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Swift County Monitor-News

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Speaking of Sports . . .
by John W. Fragodt
(Twelve years ago -- 2001) -- The Benson boys basketball team fell to Minnewaska Area in the playoff opener, 66-32. Benson ended the season with a 6-17 record, while the Lakers improved to 21-3 overall. Benson was shut out in the rst quarter, falling behind 15-0, but did stay close at 47-23 until Minnewaska went on another run of 9-0 to take a 56-23 lead after three quarters. Benson got eight points and ve rebounds from Nick Enderson, six from Jon Cook, ve from Ben Kavanagh, and three each from Corey Fennell and Adam Foslien. In the regular-season nale, Benson beat NLS in overtime, 72-70 to break a ve-game losing skid. Enderson had 33 points, Charlie Kent had 19, and Jon Cook had nine points and eight rebounds for the Braves. The Benson girls basketball team fell to Morris in the rst round of the Section 3AA Tourney, 64-37. Benson, which fell behind 18-4 after one quarter, was led by Monica Ohmachts 13 points, Jennie Schaafs eight points and three points and seven rebounds from Rachel Schefer. Benson nished the season 2-20. Kasey VanHeuveln, one of ve KMS wrestlers to nish the season with at least 20 wins, went 0-2 at the State Wrestling Tournament at 140 pounds, ending his season with a 21-10 record. Other Saints with at least 20 wins were Peter Benson (2498), Darrin Carlson (22-13), Kent VanHeuveln (22-11), and Justin Mitteness (22-10). Benson had four wrestlers place among the top six at the Section 4A meet, including Chance Kvistad, who was fourth at 119 pounds, and Brian Knutson, fth at 152 pounds. Also placing were Adam Carruth and Scott Thompson, who were both sixth at 112 and 130 pounds, respectively. Knutson had the best record for the Braves during the season at 27-5, while Carruth (20-13) and Kvistad (12-11) also had winning records.

Area sports and recreation scoreboard

Boys basketball
Final WCC South Boys Standings
Team ...............WCC......All **Atwater-CGC 10-5..17-10 **BOLD.............. 8-7..12-14 **Montevideo ..... 7-7..10-15 **Lac qui Parle . 6-10..10-16 **Benson........... 5-12....9-18 **Yel Med E ..... 0-16....3-21 --------------------------------Albany 76, Sauk Centre 65 Champ-Melrose 80, Alb 58 Section 7A Lakeview 91, Cromwell 55 Section 6A-South Wheaton 66, BBE 59 Battle Lake 78, CGB 44 Section 2AAA Waconia 67, Willmar 42 Champ-Waconia vs. Marshall Class AA quarternals #2-Simley 45, Chisago Lks 23 #3-Foley 35, Totino-Grace 23 Final Southwest #1-Kas-Mantor 56, Perham 15 Conference Girls #4-New Prague 32, Adrian 19 Hockey Consolation seminals: Chisago Lakes 41, Tot-G 19 Team ..............SWC .......All Perham 33, Adrian 25 **Luverne ..........8-0 .....16-5 Seminals **Marshall .........6-2 . 9-15-1 Simley 42, Foley 23 Class AA quarternals **M-Ben-A ........4-4 .....4-19 #2-Duluth E 1, Moorhead 0 Kas-Man 37, New Prague 18 **Worthington ...1-7 . 1-17-1 #3-Edina 9, Lakeville N 3 Fifth place **Windom A ......1-7 . 1-18-1 #1-Hill-Murray 6, Eastview 3 Chisago Lakes 33, Perham 30 Third place #4-Wayzata 2, Centen 1, ot State tournament results Foley 33, New Prague 24 Consolation seminals Class A quarternals Championship Moorhead 5, Lakeville N 3 #2-Red Wing 6, Alexandria 2 Eastview 3, Centennial 2 Kasson-Mantor 30, Simley 27 #3-Blake 5, Mound-West 2 Seminals #1-Warroad 9, New Ulm 0 Class AAA quarters Edina 3, Duluth East 2 #4-S. St. Paul 3, Hib-Chis 0 #2-Apple Val 55, Moorhead 9 Hill-Murray 2, Wayzata 1 Consolation seminals #3-Prior Lk 49, Woodbury 15 Fifth place Mound-Westonka 3, Alex 2 #1-St. Mich-Al 53, Willmar 9 Moorhead 5, Eastview 2 Hib-Chisholm 2, New Ulm 1 #4-Owatonna 43, Centen 21 Third place Seminals Consolation seminals: Duluth East 7, Wayzata 3 Blake 6, Red Wing 3 Moorhead 51, Woodbury 21 Championship Warroad 4, S. St. Paul 1 Willmar 32, Centennial 31 Edina 4, Hill-Murray 2 Fifth place Seminals Hibbing-Chis 2, Mound-W 1 Apple Valley 36, Prior Lk 19 Third place St. Mich-Albert 40, Owat 21 Red Wing 3, S. St. Paul 2 Fifth place Championship Moorhead 36, Willmar 22 Blake 7, Warroad 2 Third place Final WCC Wrestling Prior Lakes 34, Owatonna 21 Standings Class AA quarternals Championship #2-Eden Prairie 6, Forest Lk 0 Team ................WCC.....All SMA 28, Apple Valley 28 (co#3-Hill-Murray 6, Eagan 2 champions) #1-Minnetonka 4, Irondale 0 Atwater-CGC ....... 9-0...25-1 **Paynesville ....... 6-3.11-13 #4-Lake N 5, Wright Cty 4, ot **BOLD-BLH ..... 6-3.10-10 Consolation seminals **LQP-Daw-B ..... 6-3...12-8 Eagan 3, Forest Lake 2 **Morris A-CA .... 6-3...10-5 N. Wright County 3, Iron 0 **Quad County .... 6-3...10-8 State results: Seminals Hill-Murray 2, Eden Prairie 1 **Benson.............. 3-6...6-16 Class A team results -Minnetonka 4, Lake N. 3, 6 ot **Montevideo ...... 2-7...3-13 New Prague 149.6, Melrose **Minnewaska ..... 1-8...4-11 Fifth place 147.9, Austin 146.425, Eagan 5, North Wright Cty 2 **Sauk Cen-Mel .. 0-9...0-13 Perham 143.3, Big Lake ----------------------------------Third place 142.3, Jackson County Central Lakeville N 3, Eden Prairie 2 141.3, Rush City-Pine City Final Camden Championship 140.325, Delano 139.25 Wrestling Standings Minnetonka 3, Hill-Murray 1 Class AA team results Team ................ Cam......All -- Roseville 149.7, Northeld KMS .................... 3-0....17-4 149.325, St. Cloud Tech **Minneota ......... 2-1....13-5 149.15, Park High 146.05, **Canby .............. 2-2....20-9 Wayzata 144.6, Mahtomedi **Ortonville ........ 0-2......1-9 141.125, Prior Lake 141.025, Final Southwest **Tracy Area ....... 0-3....4-16 Cambridge-Isanti 138.85 Conference Boys Hockey State tournament results: Class A quarternals Team ............ SWC.........All #2-Frazee 47, Pierz 12 Marshall ........... 8-2..14-11-1 Sibley East 30, #3-ACGC 24 **Luverne ........ 8-2... 21-4-1 #1-Jackson CC 43, Barnes 19 **M-Ben-A ...... 6-4.....17-10 Chateld 38, #4-KMS 24 Final Benson coed **Windom ........ 6-4.....13-10 Consolation seminals: volleyball standings **Redwood ...... 2-8.......3-14 ACGC 41, Pierz 25 **Worthing..... 0-10.......4-16 KMS 28, Barnesville 27 Team ..............................W-L Seminals Patricks Pub .................. 16-2 State tournament results: Frazee 40, Sibley East 16 Class A quarternals Jackson CC 39, Chateld 25 Tournament champion: #2-Breck 6, Marshall 1 Fifth place Patricks 2, Buckaroos 0 #3-Herman 3, Marshall Schl 0 ACGC 28, KMS 21 #1-St. Th Ac 12, SC Apollo 0 Third place Patricks Pub roster -#4-E Grd Frks 3, #5-Roch L 0 Chateld 35, Sibley East 33 Chelsea Stiel, Dave Hanson, Consolation seminals Championship Shannon Schmidt, Aaron Marshall Scl 4, Marshall 1 Jackson CC 38, Frazee 22 Schmidt, Ben Miller, Tai Moe, Roch Lourdes 6, SC Apollo 4 Keri Mikkelson Seminals Hermantown 4, Breck 3, 2 ot St. Thom Ac11, E Gr Forks 0 Fifth place Mar School 6, Roch Lourdes 5 Third place Breck 3, East Grand Forks 2 Championship St. Thom Ac 5, Herman 4

Girls hockey

Highlights in sports from years gone by

Final WCC North Boys Basketball

Team ...............WCC......All Melrose ............. 13-0....28-1 **Sauk Centre ... 11-2....20-6 **Morris-CA ..... 12-3....19-8 **Minnewaska .... 7-8..10-16 **Paynesville .... 3-12....3-21 ---------------------------------

Girls basketball
Final WCC South Girls Standings
Team ...............WCC......All BOLD................ 13-2....26-4 **Montevideo ... 10-7..15-11 **Atwater-CGC .. 8-8..11-15 **Benson........... 5-12....7-18 **Lac qui Parle . 4-12....7-17 **Yel Med E ..... 1-15....4-20 ---------------------------------

Final Camden North Basketball Standings

Team ................ Cam......All **MACCRAY ... 12-3....21-6 Dawson-Boyd ... 12-3....22-5 **Prinsburg ........ 7-8..12-12 **Lakeview ....... 6-10..12-16 **Renville CW.. 2-13....3-21 **KMS .............. 0-15....0-25 Tournament results: Section 3A-North Prinsburg 67, KMS 29 Lincoln HI 64, RCW 34 Lakeview 71, ECHO 35 Daw-Boyd 63, Lin Hi 35 MAC 59, Prinsburg 51 Canby 69, Lakeview 46 Minneota 65, Ortonville 58 Daw-Boyd 76, Minneota 64 MAC 77, Canby 75, 2 ot Champ-DB 61, MAC 37 Section 3AA-North BOLD 60, LQP 57 Monte 73, Tracy 62 Redwood 77, YME 29 Lake Crys-WM 66, Monte 60 Redwood 63, BOLD 46 Champ-Redwd 57, LCWM 50 Section 2A-North ACGC 70, SW Christian 66 LP-HT 69, BLHS 57 SE-SM 81, ACGC 78 Champ-LP-HT 80, SE-SM 73 Section 6AA-South EV-Watkins 74, Waska 59 Morris-CA 62, SJ Prep 36 NLS 67, Benson 57 Litcheld 64, Paynesville 36 Litcheld 52, EV-Watkins 21 NLS 66, Morris Area-CA 49 Champ-Litch 69, NLS 51 Section 6AA-North Albany 71, Stap-Motley 33 Sauk Cen 58, Holdingford 55 LPGE 56, Pierz 42 Melrose 67, Osakis 27 Melrose 63, LPGE 60

Final WCC North Girls Basketball

Team ...............WCC......All Sauk Centre ....... 14-0....27-3 **Morris-CA ..... 12-4..17-10 **Paynesville ...... 9-5..13-11 **Melrose ........... 6-7....8-19 **Minnewaska .. 3-13....6-21 ---------------------------------

Wrestling

Gymnastics

Final Camden Girls Basketball Standings

Team ................ Cam......All **Dawson-Boyd 13-2....23-4 **KMS ................ 9-6....15-8 **Prinsburg ........ 8-7....14-9 **Lakeview ....... 4-11..10-18 **MACCRAY ... 4-11....6-18 **Renville CW.. 1-14....3-20 State tourney results: Class A quarternals Upsala vs. Bethehem Acad Mount Iron-B vs. Minneota Maranatha vs. Ada-Borup Man Loyola vs. Win-E-Mac Class AA quarternals Prov Acasd 33, Pine Island 22 Braham 79, BOLD 42 Mpls. Wash 64, Sauk Cen 58 Nw Rch-HEG 62, Pel Rap 49 Class AAA quarternals Richeld 54, Hill-Mur 35 Red Wing 63, New Prague 45 DeLaSalle 73, Chisago Lk 49 Monticello 79, Fergus 78, 2 ot Class AAAA quarternals Hopkins 77, St. Mich-Alb 58 Osseo 63, SP Central 56 Bloom Kennedy 66, Anoka 48 Eastview 54, Roch Mayo 40

Boys hockey

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Good thinking . . .

Joke(s) of the week:

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Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. . . . Muriel
Strode

Quote of the week!

Benson and KMS players to participate in Tim Orth Jam the Gym event, March 23 at Bird Island

Trivia: Miscellaneous

-Level 1 questions (1) If two interior angles of a triangle are 45 and 60 degrees, what is the third one? (2) What is the state capital of Missouri? (3) Whats the most common color of amethyst? (4) Benson is the Braves, but what is BBE? (5) Whats the northernmost Scandinavian country? -Level 2 questions (6) Whats the name of the horse in Jingle Bells? (7) Whats the highest city to have hosted the Summer Olympics? (8) Whats the rst day of Lent? (9) What zodiacal sign is represented by the balance, or scales? (10) Who was the rst to win ve straight Wimbledon singles tennis titles? -Level 3 questions (11) What U.S. state contains the resort of Myrtle Beach? (12) What does a pluviometer measure? (13) What Pacic island boasts Mount Suribachi? (14) What does Latin ante mortem mean? (15) What country did the Mau Mau Uprising take place in? Answers can be found below
1) 75 degrees, 2) Jefferson CIty, 3) Purple, 4) Jaguars, 5) Norway, 6) Bobtail, 7) Mexico City, 8) Ash Wednesday, 9) Libra, 10) Bjorn Borg, 11) South Carolina, 12) Rainfall, 13) Iwo Jima, 14) Before death, 15) Kenya

Trivia answers:

Several Benson and KMS boys and girls basketball players are set to take part in the annual Tim Orth Memorial Foundations Jam the Gym basketball event Saturday, March 23 at BOLD High School in Bird Island. Set to take part in the event are high school players from the area. Colin Ose and Matt Ahrndt, seniors on the Benson boys basketball team, are set to play on the boys Gray team with players from Lac qui Parle, MACCRAY, Minnewaska Area, Morris Area-CA, and NLS. In addition, Benson seniors Alexa Nissen and Emma Peterson, along with KMS seniors Ali Clark, Jenna Berget, and Samantha Dunn, are set to play on the girls Gray team with players from LQP, Minnewaska Area, NLS, Paynesville, and YME. Other players come from BOLD, ACGC, Prinsburg CMCS, RCW, Sleepy Eye-SM, Willmar, Montevideo, and MN Valley Lutheran The annual event includes entertainment by the Alexandria Aces, Utah Jazz mascots Big Bear and Little Bear, the NBA dunk teams from Minnesota and Utah, Minnesota Mascots Crunch and Goldy, the Utah Jazz stunt team, and more. Also included will be a silent auction, live auction, rafe, concessions, and a players 3-point shoot out competition. The live auction events will included an 8x16 foot ice castle sh house (loaded), and Lasik eye surgery by Fischer Laser Eye Center/Family Eye Center, while the silent auction includes a vacation for two to the Dominican Republic, a week timeshare at a 5-star resort, and plenty of sports memorabilia. The doors are set to open at 4 p.m., followed by the preliminary round of the player 3-point shootout at 5 p.m., the opening ceremony at 5:45 p.m., the nal round of the player 3-point shoot out at 6 p.m., and the girls and boys games to follow. According to coordinators of the event, over 15 recipients will be helped with the funds raised at this years event. For more information about the event, you can check out www. timorthfoundation.org.

Fifth grade boys win title at LQP Tourney

Pictured above are members of a Benson 5th grade boys basketball team that took rst place at a tournament at Lac qui Parle Valley High School, Saturday, Feb. 23. In the front row from left to right are Gavin Larson, Noah Denzer, Chase Herman, and Matty Miller. Back row -- coach Dan Enderson, Jake Fath, Ryan Goulet, Zach Fitzpatrick, and Will Enderson. Submitted photo.

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KMS boys close out season 0-25

The Benson 5th grade girls basketball team placed third at the YME tournament in Granite Falls, Saturday, March 2. Pictured from left to right in the front row are Mariah Rodahl, Hannah Ricker, Allie Mitteness, Mariah Ahrndt, Hannah Andrews, Kaitlyn Berreau, and Abbie Mitteness. Back row -coach Mike Berreau, Josie Connelly, coach Darrin Rud, Claire Ricard, Abby Lundebrek, coach Paul Ahrndt, Carlie Rodahl, Kara Kannageisser, Andrea Rud, and coach Maureen Ricard.

The KMS boys basketball team had a tough time in 20122013, going 0-25 overall and 0-15 in the Camden North Conference. The team, coached by Lucas Post and Jesse Olson, loses just one player from this years team, giving the program a great chance to improve over the next few years. The only senior lost to graduation from this years team is Goanar Puck. Dawson-Boyd and MACCRAY tied for the conference championship with 12-3 league marks, followed by Prinsburg at 7-8, Lakeview at 5-10, Renville County West at 2-13, and KMS at 0-15. Other members of this years team are juniors Brody Lindquist, Jacob Zvorak, and James Faulkner; sophomores Derrick Bowman, Cameron Hjelle, and Taylor Feldman; and ninth-graders Alexander HoltbergWoltjer, Preston Mahlum, and Vincent Tillman. Zvorak was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Saints this year with season-highs of 26 points in a loss to YME, Feb. 14, and 12 rebounds set twice during losses to Lakeview and Clinton-GB. Feldman also led the team in scoring four games and rebounding twice, while Mahlum led the team in rebounding six times, and Lindquist led the team in rebounding once.

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