GIRLS GOLF: The Caledonia girls golf team saw plenty of action this past week with both varsity and junior varsity demonstrating their dominance in the area.

Jr. High vs. Fillmore Central

Fillmore Central has no varsity team this year, but the JV got out there on April 18th and brought in some good scores.

ìA score of 265 is a very good score for junior high,î said coach Ken Van Den Boom. ìHaving four girls in the 60s is also very good.

Heather Kuecker was medalist with a 61. Samantha Meyer shot a 67, Emily Klug a 68, and Sarah Eppen a 69. Marissa Bruening came in with a 71, and Sammi Ellingson a 74.

Jr. High vs. Chatfield

The junior high scored even lower on April 21 at Chatfield, coming in with a 251. ìHeather Kuecker was again medalist with a 60,î said Van Den Boom. ì251 is an improvement of 14 over our first meet, which reflects a very good improvement. Iíve been very happy with the progress of the junior girls.î

Scorers were Heather Kuecker 60; Samantha Meyer 61; Sarah Eppen 63; Emily Klug 67; Marissa Bruening 72, and Abby Schulte 73.

Junior Varsity vs. Decorah

Caledoniaís junior varsity crushed Decorah at Silvercrest Golf Course on May 22 with a score of 222 to Decorahís 240. ìLaura Roesler had a very good round with a 51, which made her medalist,î said Van Den Boom. ìA 222 score is very good for a JV team.

Scorers were Roesler 51; Tayler Kurk 56; Savanna Daley 57; Alyssa Frank 58; Brenda Welscher 58; Clare McCarthy 60; and Danielle Frank 68.

Varsity vs. Woodbury

Woodbury High School came down to Caledonia for a two-day event, playing 9 holes on Friday afternoon and 18 more Saturday, April 22 and 23. ìWe were very pleased to have a metro team come to Caledonia to play,î said Van Den Boom. ìIn the 9 hole Friday night match with cool windy conditions, our 190 score was acceptable. In the 18 hole Saturday match, the victory was very good even thought the score by both teams were somewhat higher than expected. It was great to have the opportunity to play against a team from the east metro conference.

Caledoniaís score of 381 for 27 holes edged that of Woodburyís 387. Scorers were Jacquelyn Hauser 46-47-48 (141); Meghan Burg 48-43-50 (141); Katelyn Hauser 49-47-48 (144); Heidi Welscher 50-51-48 (149); Kelsey Kruse 50-50-48 (148); Janelle Lilliquist 47-54-51 (152).

The junior varsity scored a 425 over 18 holes on Saturday. Savanna Daley 52-54 (107); Maggie McCarthy 57-51 (108); Kelly Bauer 54-55 (109); Laura Roesler 57-54 (111); Tayler Kurk 61-58 (119); Brenda Welscher 59-58 (115).

Coming up: Caledonia hosts a triangular with Chatfield and La Crescent on Tuesday, April 26. They travel to Chatfield on April 29 and to Onamia on April 30.

BOYS GOLF: Caledonia/Spring Grove finished third behind Winona Cotter and Fillmore Central in a triangular boys golf meet on April 18 at MaCalGrove.

The Warriors had 195 points, behind Cotterís 154 and Fillmore Centralís 170. ìWeíve got kids that are working real hard, yet we are not getting the results we want right now,î said coach Mitch Mullins. ìWeíre starting the second half of our season this week and our goal is to improve on the first half.î

Top scorers for the Warriors were Alek Eglinton with 45, followed by Erik Fisch, Mitchell Massman, and Chad Tilleraas, each with 50.

Against Kingsland on April 22, C/SG the Warriors came in with a 203 behind Kingslandís 189. Scoring for Caledonia were Tyler Schulte with a 49; Alek Eglington 50; Chad Tilleraas 51; Craig Loeffler 53; Mitchell Massman 53, and Kyle Runningen 54.

Caledoniaís junior varsity won the day at Kingsland with a 207 over Kingslandís 249. Scoring or the Warriors were Luke Daley 47; Tyler Hauser 50; Jeremy Myhre 54; Erik Fisch 56; Garrett Cross 59, and Greg Schleich 65.

ï Up next: The Warriors hosted Rushford-Peterson on Monday and Chatfield, Waukon and Cotter on Tuesday of this week. They travel to a tournament in Onamia on Saturday.

SOFTBALL: By Jane Palen

Managing Editor

The Spring Grove/Caledonia softball team beat Mabel-Canton and Glenville Emmons last week, with the 10-run rule being invoked in both instances.

Cassie Gran pitched a one-hit shut-out against Mabel-Canton with the final score being 13-0. SG/C had only 4 at-bats.

Gran struck out 5 batters and walked one. She allowed just one hit, a bloop single over second base in the second inning.

Spring Grove/Caledonia had 10 hits and just one error with three left on base.

SG/C scored four runs in the first inning, seven in the second and two in the fourth.

ìOur bats came alive and we were aggressive on the bases,î said coach Michelle Anderson. ìGran did another good job being consistent on the mound.î

Angie Ideker was 3 for 3 with a triple in the fourth inning and had 2 RBIs. Cassie Gran was 1 for 2 and had a triple in the first inning.

Mariah Conway went 1 for 3 and had a double in the second. She had 2 RBIs. Jane Pettit was 2 for 2 with a double in the fourth inning. She batted in two runners.

Against Glenville-Emmons on April 21, SG/C managed 13 runs on 11 hits. G/E had one hit and one run in the fourth inning.

ìWe had a great day at the plate and really aggressive base-running,î said Coach Anderson. ìGran did a super job on the mound and was in control the whole game. She allowed only three base runners.î

SG/C had two runs in the first inning, two in the second, one in the third, five in the fourth and three in the fifth.

Jordan OíHeron was 3 for 4 and hit a triple in the second inning. She scored three times, once on an outfield error.

Gran had a triple in the second inning and scored on a wild pitch.

Angie Ideker went 3 for 4 and hit a double in the third inning. She had three runs.

Mariah Conway was 3 for 4 and had 2 RBIs, and Karla Tweeten had a single with 2 RBIs in the fourth inning.

Girls beat Stewartville 7-5

A surge in the fifth inning propelled the team to a 7-5 win over Stewartville in non-conference play on Friday.

SG/C had two runs in the third inning, four in the fifth inning and one in the sixth. Stewartville scored one run in the first inning and went scoreless for the next four inning until coming back in the sixth for three runs and adding a final run in the last inning.

Gran struck out five batters, walked five, allowed five hits and five runs.

Vanessa Augedahl was 2 for 4 with a triple in the sixth inning and she scored three times.

Cortney Lager had a double and two RBIs in the fifth inning. Singles were contributed by Jordan OíHeron, Cassie Gran and Angie Ideker.

Fridayís game was a make-up game.

Busy weekend

for softball girls

The girls met La Crosse Aquinas and Onalaska Luther in two games at the Luther tournament on Saturday.

The girls lost to Aquinas 5-4 in a well-played, competitive game. Jane Pettit pitched for SG/C, and did a nice job in her first varsity start and had good control, said Coach Anderson. Cassie Gran was unavailable due to a family obligation.

ìEach team was able to put together one inning with runs until the sixth inning when Aquinas pushed across the go-ahead run with two walks and a single to drive in the run,î said Anderson. ìWith two outs in the top of the seventh, Ashley King got to third base on a double and outfield error. The shortstop from Aquinas made a great play to end the threat and the game,î said Anderson.

Aquinas scored four runs in the third inning, and the SG/C team answered with four runs of their own in the fourth. Jane Pettit hit a home run over the left-field fence and drove in OíHeron, who had started off the inning with a triple. Augedahl, Ideker, Conway and King all had hits, with King contributing a double.

The Spring Grove/Caledonia team was no match for Onalaska Lutherís hot bats in the afternoon game. SG/C fell 12-4.

ìLuther hit the ball really well, which was impressive for a cold, windy day,î said Anderson.

ìJane Pettit had the big bat with another home run over the left field fence,î said the coach.

Otherwise, the team had a hard time bunching the hits together. Jordan OíHeron tripled in the seventh and Angie Ideker was 2 for 3. OíHeron stood in for catcher Vanessa Augedahl after Augedahl tweaked her knee.

The girls were to meet LeRoy Ostrander / Grand Meadow on Monday evening and will have a well-deserved rest until their game against Mabel-Canton on May 2.

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