader, is one of two junior high pitchers who will see time on the mound this season. McKayla Armbruster, a seventh-grader, is the other.

WEM SOFTBALL KEY NAMES Taylar Larson, P – Larson, a junior, went 1-3 on the mound last season, and will be looked to by WEM to fill the void left by departing pitcher Brittany Buesgens. The junior finished with a 6.16 ERA last season, logging 20 strikeouts and 21 walks. Larson led the Buccaneers with 14 singles on offense while batting .292 with three RBIs and nine runs scored at designated hitter.

Olivia Nusbaum, 1B – The Buccaneers’ starter at first base, who started in right field a year ago, will be looked upon to generate offense.

Nusbaum, a senior, hit .273 last year with three RBIs and three runs scored.

UP AND COMING Ashley Ross, OF/2B – One of just two seniors to crack the varsity roster this season, Ross will see time in the outfield and at second base after playing sparingly last season.

Eryn Meskan, C – The Buccaneers’ starting catcher, Meskan, a junior, replaces departing senior Briana Adank, who excelled for WEM last season.

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OUTLOOK With the addition of a new coach after a disappointing year, the Falcons have a clean slate from which to work.

Part of first-year head coach Chris Silber’s expectations – and philosophy – is for the Falcons, who finished 0-17 last year and haven’t had a winning season since 2006, to improve and control what they can control throughout the season. If they do that, they could finish near the middle of the conference, Silber said.

Faribault lost infielders Kayleigh Buescher, a Big 9 All-Conference selection, and Sara Siemers, but returns Ashley Langeslag, one of the team’s top players last season. The Falcons will have a young pitching staff that includes seventh-grader McKayla Armbruster and eighth-grader Claire Drentlaw as junior Elizabeth Lake is nursing a knee injury. Silber expects to use a “rotational approach,” giving several girls an opportunity to see time on the field.

Mankato East and West will be the teams to beat in the Big 9 Conference, and Farmington, Hastings and Lakeville South will be the favorites in Section 1AAA.

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Coachspeak “We’re excited as a team to get out here and put the skills that we’ve been working on in the gym out onto the field, and we’re looking forward to having a lot of support from the Faribault community to come out and watch the games and support these athletes as they strive to do great things on and off the field.” – Chris Silber

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Coachspeak “We are a young, inexperienced team and our goal is to improve every game. – Crystal Lamont

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Brittany Buesgens – Out of all the Buccaneers offseason departures Buesgens may sting the most. The decorated pitcher was WEM’s starter four years in a row, and earned all-conference honors in all four of them. Buesgens also led the Buccaneers on offense in batting average (.326), stolen bases (10) and runs scored (12).

Briana Adank – Another key offensive threat lost to graduation, Adank batted .311 in 2013, second only to Buesgens on the team, and finished with a solid .473 OBP.

OUTLOOK After finishing 4-11 in 2013 behind starting pitcher Brittany Buesgens, the Buccaneers will be forced to retool this season after losing a whopping 11 seniors to graduation.

WEM’s outfield has some varsity experience, but the team graduated eight of its nine defensive starters from last season, and currently carries just two players with significant varsity experience. Head coach Crystal Lamont will have work to do in her first season at the helm, but expects Taylar Larson and WEM’s pitching staff to be crucial to the Buccaneers’ success in 2014. With so many former junior varsity players making the move to varsity this season, much of WEM’s lineup will find itself facing varsity pitchers for the first time.

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KEY NAMES

KEY NAMES

UP AND COMING

Shelby Meyer, 3B/P – Meyer, a freshman, hit .269 last year as an eighth-grader and added three doubles and eight RBIs. She’ll be the primary starter at third base, but she’ll also see time as pitcher. She started three games last year and was 3-0 in 20 innings pitched with 25 strikeouts and a 3.15 ERA. She was voted the team’s Most Improved Player after the season.

Caity Angell, P – Angell, a senior, compiled a 6-8 record as the team’s starting pitcher last season, a job she’s held for the majority of her high school career. She finished the season with a 3.07 ERA in 89 innings pitched and struck out 75 batters to her 25 walks. The Gopher All-Conference player also held the third-best batting average on the team at .408 and led the team with 18 RBIs. Payton Schultz, SS – Schultz, a junior, enters this season coming off an ACL injury that prematurely ended her volleyball season in the fall. She’s cleared to play softball, and the shortstop who owned a .931 fielding percentage has a good bat as well, hitting .458 last year with a team-best five doubles and 10 walks. She was named all-conference and all-section.

Nick Anderson – Anderson, a sophomore, has stepped up into the Falcons’ No. 1 singles spot. The son of first-year head coach Jeff Anderson has honed his game during the offseason after playing at No. 2 singles last year.

Matt Welborn – Welborn, a senior captain, is one half of the No. 1 doubles team with partner Logan Gregersen. The duo played together at times last season, too.

Logan Gregersen – Gregersen, a senior, is the other half of the No. 1 doubles pairing. Gregersen also played at No. 4 singles last season.

Ren Ross – Ross, a freshman, made the jump to No. 2 singles from No. 3 as an eighth-grader last year.

Noah Gregersen – Coach Jeff Anderson tapped Gregersen, a sophomore, as another player he’s hoping will step up this season. Gregersen could end up playing in a singles or doubles position this year.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Taryn Ashley, 1B – Ashley stabilized first base the last couple of years and was all-conference honorable mention.

She hit .353 and owned a team-best .992 fielding percentage.

Courtney Kryzer, LF – Kryzer hit .382 her senior season and was third on the team with 14 RBIs and 15 runs scored.

OUTLOOK If the Cardinals want to keep continuing their climb upward, this is a good year to do it. Back are three all-conference players and leading hitters from a year ago in pitcher Caity Angell and middle infielders Payton Schultz and Ro Langfeldt, who give Faribault Academies a strong presence up the middle.

FA finished last season 9-8 after winning just one game the year before. Last year it knocked off NRHEG 5-4 to open the Section 2AA South Tournament.

Besides bringing back the aforementioned trio (see “key names”), the Cardinals also have stability with Shelby Meyer at third base and Kelsey Novak, a freshman, in the outfield. Despite being a freshman Novak is beginning her third year as a varsity regular. The team will also get a former player returning to it in Tabitha Anderson, who hasn’t played for the team the last couple of years.

She’ll take over at first base, and coach Tom Langfeldt says she is a solid hitter who has a good glove.

The Cardinals will have some competition at catcher, as Tom Langfeldt says three different girls could see time there and all of them – Maddi Rendler, Kylie Hanson and Grace Villand – are versatile and could see time at other positions as well. Breanna DeGrood will likely see time in the outfield.

Tom Langfeldt said a lot of the team’s success will depend on how quickly new girls can fill roles. He also said he’s hoping the team can be more aggressive on the base paths since it will field one of the faster teams it’s had in years.

As for the conference, Blooming Prairie lost some key players but should be strong again, and NRHEG will likely be a conference favorite as well. In the 2AA South, Maple River, Waseca and NRHEG will be the teams to beat.

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Ro Langfeldt, 2B – Langfeldt, a senior, led the Faribault-area with a .484 batting average last season and was named all-conference. She struck out just five times in 64 atbats and ranked first on the team in runs (21) and hits (31) and was second in RBIs (15).

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Ryder Ross – Ross was Faribault’s No. 1 singles and top overall player last season. He became the first Faribault High School tennis player in at least nine years to earn a college scholarship when he signed to play with Midland University last season.

OUTLOOK

With the loss of Ryder Ross, the team’s No. 1 singles player from last season, after a one-win campaign, the Falcons enter 2014 looking for improvement. Their success may not be measured by wins and losses, f i rs t - ye ar head coach Jeff Anderson said, but rather by how much they can improve and become stronger players throughout the season.

Nick Anderson, last year’s No. 2 singles player, has moved into the top singles spot, and freshman Ren Ross – Ryder Ross’ younger brother – is slotted for “Faribault, it’s a small No. 2 singles. Matt Welborn and program, to a degree Logan Gregersen, who played toa relatively young gether last season, are an experienced program, so we’re going senior duo at No. 1 doubles. The squad to have our opportunity has only eight players, which has forced it to to really get out there forfeit at No. 3 doubles early in the season and experience some due to a lack of players, and several good tennis against of them are young. They’ll see a these teams. We’re just tough schedule in the Big 9, in going to measure which Rochester Mayo and Cenour success by tury are two of the teams to beat. continuing to

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FHS BASEBALL Thursday, April 17: vs. Rochester Century, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 18: vs. Northfield, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: vs. Winona, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: vs. Albert Lea, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: @ Rochester Mayo (DH), 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: vs. Rochester JM, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 3: @ Albert Lea, 12 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: vs. Mankato West, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 8: @ Rochester Century, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: vs. Mankato East (DH), 12 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: @ Winona, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: vs. Austin (DH), 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 17: @ Owatonna, 12 p.m.

Thursday, May 22: Sections being, TBD

FHS SOFTBALL Thursday, April 17: vs. Rochester Century, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 21: @ Maple

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Tuesday, April 22: vs. Mankato East, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: @ Austin, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: vs. Owatonna, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: @ Rochester Mayo (DH), 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: vs. Rochester JM, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 8: vs. Mankato West, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: vs. Winona (DH), 12 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: @ Rochester Century, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: @ Mankato East, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 16: Vs. Albert Lea (DH), 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21: Section Tournament @ high seed, TBD

FHS BOYS GOLF Friday, April 18: vs. Northfield, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, April 21: @ Mankato West, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: vs. Owatonna, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: vs. Austin, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28: @ Rochester Lourdes Invite, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, April 29: vs. Albert Lea, Rochester JM, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 5: @ Shakopee

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Tuesday, May 13: @ Mankato East triangular, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, May 19: @ Winona triangular, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 22: @ Brainerd Tournament, TBD Friday, May 23: @ Big 9 Conference Tournament @ Mankato, 9 a.m.

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Friday, May 9: vs. Northfield, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: Faribault quad, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 23: Big 9 Championships @ Austin, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 29: Sections @ Lakeville South, TBD Saturday, May 31: Sections @ Lakeville South, TBD

FHS BOYS TENNIS Thursday, April 17: vs. Albert Lea, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, April 21: @ Fairmont, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: @ Mankato West, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: vs. Rochester Century, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25: vs. Farmington, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28: @ Lake City, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: @ Mankato East, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: vs. Winona, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, May 5: vs. ShattuckSt. Mary’s, 4 p.m.

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Tuesday, April 29: Faribault tri, 4:30 p.m.

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West, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: True Team Monday, April 21: @ BethleSections, Faribault, 4 p.m. hem Academy Invite, 12:30 Friday, May 9: vs. Northfield, p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: @ Owaton- 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: @ Albert Lea na, 2:30 p.m. quad, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: @ Austin, Friday, May 23: Big 9 Champi2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: @ Rochester onships @ Austin, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 29: Sections @ JM triangular, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: vs. Rochester Lakeville South, TBD Saturday, May 31: Sections @ Century, Winona, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 5: @ Owatonna Lakeville South, TBD Tournament, 9 a.m.

Thursday, May 8: @ Waseca, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: @ Rochester Mayo triangular, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 17: @ Austin Monday, May 19: @ Cannon quad, 4:30 p.m.

Falls Tournament, TBD Tuesday, April 22: @ Owatonna Thursday, May 22: @ Big 9 tri, 4:30 p.m.

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GAME SCHEDULES Championships @ Rochester Outdoor Tennis Center, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, May 13: Section Team Tournament begins, TBD Thursday, May 22: Section Individual Tournament begins, TBD

FA BASEBALL Thursday, April 17: @ WEM, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 21: vs. KenyonWanamingo, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: @ Maple River, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: vs. Randolph, 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 26: vs. Byron, 9:30 a.m.; vs. New Life Academy, 11:30 a.m.

Monday, April 28: @ Blooming Prairie (DH), 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: vs. NRHEG, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: @ Medford, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 8: vs. WEM, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 12: vs. USC, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: vs. Maple River, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: @ Randolph, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20: @ Belle Plaine, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 22: @ Le SueurHenderson, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 24: Section playoffs @ high seed, 1 p.m.

FA SOFTBALL Thursday, April 17: @ WEM, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 21: @ USC, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: @ Maple River, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: vs. Randolph, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 28: @ Blooming Prairie, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: vs. NRHEG, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: @ Medford, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: hosting home tourney, 10 a.m.

Monday, May 12: vs. USC, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: @ Randolph, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 16: vs. GlenvilleEmmons, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20: Sections begin, TBD

Friday, April 25: @ Southland Tournament, 3 p.m.

Monday, April 28: vs. NRHEG, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: vs. Blooming Prairie, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2: @ JWP Tournament, 1:30 p.m. (boys only) Monday, May 5: @ Triton Tournament, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 8: @ Maple River, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 9: @ Blooming Prairie, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: vs. USC, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: @ Gopher Conference Tournament @ Waseca, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, May 27: Sub-sections begin @ Buffalo Lake, TBD Monday, June 2: Sections begin @ Mankato, TBD

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Thursday, April 17: @ Triton, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: vs. MSAD (Leo Bond Invite) @ Bruce Smith Field, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: @ Hayfield, Monday, April 21: hosting 4:30 p.m. home tournament, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29: @ Blooming Tuesday, April 22: vs. Maple Prairie, 4:30 p.m.

River, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: BA Invite, Thursday, April 24: @ USC, 4:30 4:30 p.m. p.m.

Thursday, May 8: @ Medford,

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Tuesday, May 27: Sections @ Winona, TBD Thursday, May 29: Sections @ Winona, TBD

River, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: vs. Randolph, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 5: @ NRHEG, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: @ Maple River, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 8: @ Faribault Academies, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: vs. Blue Earth, 11 a.m.

Monday, May 12: vs. St. Clair, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: vs. Blooming Tuesday, April 22: hosting Leo Prairie, 5 p.m.

Bond Invitational, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: vs. Medford, Saturday, April 26: GPSD Meet 5 p.m. @ Wisconsin, 10 a.m.

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Academy Invitational, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 19: vs. NRHEG, Thursday, May 4: @ Medford, 4:30 p.m.

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Monday, April 21: @ Blooming Thursday, April 24: @ Medford, Prairie, 5 p.m.

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Thursday, April 24: @ Medford, Monday, April 28: @ USC, 4:30 5 p.m. p.m.

Friday, April 25: vs. TCU, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 29: vs. Maple Monday, April 28: vs. USC, 5 p.m. River, 4:30 p.m.

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Friday, May 2: vs. Hayfield, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 5: @ NRHEG, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: vs. Triton, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: @ Faribault Academies tournament, TBD Tuesday, May 13: vs. Blooming Prairie, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 15: vs. Medford, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, May 19: Sub-section playoffs @ high seed, 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, April 22: @ Medford, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: @ Blooming Prairie, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1: @ Bethlehem Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6: Section 2A True Team @ Maple River, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 9: @ Le SueurHenderson, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13: @ United South Central, 4 p.m.

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UP AND COMING

KEY NAMES

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UP AND COMING

Jeb Brown, sprints – Brown, a junior, was a part of the 4x100 relay team that was named all-conference honorable mention by finishing second at the Big 9 Conference Championships last season.

He also runs the 100.

Kallan Hart, jumps/hurdles – Hart, a junior, is one of two returning Big 9 AllConference athletes out of last year’s six. In the Falcons’ first two meets this season, he won an indoor hurdling event and took the top spot in the high jump outdoors.

Bl a k e Tre b e l h or n , sprints/distance – Trebelhorn, a junior, is one of five individual Falcons who advanced to a finals event in the Section 1AA Championships last season. He finished sixth in the 400 and was a member of the 4x400 team that took fifth and the 4x200 that finished 12th at the section championships.

Gunnar Miller, distance – Miller, a junior, is expected to be one of the leaders of an improved corps of distance runners this season. He finished 15th in the 3200-meter run at the section prelims and took seventh in the same event at the Big 9 Championships last season.

Dani Behrens, jumps/relays – Behrens, a senior who competed last year in high jump, long jump and on sprint relays, was a big pointscorer for the Falcons a year ago. She took eighth in the high jump at the Big 9 Championships last season.

Katie Ernste, sprints – No Falcon finished better than Ernste, a junior, last season. The thensophomore sprinter ran a season-best 12.85 seconds in the 100-meter dash finals at the Section 1AA Championships but just missed a state berth with her third-place finish. She returns as the Falcons’ top sprinter and an all-conference honorable mention.

Kendra Gibson, hurdles/sprints – Gibson, a junior, took ninth in the 100-meter high hurdles (16.88) and was a staple on the Falcons’ 4x100meter relay team of Madison Murphy, Alexis Watts and Ernste that finished fifth (51.32) at the Section 1AA Championships.

Gibson was a Big 9 AllConference Honorable Mention.

Annalise Barry, throws– Barry, a junior, finished 19th at the Section 1AA Championships’ shot put finals last year with a toss of 29-feet-10 1/4. She was named the team’s Newcomer of the Year last season.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Logan Hortop – Hortop, along with graduated senior Zach Hoaglund, was a Class AA Track and Field State Championships participant last season. He finished 10th at state in discus and was voted the team’s Most Valuable Field Athlete.

Tim Houghton – Houghton, a Big 9 All-Conference Honorable Mention senior who earned a state berth in 2012, didn’t reach state last season like Hortop and Hoaglund, but he was voted the team’s Most Valuable Track Athlete regardless. He finished fourth in the 400 finals at the Section 1AA Championships last year.

OUTLOOK The Falcons accomplished a good deal last season: They won the section true team championship and finished fourth at Class AA True Team State, and then took fourth at both the Big 9 Championships and in the Section 1AA meet. They also had two state participants in Logan Hortop and Zach Hoaglund, who are now graduated.

This year, the Falcons’ distance crew will be stronger than they have in quite some time – and that will help strengthen the entire team, according to coach Dave Wieber.

Included in that core of distance runners is Gunnar Miller, who’s already made an impact this season, and Keenan Ronayne, last year’s Most Improved Track Athlete.

Faribault also returns Big 9 AllConference athletes Kallan Hart and Travis Wegner, as well as several others. Faribault’s sprinters are young, but Wieber expects them to improve throughout the course of the season. He also expects the Falcons will be strong in their field events by the end of the year. In the conference, Owatonna, Rochester Century, which won Section 1AA, and Mankato East will be the teams to beat.

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Coachspeak “(Assistant coach) Mark Bongers has done a great job bringing the distance crew along. That’s going to be a big thing for our team this year. We’re going to have some distance runners, and that makes our overall team strength much better.” – Dave Wieber

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Alanna Roach, distance – Roach was a senior captain and a Big 9 Scholar Athlete last season. She competed in distance and relays.

Lisa Meyer, distance – Meyer, also a Big 9 Scholar Athlete, ran distance for the Falcons and won the 3200 in a dual with Northfield last season.

OUTLOOK Faribault finished in the bottom of the Big 9 Conference last season, but with several returners and many fresh faces, the Falcons are looking to climb out of there this year.

First-year head coach Julie Petersen, a former FHS assistant who took over for longtime coach Steve Thompson, hopes the Falcons can finish somewhere in the middle to the top half of the Big 9 this year.

The Falcons had their most success last season in sprints, and that isn’t expected to change. Junior Katie Ernste, who just missed a state berth in the 100-meter dash last season, returns to lead the Falcons’ core of sprinters.

FHS also returns a Big 9 All-Conference honorable mention 4x100-meter relay team of Ernste, Kendra Gibson, Madison Murphy and Alexis Watts.

FHS has strong returners in the field events, such as Dani Behrens (high jump, long jump) and Annalise Barry (shot put), whom Petersen hopes makes more of an impact in her second varsity season. Alyssa Cowan, Lauren Moll and Serena Tatge also are poised to lead the Falcons in the distance events.

Rochester Century, Rochester Mayo and Mankato West are expected to be the teams contending for the conference, while Lakeville South and Lakeville North are expected to lead Section 1AA.

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Coachspeak “I think we have a really good mix this year of veterans and a lot of young, new track athletes, and so that’s exciting because we have a lot of talent, and we’re hoping for a lot of improvement with the new talent.” – Julie Petersen

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BETHLEHEM ACADEMY TRACK AND FIELD KEY NAMES Drew Busch, distance – Busch, a junior, is back one season after becoming Bethlehem Academy’s first state qualifier in nearly a decade. The Cardinals’ co-MVP finished 13th in the 1600-meter run (4:39.55) at the 2013 Class A Track and Field Championships after finishing second in the event at sections.

Joe Matejcek, jumps/sprints– Matejcek, a senior captain, was BA’s other co-MVP last season. He finished sixth at sections in the long jump (19-10) and cleared 5-9 in the high jump. He also took third in the high jump at the Gopher Conference Championships.

Mitch Malecha, distance – Malecha, the other senior captain, is another returner who competed in the section finals of an event last season. Malecha took fourth in the 1600 (4:42) and missed the automaticqualifying time to state by 16 seconds.

Shanna Matejcek, jumps/sprints – Matejcek, a junior, is back after being named the team MVP as a sophomore last season. She ran on the 4x400-meter relay team that qualified for the section finals and took 10th. She also finished ninth in the long jump.

Sophie Kohl, distance – Kohl, a sophomore, took fifth in the 3200 (13:45) at the Section 1A prelims and finished seventh in the 1600 (6:32.58) and sixth in the 3200 (14:47.42) at the Gopher Conference Championships. She’ll run both events this year.

KEY NAMES Tierney Winter, distance — Winter, a sophomore, took sixth place at state in the 1,600-meter run after finishing fifth at state as an eighthgrader and ninth as a seventh-grader.

Samantha Petry, PV — Petry, a freshman, burst onto the scene at the Class A Track and Field Championships in the pole vault last season by finishing in a tie for second with a vault of 10-feet-3.

Lily Anderson, sprints — Anderson, a sophomore, didn’t make it to state last season, but she finished fifth in the 200 and sixth in the 100 at the Section 2A Track and Field Championships.

Coachspeak “Last year, a lot of (the current seniors on the boys team) came out for the first year. They came close last year, and I really think that this year they’re going to make that push. Our goal as coaches is to get as many as we can to state.” – Brent Zabel

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Isaiah Brogden, sprints – Brogden, a senior, was not eligible last season after transferring from Faribault High School, but coach Brent Zabel is expecting the speedy senior to make an immediate impact. Brogden will likely compete in the 100 and 200 as well as BA’s relays this season.

Jenna Brown, sprints – Brown, a senior, is making the conversion from distance to sprints. She finished eighth in the 1600 (6:38.63) at the Gopher Championships last season, but she’ll sprint in events such as the 200-meter dash and in the 4x400 relay this season.

Payton Nutter, hurdles/ sprints – Coach Brent Zabel expects Nutter, a freshman, to make more progress after getting a year under her belt last season. Nutter took sixth in the 300 hurdles (54.73) at the Section 1A prelims last year and ran in the 4x400 team that took 10th at the section finals.

Andy Laughlin, distance – Laughlin took fifth in the 400 (2:20.19) and the 1600 (5:17.68) at the Gopher Conference meet last season. He also competed on BA’s 4x400-meter relay team, which finished fourth at the Section 1A prelims.

Matt Lust, jumps – Lust finished eighth in the long jump (18-4) at the Section 1A meet and took eighth in the same event (18-2 1/2) at the Gopher Conference meet last season.

Gabby Wayland, distance/relays – Wayland, voted the team’s Rookie of the Year last season, finished eighth in the 800 (2:41) at the Section 1A prelims and also was a part of the 4x400 team that finished 10th in Section 1A.

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“There are a lot more younger girls who will be out, and that’s good because this year we have a ton of numbers. We’ll have a lot of numbers that come out, and again we’re going to get them ready so when they do become juniors and seniors, we’re going to be looking good in the future.” – Brent Zabel

OUTLOOK BOYS: The core of Bethlehem Academy’s headliners are back this season, and the Cardinals are looking to take them – and others – to the state meet. While Drew Busch advanced to state in the 1600-meter run, Mitch Malecha and Joe Matejcek each placed in the top six in events at the section finals last season. Coach Brent Zabel is hoping those three, along with newcomer Isaiah Brogden and sprinter Drew Glenzinski, will take the track at the Class A Track and Field Championships this coming June.

BA’s strengths are in the short and long distance runs. Busch and Malecha lead the distance runners, while Matejcek, Glenzinski and Brogden are part of the core of sprinters. The Cardinals, who finished second at the Gopher Conference Championships and 16th in Section 1A last season, have strong relay teams – they’re working on a 4x200 and a 4x400, Zabel said – but lack strength in field events outside of Matejcek, the team’s top jumper, and Kyle Ell, another jumper. Zabel expects Blooming Prairie to be a conference contender. Byron won the Section 1A meet last season.

GIRLS: Bethlehem Academy’s girls track and field team is young, again. But its boosted its numbers with more youth and returns its top overall athlete in junior Shanna Matejcek, last year’s Team MVP. Sprinting and relays will be BA’s two strongest areas this season. The Cardinals return three-fourths of their 4x400 relay team – Matejcek, Payton Nutter and Maddie Fetters – which raced into the Section 1A finals last season and took 10th. Replacing SH graduated senior Gabby Wayland is a work in MAT ANNA progress, but coach Brent Zabel hopes to see the E JCE relay team get back to form.

K Last year the Cardinals finished fifth at the Gopher Conference Championships. Zabel expects Blooming Prairie to be one of the top teams in the conference this season. PEM won the Section 1A Championships.

OUTLOOK

While WEM found success last year at the state level in the field and on the track, both Buccaneers squads sport plenty of younger athletes looking to break in. The girls team includes just six upperclassmen and the boys features just three. Freshman Samantha Petry finished in a two-way tie for second place in the pole vault in her first state appearance last season and Tierney Winter took sixth place in the 1,600 meter run. Sophomore Lily Anderson, junior Jaqueline Kaplan and junior Brooke Galler all have post-season experience on the girls UP AND COMING side as well, giving the Buccaneers stable of young talent a solid core. Senior Jakob Wolff will look to lead the Jacqueline Kaplan, middle Buccaneers boys team after reaching the Section 2A Championships in three events last season. distance — Kaplan, a junior, took 16th in the 400 at the Section 2A championships last season. She finished third in the event at the Gopher Conference championships and fourth at sub-sections last year.

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Jakob Wolff, sprints/hurdles — Wolff, a senior, reached the Section 2A Championships in the 110 hurdles and the 100, and he also was a member of the 4x100 relay team.

Tucker Kinniry, jumps/relays — Kinniry finished 11th with a high jump of 5-feet-8 at the Section 2A Championships last year. He took fourth in the event at sub-sections.

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KEY NAMES

UP AND COMING

KEY NAMES

Garrett Springer, throws – Gone is one thrower in Shaun Novella, who graduated, but Springer, a junior, will take his spot as the Trojans’ key in both the shot put and discus. He’s started the year strongly, winning the shot put and discus at the Berg/Seeger Classic, the national deaf track and field championships, over the weekend.

Ruth Ballentine, throws – Ballentine, a junior, got off to a good start this season, winning the shot put and discus at the Berg/Seeger Classic.

Junior Peters, sprints – The blazing-fast Peters, a sophomore, will be a key for the Trojans in all sprinting events as well as in relays. He helped two relays qualify for the finals of the Section 1A Championships last season.

Eliza Linstaedt, sprints/jumps – Linstaedt, a sophomore, was the Great Plains Schools for the Deaf champion in the long jump last year, leaping 13feet-11 3/4.

Khrystian Petersen – He’s only a seventh-grader, but coach Jake Piller said Petersen should see time on varsity. Piller said Petersen and fellow seventh-grader Owen Williamson both have great short games for their age.

Freddie Rolstad – Rolstad, a senior, was Gopher All-Conference for the second straight year last season after taking third with an 80 at the conference meet. He was a Class A State qualifier in 2012.

Jake Murray – Murray, a senior, earned medalist and AllConference honors at last year’s Gopher Conference Championships when he shot a 78. His strong second-half play continued when he shot a 79 at the Section 2A Tournament to earn his firstever state berth, where he finished 55th with a two-day total of 178.

Luke Ford – Ford, a junior, shot an 89 at the conference meet and an 88 at sections. He also returns as a varsity regular.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Shaun Novella, throws – Novella helped the boys to a GPSD title last year by winning the shot put (45-feet-7) and discus (131-8 1/2).

Alisa Jojic, sprints/distance – Jojic was the GPSD champion in the 800 a year ago (3:10.8) and was one of two MSAD girls who graduated after winning GPSD events. The other was Christina Marie Langdon-Larson, who won the high jump (4-4).

OUTLOOK The Trojans are the defending Great Plains Schools for the Deaf champions for both the boys and the girls. The girls won last year for the third straight year, and the boys won for the second year in a row. Back are several key athletes who the Trojans hope will have them repeat yet again.

Returning for the boys are Sammy Ellenbecker and Taylor Pierce, who won the 800-meter run and 1600, respectively, last year at the GPSD, and three of the four athletes who helped the 4x100 relay to a GPSD title – Ellenbecker, Junior Peters and JP Beldon – return as well. MSAD’s 4x100 and 4x400 also qualified for the finals of the Section 1A Championships last year, and the 4x100 (Peters, Sammy Ellenbecker and Tommy Ellenbecker return) set a school record and was just 35-hundredths of a second shy of taking the final state spot. As for the girls, Eliza Linstaedt (long jump) and Emelia Beldon (3200) return after winning GPSD events. The girls, however, did lose two other GPSD champions to graduation and another, Tabitha Anderson, who won the shot put and discus, who decided to play softball this season.

Frowick-Morgan said the strengths of the boys’ team will be the hurdles, sprints and throwing events, while the girls’ strengths will be hurdles and throwing events.

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“We are anticipating a big year again in the relays on the boys’ side … We are hoping to see newcomers on the girls’ side step up and show their talent.” – Megan Frowick-Morgan

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Nick Forslund/Willie Borwege – Forslund and Borwege were both varsity players last season but transferred to different schools this year. Borwege shot a 95 at the conference meet last year and Forslund shot a 107.

OUTLOOK The Cardinals bring back a ton of experience, led by four golfers (see “key names”) who held the team’s top-four averages last year. They helped Bethlehem Academy to a secondplace finish at the Gopher Conference Championships, which was also the team’s best score of the season with a 335 – one stroke behind conference-winning USC, which should be BA’s main competition again this season in conference and section play. The Cardinals finished third at conference two years ago, and they are hoping to continue the climb upward this season.

One big goal the Cardinals have this year will be state. Two of their varsity golfers have already made trips as individuals, but BA has come just short in qualifying as a team the past few years, finishing as the section runner-up the last three seasons. USC beat BA by 13 last year to earn a state berth, and coach Jake Piller said his team might have a chip on its shoulder this season.

Besides the top four returnees, Piller said senior Clayton Merritt, who was on JV last season, and Khrystian Petersen and Owen Williamson are in the early mix for the last two varsity spots. Piller said he’s looking for consistency from those final two varsity openings.

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“Hopefully they can play like they have been there before, get better as the season goes and put their best score on the table at sub-sections and sections when the time comes. I think it would be awesome if they can go to state.” – Jake Piller

THE LONE WOLF (GIRLS GOLF) The Cardinals girls’ golf team hasn’t had enough players to record a team score in a couple of years, and it won’t have one this year, either. Sophomore Brenna Mullenmeister is the team’s only player out for the squad. Mullenmeister was new to the team last year, and she shot a 146 at the conference meet. Coach Jake Piller said she’s improved a lot since starting the sport last season.

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Jack Ford – Ford, a senior, was named All-Conference honorable mention for the second straight season last year with his 88 at the conference meet. He later shot an 82 at sections to finish two strokes short of forcing a playoff for the final individual state spot.

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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF KEY NAMES Austin Dickey – Dickey, a junior, was named Big 9 All-Conference last season with a team-best 80.6 scoring average in Big 9 competition. The only returning varsity regular now takes the lead on a team with little varsity experience.

KC Kitzman – Kitzman, a junior, played varsity last year and shot a 98 at the opening day of the section meet and a 92 at the Big 9 meet. His game has already improved this year, as he shot an 84 in his first competitive round this season.

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KEY NAMES

UP AND COMING

Austin Andreas – Andreas, a junior, didn’t play varsity last year but will crack the lineup this season. He shot an 86 during the team’s first meet of the season in New Prague.

Annika Schmitz – Schmitz, a junior, got better as the season went along last year. She shot a 101 at the conference meet, which at the time was her fifth straight competition with a lowered score. She shot a 109 at sections, missing the cut for the second day by two strokes.

Franny Ziegler – Ziegler, a senior, shot a 118 at the conference meet after firing a 109 at conference the year before. She ended last season with a 119 at sections.

Casey Gillen – Gillen, a sophomore, played mostly JV last season but was the team’s low score in its season-opening meet at the Faribault Golf Club when she shot a 109.

Renata Erickson – Erickson, a junior, showed promising signs at the end of last season. She notched a season-low 123 at the conference meet, which was followed by a 133 at sections.

Hannah Bokelmann – Bokelmann, a sophomore, shot a 108 at the Big 9 Conference Championships and later a team-best 101 at the first day of the Section 1AAA Championships to qualify for the second day.

The Falcons are rebuilding again, but head coach Chris Dibble said the important thing now is that the team enjoys playing the game and is having fun. Fifteen girls are on this year’s team, and the varsity will have seven girls – possibly a few more – vying for spots. Five girls who were regulars on varsity last season return in Hannah Bokelmann, Annika Schmitz, Franny Ziegler, Cora Showers and Renata Erickson. Casey Gillen and Jordan Nusbaum will also see time on varsity.

Faribault finished ninth for the second straight year at last season’s Big 9 Conference Championships. The Falcons shot a 442, which was more than 40 strokes better than last-place Rochester Century (but still more than 40 strokes behind eighth-place Owatonna). With returning five of six varsity golfers – and ending the year with a season-best 433 at the first day of sections – Faribault should improve this season. Dibble and some of the players even made a golf trip to the Kansas City area earlier this spring to get some swings in.

In the Big 9, Winona and Rochester Mayo will likely be the early favorites. Winona edged Rochester Mayo by one with a 359 at the conference meet last season, but due to points accumulated during the season they split the conference crown.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Nicholas Bostwick – Bostwick was a three-year varsity player and was named All-Conference his final season, averaging an 80.9 in Big 9 play. He shot a four-over par 75 at the conference meet to finish fourth.

Brandon Gray – Gray was named All-Conference honorable mention last year with an 84 average in conference competition. His 77 at the conference meet tied him for sixth.

Michael Brown – Brown shot an 83 at the conference meet that helped the Falcons to a third-place finish with a 312. Less than a week before that meet he shot a career-best 78, which helped to a season-low score at the time and Big 9 triangular win.

OUTLOOK Nicholas Bostwick, Brandon Gray and Michael Brown combined for 10 varsity letters and were the Falcons’ three captains last season, but Faribault will have to replace three quality scores going forward (as well as another varsity player in Luke Gare). Back is Austin Dickey, the team’s only All-Conference returnee, who averaged an 80.6 in Big 9 competition a year ago.

The Falcons finished third with a 312 at the Big 9 Conference Championships last season – and were just one stroke away from tying for second – and followed that up by sending three golfers to the second day of the Section 1AAA Tournament. Faribault shot an opening-day 350 at sections and didn’t advance to the second day as a team.

Austin Andreas will fill a varsity role this year after playing JV last season, and sophomores Cole Hansen and Kyle Gare and junior Joel Grinnell will also see time on varsity. Coach Al Gora said the sixth varsity spot will be wide open with two or three kids rotating in.

Gora said Owatonna, Rochester Century and Winona will likely be favorites in the Big 9 this season. Century won the Big 9 Tournament, but the Huskies edged the Panthers 18-17 in the final conference standings.

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Coachspeak “We want to see continuous improvement and progress and try to keep the big numbers down to a minimum and learn from our mistakes.” – Al Gora

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Riann Bonde – Bonde was the team’s only senior last year, and she qualified for the second day of the section tournament for the second straight season a year ago. She shot a 104 to make the cut and then shot another 104 to finish with a two-day total of 208.

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Coachspeak “It’s going to be another year to try and get a little bit better. Get a little bit better every time and good things will happen.” – Chris Dibble

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