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Prowlers compete indoors at BSU...<br />
Second track meet in books<br />
Like the March 22 opener<br />
staged at Concordia College<br />
in Moorhead, the second<br />
early-season outing of 2013<br />
for the <strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong><br />
boys and girls high school<br />
track teams was an indoor<br />
meet Tuesday when the<br />
Prowlers competed in the<br />
Little Amik Invitational at<br />
the Gillett Fitness and<br />
Recreation Center on the<br />
Bemidji State University<br />
campus.<br />
There were 21 teams in<br />
both portions of the meet.<br />
Titles went to the Bemidji<br />
girls and Detroit Lakes boys.<br />
<strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> girls finished<br />
in a tie for ninth; <strong>Thief</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> boys were tenth.<br />
Leading the Prowlers’<br />
performances was a first<br />
place finish in the girls 60-<br />
meter hurdles by freshman<br />
Meleah Biermaier, who also<br />
had a third place run in the<br />
200.<br />
Top showing for the <strong>Thief</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> boys came in the<br />
3200, where senior Cody<br />
Pahlen was second and<br />
freshman Kris Joppru ran<br />
fourth.<br />
Next meet for the Lindsey<br />
Johnson-coached Prowlers<br />
will be Friday, April 12, at<br />
Perham.<br />
Winners/TRF Places - Girls<br />
Team totals - Bemidji 105,<br />
Detroit Lakes 104.5, Park Rapids<br />
Area 73; Warroad 56, Roseau 44,<br />
East Grand Forks 25, Crookston<br />
22, New York Mills 19.5, West<br />
Marshall 19, <strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> 19,<br />
Bagley/Fosston 18, United North<br />
Central 13, Ottertail Central 13,<br />
Nevis 13, Pillager 12.5, Red Lake<br />
County 9, Badger/Greenbush/<br />
Middle <strong>River</strong>/<strong>Northern</strong> Freeze 8,<br />
Wadena-Deer Creek 4.5, Trek-<br />
North 3, Clearbrook-Gonvick 2,<br />
Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 1,<br />
Frazee 1.<br />
4x800 relay - 1. Detroit Lakes,<br />
10:43.49.<br />
60-meter hurdles - 1. Meleah<br />
Biermaier, TRF, 9.78. Other TRF<br />
places - 12. Cassidy Wheeler, 11.26.<br />
60 - 1. Deidre Hahn, Warroad,<br />
Northland found a place<br />
to play some baseball, and in<br />
the process the Pioneers<br />
picked up their first wins of<br />
the 2013 season with 7-6, 8-<br />
3 Friday (March 29) doubleheader<br />
sweep against the<br />
Dakota Wesleyan University<br />
junior varsity in Mitchell,<br />
S.D.<br />
They also located a snowfree<br />
diamond in<br />
Worthington the next day<br />
when they lost dropped a 7-<br />
6, 10-6 twinbill to host<br />
Minnesota West. The first<br />
one went nine innings.<br />
Weather permitting, the<br />
Pioneers were headed back<br />
that way this weekend for<br />
games against Dakota<br />
Wesleyan, the junior varsity<br />
from Mount Marty College<br />
8.08. TRF places - (prelims) 17.<br />
Shelby Norlin, 8.86; 26. Sheena<br />
Lee, 9.04; 33. Courtney Lee, 9.17;<br />
42. Kira Johnson, 9.24.<br />
400 - 1. Lydia Rutten, New York<br />
Mills, 1:01.33. TRF places - 52.<br />
Miranda Opdahl, 1:16.26; 74. Rylie<br />
Nelson, 1:22.79; 78. Taylor<br />
Heneman, 1:25.80; 80. Hallie<br />
Frazer, 1:26.99.<br />
1600 - 1. Madeline Huglen,<br />
Roseau, 5:37.03. TRF places - 12.<br />
Carly Steenerson, 6:11.39; 18.<br />
Kaylee Eskeli, 6:22.53.<br />
4x200 relay - 1. Detroit Lakes,<br />
1:51.01. TRF places - 10. TRF,<br />
2:01.03; 27. TRF, 2:09.26.<br />
800 - 1. Jenna Truedson,<br />
Bemidji, 2:22.35. TRF places - 20.<br />
Kaylee Eskeli, 2:53.67; 39. Hallie<br />
Frazer, 3:09.47.<br />
200 - 1. Ellen Wall, Bemidji,<br />
26.76. TRF places - 3. Meleah<br />
Biermaier, 27.36; 22. Kelsey Kainz,<br />
30.36; 39. Sheena Lee, 31.16; 82.<br />
Kayla Mehrkens, 33.32; 121. Jamie<br />
McDonald, 36.33.<br />
3200 - 1. Megan Olson, Park<br />
Rapids, 12:35.39.<br />
4x400 relay - 1. Detroit Lakes,<br />
4:18.65. TRF places - 17. TRF,<br />
5:19.09.<br />
High jump - 1. Deidre Hahn,<br />
Warroad, 5-0. TRF places - 23. (tie)<br />
Cassidy Wheeler, 4-0.<br />
Pole vault - 1. Amber Peterson,<br />
Bemidji, 10-0. TRF places - 12. (tie)<br />
Miranda Opdahl and Kaylee Eskeli,<br />
6-0.<br />
Long jump - 1. Ellen Wall,<br />
Bemidji, 16-3.50. TRF places - Kira<br />
Johnson, 12-11; 24. (tie) Kelsey<br />
Kainz, 12-9.50; 26. (tie) Sheena Lee,<br />
12-9; 49. Kayla Mehrkens, 10-8; 53.<br />
Katlin Bennett, 10-5.<br />
Triple jump - 1. Darci Molander,<br />
Detroit Lakes, 33-1. TRF places -<br />
29. (tie) Miranda Opdahl, 24-5.50;<br />
31. Kayla Mehrkens, 24-1.<br />
Shot put - 1. Alli Heifort,<br />
Bemidji, 40-8.50. TRF places - 6.<br />
Frances Marshall, 32-7; 10. Elissa<br />
Steele, 28-11; 24. Erin Wayne, 24-<br />
10; 62. Lexie Anderson, 17-10.<br />
Winners/TRF Places - Boys<br />
Team totals - Detroit Lakes 89.5,<br />
Bemidji 86, Ottertail Central 59.5,<br />
Roseau 57, East Grand Forks 56,<br />
Pillager 35, Frazee 32, Warroad 29,<br />
Crookston 27, <strong>Thief</strong> Rver <strong>Falls</strong> 23,<br />
Park Rapids Area 19, West<br />
Marshall 12.5, Nevis 12, Red Lake<br />
County 11, Bagley/Fosston 10,<br />
International <strong>Falls</strong> 8.5, Northome/<br />
Kelliher/Blackduck 7, United North<br />
Central 4, Wadena-Deer Creek 3,<br />
Badger/Greenbush-Middle <strong>River</strong>/<br />
in Yankton, S.D. and<br />
Minnesota College Athletic<br />
Conference <strong>Northern</strong><br />
Division foe Fond du Lac.<br />
Those games against<br />
Dakota Wesleyan snapped a<br />
pair of Northland streaks.<br />
The Pioneers jump-started<br />
the 2013 season with a<br />
March 8-14 trip to Nebraska<br />
and Texas that resulted in<br />
ten straight losses. Mother<br />
Nature then forced them to<br />
call off their next ten scheduled<br />
starts.<br />
A complete-game pitching<br />
performance by Josh Janzen<br />
(Devils Lake, N.D.) highlighted<br />
the Pioneers’ first<br />
win of the year in the Game<br />
1 victory over Dakota<br />
Wesleyan. After falling<br />
behind 5-3, Northland came<br />
<strong>Northern</strong> Freeze 3, Walker-<br />
Hackensack-Akeley 1.<br />
4x800 relay - 1. Bemidji, 8:23.87.<br />
TRF places - 4. TRF, 8:53.77.<br />
60-meter hurdles - 1. Gabriele<br />
Grassi, Frazee, 8.70.<br />
60 - 1. Brady Schmidt, Bemidji,<br />
7.28. TRF places - (finals) 13. Alex<br />
Finseth, 7.67; TRF places (prelims)<br />
29. Ryan Houske, 7.96; 41. Colton<br />
Koestner, 8.11; 43. Bennett Sauve,<br />
8.15; 51. Jamcy Kudee, 8.24; 64.<br />
Tyshaun Brown, 8.40; 106. Josh<br />
Halvorson, 9.96.<br />
400 - 1. Elias Hendrickson,<br />
Bemidji, 54.02. TRF places - 26.<br />
Keenan Sorvig, 1:03.13; 31. Grant<br />
Stewart, 1:03.64; 35. Jacob Joppru,<br />
1:04.30; 57. Luke Mowry, 1:06.73;<br />
59. Nate Ricks, 1:08.02; 61.<br />
Matthew Linder, 1:08.80; 68. Brian<br />
Powell, 1:17.19.<br />
1600 - 1. Zach Foltz, Detroit<br />
Lakes, 4:53.82. TRF places - 28.<br />
Chris Klopp, 5:47.93; 42. Spencer<br />
Nelson, 6:15.51.<br />
4x200 relay - 1. Detroit Lakes,<br />
1:39.84. TRF places - 12. TRF,<br />
1:44.79; 24. TRF, 1:52.65.<br />
800 - 1. Sam Carlson, Bemidji,<br />
2:05.01. TRF places - 9. Logan<br />
Johnson, 2:14.85; 16. Taylor Klopp,<br />
2:22.67; 32. Chris Klopp, 2:42.97;<br />
36. Max Anderson, 2:45.21.<br />
200 - 1. Jared Pahlen, Roseau,<br />
23.75. TRF places - 22. Skyler<br />
Peterson, 25.84; 28. Ian Hutton,<br />
26.19; 31. Colton Koestner, 26.38;<br />
49. Grant Stewart, 27.42; 64. Jacob<br />
Joppru, 28.26; 65. Tyshaun Brown,<br />
28.31.<br />
3200 - 1. Zach Foltz, Detroit<br />
Lakes, 10:58.82. TRF places - 2.<br />
Cody Pahlen, 11:02.74; 4. Kris<br />
Joppru, 12:00.14.<br />
4x400 relay - 1. Bemidji, 3:39.64.<br />
High jump - 1. Jordan Feder,<br />
Nevis, 6-2. TRF places - 4. Tyran<br />
Jones, 50-8; 10. (tie) Skyler<br />
Peterson, Grant Stewart and Colton<br />
Koestner, 5-3.<br />
Pole vault - 1. Ben Pearce,<br />
Warroad, 12-6.<br />
Long jump - 1. Josh Regorrah,<br />
EGF, 19-7.50. TRF places - 38.<br />
Keenan Sorvig, 15-4; 50. Ian<br />
Hutton, 14-0.50; 53. Logan Lane,<br />
13-9; 57. Alan Samuelson, 13-1.50;<br />
64. Brian Powell, 11-3.50.<br />
Triple jump - 1. Devin Strack,<br />
Pillager, 41-11.50.<br />
Shot put - 1. Steffan Stroh,<br />
Ottertail Central, 50-8.50. TRF<br />
places - 15. Cameron Georgewill 38-<br />
10; 27. Kach Johnson, 36-3.50; 32.<br />
Will Anderson, 35-6.<br />
Pioneers break streaks<br />
Registrations remain<br />
open in sports clinic<br />
Nurturing student-athletes,<br />
developing community-based<br />
support systems<br />
and working with parents of<br />
players will be among the<br />
subjects that a variety of<br />
guest speakers will address<br />
during the first North<br />
Country All-Sport Coaching<br />
Clinic scheduled to be held<br />
Saturday, April 20, in the<br />
new commons area of<br />
Lincoln High School.<br />
Former <strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong><br />
head football coach Jeff<br />
Mumm is organizing the<br />
“Coaching from the<br />
Bleachers” program he says<br />
will differ from the usual<br />
playbook-orientated clinics<br />
in the subject matter that<br />
will be addressed.<br />
Current and former<br />
coaches and administrators<br />
will be the clinic speakers,<br />
including Jon Bittner,<br />
Crookston; Garry Kotts and<br />
Mark Kroulik, Stephen-<br />
Argyle; David Nelson,<br />
Minnetonka; Vince Repesh,<br />
Duluth; Gary Schuler,<br />
Fergus <strong>Falls</strong>; and Mumm.<br />
Cost of the clinic is $15<br />
per person, or $50 per staff<br />
of up to ten coaches.<br />
Advance registrations are<br />
requested by April 10.<br />
The day begins with registration<br />
from 7:45 to 8:15<br />
a.m. A welcome at 8:20 a.m.<br />
will be offered by <strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong><br />
<strong>Falls</strong> superintendent of<br />
schools Laine Larson, LHS<br />
principal Shane Zutz and<br />
School District 564 activities<br />
director Mike Biermaier.<br />
Wayne Rahlf of <strong>Thief</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> Radio and Mike<br />
Lundgren from the <strong>Thief</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> <strong>Times</strong>/<strong>Northern</strong><br />
<strong>Watch</strong> will kick off the clinic<br />
discussions with a joint<br />
presentation at 8:30 a.m.<br />
A round-table forum featuring<br />
retired <strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong><br />
<strong>Falls</strong> coaches Charlie<br />
Cornell, Tim Olson, Glen<br />
Peters and Jim Sims will be<br />
held from 4 to 4:30 p.m. to<br />
wrap things up.<br />
A social will follow at<br />
Frazer’s Sports Cafe.<br />
Lunch will be served in<br />
the common’s area.<br />
To register, send checks<br />
made payable to the <strong>Thief</strong><br />
<strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong> Coaches<br />
Association (TRFCA) to Jeff<br />
Mumm, Lincoln High<br />
School, 101 Knight Ave. So.,<br />
<strong>Thief</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Falls</strong>, MN<br />
56701.<br />
Clinic Schedule<br />
n 7:45-8:15 a.m. - registration<br />
(coffee/cookies).<br />
n 8:20-8:30 a.m. - welcome<br />
(Laine Larson, Shane Zutz, Mike<br />
Biermaier).<br />
n 8:30-8:50 a.m. - Why Are<br />
Athletics Important In Your<br />
Respective Communities (Wayne<br />
Rahlf, Mike Lundgren).<br />
n 9-9:50 a.m. - The Jimmies &<br />
Joes Are More Important Than The<br />
X’s & O’s-Internal Leadership Ideas<br />
(Mark Kroulik); Seasons Of Success<br />
With Internal Leadership (Gary<br />
Kotts).<br />
n 10-10:50 a.m. - Honesty In<br />
Leadership (Vince Repesh).<br />
n 11-11:50 a.m. - A Great<br />
Program Serves All Players (Jon<br />
Bittner).<br />
n 12-12:50 p.m. - catered lunch.<br />
n 1-1:50 p.m. - Good Stuff (Gary<br />
Schuler).<br />
n 2-2:50 p.m. - Building A<br />
Program Off The Field-Player &<br />
Parent Development (Dave Nelson).<br />
n 3-3:50 p.m. - 26 Years of Being<br />
A Head Football Coach & The 26<br />
Best Things That We Did With Our<br />
Kids (Jeff Mumm).<br />
n 4-4:30 p.m. - Round-Table<br />
Discussion (Charlie Cornell, Tim<br />
Olson, Glen Peters, Jim Sims).<br />
n Social at Frazer’s Sports Cafe.<br />
up with a four-run fourth<br />
inning. Alex Bororwicz<br />
(Strandquist), Cole Larson<br />
(Red Lake <strong>Falls</strong>) and Matt<br />
Noerhing (Lakeville) drove<br />
in two runs each.<br />
“Janzen threw a very<br />
good game,” reported<br />
Northland coach Barry<br />
Dowers. “After giving up five<br />
runs – all with two out – in<br />
the second inning, he took<br />
over. He gave up four hits<br />
that second inning, but only<br />
one was hit hard. It would<br />
have been easy for him to<br />
fold after a run of bad luck<br />
like that, but he showed why<br />
he is our ace and really shut<br />
them down.”<br />
Four strong innings by<br />
second-game starter<br />
Michael Kinzler (East<br />
Grand Forks) proved instrumental<br />
in the Game 2<br />
Northland win for the<br />
Friday sweep.<br />
“Michael threw a great<br />
game,” offered Dowers. “He<br />
walked a few more guys<br />
than we would like and went<br />
deep into the count too often.<br />
We are still building arm<br />
strength in our pitchers, so<br />
we pulled him after four<br />
innings when his pitch count<br />
got up to the limit we set for<br />
him.”<br />
The Northland offense<br />
featured a 2-for-3 performance<br />
by Cole Christianson<br />
(Greenbush). “Cole hasn’t<br />
played baseball in a few<br />
years and has been knocking<br />
the rust off,” explained<br />
Dowers. “Today he was on<br />
his game and hit everything<br />
hard.”<br />
Minnesota West scored<br />
three times in the bottom of<br />
the seventh to tie the game<br />
and force extra innings in<br />
the Saturday opener, then<br />
won it with a run in the<br />
ninth.<br />
“We really let this one get<br />
away from us,” acknowledged<br />
Dowers. “Logan Lund<br />
(Tolna, N.D.) pitched the<br />
first 6 1/3 innings, but hit<br />
his pitch limit. “Jeremy<br />
Kasprowicz (Strandquist),<br />
who saved a win for us the<br />
day before, came in with two<br />
on and one out, but had no<br />
luck. The first three batters<br />
he faced singled – our centerfielder<br />
lost sight of one<br />
and it fell in front of him,<br />
and one was a bloop. Just<br />
tough luck.”<br />
A close play at the plate<br />
on a strong throw from right<br />
field by Joe Iverson<br />
(Hitterdal) and a tag effort<br />
by catcher Hunter Aubol<br />
(East Grand Forks) couldn’t<br />
keep the Bluejays from tying<br />
the game.<br />
A diving catch in the<br />
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