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!
Baseball.
The third annual baseball day in Minnesota came out to Delano and Municipal Stadium on Saturday, May 9th, and three Wright County Area teams were involved. Here is how they did.
The first game of the day featured Lake Conference rivals, Hopkins and Buffalo. Dylan Lindstrom hit two home runs into the trees in left center field and the Royals rolled over the Bison, 9-4. The Bison did bounce back on Monday, May 11th with a 2-1 win over Osseo. In that game, Cash Hourscht got the game winning RBI for Buffalo.
Cash Hourscht, above, helped the Bison bounce back from their baseball day in Minnesota loss, with the game winning RBI against Osseo on Monday
The second game of the day featured crosstown rivals in Monticello and Big Lake. The Magic jumped out to a 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-3 win. Carson Deibele struck out 14 batters in six innings to get the win, while Cale Holthaus hit a double, a triple and drove in two runs for Monticello. Dom Marschall added a home run in the Magic win.
Carson Deibele, above, delivers a pitch to home against Big Lake on Saturday at Delano. Deibele, struck out 14 batters in the win.
The final game of the day, featured the home team from Delano, ranked #1 in the state in Class AAA, against #8AAA Mahtomedi. The visiting team from Mahtomedi roared to a 10-3 victory against Delano. These two teams could meet once again in state in a month.
Boys Lacrosse.
STMA picked up two wins last week to improve to 7-4. On Thursday, May 7th, the Knights defeated Hopkins, 7-2, behind three goals from Henry Hannon. Then on Monday, the Knights defeated Moorhead, 9-7, behind a hat trick from Cooper Leland.
Monticello went 1-1 on the week with a dominating victory over Becker, 17-5, and then lost a close one on Saturday to Eagan, 14-11. Donovan Zepada scored an incredible 11 goals in the win over Becker and added four more in the loss to Eagan.
Donovan Zepeda, above, scored an incredible 15 goals last week for Monticello.
Girls Lacrosse.
Buffalo had a 2-0 week, defeating #8 Wayzata on the road, 14-6. Hannah Rosso netted 5 goals and dished out three assists in the Bison win. the bison completed their perfect week with a 16-0 shutout win over St. Cloud, as they only allowed three shots on goal. The Bison are now 9-1 and ranked #2 in Class AAA.
Delano won both games last week over Hutchinson and Southwest Christian. Addilyn Dietman led the way for Delano, she has 43 goals this season, which is 7th in the state. For her career, Dietman has 128 goals. Goalie Izzy Knoph also had an outstanding week and has a 60% save percentage this spring.
The Delano girls lacrosse team, above, won both of their games last week.
Softball.
Watch out, her comes Delano! After losing two straight in late April, the Tigers sat at 5-3, and although ranked #8 in AAA, it sure didn’t feel like things were going well for Delano. Since then, the Tigers have gone, 5-0 and listen to this! The Tigers last week beat Jordan, 23-7 and Chanhassen, 21-3! In between those two games the Tigers knocked off #6AAAA Centennial, 4-3. The roar has been restored in Delano, led by the hitting of Reese Stowman, Kaelyn Wittwer, and Sydney Pink.
The Delano infield, above, meets at the circle to go over strategy in their win over Jordan last week. The Tigers went 3-0 last week and outscored their opponents, 48-13.
Speaking of watching out for a team, here come Annandale as well. The Cards started the season 3-3, but know have won 11 of their last 12, and just shutout Section 5AA favorite Rockford, 4-0. Section 5AA should be a great battle, and Annandale looks like it will be a part of it, led by Maddie Larson, Kylee Swanson, Clara Peterson and Grace Grube.
Boys Volleyball.
STMA hosted its annual STMAYHEM tournament this past weekend and went 3-2. The wins for STMA came over Forest Lake, Stillwater, and North St. Paul. The STMA losses came against #1 Eastview, 2-0, and #7 Wayzata, 2-1.
Adapted Softball.
South Washington defeated Buffalo on the road, 12-2 on Thursday May 7th to advance to the CI State Softball tournament. The Coyotes from Buffalo/STMA/Monticello, finished the season with a 5-4 record.
Above, action from the Coyotes playoff lost to South Washington on Thursday, May 7th.
Boys Golf.
Buffalo finished 7th at the Sartell invite with a score of 317. Sartell won the tournament by shooting a round of 297.
News and Notes:
The Penticton Vees selected Buffalo HS Boys Hockey player Mason Dalbec with the 204th pick of the USHSL draft last weekend. Dalbec, is a 5’9, 141-pound center for the Bison hockey team.
Sasha Steinbach, a former Track and Field athlete at Monticello HS, set a Winona St. record in the 100 last weekend, while finishing sixth in the 100, the 200, and lead off the 4×100 relay team that took first place.
