Monday, June 29 results

American Legion baseball
Jackson 14, Mountain Lake 4
Adrian 4, Okabena 1

Iowa high school baseball
Storm Lake 7, Spirit Lake 5 (9 innings)
Emmetsburg 4, Estherville Lincoln Central 3
LeMars 14, Spencer 3
Harris-Lake Park 9, Ruthven-Ayrshire 8

Iowa high school softball
Storm Lake 17, Spirit Lake 2 (6 innings)
Emmetsburg 2, Estherville Lincoln Central 0
LeMars 10, Spencer 0 (6 innings)
Harris-Lake Park 12, Ruthven-Ayrshire 2 (5 innings)
Okoboji 11, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 6, MOC-Floyd Valley 5 (8 innings)

Bulls score two in ninth to beat Yankees June 27, 2009

JACKSON – The Jackson Bulls scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Milroy Yankees 5-4 in amateur baseball Friday night at Wacker Field.

In the ninth, Jordan Lewis walked to lead off the inning and he was replaced by Ryan Rasche, who advanced to third when a pickoff attempt at first base got away from the Yankees.

Walks to Trent Sukalski and Jon Hummel loaded the bases for the Bulls with nobody out. Milroy turned a 1-2-3 double play, giving Jackson runners on second and third with two out. An intentional walk to Kip Wachal loaded the bases.

Marcus Schultz drew a walk to bring in Sukalski with the tying run. Jason Cook hit a ground ball that got through the Milroy shortstop and Hummel scored the winning run.

Schultz was on base three times with a single and two walks. Corey Polz had a double.

Tyler Rettig pitched the first seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits, walking four and striking out three. Rasche and Caleb Rossow each pitched an inning.

The Bulls will host their alumni game at 2 p.m. Saturday and then entertain Windom at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Friday, June 26 results

Amateur baseball
Jackson 5, Milroy Yankees 4

American Legion baseball
Marshall 12, Okabena 1
Luverne 15, Slayton 4 (5 innings)

Iowa high school baseball
Sheldon 3, Estherville Lincoln Central 0

Iowa high school softball
Spencer tournament
Sioux City Heelan 7, Spirit Lake 0
Spirit Lake 4, Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn 3
Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn 2, Estherville Lincoln Central 0
Estherville Lincoln Central 10, George-Little Rock/Central Lyon 0 (6 innings)
Other softball
Armstrong-Ringsted 5, West Bend-Mallard 0
North Sentral Kossuth 13, Graettinger/Terril 1 (4 innings)

Major League Baseball
Interleague
Minnesota Twins 3, Saint Louis Cardinals 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Cleveland 9, Cincinnati 2
Houston 5, Detroit 4
Pittsburgh 5, Kansas City 3
Baltimore 11, Washington 1
Toronto 6, Philadelphia 1
New York Yankees 9, New York Mets 1
Boston 4, Atlanta 1
Tampa Bay 7, Florida 3
Texas 12, San Diego 2
Los Angeles Angels 12, Arizona 3
Colorado 4, Oakland 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Seattle 2
National League
Milwaukee 5, San Francisco 1

Northern League
Kansas City 11, Schaumburg 3
Gary 5, Joliet 2
Fargo-Moorhead at Winnipeg, ppd., rain

WNBA
Atlanta 96, Detroit 86
Indiana 82, New York 81 (OT)
San Antonio 62, Sacramento 52
Seattle 69, Los Angeles 67

Jackson Legion team downs Windom June 26, 2009

JACKSON - The Jackson American Legion baseball team beat Windom 10-6 Thursday night at Wacker Field.

Philip Pronk had two hits including a double for Post 130. Alex Hohenstein had a triple.

Cody Christensen, Brock Thaemlitz and Tyler Rettig pitched for Jackson.

Post 130 has a 6 p.m. game at Mountain Lake Monday.

Pioneers up to fourth in 2A softball poll June 26, 2009

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Minnesota West athletes honored June 26, 2009

WORTHINGTON - A total of 26 Minnesota West student-athletes have been honored by the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

The conference has released academic awards for both academic and athletic performance during the winter and spring sports seasons in.

To be eligible for recognition, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 and complete a minimum of 12 credits during the semester in which the majority of the season of the sport occurs.

In addition to the Minnesota West athletes, also honored was Jackson County Central graduate Patrick Rients, who was a member of the Ridgewater baseball team.

Following are the Minnesota West conference academic award winners:

Women’s basketball

• Rachel Pavelko, Worthington
• Breanna Rients, Okabena
• Jerryann Thomas, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
• G.P. Vaske, Nicollet

Men’s basketball

• Stevie Statz, Rapid City, S.D.

Wrestling

• Brance Frehse, Nemaha, IA
• Kody Kramer, Fulda
• Ryan Teal, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Softball

• Jessica Donkersloot, Worthington
• Amanda Meyer, Morristown
• Lydia Mick, Worthington
• Cassie Miller, Milroy
• Rachel Pavelko, Worthington
• Breanna Rients, Okabena
• Ashley Schettler, Fulda
• Hannah Solem, Worthington
• G.P. Vaske, Nicollet

Baseball

• Tommy Berg, Rapid City, S.D.
• Deon Entringer, Colman, S.D.
• Matt Gades, Adrian
• Kellan Henn, Marshall
• Glen Kruger, Ellsworth
• Cory Linneweber, Garretson, S.D.
• Trevor Mills, Rapid City, S.D.
• Jose Saenz, Sleepy Eye
• Alan Schmidt, Yankton, S.D.

Thursday, June 25 results

American Legion baseball
Jackson 10, Windom 6

Worthington 8, Wabasso 4
Worthington 15, Wabasso 6

New Ulm Gold 8, Fairmont 3
Fairmont 3, Mankato American 2

VFW baseball
Jackson 8, Windom 3

Iowa high school baseball
Western Christian 2, Spirit Lake 1
LeMars 6, Emmetsburg 4
Okoboji 8, Central Lyon 1

Iowa high school softball
Estherville Lincoln Central 14, Armstrong-Ringsted 2 (3 innings)
Emmetsburg 2, LeMars 0
Okoboji Invitational
Okoboji 12, Clay Central-Everly 0
North Sentral Kossuth 6, Spalding Catholic 5
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 6, Harris-Lake Park 5
Sheldon 12, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 5
South O’Brien 11, Clay Central-Everly 0
MOC-Floyd Valley 2, Spalding Catholic 0
Sioux Central 4, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1
Graettinger/Terril 4, Sheldon 2
Okoboji 6, South O’Brien 5
North Sentral Kossuth 11, MOC-Floyd Valley 2
Sioux Central 11, Harris-Lake Park 2
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 6, Graettinger/Terril 2

Major League Baseball
Interleague
Minnesota Twins 6, Milwaukee Brewers 4
Detroit 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Houston 5, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 (13 innings)
Pittsburgh 3, Cleveland 2
Seattle 9, San Diego 3
Washington 9, Boston 3
Cincinnati 7, Toronto 5
Tampa Bay 10, Philadelphia 4
Florida 11, Baltimore 3
New York Yankees 11, Atlanta 7
Texas 9, Arizona 8 (12 innings)
National League
New York Mets 3, Saint Louis 2

Northern League
Fargo-Moorhead 14, Gary 5
Joliet 4, Schaumburg 3
Kansas City 9, Winnipeg 2 (first game)
Winnipeg 11, Kansas City 9 (second game)

WNBA
Phoenix 93, Washington 87

Bulls roll to win over Lakers June 25, 2009

JACKSON - Six players had multiple-hit games as Jackson beat Mountain Lake 11-3 in First Nite League amateur baseball Wednesday night at Wacker Field.

Kip Wachal had three hits including two doubles, with Andy Wolf and Caleb Rossow also getting three hits apiece.

Pat Rients had two hits including a triple, Blaise Jacobsen had two hits including a double and Grant Carlson also had two hits.

Ryan Rasche was the winning pitcher, going the first seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out seven. Tom Hady and Rossow each pitched an inning.

The Bulls are home three times over the weekend, hosting the Milroy Yankees at 7:30 p.m. Friday, the alumni game at 2 p.m. Saturday and Windom at 6 p.m. Sunday.

High school all-star football game Saturday June 25, 2009

SAINT CLOUD – The 36th annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game will be played at 7 p.m. Saturday at Husky Stadium on the campus of Saint Cloud State University. This is the fifth year that Saint Cloud State has hosted the game.

Players and coaches representing 76 schools and 31 conferences were selected by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association.

Among the players on the Outstate team are Sam Dooyema of Luverne, Tyler Gimmestad of Marshall, Isaac Dolan of Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Justin Knakmuhs of Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Jake Lee of Blue Earth Area and Derek Wilfahrt of New Ulm Cathedral.

The players are attending the All-Star Football training camp at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter) this week and then head to Saint Cloud for the game on Saturday.

The game will be the 36th in the current annual series and the 47th overall. For the 30th year, the game will feature the Metro All-Stars versus the Outstate All-Stars. The Outstate team leads the series 15-14.

All-Star games were played in 1945, 1946 and 1952 through 1960 before the current annual series began at Memorial Stadium in 1974. Originally played in a North versus South format, the current Metro versus Outstate format began in 1980.

Mark Esch of Mankato West is the head coach of the Outstate team. Assistants will be James Cortez of state Class 1A champion Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Jason Freed of state nine-man champion Houston, Todd Oye of three-time defending Section 3AA champion Luverne, Vern Schnathorst of Detroit Lakes and Scott Tschimperle of state Class 3A champion Glencoe-Silver Lake.

John DenHartog of Hopkins will coach the Metro team. His assistants will be Marc Franz of Rogers, Dick Gaughran of Eden Prairie, Dave Hopkins of Holy Family Catholic, Beau LaBore of Woodbury and Mike Zweber of Lakeville North.

Honorary coaches are Deryl Ramey of Brainerd, formerly the head coach at Willmar for the Outstate team and Stan Skjei of Bloomington Jefferson for the Metro. They were the head coaches in the 1988 game.

Wednesday, June 24 results

Amateur baseball
Jackson 11, Mountain Lake 3
Adrian 5, Hadley 4
Tracy 5, Minneota 3
Milroy Yankees 11, Willmar 0

Iowa high school baseball
Western Christian 8, Estherville Lincoln Central 7
Storm Lake 11, Spencer 1 (6 innings)
Cherokee 17, Emmetsburg 5

Iowa high school softball
Western Christian 7, Estherville Lincoln Central 2
Storm Lake 5, Spencer 1
Emmetsburg 11, Cherokee 0 (5 innings)
Armstrong-Ringsted 5, Harris-Lake Park 0
Okoboji 13, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0 (4 innings)

Major League Baseball
Interleague
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Chicago White Sox 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Kansas City 4, Houston 3 (11 innings)
Pittsburgh 10, Cleveland 6
Detroit 5, Chicago Cubs 3
Boston 6, Washington 4
Toronto 8, Cincinnati 2
Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 1
Florida 5, Baltimore 2
New York Yankees 8, Atlanta 4
Texas 2, Arizona 1
Los Angeles Angels 11, Colorado 3
San Francisco 6, Oakland 3
Seattle 4, San Diego 3
National League
New York Mets 11, Saint Louis 0

Northern League
Fargo-Moorhead 7, Gary 6
Schaumburg 3, Joliet 2
Kansas City 1, Winnipeg 0 (3 innings, first game, susp., rain)
Winnipeg at Kansas City (second game, ppd., rain)

College World Series
At Omaha
LSU 11, Texas 5
(LSU wins best-of-three series 2-1)

Inaugural Summer Solstice Strut held in Sherburn