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Prowlers, Pirates S.D. bound
n Weather moves baseball opener to Huron
Long-time athletic rivals
Thief River Falls and
Crookston will add a new
twist to their competition
when they head to South
Dakota in an effort to jumpstart
a delayed 2013 high
school baseball schedule
with a doubleheader in
Huron Tuesday.
Like most teams, the
Prowlers and Pirates have
been confined to indoor work
since opening practice
March 18 due to a prolonged
stretch of winter-like weather.
Thief River Falls had an
April 5 debut against
Northern Freeze in Karlstad
called off, and it was obvious
that the Prowlers’ April 9
home opener vs. Roseau
wasn’t going to happen,
either.
Crookston was in the
same boat, calling off games
with Red Lake County and
Badger/Greenbush-Middle
River due to weather and
field conditions.
Saying enough is enough,
the Prowlers and Pirates
decided to look for greener
pastures. Crookston coach
Ted Hasz presented the idea
of a combined effort in an
attempt to get the season
started, and Thief River
Falls’ Courtney Skjerven
was quickly on board.
“Ted Hasz called and
asked if we wanted to split a
bus and go down to Huron to
play,” explained Skjerven.
“We needed to do something
to give the guys something
to practice for. It doesn’t look
like we will be playing here
for a while, and this has
really kept the kids motivated.”
Skjerven, in his fourth
year as the Prowlers’ head
coach, is looking to build off
a 14-7 season in 2012 when
there were just two seniors
on the roster. “I feel we are
as deep and experienced as
we have been in my years as
a head coach,” he said. “We
have varsity experience at
all positions.”
In contrast to last spring,
there are nine seniors on
hand this year, along with
ten juniors.
The seniors include Nick
Hoffard, Grady Pederson,
Brady Brooks, Jared
Schaefer, Sam Matter, Evan
Dondelinger, Holden Nelson,
Wyatt Wheeler and Chris
Carillo. The juniors are
Brody Merrill, John
Wilebski, Landon Sanders,
Turner Storm, Aaron Rima,
Jacob Leier, Wade Simpson,
Wyatt Nelson, Peter
Samuelson and Ian Lund.
Others in the program are
sophomores Chris Sanders,
Lucas Sandsmark, Austin
Audette, McLain Stennes
and Keaton Huot; plus
freshmen Kade Nelson,
Lucas Magnusson, Chase
Myhrer, Ethan Halvorson,
Brendan Vigen, Riley
Bakken, Gabe Peterson,
Wyatt Ortloff, Carsen Retka,
Benji Wilebski, Bryce
Chapin, Josh Rand, Tyrus
Olson, Devin Westerlund
and Aaron Berzinski.
Skjerven likes his team’s
offensive potential. “I think
once we get going and get
use to live pitching, we
should have a nice hitting
club,” he noted. “Holden
(Nelson), Wyatt (Wheeler),
Landon (Sanders) and
Turner (Storm) have been
big parts of our line-up in
the past. I look for nice years
out of some of our other seniors,
and Ian Lund is a big,
strong kid who has been
swinging the bat well
indoors.”
Experience also produces
confidence in the field,
according to Skjerven, who
said, “We should be solid
defensively.”
In Pederson, Schaefer
and Samuelson, the
Prowlers have three players
with experience at first base.
Storm returns at second;
Hoffard and Brooks are both
quality shortstops; Lund is
penciled in at third, where
Weight room testing
is completed at LHS
Lincoln High School
weight room testing has
been completed for the third
quarter, with names being
added to the program’s
honor roll. Jeff Mumm,
strength training & speed,
agility & quickness coordinator
oversees the tests.
Bench Press Clubs
n Girls 105-120 - (sophomores)
Peyton Olson, Katie Kainz,
MaKayla Peterson, 85-pound lift;
Brooke Beito, Bailey Pittman, 90;
Madison Brekke, 95.
n Girls 125-140 - (juniors) Grace
Thompson, 115; (sophomores)
Emily Bergland, 125.
n Boys 185-210 - (seniors) Briar
Lindholm, 195; Cole Holter, 200;
Reed Bohm, Wyatt Nelson, Esteban
Lopez, 205; (juniors) Alex Finseth,
200; Austin Audette, David Mesa,
205; (sophomores) Brody Poe, 185;
Dominic Kruse, 200; Justin Stein,
210.
n Boys 215-235 - (seniors) Chris
Forney, 220; Logan Johnson, 225;
(juniors) Tanner Holmes, 220;
Cameron Georgewill, 225; (sophomores)
Jonathan Mejia, 225.
Big Cat Clubs
n Girls 350 - (sophomores)
Emily Bergland, 350-pound lift;
Bailey Pittman, 360.
n Boys 750 - (seniors) Cole
Holter, 750; (sophomores) Chad
Davidson, 775.
n Boys 800 - (seniors) Brian
Lindholm, 845.
n Boys 900 - (juniors) Cameron
Georgewill, 905.
n Boys 1,100 - (sophomores)
Dominic Kruse, 1,115.
Hex Bar Clubs
n Girls 130-145 - (juniors)
McKayle Guse, 150-pound lift.
n Girls 150-170 - (juniors) Grace
Thompson, 170; (sophomores)
Bailey Pittman, Emily Bergland,
150.
Hex Bar Dead-Lift Clubs
n Boys 250-270 - (sophomores)
Tyler Wik, 270-pound lift.
n Boys 275-300 - (seniors) Wyatt
Nelson, 275, Cole Holter 300;
(sophomores) Dylan Burkland, 280.
n Boys 305-330 - (seniors) Brian
Lindholm, 325; (sophomores) Brody
Poe, 320.
n Boys 335-360 - (juniors)
Cameron Georgewill, 340; (sophomores)
Andrew Johnson, 325; Chad
Davidson, 340; Grant Stewart, 345.
n Boys 510-540 - (sophomores)
Dominic Kruse, 525.
Squat Clubs
n Girls 130-145 - (sophomores)
Bailey Pittman, 130-pound lift.
n Girls 150-170 - (juniors) Grace
Thompson, 115; (sophomores)
Emily Bergland, 125;
n Girls 175-200 - (sophomores)
Emily Bergland, 185.
n Boys 250-265 - (seniors) Cole
Holter, 250.
n Boys 270-295 - (seniors)
Esteban Lopez, 285; (sophomores)
Chad Davidson, 290.
n Boys 300-325 - (sophomores)
Andrew Johnson, 325.
n Boys 330-355 - (seniors) Briar
Lindholm, 330; (juniors) Cameron
Georgewill, 340.
n Boys 390-425 - (sophomores)
Dominic Kruse, 395.
Gold & Blue Club adds names
Third quarter fitness
tests administered during
Lincoln High School physical
education classes have
resulted in an updated list of
Prowler Gold & Blue Club
qualifiers.
Tests include mile run,
pacer laps, 300, 20 or 40-
yard dash, pro agility run,
vertical jump, sit & reach,
pull-ups, flexed-arm hang,
sit-ups and push-ups.
Students must pass eight
of the ten tests by 85 percent
to attain Gold Club status;
eight of ten tests by 50 percent
to be a Blue Club member.
Gold Club
n Seniors - Chris Forney, Logan
Johnson, Briar Lindholm, Esteban
Lopez, Layne Nelson.
n Juniors - Tanner Holmes,
Grace Thompson.
n Sophomores - Jacob Joppru,
Grant Stewart, Emily Bergland,
Peyton Olson, Bailey Pittman,
Makayla Peterson.
Blue Club
n Seniors - Evan Dondelinger,
Blake Torkelson.
n Juniors - Tye Anderson,
Cameron Georgewill, Brody Merril,
McKayla Guse, Brittany Kasprick,
Mishayla Klemetson.
n Sophomores - Jacob Bohl,
Chad Davidson, Dominic Williams,
Brooke Beito, Madison Brekke,
Marquelle Dahl.
TRF SPORTS
Tuesday, April 9
n Tennis - LHS boys vs.
Moorhead & East Grand Forks (at
EGF), 12:30 p.m.
n Baseball - LHS vs. Crookston
(at Sioux Falls, S.D.), TBA.
Wednesday, April 10
n Baseball - NCTC vs.
Lakehead University (2), 1 p.m.
n Softball - NCTC vs. Itasca (2),
3 p.m.
Thursday, April 11
n Tennis - LHS boys at Detroit
Lakes, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 12
n Track - LHS boys/girls at
Perham, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 13
n Softball - LHS vs. Bemidji &
Detroit Lakes (at Detroit Lakes), 11
a.m.; NCTC at St. Cloud
Invitational-Day 1.
n Baseball - NCTC vs. Mesabi
Range (2), 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
n Baseball - NCTC vs. Mesabi
Range (2), 1 p.m.; NCTC at St.
Cloud Invitational-Day 2.
Rima is also expected to get
some playing time; and
Leier has the athletic ability
to play all four infield positions.
“We have a lot of guys
who can play outfield,”
pointed out Skjerven. That
group is headed by Wheeler
and Holden Nelson, who will
be four-year starters.
Dondelinger and Matter
have also played a lot of outfield
in high school and
American Legion ball, and
Wyatt Nelson, Chris
Sanders and Simpson are
expected to vie for playing
time as well.
Landon and Chris
Sanders, along with John
Wilebski, are catchers.
Hoffard earned 2012 All-
Section 8AA honors as a
pitcher. Brooks is also a
front-line starter. Matter
and Holden Nelson have
pitching innings under their
belts as well.
Other pitching prospects
include Merrill, Landon
Sanders, Storm, Rima, Leier
and Chris Sanders.
“I am also excited about
the strength of our junior
varsity team,” said
Skjerven. “In years past, a
bunch of those guys would
be pushing for varsity time.
I feel like we have a nice,
solid team this spring, and
hopefully our depth will help
us out if we need to play a
bunch of games at the end of
the season due to the weather.”
TRF Baseball
Tuesday, April 9 - Crookston
(at Huron, S.D.); Monday, April 15
- Bagley; Monday, April 22 - at
Moorhead; Thursday, April 25 -
Warroad; Friday, April 26 - at Red
Lake County; Tuesday, April 30 -
at East Grand Forks; Friday, May
3 - at Roseau; Tuesday, May 7 - at
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River;
Thursday, May 9 - Bemidji;
Tuesday, May 14 - Park Rapids
Area; Friday/Saturday, May
17/18 - Hibbing Invitational;
Tuesday, May 21 - at Warroad;
Thursday, May 23 - Detroit Lakes.
Pioneers pick up win
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Minnesota West outfield
robbed Aubol of a line-drive
hit that would have put the
Pioneers back on top in the
eighth.
In the bottom of the
ninth, the winners put their
first three hitters on base. A
strike-out was followed by a
potential home-to-first double
play ball, but the throw
to the plate sailed to the
backstop to end the game.
It was a tough way to
lose, and it affected the
Pioneers’ Game 2 performance,
admitted Dowers. “We
really failed to respond after
blowing the lead in the first
game,” he said. “We didn’t
play with the fire that I
have become accustomed to
seeing from this group.”
The loss went to Jarad
Nelson (Karlstad). “Jarad
threw well most of the
game,” noted Dowers. “He
only walked two, but hit
four others and that was
just too many free base runners
for something bad not
to happen.”
“This was a very disappointing
doubleheader for
us,” stated Dowers. “These
are two games we should
have won. We just didn’t
play well enough in any
aspect of the game to win.
We didn’t play bad...we just
didn’t play up to our level.”
NCTC vs. Wesleyan - Game 1
r h e
Northland....0 3 0 4 0 0 0 - 7 7 2
Wesleyan....0 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 11 4
NCTC pitching - Josh Janzen-W
(1-2), 7 IP, 5 strike-outs.
NCTC offensive highlights - Alex
Borowicz 2/3, double, 2 RBI; Cole
Larson 1/3, 2 RBI; Matt Noerhing
1/3, 2 RBI.
NCTC vs. Wesleyan - Game 2
r h e
Northland....3 1 0 4 0 0 0 - 8 5 3
Wesleyan....0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 4 5
NCTC pitching - Michael Kinzler -
W (1-2), 4 IP, 2 hits, 6 strike-outs, 0
earned runs; Jeremy Kasprowicz-S,
3 IP, 2 hits, 2 strike-outs.
NCTC offensive highlights - Cole
Christianson 2/3, 2 RBI; Nik
Carpenter 1/4, 2 RBI; Hunter Aubol
1/3, 2 runs.
NCTC vs. West - Game 1
r h e
Northland..0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 121
MN West...1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 7 11 0
NCTC pitching - Logan Lund 6
1/3 IP, 5 hits, 8 strike-outs, 4 earned
runs; Jeremy Kasprowicz–L (0-2), 3
2/3 IP.
NCTC offensive highlights - Joe
Iverson 3/5, double, home run, 2 BI;
Hunter Aubol 2/5, triple RBI; Skyler
Bergeson, 1/2, double; Alex
Borowicz 1/4, home run.
NCTC vs. West - Game 2
r h e
Northland....0 1 0 0 5 0 0 - 6 8 2
MN West.....2 0 0 1 6 1 x - 10 8 1
NCTC pitching - Jarad Nelson-L
(0-3), 5 IP, 4 strike-outs.
NCTC offensive highlights - Drew
Whitacre 2/4, RBI; Matt Noerhing
2/4, double, triple, 2 RB; Alex
Borowicz 1/3, double, 2 RBI.
Area players selected
for girls all-star series
Tori Davidson, Northern
Freeze; Alexandra Erickson,
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo; and
Jessica Spray, Clearbrook-
Gonvick are Area Class A
players selected to participate
in the 2013 Minnesota
Girls Basketball Coaches
Association all-star basketball
series.
The games, featuring
high school seniors who will
be graduating this spring,
will be played April 26-27 at
the University of St.
Thomas in St. Paul.
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