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FISHING LEAGUE

The Detroit Lakes high school fishing team is expanding after participation numbers doubled after the first season. (Submitted photo)

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Non-traditional high school sports like trap shooting and archery have grown exponentially the past half-decade and the relatively new high school fishing league is making waves across the state and here locally.

The Detroit Lakes team begins its second season in late May and will do so with more than 40 anglers, up from 22 that participated last year, according to head coach Ryan Ziegler.

Ziegler started the team himself and after an initial parent meeting a board was formed. Ziegler had connections with the Brainerd team and received assistance on how to proceed through legalities and start-up issues.

“Brainerd was a big help in getting this going and they are willing to step up to help anybody get going across the state,” said Ziegler. “We’re just always trying to get more kids. If we double again next year it’s going to be amazing.”

The growth potential exists. Brainerd has upwards of 150 kids on their team.

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number to hit but matching the growth ratio each year is definitely possible.

The sport is not sanctioned through the Minnesota State High School League, but the trapshooting league started the same way and huge growth made it easy for the MSHSL to sponsor with over 14,000 kids participating last year.

The DL fishing team was formed mostly by word-of-mouth and team officials worked with the school to distribute information. Kids on the team are members of the Student Angler Federation which provides insurance at events.

There are 12 events in a season, usually one every week beginning the third week of May. Five events are in the Heart O’ Lakes (HOL) league and seven to eight with the Student Angler Tournament Trail (SATT).

Despite being an activity that is mostly held outside the school year, the coaches employ individual fishing contests for prizes and offer incentives based on grades.

“We still push our kids doing stuff throughout the year,” said Ziegler. “It’s not just about fishing and having fun. We’re also trying to work in something to get kids to do better in school.”

Kids who participate in the SATT events can get access to some of the biggest fishing lakes in the state from Lake Minnetonka to Mille Lacs and Gull Lake.

The HOL is a multi-species league. The SATT is bass fishing only. The league is more about introducing kids to fishing with competition. Kids that want more competition can elect to move up and fish the tournament trail.

The HOL added six teams for a total of 20 with other schools on the outside wanting in, according to HOL league board chair Phil Jensen.

Jensen also coaches the Hawley team and verifies similar growth rates in his area.

“Every team we’re talking to is growing,” he said.

Jensen estimates the league having more than 400 kids involved by the end of the summer.

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The first year saw two divisions in the league, north and south. With expansion, teams will now be grouped between three to four schools to equalize angler numbers. The teams will fish different lakes for four weeks.

A number of anglers, like the top 10, will be selected from each group to fish for a league championship at the end of the season.

Kids fish for walleyes, northerns, crappie, sunfish and bass in a catch, record and release format. Fish are measured and the length is converted to a point system.

Anglers fish two to three per boat with an adult boat captain. Last year, a typical HOL event had around 60 boats on each lake.

“We look for lakes with good populations of all five species and is there enough accessibility to get that many boats in and out in a reasonable amount of time,” said Jensen.

Corporate sponsorship has aided with costs at all three levels, but what is at the heart of the success is the many volunteers to get events going.

“It’s amazing how many people have stepped up and volunteered to help,” Jensen said. “If a tournament has 120 kids participating, 40-60 boat captains are needed, along with people on shore to help with parking, scoring and preparing and serving food.”

The SATT started a year ago with six events and 1,200 students going through the program. SATT donated $23,000 in scholarships at the tournament of champions and gave $15,000 back to teams throughout the state by way of a raffle fundraiser.

This year the trail of tournaments is up to eight events, ranging from 100 to 150 teams with all of them expected to be filled.

SATT tourneys are catch, record, release also and the tournament uses the Classic Bass app to track live results. Students can leave from any access on a lake for safety

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William Knoop was awarded Angler of the Year from the Detroit Lakes Fishing Team in its inaugural season. William and partner Matt Andresen placed first on Lake Lida’s Heart O’Lakes Fishing Tournament last season. (Submitted photo)

reasons and also to take pressure off the accesses for the locals.

Fishing begins at 7 a.m. and goes until 2 p.m. and anglers can track their results all day long.

Registration is opened for each event on a first-come, first-served basis, no qualification is needed. Tournaments are held on bigger lakes due to the number of boats on the water to accommodate 150 anglers.

“One of the challenges we ran into last year was on Lake Minnetonka. We had 150 teams, so that’s 300 anglers plus 150 boat captains,” said Jimmy Bell, president for the Student Angler Organization and vice president and CEO of SATT. Like the trap shooting league, officials have had to adapt on the fly with such fast growth. Finding space both on and off lakes has been an issue. At the first informational meeting of the SATT, over 600 people showed up, according to Bell.

SATT pays DNR permits for events voluntarily, despite it not being necessary with nearly all anglers under 18 years of age.

“We do it because we can impact if somebody else is going to hold a tournament on a lake,” said Bell. “We wanted the DNR to know where we’re going.”

SATT leadership has met twice with MSHSL officials also.

“We’ll continue to grow. We’re working very hard with the MSHSL right now,” said Bell.

The fishing league has a blueprint in how to successfully do that and is pursuing a state-sponsored agreement with MSHSL like trap shooting, rather than becoming a fully sanctioned sport.

State-sponsorship allows more flexibility.

“Say, for instance, if we want to have a morning prayer before everyone goes out, we can do that,” said Bell. “Another option is allowing kids to wear sponsors on their jerseys.”

Bell hopes by 2020 the MSHSL will be involved in a state championship.

“Once that happens, it will grow very rapidly,” he said.

MSHSL sponsorship will allow for conferences and regional divisions.

One main hurdle is at the base level of competition at fishing events. Where one person can assist around 10-20 shooters in trap, fishing requires a one to two ratio.

“The restrictor for us is boat captains.

We need one adult for every two anglers,” said Bell.

A major factor in attracting volunteers for those duties has come from the kids and their relatives.

“It’s an amazing thing what we’ve seen kids from in these two sports,” said Bell.

“All these kids grew up with technology.

Outdoors is the new, cool thing to be doing and they’re 100 percent re-engaging their families.”

The fishing league began with less than 20 teams four years ago and is pushing 150 teams with at least 30 more anticipated to join this year.

“It grew a lot faster than we ever dreamed of,” said Jensen. “We love the sport and want more kids to be interested in it. We all had somebody that took us fishing and we feel it’s our way of giving back. Plus, some of these kids don’t have any other opportunity to go fish and we have those kids that have fishing in the family. We’ve covered both ends of the spectrum.”

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Breanna Price is known for being a wellrounded student athlete. With notable achievements in academics, sports and fine arts, she was one of Detroit Lakes High School’s two Triple A nominees this year, and she stands out as a natural leader among her peers.

In track and field, Breanna’s leadership qualities become especially apparent when she’s working with the younger athletes, according to coach Maggy Doll.

“Her throws coaches always comment on her ability to act like a junior high coach,” Doll says. “She makes a very technical event into something fun to learn, and makes practices fun.”

Breanna often works with middle school track and field team members, and sometimes with even younger kids, while they’re waiting to take their turns on the field.

“It’s really fun teaching the little kids,” Breanna says. “I love demonstrating things for them. I try to remind them to be positive, especially with throwing (where one bad throw can really affect your attitude). I just tell them, ‘Hey, it’s OK, you can do it. Just stay positive.’”

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Her personal goal for this season is to qualify for the state meet again, and to break the school’s record in discus — “I’m only three feet away,” she says. But mostly, “I just want everyone to get better on the team, so we can be at our top performing levels.”

Breanna enjoys watching the progress her teammates make, and seeing them break their own records.

She’s proud of their accomplishments: “The program is going up and it keeps getting better,” she says. Her ultimate hope is for “the team to get back to where it once was, winning state back to back to back.”

After graduation, Breanna will attend Valley City State University, in Valley City, N.D., where she’ll play for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams. She plans to major in elementary education and minor in coaching.

She is always willing to help her fellow teammates, from offering advice to just making them smile.

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Jack Schramel believes it takes “just the right amount of confidence” to play a good round of golf.

“It’s all a mental game, so you have to stay confident in yourself,” he says. “You also can’t have too much confidence, or it can turn bad… You just try not to think about too much on the course, besides your next shot; never think about that last shot, just think about the shot you’re going to hit.”

Jack says his confidence on the course comes from his years of experience.

He’s been playing golf since he was only seven years old. It’s something he loves to do, and he sees himself doing it for the rest of his life.

“If it’s nice out, I always like to go golfing,” he says. “And that’s how a lot of people on our team are.”

Jack likes the team aspect of the school’s golf program, as well as its opportunities for individual competition.

He and his teammates have known each other since the beginning of high school, or even longer, and they’ve built a rapport.

“We just like to have fun together,” Jack says, adding that his teammates are “really fun to be around.”

He has high hopes for the team this year, with a goal of winning the section championship again and making it to state to compete.

“We have a lot of hard workers on our golf team, and we’ve all put in the time this summer,” he says. “As long as we just keep our heads on our shoulders, I think we can win the section.”

Jack’s coach, Bob Gordon, says he’s is a natural team leader who spends a lot of time working on his game, even in the off-season, and always “brings out the best in other people.”

Academically, Jack wants to “finish strong” with his grades this year.

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SENIOR STANDOUT MADILYN KIRCHNER Softball

Madilyn Kirchner has been playing softball, “since I could walk,” she says. “It kind of runs in the family.”

Known as a quietly compassionate team leader, Madilyn understands that in order for the team as a whole to be successful, the whole team must put in the effort — every member is equally important.

“As a team leader, you make sure everyone’s keeping on track and is working together really good,” Madilyn says. She tries to do that by maintaining a positive attitude and outlook, and by always encouraging her teammates.

Her coach, Philip Kirchner, says she “understands that a quality leader makes others on the team better, and not just themselves.”

Madilyn is a hard worker who has spent “countless hours in the off-season making herself a better player,” the coach added, and she also assists with the youth program, where the kids look up to her.

A three-year starter who was an allconference and all-section player last season, Madilyn considers herself a competitive player, but she also likes to keep things fun. She enjoys being part of the softball team, she says. She is 24-10

since her freshman year and has a lot of experience on the mound.

The Detroit Lakes softball team has yet to make a state tournament appearance, and Madilyn is hoping that this year will be the year it happens. The squad is seasoned, and she’s optimistic about their chances.

“We’re really excited for this season,” she says. “We’re hoping to go pretty far.”

When she’s not on the softball field, Madilyn likes to spend time out on

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the lake or hang out with her friends.

After graduation, she plans to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Philip and Nicole Kirchner Role/position on the team: Team Captain/Senior Pitcher How long she’s played softball: Since she was a toddler Other sports/activities she’s involved in: Soccer, National Honor Society, Interact Club, Key Club

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stay on the lane after completing his round and encourage his teammates.”

Matthew says he likes to be a team player, but can be “a little bit competitive,” too. His goal for this season is to improve his scores over last year’s, a feat he plans to achieve by practicing, practicing, practicing. He says the team’s goal is to make it to the state bowling tournament.

Off the lanes, Matthew spends a lot of his time drawing and sketching out stories for his comic books. He’s been honing that talent since the third grade.

“I’m an artist,” he says. “I like to draw.”

After high school, he wants to go to Alaska — he likes the peace and quiet of the wilderness — and work as a mechanic or in a field similar to that. He’ll continue to draw and bowl as hobbies, and might even take up something new.

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Matthew Branch says he’ll be a bowler for life.

Even after he graduates and his time on the Adapted Bowling team is up, he’ll still play the game “for enjoyment,” he says. He’s been bowling since he was five or six years old, and he loves to play.

In addition to his team practices, he bowls for fun whenever he can.

Matthew says his dad has taught him a lot about bowling over the years, helping him learn how to keep his arm straight, and his head up, as he releases the ball down the lane.

“I struggled with that when I was little,” he says. “Now, I think I got it down.”

Becoming part of the bowling team has been “a very good learning experience” for him, as his peers have taught him a few tricks and tips to improve his bowling scores, he says.

This year, as a senior bowler on the team, Matthew has become a go-to person for advice — and he’s very good about helping his younger and newer teammates.

“Matt is a natural leader on our team,” says his coach, Cali Harrier. “He will

It is an advantage for us to have Matt as a senior leader.

The positive comments he shares with his teammates help with confidence and team chemistry.

“You never know what lies ahead — what doors lie ahead,” he says. “You just keep trying for another door, and another door.”

Age: 18 Parents’ names: Jim and Jane Hokenson Role/position on the team: Senior Leader How long he’s bowled: Since he was 5 or 6 Other sports/activities he’s involved in: Basketball and track and field

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Good Luck Lakers!

Located at 918 Washington Ave Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 56501

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1252 Washington Avenue 1252 DetroitWashington Lakes, MN Avenue 56501 Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 218-847-2153 218-847-2153 www.edwardjones.com www.edwardjones.com .

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18550 Highway 59 North - Detroit Lakes, MN Green’s 218-847-7542 Modern 218-847-7459 nick@gpmh.biz • www.modernheatingandplumbing.com

owner Travis Wilke

DUMPSTERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

CALL FOR RATES AND INFORMATION.

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SOFTBALL NINTH GRADE

FRONT ROW: Elizabeth Balow, Anna Campbell, Shianne Motschenbacher, Brittney Balow, Tally Jensen, Emma Coley, Maddisen Bellanger, Rachel Kaslowski, Janee Harstad. BACK ROW: Maddie Lindgren, Olivia Graphenteen, Casey Canton, Julia Teiken, Sydney Skramstad, Chrissy Sandoval, Paige Davidson, Aaliyah Thompson, Siri Vagle, Kacy Schiltz.

REFRIGERATORS • RANGES • LAUNDRY • AIR CONDITIONERS MICROWAVES • DISHWASHERS

D&D Appliance would like to wish all

LAKER ATHLETES the Best of Luck this Season!

1050 HWY. 59 S., DETROIT LAKES • 218-847-9775 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm • Sat 8:30-12noon

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Dan’s Service Center

218-844-6100

110 MAIN ST W DETROIT LAKES MN 56501 NOW OPEN AND LOCATED IN THE OLD TIRES PLUS LOCATION

WE SUPPORT THE LAKERS

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For All Your Land Surveying Needs Scott Walz, PLS

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Surveying The Lakes Country Since 1946

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Posch Family Dentistry

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Good luck from our team to yours!

To schedule an appointment, please call (218) 847-8765 MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM - 5PM

101 Roosevelt Avenue • Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

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Quality Dental Services For Patients of All Ages.

CONTACT US TO REQUEST A FREE QUOTE OR PROPOSAL

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SOFTBALL SENIORS Emily Larson, Mercedez Bellanger, Lauryn Manning, Madilyn Kirchner, Natalie Eidenschink.

Not pictured: Matteya Borah.

CAPTAINS

COACHES

Mercedez Bellanger, Madilyn Kirchner, Laura Prussia, Taylor Prussia.

Head Coach Phil Kirchner

SOFTBALL SCHEDULE DATE

LOC. OPPONENT

TIME

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

AWAY

BEMIDJI, DETROIT LAKES, THIEF RIVER FALLS

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

HOME

STAPLES-MOTLEY

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

AWAY

PEQUOT LAKES

4:00 PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

HOME

LITTLE FALLS, SARTELL, TRF

11:00 AM

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

AWAY

EAGAN

8:00 AM

TUESDAY, APRIL 30

HOME

CROSBY-IRONTON

4:00 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 2

AWAY

PARK RAPIDS AREA

4:00 PM

TUESDAY, MAY 7

AWAY

AITKIN

4:00 PM

1 PM & 3 PM 4:00 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 9

AWAY

ALEXANDRIA AREA

5:00 PM

TUESDAY, MAY 14

HOME

PERHAM

4:00 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 16

HOME

FERGUS FALLS

5:00 PM

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Assistant Coach Tom Vagle

Markus Okeson

Proud Supporter of Our Athletes

We are dedicated to cheering on your children while they grow, shine and win.

Sanford Health Detroit Lakes Clinic provides quality local health care backed by a system of specialists to serve your sports medicine and family health care needs.

Clinic Hours Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–Noon

Call (218) 846-2000 to schedule an appointment.

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