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Blast From the Past Sports: July 2024
50 YEARS AGO: JULY, 1974 Dan Frie wins berth in a national golf tournament. The Monticello 17-year-old earned a berth in the United States Amateur Golf Championship in Fairfield, Connecticut. Frie missed the cut by one stroke the year before but shot a 72 in the 1974 Minnesota sectional tournament at Hillcrest Country Club in St. Paul to claim second in the 36-player field. The top four scorers advanced to...
Josiah Strong signs pro deal
Champlin Park-alum Josiah Strong has signed his first professional contract as a basketball player, joining Bosnian team HKK Siroki ahead of the 2024/25 season. Strong concluded his college career last season as a graduate student at Colorado State. He previously played for Illinois State. He played 758 minutes last season and went 72-for-182 on two-pointers, 21-for-98 on three-pointers, and had 46 assists. He had three blocks and 14 steals. Colorado...
Klersy earns Clay Target State co-championship
The Monticello High School trapshooting team finished second in the conference this past spring. Senior Emily Bohnsack and junior Lance Klersy both finished third in individual conference scoring. Klersy shot an average of 24-of-25 during the season and ranked in the top 100 scorers in the state out of over 11,000 participants. That was good enough to qualify for the Minnesota State High School League Clay Target Trapshooting Tournament at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake on Friday, June 21. ...
LoGators put together four wins in busy week
The Champlin Park LoGators improved to 10-0 in Metro Minny play, 17-10 overall, with an 8-2 win over Centennial on July 16 at home. The LoGators started the night strong with two early runs in the bottom of the first. They built on that lead after a catch by Sam Riola and strong pitching from Jerome Gooley kept the visitors shut out. Luke Ryerse and Clarke Peterson picked up singles before Riola hit a two-RBI triple to bring both home. Riola later reached home to...
Polecats win Sauk Valley League East
The Monticello Polecats amateur town ball team has had another excellent summer and is ready for the Sauk Valley League playoffs. Three separate win streaks, including one of seven games, helped Monticello go 13-5 over the regular season and 10-1 in league play. After winning their last eight league games, the Polecats won the East by four games over Clearwater. The Sauk Valley League playoffs begin this week. Monticello plays the Clear Lake Lakers in the opening round on Friday. Monticello beat Clear Lake 14-3...
Bats heating up for Monticello Legion baseball as playoffs approach
The Monticello Legion Post 260 baseball team has played in a lot of close games this summer and that trend continued over the last two games. On Thursday, July 11, Monticello tied played STMA Golds 6-6 and then lost a marathon 16-15 games to Hutchinson on Monday earlier this week. At 2-8-1, the team hasn’t seen as many wins as they would have liked so far, but four of those losses have been by one run. They didn’t add to the win total but the...
Park Center Legion dominate Armstrong rematch
The Park Center Legion baseball team completed a statement win on July 16 rematching and beating Armstrong 17-0. The game came just days after a home loss to the Falcons. The scoring started early and with style for Park Center. Drew Paape walked home for the first run of the day, before two left-leaning home runs from Otto Arlt and Ty Lovcik brought in four total runs. Armstrong eventually brought...
MapleBrook Soccer Club 19 Boys Fall to Academy Sports Club at USA Cup
In the USA Cup semifinal match-up of the boys under 19 gold division, the MapleBrook Soccer Club fell to Academy Sports Club by a score of 3-0. Goalkeeper Evan Martin kept MapleBrook in the game in the first half with a few nice stops, but ASC got on the board with a goal from Jakub Rus.
Wheelchair Softball Tournament Brings Athletes to Brooklyn Park
The third annual Jerry Anderson Memorial Softball Tournament drew players from across the Midwest. There was plenty of action on wheels at Todd Anderson Field in Brooklyn Park on Saturday, July 20 as the tournament was underway. A swing and a hit isn’t an uncommon sight in this game of...
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