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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. ...
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...
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...
Champlin Park American Legion Baseball Rolls Past Becker in SubState Opener
The Champlin Park American Legion baseball team scored three runs in the first, third and fourth innings on the way to a 9-0 win over Becker in the first round of the SubState 8 tournament Tuesday morning. Catcher Ty McGee blasted a three-run homer in the third and added an...
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...
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