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In what may have been the worst season in school history, the Packers went 0-9 overall and lost its postseason contest to New Prague 38-12. Austin didn’t score an offensive touchdown until its sixth game of the season. The team returns its top play-maker on both sides of the ball in Anthony Condit.
Austin's Kelli Bednar swims the 100 yard freestyle during a dual against Winona last season.
VOLLEYBALL The Austin volleyball team finished 3-16 overall and it lost its first round postseason match to John Marshall in three 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 in Babaye Oja. Austin will have a new coach next season.
BOYS SOCCER The Packers saw their season end on a heartbreaking shoot-out loss to Winona in the second round of the Section 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 Levisen said after the loss. “When you play that hard all season, you play that hard all game and you create all those opportunities, and then you lose on a shoot-out, there’s not much you can do. I’m pleased with everything they did.” The Packers will return key sophomore forwards Francisco Torres and Jake Hagen-Erickson in 2011.
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The Austin girls soccer team saw its season end in a 5-1 loss to Albert Lea in the first round of the Section 1A tournament. The Packers finished 2-13-3 overall.
Three Austin seniors closed out their Austin swimming careers in style as they were all part of the 200-medley relay team that took sixth at the Class ‘A’ state swimming and diving meet. Seniors Averi Splinter, a six-time state qualifier, Kelli Bednar and Brooke Johnson teamed up with Helen Heimark to make up the relay team. The 200-freestyle relay team of Splinter, Mikayla Finney, Bednar and Heimark took 17th at state. Individually at state, Splinter finished 14th in the 100-yard butterfly, Johnson
GIRLS TENNIS The Packers team didn’t send any individuals to state and the team lost its first playoff match. Austin took fifth in the Big Nine meet and it was led by the No. 1 doubles team of Sophie Hebrink and Nina Carney.
took 16th in the 100-yard backstroke, and Heimark finished 18th in the 200-freestyle.
CROSS COUNTRY The Austin girls cross country team had two state qualifiers for the first time in years. Seventh grader Madison Overby and sophomore Haley Splinter both ran in the Class ‘AA’ meet. Splinter, who was in her second state appearance, didn’t finish the race due to an injury and Overby finished 89th overall. The Austin boys were led by junior Nate Schwab and seniors Zach Fadness and Max Gillen.
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The Packers were young and they showed improvement through the year, but they just couldn’t get past Winona, which beat them three times, including a 45-40 win in the Section 1AAA semifinals. Austin finished 14-12 overall as it was led by freshman guard Zach Wessels, and sophomore big men Tom Aase and Joe Aase. Seniors Zach Fadness and Jay Ettinger 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 attention this year because they were our three leading scorers and they’re good players, but I’d like to believe the reason they had a lot of success is because we had some solid seniors who took them in.”
The Austin girls hockey team finished 6-18-1 overall and its season ended with a first round loss to Faribault by a score of 9-1. The Packers will return their top scorers in Abby Gallaher and Carley Grunewald.
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The Austin girls basketball team struggled down the stretch of the season and it lost in the first round of the postseason to Winona 64-54. The Packers finished 9-16 overall, but they return their top two scorers in Jenna Svoboda, who averaged 12.1 points and 7 rebounds, and Babaye Oja, who averaged 12.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 steals. “I think we have a good season coming next year,” said Austin forward Taylor Lady, who also returns next season. “We have a lot of holes to fill from the seniors that are leaving but I think we can do it.”
BOYS HOCKEY The Austin boys hockey team finished 4-22 overall as it saw its season end with a 9-0 loss at Northfield. The Packers had two Big Nine wins and both were against Mankato East. “The kids worked hard this year and I’m proud of them,” Austin head coach Tim Peterson said. “We’ll do some work this offseason to get better next year.”
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WRESTLING The Austin wrestling team kept its long streak of sending wrestlers to state alive, but neither of their qualifiers did any serious damage at the Class ‘AAA’ state meet. Austin sophomore Devon Felten, who was 29-10 at 103 pounds, and sophomore Erick Power, who was 2518 at 119 pounds, both lost in the wrestlebacks. Power had an impressive run at the Section 1AAA meet, where he won four straight elimination matches to make it to state.
The Austin swimmers sent two swimmers to state and senior Michael Thorsheim led the way with an eighth place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. Austin sophomore Nick Brehmer was ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and 16th in the 100-yard freestyle at state. Thorhseim took 19th in the 100yard butterfly.
GYMNASTICS The Austin gymnastics team sent three individuals to the Class ‘A’ state meet and they just missed a team berth 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 down by injuries at state. Hackel, who was dealing with a broken toe, took 31st on the floor, and Bickler, who had a high ankle sprain, wasn’t able to fully compete, as she took 32nd.
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Austin's Abby Bickler performs on the balance beam during the Austin Packer Invitational at the YMCA last season.
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AUSTIN SPRING SPORTS BASEBALL Austin finished a tough season with its best outing of the year as it gave Rochester Century a huge scare in a 3-2 loss in 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 on to play in the state tournament, came back to win in the seventh. 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.
SOFTBALL Austin just couldn’t score enough runs as it ended the season on a nine-game losing streak and the team finished 5-15 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.
GOLF The Austin girls and boys golf teams didn’t have any state qualifiers, but senior Mark Thorson finished his career 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 advance. Alex Thorson and Isaac Christianson also competed on the second day of the section meet and they will return next season. The Packer girls team was composed mostly of sophomores.
BOYS TENNIS The Packers didn’t win a postseason match or advance any individuals in the section meet. Austin, which was led by top singles player Josh Detwiler, finished 5-8 overall.
TRACK AND FIELD Austin had just one state qualifier in sophomore Abby Snater, who advanced to the Class ‘AA’ meet in the pole vault for the first time in her career. Snater had a seeded height of 11-1, but couldn’t reach 106 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. “This is 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 distance runner Nate Schwab.
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Top: Austin catcher Danielle Tschann tries to keep the ball in front of her as Mankato West's Kinzie Scearcy attempts to score in the fourth inning of a game this spring at Todd Park. Left: Austin pitcher Jacob Thompson delivers in the top of the first inning this spring against Faribault at Dick Seltz Field.
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LYLE/PACELLI SPORTS Herald file photo Lyle-Pacelli's Garrett Jenkins reaches across the goal-line for a twopoint conversion in the second quarter against LeRoy-Ostrander this fall in LeRoy.
FOOTBALL The Lyle/Pacelli football team beat LeRoy/Ostrander twice, but was winless in all of its other games in 2009. The Athletics finished 2-7 overall in head coach Mark Buntje’s last year at the helm. Spring Grove ended L/P’s season with a 47-6 win in the first round of the section tournament. Reid Olson will take over coaching duties for L/P this fall.
VOLLEYBALL The Lyle/Pacelli volleyball team finished 2-25 and it had its season end in a sweep by Spring Grove. The Athletics will return some key players in Madison Truckenmiller and Ann Rysavy.
CROSS COUNTRY Madeline Kraemer had the best performance for Pacelli at the Section 1A meet as she took 17th. Drew Chapek led the boys with a 93rd place finish.
GIRLS TENNIS The Pacelli tennis team struggled to win matches and it lost in the first round of the section tournament.
BOYS BASKETBALL The Lyle/Pacelli boys basketball team played better after a slow start under first year head coach Casey Anderson. After dropping their first seven games, the Athletics, who finished 9-16 overall, won nine of their last 18. “The kids showed a lot of heart this season,” Anderson said. “We started out young and inexperienced, but they believed in our philosophies and they’ve improved a lot this season.” L/P will return one of its top scorers in forward Skylar Meyer.
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Athletics won more games this past season than it had in the previous three years combined. L/P went 17-8 overall and it made to the Section 1A West Division semi finals where it fell to Goodhue 88-31 in Rochester.
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The Athletics should be on the rise as they bring back freshman guard Ann Rysavy, who averaged 14.2 points, 7 rebounds and 5.5 steals, and seventh grade sharpshooter Courtney Walter. Senior center Nyabang Diang was also a force for L/P as she averaged 18.4 points and 10 rebounds per game. “The seniors helped turn this program around and we’ve got a lot of young talent,” L/P head coach Brad Walter said. “I think the girls are committed to improving and we’re not done yet. We’ve got a lot of good years ahead of us.”
BASEBALL The Lyle/Pacelli baseball team made some big improvements under first year head coach Dan Zielke this past season. The Athletics finished 6-11 overall in a
season that was highlighted by a win over Randolph. L/P continued its strong play in the postseason when it gave top-seeded Southland 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 team here 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. Jonah Rohne, an eighth grader, will come back as the top pitcher.
SOFTBALL The Athletics didn’t have enough players to field a varsity team in 2011 so they played a JV schedule with the hope of having a varsity team next year.
team had one state representative in Maya Ebeling, a junior foreign exchange student from Germany. Ebeling didn’t make the finals in discus, but she placed eighth place in the shot put. The L/P boys didn’t have anyone go to state, but they were led by senior Colton Scherer.
GOLF The Lyle/Pacelli girls golf team had three golfers in the Section 1A meet, but none of them made it to state. Jennie Marx, who went to state the previous year, led L/P with a 102, while Maggie Leif had a 107 and Abby Leif shot a 123.
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HAYFIELD FALL AND WINTER SPORTS FOOTBALL The Hayfield football team went 0-9 overall but they were within 10 points in three of those losses under first year head coach Grant Klennert. Hayfield safety Evan Bungum will play football at Minnesota State on a partial athletic scholarship next season.
VOLLEYBALL The Vikings, who went 17-12 overall, had their season end in a sweep to Faribault Bethlehem Academy in the Subsection 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 Blanchard said after the match. “We can hang our hat on playing them 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, and Liz Ristau will be the two biggest losses to graduation.
BOYS BASKETBALL Despite starting three players that were sophomores or younger, the Vikings finished 17-11 overall and made it all the way to the Section 2AA South Division title game, where it lost 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 Cole Kruger and sophomore forward Brady Kramer. Kruger hit a buzzer beating three to beat Kasson/Mantorville 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’s something to build on, but there’s no guarantee we’re ever going to get back here unless we work at it. Hopefully it drives them until November.”
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Vikings had an entirely new starting lineup as they went 13-13 overall and lost to Blue Earth 50-23 in the first round of the playoffs. Junior point guard Alyssa Selk led the team with 11.4 points per game.
WRESTLING Hayfield sent four wrestlers to the state meet, but neither of them placed. Senior Blake Arndt, a 215-pounder, and senior Tyler Nelson, a 171-pounder took home Section 1A titles but were beaten 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 for Hayfield but they fell short in the wrestlebacks.
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Hayfield's Cole Kruger shoots among a trio of Kasson-Mantorville players during the waning minutes of their Section 2AA, South Division semifinal game in Kasson. Kruger would later hit a game-winning three-pointer.
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HAYFIELD SPRING SPORTS AND BLOOMING PRAIRIE FALL SPORTS BASEBALL The Hayfield baseball team had its best postseason run in a long time, but it ultimately came up one game short of making it to the Class ‘A’ baseball tournament after dropping a 4-1 contest to Wabasha/Kellogg in the Section 1A title game. The Vikings had won three straight must-win games to keep their season going — including a 19-8 win over W/K that saw them rack up 23 hits. “I told the seniors it’s going to sting for a couple of days, but five or six years from now people are going to talk about the hitting display you had the night before, so enjoy it for what it is,” Hayfield head coach Craig Selk said. Senior Tyler Nelson, who will play at Bemidji State on a partial athletic scholarship next season, hit .537 and senior Tyler Krekling, who will play at Riverland next season, hit .520 for the Vikings, who finished 17-9 overall.
TRACK AND FIELD Hayfield junior Hunter Anderson was the team’s lone representative at the Class ‘A’ state track and field meet. Anderson took fourth in the shot put with a distance of 51-a 51-6.75 but he didn’t make it to the finals in the discus.
Anderson, who has gone to state in discus twice, finished 15th in 2011.
GOLF Hayfield’s lone representative at the Section 1A meet was Trevor Anderson, who finished with a 94 and missed out on state.
BLOOMING PRAIRIE SPORTS: FOOTBALL Blooming Prairie played in the Section 1A title game for the fourth straight season, but this time the Awesome Blossoms fell short with a 28-13 loss to Goodhue. The Blossoms went 8-3 overall with a relatively young offensive line and they will graduate just two starters. The team will bring back quarterback Luc Zellmer, wide receiver Gabe Kartes and linebacker Luke Hueman next season. All three players have started since they were sophomores and will be seniors next season.
VOLLEYBALL The Blooming Prairie volleyball team finished 11-18 overall and had its season end on a sweep by Hayfield in the second round of the playoffs. The Awesome Blossoms were led by the hitting of seniors Whitney Burt and Kristin Hagen.
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An injury to senior center Cooper Nelson slowed down the Awesome Blossoms as they finished just 6-18 overall. While sophomore Michael Thomas eventually picked up the scoring slack, it wasn’t enough as BP’s season ended with a 53-48 loss at Janesville/Waldorf/Pemberton in the first round.
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Blooming Prairie made it to the Class ‘A’ state softball tournament for the second straight year and this time they came home with some hardware as they finished fourth. The Awesome Blossoms, who went 21-3 overall, won their first contest over Badger/Greenbush/Middle River 8-4 before falling to Cherry/Cotton 6-1 to Cherry/Cotton and losing to Kerkhoven/Murdock/Sunburg 11-5 in the third place game. “It’s tough to end like that, but we still had a really good season,” said four-year starting pitcher Erica Manske, who will pitch at Luther College next year. “We should be proud of what we’ve done.” BP will have to turn to a new hurler and find a new top hitter next season as Mankse and slugger Tayla Jones graduated.
Blooming Prairie senior Seth Johnson made his first career trip to the state meet, but he had a tough draw and lost his first match on a 4-3 decision at 135 pounds. He ended up being eliminated in the wrestlebacks.
BP had just one representative at the Section 1A meet in sophomore Michael Thomas. Thomas competed in the 200- and 400-meter dashes and didn’t get to state in either race.
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Awesome Blossoms went 13-13 overall and their season ended when they lost to Faribault Bethlehem Academy for the third time of the season in the Section 1A West Division semifinals in Rochester. BP was led offensively by senior Erica Manske and sophomore Janelle Morem.
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The Awesome Blossoms struggled with pitching in a season that saw them finish 6-13 overall. Eighth grader John Rumpza was the most consistent pitcher on the team, which had just one senior in the starting lineup.
The BP boys took sixth place at the Section 1A meet and they were led by Dylan Hatch, who shot a 93.
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GRAND MEADOW AND LEROY/OSTRANDER SPORTS GRAND MEADOW SPORTS: FOOTBALL The Grand Meadow football team had their biggest producer on both sides of the ball go down with an injury during a 14-13 loss to Glenville/Emmons in the second round of the section tournament to end their 2009 season. The Superlarks, who won the SEC and finished 8-2, had led 13-0 before quarterback Caleb Leichtnam, who will
play football at Rochester Community and Technical College next season, went down with an injury.
VOLLEYBALL The Superlarks had a young team as they finished 4-18 overall and lost to Fillmore Central in three games in the section playoffs.
BOYS BASKETBALL The Grand Meadow boys basketball team went 6-19 and had its season end with an 87-43 loss in the first round of the playoffs.
GM got a lift from senior Caleb Leichtnam, who was in his first year out for basketball. He scored 40 in one win for the Larks.
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Superlarks finished 6-19 overall and they had their season end on an 8929 loss at Spring Grove in the first round. The Larks did win a play-in game in overtime. GM was led by sophomore point guard Autumn Thorsen.
BASEBALL The Grand Meadow/LeRoy/ Ostrander/Kingsland baseball team went 7-14 overall and it was much more competitive than it had been in previous years. The Bulldogs were led by senior Caleb Leichtnam, who was a solid hitter and base-stealer.
SOFTBALL The GMLOK softball team finished 711 overall and had its season end on a 90 loss to Zumbrota/Mazeppa.
LEROY/OSTRANDER SPORTS: FOOTBALL The LeRoy/Ostrander football team went 0-9 overall in 2010 as they struggled to stay close in games.
VOLLEYBALL The LeRoy/Ostrander volleyball team had a bit of a rebuilding season as it went 17-12 overall and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Rushford/Peterson in five games. The Cardinals graduated Kylie Grant, who finished her career with over 1,000 digs, but they bring back the rest of their core.
BOYS BASKETBALL The Cardinals had a young squad and they finished 5-21 overall while losing to Spring Grove 89-39 in the first round of the playoffs. Senior Kirk Nelson was the team’s most consistent scorer.
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Cardinals had an inexperienced squad as they finished 8-19 overall. The Cards were led by freshman Becca Bunne and junior Chanda Riedemann.
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The Southland football team turned the ball over five times in a season-ending 28-14 loss to Triton in the second round of the section playoffs. The Rebels finished 7-3 overall, but they struggled with injuries to their offensive and defensive lines all season. Southland will return its backfield of Nick Schmitz and Mike Goergen, but quarterback Sam Noterman and wide receiver Alan May, who will play football at Winona State, graduated. Triton went on to take second at the state tournament.
VOLLEYBALL The Southland volleyball team finished 11-16 overall and it had its season end in a fivegame loss to Waterville/Elysian/Morristown in the second round of the playoffs. The team was led by the hitting of senior Brandi Schammel and sophomore Jana Schammel.
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SOUTHLAND WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS BOYS BASKETBALL The Rebels had solid guards, but struggled inside as they finished 14-13 overall. Southland gave No. 1 seeded Maple River a tough game but they fell short 6460 in the Section 2AA South Division semifinals. The Rebels will bring back their top scorer in sophomore Mike Goergen, who scored 16.6 points per game.
GIRLS BASKETBALL The Southland girls basketball team had its best season in at least four years as it went 18-9 overall, but it came to an end when they lost to Blue Earth 62-54 in Adams in the Section 2AA South Division semifinals. Southland will graduate just three seniors and only one starter. It returns its top scorer in sophomore guard Jana Schammel. “(This is) something our girls will learn from and hopefully they’ll come back stronger,” Sheehan said. “But they can’t be more hungry because they played well this year.”
WRESTLING Southland 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 Jordan Chouanard of Aitkin in the fourth place match. Southland also sent senior Michael Churchill to state at 125 pounds, but he didn’t place.
BASEBALL The Southland baseball team went 16-6 but had its season end in the second round of the Subsection 1A West Division tournament with a 9-7 loss to Kenyon/Wanamingo. The Rebels will have a much different look next season as they graduated nine seniors. Senior Alan May hit .466 with five homers and he was 35-for-36 steals for Southland.
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Grand Meadow/LeRoy/Ostrander/ Southland sophomore Danielle Hanson made her third straight trip to the Class ‘A’ state track and field meet but she missed out on the finals for the third straight year as well. Hanson, who was seeded fourth, finished 11th in the preliminaries and missed the finals by .45 of a second.
GOLF Southland senior Matt Breitbarth made his first career state meet appearance for the Rebels as he tied for 40th at the Class ‘A’ meet. Breitbarth shot an 83 on the second day of the meet and he finished with a two-day score of 172. Southland’s girls team had one representative at the Section 1A meet as Shawna Lewno finished with a 127.
The Southland softball team played in the Section 1A softball tournament for the first time in at least six years, but it came up short of state as it lost to Wabasha/Kellogg 17-15 in an elimination game. The Rebels, who went 15-9 overall, scored seven runs or more 15 times.
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