GIRLS GOLF: Caledonia/Spring Grove kept its unbeaten girls golf string intact with two victories last week.

The Warriors won a triangular meet at MaCalGrove on May 2, scoring 177 to Decorahís 214 and Fillmore Centralís 262.

The next day they traveled to Waukon and won 177-229.

Jacquelyn Hauser led the team in the triangular, winning medalist honors with a 41. She was followed by Meghan Burg 42, Heidi Welscher and Janelle Lilliquist 47, Kelsey Kruse 49, and Maggie McCarthy 50.

Hauser and Burg were co-medalists against Waukon with 43s. H. Welscher followed with 45, K. Kruse 46, Lilliquist 48, and M. McCarthy 50.

The junior varsity scored 213. Kelly Bauer and Savanna Daley shot 52s, followed by Brenda Welscher 54, Laura Roesler and Tayler Kurk 55, and Trisha Dehning 62.

The JV hosted Decorah in a home meet on May 2, winning 235-276. Chelsea McManimon-Moe had the low score with 53, followed by Megan Hartley 57, Clare McCarthy 59, Danielle Frank and Heather Kuecker 66, and Sammi Ellingson and Sarah Eppen 67.

Coming up: C/SG hosted Kingsland on May 9 and traveled to Red Wing on May 10. They play in the Southeast Minnesota Invitational on May 13.

SOFTBALL: The Spring Grove/Caledonia softball team continues to batter the competition as it heads into the final weeks of the season.

Against Mabel-Canton on May 2, SG/C scored 11 runs to M-Cís 8.

ìIt was a good win for us in very cold weather,î said Coach Michelle Anderson. ìWe scored six runs when we had two outs, so we had some players get some really timely hits for us.î

For SG/C, Vanessa Augedahl was three for five and tripled in the seventh. She scored twice. Cortney Lager, Jane Pettit and Ashley King all had doubles. Jordan OíHeron was three for three and scored three times, and Cassie Gran had three RBIs.

The game was runless for the first two innings, then SG/C scored three runs in the third inning and another four in the fourth inning. Another run in the sixth and three in the seventh decided the game. M-C had three runs in the fourth inning, one in the fifth, and two in the sixth and two in the seventh.

Pitcher Cassie Gran had strike- outs and a walk in her six innings on the mound. She allowed 14 hits and seven runs. Jane Pettit pitched for one inning.

Defensively, the team had five errors, a situation the coach is hoping to remedy soon.

The team chalked up another victory Thursday against Lyle-Pacelli, 13-6.

Coach Anderson complimented pitchers Jane Pettit and Cassie Gran, who both did a good job of locating their pitches. Pettit pitched four innings, had two strike-outs, walked four batters, and allowed three hits and five runs. Gran pitched three inning, struck out three, allowed four hits and one run.

Catcher Vanessa Augedahl threw out five runners who were stealing bases at second and third base.

At bat, Angie Ideker was four for four with a home run in the first and a triple in the sixth. She scored three times and had 5 RBIs.

Augedahl was three for four with a triple in the first and a triple in the second.

Jordan OíHeron was two for three and stole three bases. Mariah Conway was one for two with an RBI in the third.

Coach Anderson said that she was happy with the offensive production, but noted that the girls need to cut down on the defensive errors as the team heads into the last part of the season. They had a total of nine errors.

ï Coming up: The team was to play Houston Monday evening. Houston handed SG/C its first loss of the season.

On Thursday. the team hosts Glenville-Emmons in Spring Grove.

TRACK: By Jane Palen

Managing Editor

The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton track teams continue to turn in excellent performances at meets.

In the Rushford-Peterson Invitational held May 3, the boys managed first-place finishes in six events and the girls had firsts in four events.

Travis Steele took first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.77. In the 200, he finished in 24.06 for second place.

Andy Marnachís time of 51.05 in the 400 meter was good enough for first place. In the 3200 meter, Mike Roelich took third with a time of 11:12.61.

The 800 meter relay team of Steele, Marnach, Clint Grabhorn and Brandon Skifton was in first place after finishing at 1:36.77.

The 400 relay team finished in 46.56 for second place. Running were Chris Jandt, Ezra Van Ravenhorst, Eddie Hodges and Brandon Skifton.

The 1600 relay team of Phil Guillien, Karl Klug, Cody Peterson and Kevin Klug was in sixth place with a time of 3:58.97.

In the field events, Kyle Hunzeker was first in the high jump at 5'10".

Chris Jandt took first in both the long jump and the triple jump. In the long jump, his distance was 19'09" and in the triple jump it was 40'08".

Girls have four firsts

Brianna Polus finished first in the 100 meter dash at 13.58. Molly Furlong was third with a time of 13.91.

Int he 200 meter, Polus was sixth with a time of 28.14 and Laquita Becker was ninth with a time of 29.97.

Sarah Colleran was second in the 400 meter with a time of 1:02.67. Zoe Lidstrom came in tenth with a time of 1:11.96.

In the 800 meter, Evelyn Genadek was fourth with a time of 2:42.41. Brittany Wagner ran the 800 in 2:55.45, coming in tenth.

The 400 meter relay team took second with a time of 51.88. Running for the team were Molly Furlong, Sarah Colleran, Alecia Fruechte and Brianna Polus.

The 800 meter relay team took third with a time of 1:55.53. Molly Furlong, Rayauna Benson, Alecia Fruechte and Laquita Becker are on the team.

The 1600 relay team of Emily Deneen, Caty Deneen, Brittany Wagner and Zoe Lidstrom took eighth with a time of 4:52.07.

Brianna Polus continues to come out on top in the high jump. Her jump of 5'6" landed her in first place and was four inches better than the second place finish. Alecia Fruechte was in fifth place with a high jump of 4'08".

In the long jump, Caitlin Myhre was seventh with a distance of 13'09.50".

Katie Wiste finished first in the triple jump with 33'07". Evelyn Genadek had 30'10.75".

Amelia Schaller had an impressive throw in the shot put with a distance of 36'10.50". Molly Schaller was sixth with 33'06".

The Schaller names came up again in the discus with Amelia in second place with 117'03". Mollyís throw of 94'03" put her in fourth place.

MORE TRACK: The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Mabel boysí relay teams were a dominant force at the La Crescent Invitation meet on Friday. May 6.

The 4 x 100 team of Phil Guillien, Travis Steele, Clint Grabhorn and Andy Marnach were in first place with a time of 44.99. In third place with a time of 46.18 was the team of Brandon Skifton, Chris Jandt, Kevin Klug and Karl Klug.

Guillien, Kevin Klug, Karl Klug and Dan Fishel finished the 4 x 200 relay in 1:38.43 for another first place.

The 4 x 400 relay team of Phil Guillien, Andy Marnach, Luke Nelson and Chris Jandt was also in first place. The teamís time was 3:35.13.

Chris Jandt jumped 20'01.75" in the long jump for first in that event, and took first in the triple jump as well with 40'04.00".

Another first place finish went to Kyle Hunzeker in the high jump. Hunzeker jumped 6".

In the 100 meter dash, Travis Steele took second with a time of 11.27. His was one of the top 10 times ever posted for this meet. He finished behind Dion Mauss of La Crescent who set a field record of 11.22.

In the 200, Luke Nelson was 4th with a time of 24.58. Brandon Skifton was 5th with 24.89 and Derek Lager came in at 24.91 for sixth place.

Nelson came in second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.42. Dan Fishel had 58.24 for sixth place and Derek Lager finished seventh with a time of 58.79.

Alex LeFebvre was seventh in the 800 meter with a time of 2:28.06.

Mike Roellich ran the 1600 in 5:12.53 for third place.

In the shot put, Andrew Hudson was sixth with a throw of 38'01.5

Girls have six

first-place finishes

Brianna Polus set a field record in the high jump with her jump of 5'8". It was one of six first-place finishes for the girls.

Katie Wiste was first in the triple jump with 32'09.25", one of the top ten ever for this meet.

Caitlin Myhre jumped a distance of 14'06.00 in the long jump for first place. Christen Schieberís distance of 11'10" put her in sixth place.

In the shot put, Amelia Schaller threw 36'07.00, which put her in first place for the meet and in the top 10 ever for the event.

Molly Schaller was third with 34'03.5.

Amelia also took first in the discus and another top 10 distinction for her throw of 118.03. Molly was second with a distance of 91'05".

The 4 x 200 relay teamís finish of 1:50.67 put it in first place and was among the top 10 since 1999.

The 4 x 400 relay took third with a time of 5:04.59.

Laquita Becker was second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.53. Caitlin Myhre was fourth with 14.20.

Emily Deneen took fourth in the 400 meter with a time of 1:07.77. Ellen Klug was sixth at 1:23.27. Zoe Lidstrom was eighth with a time of 1:13.31.

In the 800 meter, Evelyn Genadek was sixth with a time of 2:48.37 and Katie Wiste was eighth with a time of 2:57.38.

In the 100-meter low hurdles, Alecia Welscher was fifth with a time of 21.04.

Katie Wiste finished the 1600 meter in 6:28.18 for fifth place. Jody Hempel had a time of 6:50.06 for seventh and Justine Kruckowís time was 7:12.55 for eighth place.

BASEBALL: Caledonia has had a good run in baseball lately, going 3-1 in its most recent games.

They lost to Chatfield 8-1 on May 2 at home, then beat Rushford-Peterson 6-2 on May 3. They beat Southland 3-2 on May 5 at home, and beat Wabasha-Kellogg 3-0.

Here are summaries of the games from coach Scott Sorenson.

Chatfield 8, Caledonia 1

They jumped on us early as result of several errors. Things just seemed to snowball out of control on the defensive end. Offensively we just could not get anything going. We combined for a total of 4 hits on the night. Kyle Welscher got the start on the mound and pitched great. That has been the story lately as our pitching is doing its job but our defense is just simply not making the plays right now. Simon Augedahl had a good night at the plate going 2 for 2 and a walk.

Caledonia 6, R-P 2

This was a well played game for us on both ends. We were able to make the plays defensively and put the ball in play on the offensive end. Hitting wise we were really carried by the top of our order. The first five batters combined to go 10 for 18 from the plate. Justin Conway was 2 for 3 and a walk, Kyle Welscher was 3 for 3, Ross Meyer was 1 for 4 with a RBI triple, Nathan Waterhouse was 2 for 4, and Simon Augedahl was 2 for 4. Ross Meyer got the start on the mound and pitched great. He has really become a strong pitcher who keeps the batters off balance. This was a great game for us in that it showed us we can play pretty good when we want to.

Caledonia 3, Southland 2

This was a pitchersí duel as neither team was able to get an earned run until the top of the 7th inning when Ross Meyer tied the game with a lead off solo homerun. That was followed with base hits by Nathan Waterhouse, Simon Augedahl and Zach Gran. We also had a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Augedahl. I was very impressed with the way the kids just kept battling until the end and didn't let the mistakes get to them. It was a very impressive win in that the bottom of the line-up carried us through this one. Simon Augedahl got the start on the mound and looked good. He is still learning what he is capable of and understanding that he is not going to strikeout every batter and that he can rely on his defense. Nathan Waterhouse was the only hitter to get more that 1 hit in this, as he went 2 for 3 from the plate.

ï Coming up: The boys traveled to Kingsland on May 10, then play at La Crescent on May 12. They host Spring Grove on May 13 and Fillmore Central on May 16.

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