The spring sports season is headed down the stretch here in Wright County Area High School sports. The spring is a hard time to get box scores and accurate updates daily. Spring sports are also constantly disrupted by weather, so I am taking a new approach to spring sports. I will have a weekly update throughout the rest of the spring of all the biggest highlights on and off the fields involving Wright Count Area high school sports. Think of it like the old Sporting News, or like Star Tribune legend Sid Hartman and his jottings on page two back in the day at the star tribune. Hope you like this approach, let me know what you think. If you want to submit any updates, just email me at jkbroman1@aol.com. Now let’s catch you up to the last week in Wright County Area Sports!
Track and Field.
On the boy’s side, Gus Staryszak from Monticello is shattering school records all over the place for the Magic. Gus set a new 100 school record last week with a time of 10.65. Then on Tuesday, April 28th, Gus set the shot-put school record with a throw of 55’10. Staryszak has qualified for the Hamline Elite in the 100, 200, Shot and Discus.
Gus Staryszak, above, has set two Monticello track records this spring.
On the girl’s side, Lauren Hanson from Monticello shattered her school’s high jump record with a jump of 18’7, qualifying her for the Hamline Elite meet.
Lauren Hanson, above, broke the Monticello Track and Field record in the high jump this past week.
The Delano girls qualified the 4 x 800 relay team for the Hamline elite meet, joining the relay team at Hamline will be Mya Werner in the 3200, and Sienna C in the long jump.
Mya Werner, above, from Delano qualified for the Hamline Meet in the 3200.
Girls Lacrosse.
The Delano Tigers were impressive in a over Hutch, 21-5 and were resilient in an 11-10 overtime win over Holy Family. Addilyn Dietman scored two goals, including her 100th career goal in the win over Hutch, and netted six goals in the overtime win over Holy Family. Addison Dallman scored a career high eight points with four goals and four assists in the Tigers win over Hutch.
The Delano Girls Lacrosse team, above, went 2-0 last week.
The Buffalo Bison stomped two opponents last week by a combined scored of 28-8, including a ten-goal win over their rivals from STMA. Hannah Rosso scored six goals and added five assists in those two wins, while Rory Meyer stopped 62% of the shots she faced in the two games. Cali Weiche scored four goals in the Bison win over the Knights.
Hannah Rosso, above, scored eleven points last week as the Bison went 2-0.
Monticello’s Julia DuChene scored her 100th goal in a win over Sartell/Sauk Rapids on Tuesday, April 28th, just the sixth player in Magic girls lacrosse to reach that many goals.
Boys Lacrosse.
Delano went 2-1 over the last week defeating Hutch, 10-0 and Southwest Christian, 14-6, with their loss coming to Holy Family 3-2. Keegan Erdman was elite in goal, only giving up nine goals in three games. Johny McCabe (7 goals, 2 assists) and Max Mauch (7 goals) led the scoring for Delano in those three games.
STMA 12, Buffalo 2. On a game you heard right here on AM1360 KRWC last Tuesday night, April 21st, the Knights dominated their rivals from Buffalo, 12-2. The Knights outshot the Bison, 26-12. Carter Wigfield with four goals, and Henry Hannon with three led the Knights to the victory. Colton McClellan stopped 10 of 12 shots in net.
Softball.
Rockford went 4-0 from April 20th-28th outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 54-12. In a big time, matchup last Wed, April 22nd at Delano, the Rockets #8 in AA, defeated Delano #9 in AAA, 7-2. Lilly Bury picked up the complete game win in the circle for Rockford, while Sophia Westgaard, went 3-4 with a double and an RBI for the Rockets.
Sofia Westgaard, left, is the leading hitter for Rockford, while Lilly Bury, right, is their #1 starter in the circle.
The Monticello Magic started the season 1-7 but have now won two straight thanks to ace pitcher Paige Flanigan. The Magic defeated Sartell, 5-3 and St. Francis, 1-0 in their last two outings wit Flanigan picking up the win in both, while combining for 14 strikeouts.
Baseball.
The Monticello Magic has started this season 7-0, including going 3-0 last week and mashing their opponents by a combined score of 24-7. Cale Holthaus has been the catalyst going 5-12 with two doubles, three triples and four RBIs in those three wins. Carter Anderson has been the star on the mound, going 2-0 in nine innings with nine strikeouts while pitching in two of the three games.
The Monticello baseball team, above. is off to a 7-0 start this spring.
The Delano Tigers are ranked #1 in the State in AAA. The Tigers are looking to go back state again this season and outscored their opponents, 31-10 last week and also won the battle of #1 vs. #2 in AAA with a 5-1 road win at Totino-Grace.
Above, there has been a lot to smile about this year for the Delano Tigers who are ranked #1 in Class AAA.
The pitching duel of the week last week was in Cokato on Tuesday, April 29th between DC and Annandale. For the Cards, Luke Lindquist threw six no hit innings, allowing just one unearned run, while striking out 13. On the other side Eli Dahlheimer of DC struck out 11 in the game, including 10 straight. In the end the Cards pulled out the win, 2-1 behind a two out RBI single by Carter Ramsey in the 7th, and the Ramsey picked up the save in the bottom of the seventh.
Boys Volleyball.
The #5 STMA Knights, 9-2, picked up a big road win at Edina on Tuesday, April 28th, winning by scores of 22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, and 15-11.
Girls Football.
The Monticello Magic girls football team not only picked up their first win in school history last week, but they also picked up two wins, defeating Rocori, 34-12 and their rivals from Big Lake, 32-26.
Above, action from Monticello’s 32-26 win over Big Lake this week in Girls Football.
Golf.
The Delano boys won the Jordan invite on Tuesday April 21st with a score of 313, Eden Prairie finished second with a score of 319. On the girl’s side, the Tigers won the Hutch invite on Tuesday, April 28th witha score of 355, seven strokes better than Marshall. Dassel-Cokato finished four with a score of 403.
Boys Tennis.
Monticello went 1-2 at its invite on Wednesday, April 22nd, defeating Moorhead, 4-3, while losing to Sartell, 3-4 and Alexandria, 1-6.
Adapted Softball.
Buffalo/Monticello/STMA 14, Anoka Hennepin 12. The Coyotes opened its home season with a thrilling win over AH, as Matthew Centko made the play of the game, robbing a AH player of a hit with a catch off a line drive to short, to preserve the Coyotes lead as they held on for the victory.
Matthew Centko, above, robs a hit from a Anoka Hennepin player in the Coyotes win this week in Adapted Softball.
News and Notes.
Former Buffalo Bison football player Aidan Bouman, QB, who recently graduated from South Dakota St., signed with the Green Bay Packers and will get a shot to make the team this spring and summer. Bouman became the sixth Bison player all time to get a shot at making a professional football team. The others include, Luke Gunderson, LB, 2025, tryouts with New Orleans, Green Bay, and Indianapolis, Hunter Poncious, 2025 OL, now with the Montreal in the CFL, Treyton Welch, TE, 2024, now with the New Orleans Saints, Brent Swaggert, OL, 2005, with Tennessee, and San Francisco practice squads, and Dean Ellefson, RB, 1984, received tryouts with the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins.
Aidan Bouman, above, has gone all the way from Quarterback at Buffalo High School, to the Green Bay Packers.
Chloe Schwalbe was named the new Girls Volleyball Coach at Monticello; she formerly was at Maranatha HS in Brooklyn Park.
Chloe Schwalbe, above, is the new head girl’s volleyball coach at Monticello.
In Girls Swim and Dive, Stacy Biegler, head coach for Monticello was named the Girls Swim and Dive coach of the year, after leading the Magic to their first state championship this winter.
Stacy Biegler, above, middle, was named the Girls Swim and Dive coach of the year.
