BOYS GOLF: It wasnít bad news that Caledonia/Spring Grove finished third in a triangular boys golf meet against Olewein and Waukon on May 2 in Waukon.

The Warriorsí 179 was their best score of the season, and came close to Oleweinís 161 and Waukonís 166.

ìThe improvement is coming,î coach Mitch Mullins said. ìWe shot our best score of the year.î

Chad Tilleraas and Tyler Hauser led the way with 43s, followed by Kyle Runningen 45, Mitchell Massman 48, Tyler Schulte 50, and Alek Eglinton 53.

Caledoniaís JV finished third with a 199. Jeremy Myhre and Luke Daley had 49s, followed by Craig Loeffler 50, Garrett Cross 51, and Greg Schleich 53.

The boys had three meets last week: on May 9 at the Lake City Invitational, on May 10 at Harmony against Fillmore Central, and on May 13 at Chatfield.

C/SG finished 8 out of 10 teams in the Lake City event with a 393. Stewartville won with 325.

Tilleraas led the team with an 18-hole score of 92. He was 30th out of 59 golfers. Following Tilleraas for the Warriors were Erik Fisch with 97, Runningen 98, Loeffler 106, Massman 109, and Eglinton 112.

ìWe had some good nines out of some of our players,î Mullins said of the meet. ìWhat we need to improve on is golfing the whole 18 to ready ourselves for tournament play.î

At Harmony the next day, C/SG had 181 to the Falconsí 182.

Tilleraas led the team again with 40, which Mullins called a nice round. He was followed by Massman 46, Runningen 47, Loeffler 48, Fisch 53, and Daley 55.

The junior varsity shot 204, 22 strokes behind F-Cís junior varsity. Eglinton led the team with 45, followed by Cross 47, Riley Benson 54 and Schleich 58.

ìWeíre keeping our team scores down. Iím feeling good about that,î Mullins said of the meet.

178 against Chatfield

Caledonia came close against Chatfield, losing 178-172 on a cool and cloudy day.

Tilleraas and Loeffler led the team with 44s, one stroke better Massman, Eglinton, and Tyler Schulte.Runningen shot 50.

The Warrior JV defeated Chatfield, 189. Daley led the team with 44, followed by Fisch 45, Cross 48, and Myhre 52.

ìOur scores were real consistent against Chatfield,î Mullins said. ìThis is great. Our team is young and we have shown improvement.î

ï Up next: The Warriors had a home meet against Southland on May 16, and wrapped up their regular season play on May 17 Southeast Minnesota Invitational. The sub-section tournament is May 24 at Cedar River Golf Course in Adams.

BOYS TRACK: The Caledonia/Spring Grove/ Mabel-Canton track team took second place at the Three Rivers Conference meet held Saturday in Plainview.

The team score for the boys was 114. Plainview won with 185.5.

C/SG/M-C grabbed the first three places in the 100 meter dash. Travis Steele was first across the finish line with a time of 11.39. Karl Klug was second at 11.45 and Clint Grabhorn was third with a time of 11.60.

Steeleís time of 23.07 got him second place in the 200 meter dash, and teammate Andy Marnach was third with a time of 23.72.

Marnach was first in the 400 meter, finishing in 51.42. Luke Nelson was fourth with a time of 54.80.

In the boys 3200, Mike Roellich finished in 11:34 for seventh place.

The 4x100 relay team took first in 45.67. Running were Clint Grabhorn, Karl Klug, Phil Guillien, and Kevin Klug.

In the 4x200, the team took second place, finishing in 1:37.80. Karl Klug, Kevin Klug, Luke Nelson and Brandon Skifton were on the team.

The 4x400 relay team of Phil Guillien, Chris Jandt, Luke Nelson and Andy Marnach finished in second place at 3:38.67.

Kyle Hunzekerís high jump of an even 6' put him in first place in that event.

Chris Jandt took first in the triple jump with a score of 41'08.50. He jumped 19'05.50 in the long jump for third place. Brandon Skifton was seventh in the long jump with 17'06.25. He was fifth in the triple jump at 38'03.75.

In the shot put, Andrell Hudson was eighth with a throw of 37'08.00.

The last track meet of the season was Tuesday evening in La Crescent.

The sub-section track meet is on May 26 at Rushford. The Section 1A track meet is May 31 and June 2 in Byron.

GIRLS TRACK: The girls track team had six first-place finishes and 106 points for third place at the Three Rivers Conference track meet Saturday in Plainview.

Dover-Eyota won the meet with 122.5, one point better than Rushford-Peterson-Houston.

Laquita Becker ran the 100 meter dash in 13.63 for first place, and Molly Furlong was second with a time of 13.64. Alecia Fruechte came in third with a 13.71.

In the 200 meter, Becker was 11th with 29.74.

Sarah Colleran took first in the 400 meter with a time of 1:02.83. Evelyn Genadek finished in 2:47.23 for 11th place.

In the 3200 meter run, Katie Wiste was ninth at 14:00, and Jody Hempel was 11th at 14:39.

The 4x100 meter relay team of Molly Furlong, Alecia Fruechte, Sarah Colleran and Brianna Polus took first in 53.76. The 4x200 also finished in first place with a time of 1:52.50. Running for the team were Furlong, Fruechte, Laquita Becker and Colleran.

In the high jump, Brianna Polusís 5' 04" was good enough for first place, and Alecia Fruechte was third with a jump of 5'02".

Laquita Becker was ninth in the long jump with a distance of 14'02.75.

In the triple jump, Katie Wiste finished in third place with a final score of 32'06.75". Evelyn Genedak was seventh with 30'8.75".

Amelia Schaller has become accustomed to landing in first place in the shot put, and did it again Saturday with a throw of 36'07.75". Molly Schaller was fifth with a distance of 34'00.50".

Amelia Schaller took another first in the discus, throwing 114'02". Molly Schaller was fifth for her throw of 97'07".

The sub-section track meet is on May 26 at Rushford. The Section 1A track meet is May 31 and June 2 in Byron.

GIRLS GOLF; Caledonia/Spring Grove finished second out of 14 teams in the Red Wing Invitational Girls Golf Tournament on May 10.

Caledonia had 359, 20 behind the winner, Elk River.

Finishing second is not something the team is accustomed toñthey have won every meet this year. But it was by no means a disappointment, according to coach Ken VanDenBoom, because it was their best finish ever there.

ìWe defeated all four Big Nine teams,î VanDenBoom said. ìWe are the only Class A in the tournament with the rest of the teams being Class AA. As a team we are starting to show progress when playing against good competition.î

ìBoomerî was glad to see that the top four scores were all under 100. He also praised the scores of Jacquelyn Hauser and Meghan Burg, who shot 85s to lead their team in the 18-hole event. Other C/SG scores were Janelle Lilliquist 94, Kelsey Kruse 95, Heidi Welscher 99, and Katelynn Hauser 102.

Win at Lake City

The Warriors won the Lake City Invitational meet on May 13 with 353, which VanDenBoom called a very strong score. They beat their nearest competitor, La Crescent, by 123 points. Only five of the 10 teams were able to attend.

C/SG had the top six finishers: J. Hauser 85, M. Burg 87, H. Welscher 88, K. Hauser 93, K. Kruse 93, and Lilliquist 96.

ìIt was good to get in a competitive round on the course that weíll play the section tournament on,î VanDenBoom said.

The team will focus on chipping and putting this week, the coach added. ìWe continue to waste shots around the green.î

Coming up: The team plays in the Sub-Section tournament on May 24 at Cedar River Golf Course in Adams on May 24.

SOFTBALL: The Spring Grove/Caledonia softball team avenged an earlier loss to Houston and beat the Hurri-canes 9-5 on their home turf.

ìThis win put us into a tie with Houston for the SEC conference lead,î said coach Michelle Anderson. ìIt was a big win! Our girls played exceptionally well. They were aggressive at the plate and on the bases. The defense stepped up when needed.î

SG/C started off strong, racking up three runs in the first inning, and following up with two runs each in the second and third for a solid lead. Houston managed one run in the second inning, and rallied with another four runs in the sixth.

C/SG had a run in the fifth and added another in the seventh.

Winning pitcher Cassie Gran ìdid a tremendous job and kept Houston hitters off balance for most of the game,î said Anderson. ìShe located and mixed her pitches really well. ìCatcher Vanessa Augedahl called a great game from behind the plate.î

Vanessa Augedahl was 3 for 5, and Mariah Conway was 3 for 4 with a double in the first inning. She scored twice. Cassie Gran was 2 for 3 with a double in the first.

Jordan OíHeron and Jane Pettit had two hits each. Angie Ideker scored two runs.

Consolation champions

SG/C won two of three games at the La Crescent Girls Softball Invitational to earn the consolation championship.

The Lions lost their first game to a very good Zumbrota-Mazeppa team 5-2, then won their next two, defeating Mabel-Canton 9-4 and Rushford-Peterson 8-6.

Cougar pitcher Bri Sturm used a great ìriseball,î fastball, and change up to hold the Lions to two hits. Gran matched her well, giving up only three hits and no earned runs. The biggest Z-M hit was a two-run double by Alesha Walter in the fifth inning. Gran walked five batters.

ìThis game showed us we can play with some of the best teams in the section,î Anderson said. ìZ-M is an excellent team and we were very competitive in this game.î

SG/Cís five-run win over M-C came behind a complete game by Jane Pettit. She helped her cause at the plate with a triple in the top of the seventh, and she scored three times.

The German connection came through from Angie and Courtney Ideker, who combined for a 5 for 8 effort and six RBIs at the plate.

A five run third led the Lions to their 2 run win over the Trojans in the consolation championship game. R-P tied it with 3 in the fourth inning, but SG/C countered with 2 in the fifth and 1 in the sixth and hung on for th win.

Gran got the win with a complete game 9-hitter. R-P stranded nine runners, and committed 6 errors.

Pettit went 2 for 4 with two doubles and 2 RBIs. Kaysie Otterness knocked in a run in the third with a double.

ï Up next: The Lions played two home games this week in Spring Grove, on Monday against LeRoy-Ostrander-Grand Meadow and on Tuesday against Glenville-Emmons. Section 1A softball tournaments begins May 28 in Austin. The seedings will be decided on May 17.

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