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Faribault boys baseball loses close one to Rochester Century Senior night
It was a very sunny day on Senior Night, as the Faribault combined schools (including Shattuck and Bethlehem Academy) battled it out with Rochester Century in a Big 9 pitchers’ duel. Junior Ben Cunniff’s excellence on the mound kept the Falcons in the game in all seven innings of play. After Century put up two runs in the first inning, Cunniff was light’s out shutting out the Century battery, giving up only three hits in the last five innings he pitched. ...
City councilors 'not giving up' on ice skating in park
Faribault city councilors are moving ahead with part of the plans for a new park downtown, while still debating what to name it and what a scaled down ice skating feature might look like. There were no official votes taken at a council workshop Tuesday evening, but there was consensus to seek some preliminary ideas and cost estimates on an alternative skating amenity. And the majority of councilors expressed support for giving the park a name of Viaduct Park. ...
Bethlehem Academy Wins, Faribault Loses in Softball
The Bethlehem Academy Cardinals edged Hayfield 2-1 while the Faribault Falcons were defeated 10-6 by Kasson-Mantorville Wednesday. The games were played at North Alexander Park in Faribault. Cardinals pitcher Morgan Wilson tamed some previously hot Vikings bats, throwing a 3- hitter. The junior struck out 4 batters, walked none while...
Yetzer, Sietsema, Steinberg, Reuvers and Leichtnam honored for athletic accomplishments
Faribault High School honored a handful of top athletes on the same night as the rest of the senior awards May 8. Along with numerous scholarships and academic accomplishments, a handful of prestigious Falcon honors were handed out to four hard-working athletes, who have excelled on and led their respective teams. Rylee Sietsema was the Female Athlete of the Year. Sietsema was a captain on all three teams she played...
Faribault Softball Dominates, Baseball Loses Heartbreaker
The Faribault Falcons fastpitch softball team rolled to a 16-0 win over Rochester John Marshall at North Alexander Park Tuesday. At about the same time the baseball team was defeated 3-2 in walk-off fashion at John Marshall. Rylee Sietsema continued her stellar season in the pitching circle, amassing 10 strikeouts...
Cardinals outlast Hayfield in 2-1 thriller
As first baseman Liv Glumack snagged a bobbled ball between her arms, shortstop Anna Tobin yelled out to her. “Go to second!” With the ball finally under control, Glumack did in fact throw to second, recording the game’s final out on a double-play as Bethlehem Academy held on to beat Hayfield 2-1. If you were...
Owatonna girls golf wins home quad; boys finish 3rd in Century quad
Big 9 Conference golf was in full swing Tuesday, as the Owatonna boys and girls golf teams competed against Rochester Century, Faribault and Red Wing in a pair of quad meets. The girls team hosted the Panthers, Falcons and Wingers at the Owatonna Country Club and finished first overall with a team-low 366. The boys were hosted by Century and finished third overall with a 317 at the Eastwood Golf Course. ...
Lentsch shatters own school record 6 days later
Records are meant to be broken. Sometimes it can take 31 years. Sometimes, just six days. Michelle Nerison’s Kenyon-Wanamingo school record time in the 200-meter dash of 26.48 seconds stood tall for 31 years. Current Kenyon-Wanamingo/Goodhue co-op senior speedster Hayley Lentsch, from K-W, ran 26.34 May 11 at the Gopher Conference Championships. Temperatures were warm...
Lady Huskies golf finishes 3rd in Jewel Invitational
The Owatonna girls golf team traveled to The Jewel Golf Club in Lake City Wednesday afternoon to compete in the Jewel Invite. Led by a +3 round of 74 from sophomore Carmen Jirele, the Huskies finished third as a team with a compiled score of 335. East Ridge finished first in the invite with a score of 307 while the host Lake City Tigers claimed second with 315 strokes. Jirele’s...
‘I’M SWINGING:’ Huskies answer Northfield’s late rally with Beyer’s 2-out walk-off single
Sometimes the common cliche, “It’s not over until it’s over,” can be hard to believe when things are looking bleak, like while you’re down one run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs and no runners on against one of your rivals. But thanks to Ethan Armstrong, Tyler Sheehan, Mitch Seykora and Owen Beyer, the Owatonna Huskies have proof that it truly wasn’t over until a two-out, walk-off RBI single from Beyer made it officially over in a 6-5 victory over Northfield Tuesday. ...
Owatonna crushes Rochester JM to stay in driver’s seat of Big 9
The regular season is winding down and the Owatonna girls lacrosse team is one step closer to back-to-back Big 9 Conference titles, as the Huskies shut out Rochester John Marshall in a 13-0 victory on Federated Field Monday night. Owatonna’s only real hiccup in its schedule was a one-goal loss to Century to open up the season, but the Huskies have been running the show in the Big 9 since that loss. ...
MSHSL Section 1A Bracket Released
Kenyon-Wanamingo is the #3 seeded team in the MSHSL Section 1A Baseball Tournament which begins Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Gopher Conference Champions had a 13-5 record going into the seedings and will host Mabel-Canton (4-15) in Wanamingo. The winner faces #6 Spring Grove (12-6) or #11 Wabasha-Kellogg (6-13) Saturday at Noon in Austin.
Faribault girls golf wins big over Lakeville South on Senior Day
Senior Faribault girls golfers Sara Dobson, Meredith Umbreit and Kaitlyn Worke played their last regular season home varsity meet as Falcons Thursday, going out as winners for the last time. Faribault won big over Lakeville South, beating them by 41 strokes in the four-person qualifier, 414 to 455. Mariana Hager was the low scorer for the Falcons with a 98. Lakeville's Charlotte Benolkin had the overall low match of the...
Bluejays advance to section quarterfinals with 5-2 victory over Red Wing
The No. 4 seeded Waseca boys tennis team defended its home courts Thursday evening by defeating the No. 5 seeded Red Wing Wingers 5-2 in the first round of the MSHSL Section 1A Team Tournament. With the victory, the Bluejays advance to the quarterfinals held at the Rochester Athletic Club where they will face the No. 1 seeded Winona Cotter at 8 a.m. Waseca swept the doubles competitions with each pairing, Oliver Rohwer with Dominic Grunzke, Tanner Hanson with Keenan Collins and Lucas McQuery with...
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