By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA Gerkens Feed

and Grain opened the doors of itsnew, expanded store to customerson Monday, April 7. The store,similar to the others that ownersJerry and Jennifer Gerken have inLake City and Wabasha, is locatedat 191 East Avenue. It is just eastof the grain elevator which remainsopen on Main Street/Highway 58.

The Gerkens, of Lake City, pur-chased the building, formerlyWedge Lumber, in June 2013.However, they are not newcom-ers to Zumbrota business, havingpurchased the elevator in June2001. Regarding the expansion,Jennifer explained, Agricultureis still a very predominant busi-ness in the area. It is so importantto meet farm and gardening needslocally. What we have done in theother stores (Lake City andWabasha) has gone over well intheir communities. We wanted tobring something more to Zumbrotawith what we already know. Thecouple also noted the importanceof competitive pricing and cus-tomers shopping locally.

The store offers a full range offeed and supplies, bird seed andfeeders, gifts, pet supplies andeverything for lawn and garden.Jerry pointed out that the Zum-brota store is offering somethingnew that their other two locationsdont lumber. Though startingout small, the second building ontheir new property is currently usedfor storage, but will allow for ex-pansion of the lumber business,an area that Jerry hopes to see grow.Our customers asked for lum-

Gerkens Feed and Grain expands in Zumbrota

By Alice Duschanek-MyersPINE ISLAND At the Pine

Island School Board meeting onApril 10, Principal Kevin Cardillesaid the district will offer four highschool Project Lead The Way(PLTW) courses in the fall of 2014.Student enrollment in the coursesis increasing. The PLTW coursesoffered by certified teachers in PineIsland are:

Sixth grade Design andModeling taught by GeoffreyWagner

Eighth grade Energy and theEnvironment and Green Archi-tecture taught by Mark Passow

High school Computer Inte-grated Manufacturing, Intro-duction to Engineering Design, and

Principles of Engineering taughtby Rob Mainhardt; and Principlesof Biomedical Science (andAnatomy) taught by MeganSchimek

Cardille reported on the devel-opment of the districts PLTWPartnership Team that is requiredto become a PLTW certified school.On April 9, a team of eight profes-sional business owners met withhim and the PLTW teaching staffto evaluate the curriculum and skillsnecessary in their fields. The teamincluded doctors, engineers, ge-neticists, and machinists. Theywere excited about the courseworkand gave input. The team will actas an advisory group to the dis-trict by providing updates of the

Enrollment growing in PI Project Lead The Way courses

By Karen SnyderORONOCO Approximately

35 community members came toan April 9 public hearing to learnabout plans for a potential waste-water treatment system forOronoco.

Minnesotas biggest little townwith no municipal sewer servicealready has some of the requisiteinfrastructure in place. Joe Palen,city engineer, told the crowd thenew subdivisions have systems thatcould someday connect to a mu-nicipal system.

But most of Oronoco is servedby individual septic systems, andthree-fourths of those in the down-town area are believed to be non-compliant or obsolete.

Palen and project manager/wastewater engineer Tom Dye ofStantec Consulting offered threeoptions for wastewater treatment:

Conveying wastewater toRochester

Conveying wastewater to PineIsland

Building a wastewater treat-ment facility in Oronoco

Because the cost estimates span

the period 2015-2035, populationprojections were a critical com-ponent of the planning, accordingto Palen. He said, How muchwastewater will we produce overthe next 20 years? In their figur-ing, the engineers used popula-tion forecasts made by OlmstedCounty.Rochester option

Costliest by far, the Rochesteralternative would require four liftstations and seven miles of sewermains to carry wastewater fromOronoco to Rochester.

Rochester would charge Oro-noco users 50 percent more a monththan the local customers pay.Whats more, Palen said, its typicalof Rochester to raise its sewer ratesseven percent a year.

The Rochester option price pro-jection is $27,000,675.

That isnt all. Rochesters infor-mation had quite a few caveats,Dye said. The city, for example,is tentative about allowing forOronoco population growth. Also,after 20 years Rochester could sim-ply stop serving Oronoco.

Pine Island optionThe Pine Island alternative calls

for installing four-and-a-half milesof sewer mains to convey waste-water to Pine Island. In 2018, whenthat city builds a new wastewatertreatment plant, Oronoco wouldbe responsible for 30 percent ofthe cost.

The estimate uses the currentPine Island connection charge andmonthly rate and allows for twopercent inflation.

Th Pine Island option price pro-jection is $15,960,000

Thats based on the rate PineIsland residents pay. Oronoco,Palen said, might have to pay more.Oronoco option

This plan, in which Oronocowould build its own wastewatertreatment facility, would requirean approximately one-mile-longsewer main. The cost projectionincludes operation and main-tenance, chemicals, utilities,biosolids disposal, supplies, test-ing, and, in 2024-2025, an expan-sion of treatment capacity.

The Oronoco option price pro-

Oronoco weighs its wastewater treatment optionsjection is $14,000,130.

The advantages to this choice,said Palen and Dye, are lowestcost, flexibility for expansion, andlocal control.

The engineers have a site in mind.It is, they stressed, a tentative site,a four-acre parcel about a half-mile east of the new Cenex sta-tion, and they like it because itsuits certain criteria. Its in an unde-veloped area a quarter-mile awayfrom existing buildings. And itsnext to a river and above the flood-plain.

Its conceptual at this point,Palen said. We could go else-where.A recommendation

The engineers recommendationto the city council is to submit theOronoco plan to the MinnesotaPollution Control Agency andpursue grants and funding.

Theres plenty of grant moneyavailable, said Dye. We believewere eligible for some and thinkwe have a very good chance. Itsnot unrealistic to think we wouldbe eligible for a 50 percent grant.

That would help enormously

all around. For instance, with nogrant funding, each connection tothe Oronoco system would cost$13,000. A 50 percent grant wouldcut the charge to $4,000.

Crowd members had questions.Most concerned sticker shock,others the threat to the environ-ment. Someone asked if propertyvalues would be affected. That,said Palen, is something to ask aReal-tor, not two engineers.

This is an engineering plan andrecommendation, he emphasized,not the citys. The city can takethe recommendation or leave it.

He and Mayor Kevin McDer-mott urged those who want moreinput to attend Water and SewerCommttee meetings. That comm-ittee meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourthTuesday of every month at thecommunity center.

This is the first stage of theprocess, McDermott said. Weunderstand its a huge project withthe potential to impact a lot ofpeople.

The council planned for furtherdiscussion and possible action atits April 15 regular meeting.

Three-year-old Jake Hoffarth and his mom, Kari Hoffarth, of Pine Island, check out the display of model farmtoys during the first week of Gerkens Feed and Grains new expanded store. Jake was particularly interestedin the tractor and spreader on the bottom shelf. The shelves around the corner hold bags of onion sets andseed potatoes ready for planting.

Gerkens Feed and Grain staff, seated: owners Jennifer and Jerry Gerken; standing: Becky Haugen, JoshBudensiek, Lee Johansen, Mike Koop, and Josh Rolbiecki.

ber. We are starting small, but wehope to see it expand in the nextyear and we will add employees,Jerry said.

Customers will continue to seefamiliar faces. Zumbrota feedmanager Becky Haugen, and JoshRolbiecki, lumber store manager,have moved from the elevator lo-cation to the new store site. LeeJohansen is the feed nutrition spe-

cialist. Mike Koop and JoshBudensiek continue to oversee theelevator operations as the full ser-vice mill continues.

Jennifer pointed out, We stillhave feed and grain, marketingand storage, nutrition, custommixes and bird seed. We have addedsmall companion animal feed, toys,Carhartt clothing, and a fair amount

of lumber and supplies. We arealso a Sioux Steel gate dealer.

Though only in the new loca-tion a few days, Haugen andRolbiecki said the word is outand people have been stopping into see the new store and inven-tory.

One of the customers on April10 was Phyllis Clemenson of Zum-brota. She has also been to the

Lake City location and was curi-ous to see how the two would com-pare. Zumbrota needed somethinglike this, Clemenson said. Shewas pleased to see the variety ofboots available as well as seedpotatoes. With the family alreadycustomers of the business,Clemenson said she would be backto order her baby chicks soon. Itwill be different to pick feed up

here, she added.Hours are Monday through Fri-

day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Satur-day 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beginning inMay, the store will also be openSundays for the summer season.A greenhouse with additional staffwill also be open.

A grand opening celebration willbe held Saturday, May 31.

skills required in their fields.Teacher Megan Schimek has alsohad professionals in these fieldsand information technology meetwith students for brown bag lunchesfor two years.

Sonya McNamara from thePLTW project was on the agendabut was unable to attend the meet-ing. She visited the classroomsfor the courses in the school. Su-perintendent Tammy Berg-Beniaksaid McNamara gave very posi-tive feedback about the studentsand learning observed in the class-rooms. Some of the pictures fromher observations will be added onthe PLTW website.

Cardille said the students will

be able to test for college credits,though the school is only in theprocess of becoming a PLTW cer-tified school. Megan Schimek saidsenior students are reporting thatapplications for college are nowasking if students took PLTW orAP courses in high school. Theschool is investigating adding theelementary PLTW program.

The district has had a BusinessesLinked to School resource forPreK-12 teachers for 13 years. Thebooklet was reviewed by the schoolboard. Many of the business own-ers and professionals have comeinto the classrooms to enrich thecurriculum for students.

He reported the school will proc-

tor the first ACT test for juniorstudents on April 12. The Accu-placer for two-year postsecondaryprograms, like RCTC, and ASVABfor the United States military ser-vice will be offered this spring.

Students in grades 10 and 11will take MCAs on April 15-16.Cardille will meet with the seniorclass on April 16 to review gradu-ation expectations and take the classpicture for the yearbook. He willalso meet with ninth graders abouttranscending to high school.Alternative Learning Program

Cardille updated the schoolboard on the ALP and summerschool options for students. PineIsland has shared an ALP withSee PLTW COURSES, page 2B

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Dispatchfromthe DenBy Michael RedmondGoodhue Superintendent

Character revealed

Im going to write about myexperiences at the girls state bas-ketball tournament. Please forgiveme for not focusing on the accom-plishments of the team and thegames themselves. Certainly, theperformance of the Goodhue girlsbasketball team was outstanding,but I think that story has been welltold. Im going to write from adifferent perspective, emphasiz-ing what makes such an experi-ence a terrific co-curricular learn-ing experience. Im also going toshare my perspective on a coupleof events I believe demonstratethe incredibly supportive natureof the Goodhue School commu-nity.

As a long-time athletic coach,Ive experience incredible highsand incredible lows when work-ing with groups of students in co-curricular activities. When one isworking with a group of youngpeople who are performing in apublic setting, there is quite oftena large amount of both physicaland emotional energy poured intothe endeavor. When things go well,its an important life lesson to learnto handle success by being gra-cious and exhibiting class in vic-tory. More importantly, whenthings dont go well, its a veryimportant life lesson to be able tohandle this learning opportunitywith grace and character.

For those who were present orwatching the semi-final game ofthe state tournament, it was veryevident our girls basketball teampoured an incredible amount of

energy and emotion into the gameand performed at a very high level.Their level of performance wasthe kind that usually leads to vic-tory. Unfortunately, there was acruel twist of fate near the end ofthe game leading to a win for theother team. In the parlance of sports,it was a crushing defeat, one thatwas both stunning and emotion-ally draining. I will never forgetthe events that followed the endof this game.

As the legendary basketballcoach John Wooden said, Sportsdo not build character, they re-veal it. The first revelation ofcharacter started in the Goodhuestudent section at the end of thegame, and then spread to the en-tire Goodhue contingent. Insteadof reacting with anger or quicklydeparting the arena, the studentsbegan a chant in support of thegirls and the team, We areGoodhue, couldnt be prouder, ifyou cant hear us, well yell a littlelouder. And yell loudly they did.They yelled so loudly the securityguard standing near me shared withme that he had been at a greatmany tournaments and had not wit-nessed anything like this in hispast experience. The girls on theteam and the coaches of the teamcertainly heard the chanting of thefans, and it helped to lift spirits.

After the girls left the court andwent to the locker room, there werea few requests from the media totalk to the players. One of the mostdifficult things to do when deal-ing with an emotional situation isto talk about it, let alone talk tosomeone about it while they holda microphone and record the in-terview on a video camera to beplayed later on television. Our stu-dent athletes who were asked tobe interviewed were very graciousin defeat and very complimentaryof their opponents. John Wooden

would have been proud.The final event that followed

the loss in the semifinal game isplaying in the third place game.Playing in a third-place game inthe state tournament is a uniquechallenge. Players are physicallytired after already having playedtwo games in the two days lead-ing up to the game. They are alsoemotionally drained and have hadto come to grips with the fact theyare not playing in the champion-ship game at Williams Arena. Nooffense to the Gangelhoff Centerat Concordia University in St. Paul,but playing there for third place isnot the same as playing at Will-iams Arena in a televised gamefor the state championship. Oneof the other things that typicallyhappens at the third-place game isthe support of the fans nearly dis-appears at many schools. NotGoodhue. Definitely not Goodhue.The Goodhue crowd at the third-place game was very impressive.Being new to the community, itreally showed me how deeply thecommunity cares about its students.I was very impressed with howthe fansstudents, parents andcommunity members rocked theGangelhoff Center. I was soughtout at the game by two differentMinnesota State High SchoolLeague officials who wanted totell me how special the support ofthe Goodhue fans was at the third-place game. Though we play inthe smallest class, and all of thelarger classes would later be play-ing at this site, the two officialsmade sure to let me know therewouldnt be another group sup-porting their team like the Goodhuecommunity. From my vantagepoint, this is another example ofhow character was revealed, andthis time it was the character ofthe entire community. Thank youfor being you.

FromDevilsKitchenBy Jan David Fisher

The beginning of our religions

In the beginningnot Genesis,but the beginning of formal reli-gion humans tracked the starsand the planets (wandering stars)and the seasons. The tracking ofthe seasons relate to the Earthsorbit around our sun. Four majorholidays and four minor holidaysbecame recognized and formal-ized. The summer and winter sol-stice and the spring and fall equi-nox are the four major holidays.We also know them as the firstdays of summer, winter, spring,and fall. The four minor holidaysare the mid-season days.

Wait, Fisher, what are youwriting about? We dont celebratethese holidays!

To which, I reply, Yes we do!Christians and Jews (and prob-

ably, Muslims) celebrate our holi-days based on these eight days.

Lets begin at the beginning.When do Easter and Passovercome? In the spring! The key dateis the spring equinox. Passoverstarts (lasts eight days) on the firstfull moon after the spring equi-nox. Easter Sunday is the firstSunday after the first full moonafter the spring equinox. The Jew-ish calendar starts on this monthon the new moon. In this calen-dar, the full moon is the middle ofthe month. Our months alwaysstart on the new moon. If one looksdeeply into the Christian calen-dar, one should forget about NewYears Eve and other so-callednew years. The original calendarstarted in the spring time and notthe winter.

Passover is the holiday that givesthe reason for existence of Juda-ism. Easter is the holiday that doesthe same thing for Christians. Bothof these holidays celebrate amiracle that defines the religion.

The Jewish calendar is a lunarcalendar; that is, it is based on the

moons orbit about the earth. Thecalendar has a seventeen-year cycleof leap months to keep it alignedwith the actual seasons. We addan entire month (Adar 2) everytwo or three years to keep it aligned.Because the lunar orbit is about29-1/2 days, our months are ei-ther 29 or 30 days. Just to keep itconfusing, when Adar 1 is with-out Adar 2, it is 30 days. When wehave a leap year, Adar 1 is 29days and Adar 2 is 30. This calen-dar was invented to follow theseasons and no one worried aboutbirthdays.

Some of the old holidays havebeen lost but we do celebrate mid-winter as Groundhogs Day. Wealso celebrate mid-fall as Hallo-ween. Shakespeare made mid-sum-mer a magical (or humorous) dayand night with the play, A Mid-Summers Night Dream. Christ-mas is close to the winter solstice.

Why did the modern religionsuse the old holidays? By chang-ing the meaning of the holiday,we made it easier to convert to thenew religions. Until next week.

A new birth of freedomTo the Editor:

More than a hundred and fiftyyears ago, President Abraham Lin-coln would give one of his mostimportant and unforgettablespeeches in Gettysburg, Pennsyl-vania. Toward the end of the ad-dress, he used the iconic phrasesa new birth of freedom and bythe people, for the people. TheCivil War would continue to ragefor several more years and the greatexperiment started during theAmerican Revolutionary Warwouldnt disappear from the faceof the earth.

Today, with Congress dividedlike never before, I ask our electedofficials to support term limits andelection reforms to purge bigmoney and lobbyists from Wash-ington, D.C. By the people, forthe people seems contrary to whatis happening now.

I also encourage the voters to

ask their candidates if they sup-port term limits and election re-forms. I would guess most Ameri-cans favor spending limits, shorterelection periods, and restrictingTV ads and radio commercials. Ifthe people pressure Congress toact, then I believe they will beforced to change.

My critics will say this will in-terfere with freedom of speech andprevent corporations and bigmoney from running TV commer-cials endlessly. Id say thats agood thing. I think it would berefreshing to see more people writ-ing their elected officials express-ing approval or disapproval of leg-islation rather than corporate law-yers or lobbyists being rewardedfor their influence.

Im a dreamer, you might say.My push for term limits as a can-didate for the Minnesota House

of Representatives years agoseemed only popular for the partynot in power. Will anyone in Con-gress be willing to give up poweronly to save the great experimentLincoldn talked about years ago?

I believe this murky road Con-gress is taking cant continue. Thenew birth of freedom I call forwont reward the rich or power-ful, but it will keep alive the dreamof democracy for years to come.We have elections and choicesahead. I hope we follow the rightpath for America.

Jeffrey W. FlatenDennison

Where are the additional500 students coming from?To the Editor:

There are many questions I haveyet to have answered clearly re-garding the proposed school bondfor $39.3 million. The most im-portant is why are they projectinga 42% increase in the number ofstudents?

The new proposed schools havea capacity of 1,700 students, whichrepresents a 500-student enroll-ment increase. The current enroll-ment is roughly 1,200 students.

From 2005 to 2009 PI Schoolsenrollment was roughly 1,240 butDECREASED to an average of1,185 students over the past threeyears.

What will happen to change thedeclining student enrollment? Whyare we building for 500 studentswe do not have?

With 1,200 students, the boardis proposing to spend $33,167 PERstudent. This is not a wise invest-ment. The school board needs todevelop options with the taxpay-ers in mind and for the currentstudent enrollment.

Tell the school superintendentand the school board to develop apractical solution for the studentenrollment we do have by votingno to the school bond referendumon May 13.

Dennis MoyerPine Island

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been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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WANAMINGO POLICE REPORTBy Alicia Hunt-WelchThe following information was pro-

vided by the Goodhue County SheriffsOffice.March 25

2:56 p.m. The odor of marijuanawas reported from an apartment. Theoccupant was smoking cigarettes.

6:37 p.m. A salesman was on HillcrestManor Ave selling vacuums and madethe complainant uncomfortable. A deputyadvised the salesman of the peddlerpermit ordinance.

6:53 p.m. A deputy found a vehicleon 3rd Ave with the door open. Theowner was not located. The deputy left anote in the door.

9:25 p.m. A deputy checked a cardolly being backed up to a vehicle on3rd Ave without trailer lights. A deputyadvised that lights were needed to bestreet legal.March 26

2:17 p.m. A man was arrested onMain St for violation of a restrainingorder.

3:07 p.m. A disturbance was re-ported on 3rd Ave. Subjects in an apart-ment were talking loudly.

6:05 p.m. Harassment involvingneighbor issues was reported on 3rdAve.

8:26 p.m. Neighbor issues werereported on 3rd Ave.

8:47 p.m. A vehicle with two occu-pants was parked along 460th St nearHwy 57 in Minneola Township with flasherson. When a deputy drove by, a personexited the vehicle, walked to the rearvehicle and field area and got back in-side the vehicle. The driver stated hewas checking for a coolant leak.

9:08 p.m. A speeding ticket wasissued near Cty 12 and Hwy 57 in CherryGrove Township.

March 287:45 a.m. Threats were reported

on 3rd Ave. The threats occurred inEagan.

9:43 a.m. A citation for driving overthe center line was issued near Hwy 60and Cty 1 in Cherry Grove Township.

10:16 a.m. A speeding ticket wasissued near Cty 12 and Hwy 57 in CherryGrove Township.

10:49 a.m. A speeding ticket wasissued near Cty 30 and Cty 1 in WanamingoTownship.

4:48 p.m. Drug activity informationwas reported.March 29

12:47 a.m. Medical assistance wasrequested on 5th St E.

6:55 a.m. An alarm was activatedat SEMA Equipment on Hwy 60. It was afalse alarm.

2:32 p.m. A cat was on top of a lightpole for 12 hours on the 44800 block of135th Ave in Minneola Township. TheHumane Society would be called if it didnot come down.March 30

2:19-3:18 p.m. Four speeding tick-ets were issued near Riverside Park.

4:52 p.m. A deputy checked on adisabled vehicle near Hwy 52 and Cty50 in Wanamingo Township. Help wason the way.

7:52 p.m. A possible drug deal wasreported in the area.

8:42 p.m. A deputy checked on thewelfare of a person on the 45600 blockof Hwy 57 in Minneola Township. Thesubject was fine.March 31

5:59 p.m. A bail feeder was report-edly taken from the 45600 block of Hwy57 in Minneola Township sometime overthe winter. Loss was valued at $3,700.

11:44 p.m. A citation was issuedon 3rd Ave for driving after suspensionand no proof of insurance.April 2

10:53 a.m. A complainant on Main

St reported being threatened and pushedaround. The complaint was unfounded.

1:18-2:09 p.m. Three speeding ticketswere issued near 480th St and Hwy 57in Roscoe Township.

2:00 p.m. A speeding ticket wasissued near Hwy 57 and 485th St.

4:25 p.m. Drug activity informationwas reported.

7:22 p.m. An accident involving acar and semi truck occurred near Hwy52 and Cty 50 in Minneola Township.No injuries were reported. The statepatrol handled the incident.

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Why not believe?By Pastor Gary BasinskiNew River Zumbrota

With Easter just around the cor-ner it makes us take a look at whatwe believe. Many people and justabout every religion believes inJesus in some way, shape, or form.In fact over 90% of Amer-icanssay they believe in Jesus, and ev-ery religion that I can think of hassomething that they believe aboutJesus. Whether they call them-selves Hindu, Buddhist, Mormon,Christian or Muslim they all haveJesus in their belief system. Thatdoes not mean they all believe thesame thing or even what they be-lieve is the truth. It just means thatthey believe something aboutJesus.

But there is a truth about Jesusand this truth is recorded in theBible. When you read about Jesus,and specifically His resurrection,you read about people who thoughtthat He was dead. In the momentthey reacted like we would; theyforget all He told them and howHe needed to die, but that He wouldrise from the dead on the thirdday! They reacted in the way thatmost of us would. But that is theremarkable thing about all of this.That they recorded their own faults.

If they were trying to make up thiswhole thing up, about Jesus beingthe messiah and rising from thedead, they would have given us abetter story than they all thoughthe was dead too. If you dont be-lieve me take a look at John ch.20. It truly is amazing to see howthey acted!

We all have our idea of Jesus,but there is only one truth and thattruth is that He not only lived, butthat He lives. He died and roseagain and proved it by showingHimself to many, many people inthe days after his resurrection. Theonly reason the story is still aliveand holds true today is becauseHe did come back alive and proveeverything He said before and af-ter to be true. The only reason wehave heard about Jesus in the firstplace is because the people whowitnessed Him alive after He diedand rose again spread His mes-sage! It is time that we not onlybelieve in Jesus, but the peoplewho saw him alive, as well. If weare going to believe something,lets believe the truth!

The truth is simple, but yet sohard for people to grasp. The onlyway to the Father is through Jesus.Jesus said that He is the way, the

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truth, and the life and that no onecomes to the Father except throughHim! All we have to do is put ourfaith and trust in Him. I know thiscan be a very hard decision, be-cause it means that our good works,being a good person, our grandmassaying we are awesome, goingthrough a baptism as a baby is notenough. What is enough is say-ing, Jesus, my life is yours. Thankyou for dying for me and my sinso I can be called a child of theliving God! This is the same foreach and every person. No one, Imean no one, is exempt from itand following Jesus, myself in-cluded. But if we want to be achild of God and spend eternity inheaven with our savior who diedand rose again for each of us, wemust do what He says. I know thisarticle is not going to be enoughto convince anyone, so go checkout just seven chapters in the Biblefor more. Go read the book of John,chapters 14-21 and see what Jesussays and did for each one of us. Ifyou want to know more or havequestions please come and stopby sometime I would love to talk!You can also call me at 507-732-5156 or you can email me atgary.nragz@ gmail.com

BELLECHESTERROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITECHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2miles north of Bellechester on County2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-923-4240. Sundays: 10 a.m. SundaySchool; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. HymnSing every fourth Sunday.

ST. MARYS CATHOLIC, Bellech-ester, Father Paul Kubista. Sundaymornings: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesdaymornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUEHOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ,Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Sat-urdays: 5:30 p.m. Mass. Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 7:45 a.m. Mass.

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Has-sanally. Wed., April 16: 9 a.m. Quilt-ing; 6 p.m. Grades 7-12 meet atschool parking lot to carpool for movienight. Thurs., April 17: 7 p.m. Wor-ship; 5th grade first communion. Fri.,April 18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., April20: 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Worship withcommunion; 8:30 a.m. Youth sefrvebrunch. Wed., April 23: 6:30 p.m.8th grade confirmation.

ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor.

MAZEPPAST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN ,Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211, home; 843-5302 work. Bibleclass every Wednesday at 7 p.m.Thurs., April 17: 7 p.m. Worship.Fri., April 18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,April 20: 6:30 a.m. Sunrise worshipwith breakfast following.

ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC,Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.

UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ORONOCOGRACE LUTHERAN, WELS, 45 1stAvenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-noon. Sundays: 8:45 a.m. SundaySchool; Bible class; 10 a.m. Wor-ship. Thurs., April 17: 7 p.m. Wor-ship. Fri., April 18: 2 and 7 p.m.Worship. Sun., April 20: 7:30 and9:30 a.m. Worship with breakfastserved between services.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OFORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays

1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays andThursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thurs.,April 17: 7 p.m. Worship. Fri., April18: 7 p.m. Worship at Zumbrota. Sun.,April 20: 9 a.m. Worship. Wed., April23: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf open.

PINE ISLANDCORNERSTONE BAPTISTCHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.cornerstonepi.org, ASL Interpretation avail-able. Cornerstone Kids meet everyWednesday at 6:45 p.m. Prayer meet-ing is Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Is-land, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sun-day School for children and adults;10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. YouthGroup for grades 7-12. Wednesdays:6 p.m. AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30p.m. Bible study for all ages.

PINE ISLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD,520 So. Main St., Pine Island, 356-8622, email: dashpole@bevcomm.net, Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sun-days: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class andChildrens Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC, 451 5thStreet SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; Satur-day Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Con-fessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tues-day-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 2143rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,John Torris Lohre, Senior Pastor; KipA. Groettum, Associate Pastor. Email:saintpaulpi@yahoo.com; Web site:www.saintpaulpi.org. Wed., April 16:6 p.m. Adult ed; 7 p.m. Chancel choir;8 p.m. Praise team. Thurs., April17: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship withcommunion; 11:30 a.m. Meal; 6 p.m.Dinner. Fri., April 18: Noon Com-munity worship at Methodist Church;7 p.m. Worship; Office closing at noon.Sat., April 19: 2 p.m. Preschoolthrough 5th grade Easter egg hunt;5:30 p.m. Worship with communion.Sun., April 20: 7, 8:30 and 10:30a.m. Worship with communion; 8-10:30 a.m. Breakfast. Mon., April21: Office closed. Tues., April 22:8:30 a.m. Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m.Bible study; 3:15 p.m. Childrens choir.Wed., April 23: 3:30 p.m. 7th and8th grade confirmation; 6 p.m. Adulted; 7 p.m. Chancel choir; 8 p.m. Praiseteam.

UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Caro-lyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;Web address: www.piumc.org; email:piumc@bevcomm.net.Wed., April 16:9-11:30 a.m. Better Brew hours; 6p.m. Worship meeting; 7 p.m. Lentenstudy service; IHN. Thurs., Apri 17:10 a.m. Pine Haven Bible study; 7p.m. Disciple study; IHN. Fri., April18: Noon Community worship; 7 p.m.Service the way. Sun., April 20: 7a.m. Youth service with e-bunny skitwith Sunday School children; 9 a.m.Worship, bring bells. Mon., April 21:Office closed; 2 p.m. Disciple study.Tues., April 22: 1:30 p.m. Memorialcommittee. Wed., April 23: 9-11:30a.m. Better Brew hours.

WANAMINGONEW LIFE CHURCH, Wanamingo,Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-824-3019. New Life Church meets at 10a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wana-mingo. Free nursery for infantsthrough age three; Sunday Schoolfor all ages beginning at 9 a.m. SmallGroup Bible Studies Sunday eveningsat 7 p.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN, Wanamingo,Christopher Culuris, Pastor 507-824-2155. Wed., April 16: 9 a.m. Volun-teers help with newsletter. Thurs.,April 17: 7 p.m. Worship with com-munion. Fri., April 18: 7 p.m. Wor-ship at Wanamingo Lutheran. Sun.,April 20: 7 a.m. Worship at Wana-mingo Lutheran; 9 a.m. Breakfast;10:30 a.m. Worship.

WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,Wanamingo, MN 55983, ChristopherCuluris, Pastor. Office hours Thurs-days 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Thurs.,April 17: 7 p.m. Worship with com-munion at Trinity Lutheran. Fri., April

18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., April 20:7 a.m. Worship; 8 a.m. Breakfast.Wed., April 23: 4:30 p.m. Confirma-tion at Trinity Lutheran.

ZUMBROTACHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCHand School, WELS, 223 East 5thStreet, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 732-5367. Wed., April 16: 10:30 a.m.Bible study; 3:15 p.m. Junior choirpicnic; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class;7:30 p.m. Choir. Thurs., April 17:6:30 and 8 p.m. Worship. Fri., April18: 6:30 p.m. Worship. Mon., April21: 7 p.m. Bible study. Tues., April22: 2:15 p.m. Towers Bible study.Wed., April 23: 10 a.m. Chapel; 10:30a.m. Bible study; 1 p.m. Nursing Homeservice; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class.

FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weeklyworship services: 81 West 5th Street,Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m.; Eccle-siastes, Wednesday 7 p.m., BibleSchool classes and seminars

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;Rev. Lisa Johnson office hours Tues-days 8-11 a.m. at Bridgets. Secr-etarys office hours: Tuesdays andThursdays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thurs.,April 17: 7 p.m. Worship at Oronoco.Fri., April 18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,April 20: 11 a.m. Worship. Tues.,April 22: 6:30 p.m. Council meet-ing.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pas-tor. Office: 732-5074. Thursdays 6:30p.m. Bible study at the Busches. Fri.,April 18: 7 p.m. Worship with com-munion. Sun., April 20: 9:30 a.m.Breakfast; 10:15 a.m. Easter egg huntfor the kids;10:45 a.m. Worship.

NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD,290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basin-ski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.

OUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN AFLCEric Westlake and Tim Banks, Pas-tors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,732-5449, church office. Website:oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,April 16: 11:30 a.m. Womens biblestudy; 3:15 p.m. WINGS; Junior youthgroup. Thurs., April 17: 7 a.m. Wor-ship. Sat., April 19: 7 a.m. Mensprayer breakfast. Sun., April 20: 8a.m. Breakfast; 9 a.m. Worship. Mon.,April 21: 6 p.m. College and careergroup; 7 p.m. Moms in prayer. Wed.,April 23: 11:30 a.m. Womens Biblestudy; 3:15 WINGS; Junior youthgroup; 6 p.m. Youth group; 7 p.m.Bible study.

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 MainSt. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, emailstpauls@hcinet.net Pastor FatherRandal Kasel, pastor. Hours: Tues-day, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday 7:30-11:30a.m. http://stpaulzm.com. MassSchedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tues-day and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Massat the nursing home is the secondTuesday of the month at 9:15 a.m.

UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,Susan Vikstrom, pastor; Cindy Wil-son Youth director. Wed.-Fri., Apri16-18: Visit Care Center. Wed., April16: 7:15 a.m. CBC; 6 p.m. 5th gradeSeder meal; 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal.Thurs., April 17: 1:30 and 6:30 p.m.Worship. Fri., April 18: 6:30 p.m.Worship. Sun., April 20: 6:30, 8 and10:30 a.m. Worship. Wed., April 23:7:15 a.m. CBC; 6 p.m. G4C practice;7 p.m. Choir rehearsal; Propertymanagement.

RURALEMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., April 16:3:15 p.m. Overcomers. Thurs., April17: 7 p.m. Worship at Hauge. Fri.,April 18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., April20: 8 a.m. Breakfast; 9 a.m. Wor-ship. Wed., April 23: 3:15 p.m. Over-comers; 5 p.m. 1st year confirma-tion at Hauge; 6 p.m. 2nd year con-firmation at Hauge; 6:30 p.m. Choir;7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Ner-strand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 334-

2822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sun-day School; Confirmation class.

GRACE & ST. JOHNS LUTHERANCHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County4 Blvd., Vacancy Pastor: RandallKuznicki. Grace: Sundays: 9:15 a.m.Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship;Communion on the second and lastSunday of the month. St. Johns: Sun-days: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m.Sunday School; Bible study; Com-munion on the second and last Sun-day of the month. St. Johns: Thurs.,April 17: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., April20: 9 a.m. Worship. Grace: Fri., April18: 7 p.m. Worship with communionSat., April 19: 9-10:30 a.m. Easterfor Kids. Sun., April 20: 10:30 a.m.Worship.

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,Martin Horn, Pastoral. Wed., April16: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers. Thurs.,April 17: 9:30 a.m. Esther circle; 7p.m. Worship. Fri., April 18: 7 p.m.Worship at Emmanuel. Sun., April20: 7 a.m. Worship; 8 a.m. Break-fast. Mon., April 21: 7 p.m. Dorcascircle at Lucy Boyums. Wed., April23: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m.1st year confirmation; 6 p.m. 2nd yearconfirmation; 6:30 pm. Choir at Em-manuel; 7:30 p.m. Bible study andprayer.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old ChurchRoad. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651-388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. SundaySchool; Bible class; 9:45 a.m. Fel-lowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.

LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.

60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.Zumbrota. Text study; 7 p.m. Spiri-tual guidance. Wed., April 16: 9a.m.-3 p.m. Quilting; 6:30 p.m. Wor-ship committee meeting. Thurs., April17: 9 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Worshipwith communion; 6:45 p.m. Choir. Fri.,April 18: 9 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Wor-ship; 6:45 p.m. Choir. Sat., April 19:5:30 p.m. Worship with communion.Sun., April 20: 7:30 a.m. Praise sing-ers practice; 8:30 a.m. Praise wor-ship with communion; 9:30 a.m.Breakfast; Choir; 10 a.m. Egg hunt;10:30 a.m. Worship with commun-ion. Tues., April 22: 11 a.m. Textstudy; 7 p.m. Praise practice. Wed.,April 23: 9 a.m. Coffee and conver-sation; 6:15 p.m. Worship.

MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628County 50 Blvd. Wed., April 16: Noonquilting meeting. Thurs., April 17: 7p.m. Worship. Sun., April 20: 8-9a.m. Brunch; 9:30 a.m. Worship withcommunion; April scrip card ordersare due.

ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC ,36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30a.m. Mass.

ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, BearValley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,home; 843-5302 work. Bible Classis every Wednesday at 6 p.m. inMazeppa. Fri., April 18: 9:30 a.m.Worship. Sun., April 20: 9 a.m.Worship.

ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,Minneola Township, County Road 7,rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,Pastor.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Luth-eran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,Pastor. Thurs., April 17: 8 p.m.Worship. Fri., April 18: 1:30 p.m.Worship. Sun., April 20: 10:30 a.m.Worship with communion. Mon., April21: 7:30 p.m. Quarterly meeting.

STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Ru-ral Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507-271-5711. Thurs., April 17: 6:30 p.m.Choir; 7 p.m. Worship with commun-ion. Fri., April 18: 6 p.m. Choir; 7p.m. Tenebrae service. Sun., April20: 8:30 a.m. Breakfast; 10 a.m.Worship with communion. Tues.,April 22: 11 a.m. Text study.

URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor DavidHurtt, Interim. Wed., April 16: 6 a.m.Mens Bible study. Thurs., April 17:7 p.m. Living Last Supper drama.Fri., April 18: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,April 20: 6:10 a.m. Worship; 9 a.m.Breakfast; 10:30 a.m. Communionworship.

WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Can-non Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507-663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Min-ister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Biblestudy; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

Engaged

PONCELET-MILLERTasha Poncelet and Reggie

Miller, both of Goodhue, announcetheir engagement. Their weddingwill take place on April 23 in LasVegas, Nevada.

ANDERSON-HAUGENBruce and Lorie Anderson of

Merrill, Wisconsin, along withTom and Sue Haugen of Wana-mingo, are pleased to announcethe engagement of their children,Brittany Anderson and SamHaugen.

The bride-to-be is a 2011 gradu-ate of the University of Wiscon-sin Stevens Point with a bach-elor of fine arts degree in interiorarchitectural design. The groom-to-be is a 2009 graduate of UW Stevens Point as well, with a bach-elor of science degree in biology,and he earned a geographic infor-mation systems certificate in 2013.

The wedding is planned for May31, 2014 at St. Johns LutheranChurch in Merrill, Wisconsin.

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 PAGE 3A

Area Sports

Kenyon-Wanamingo head girls basketball coach Brent Lurken and assistant coach Jake Wieme wererecognized as the Class AA head coach and assistant of the year for 2014 by the Minnesota Girls BasketballCoaches Association. The MGSBCA also named their All State Players that included Mikayla Miller ofGoodhue in Class A, and Siri Sviggum of Kenyon-Wanamingo in Class AA.

KW girls basketball coaches earn state honors

ZM wins first four gamesBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball team got off to aquick 4-0 start to their 2014 sea-son. The Cougars topped Centuryand Byron and added two wins atthe Spring High School Challengein Mauston, Wisconsin on Satur-day.

ZM is scheduled to host Kenyon-Wanamingo on Thursday and playat Hayfield on Tuesday.Century

Despite poor weather conditions,the Zumbrota-Mazeppasoftballteam was able to open their2014 season indoors at the Re-gional Sports Center in Rochesteron April 2. The Cougars earned a1-0 win over Rochester Century.

Sophomore Morgan Olsonearned the mound win when shestruck out 11, walked one and scat-tered seven hits.

Even through they were outhit7-4, ZM earned their winning runin the fifth inning when RachelMensink singled, was moved tosecond on a fielders choice andscored on Kaitlen Bucks RBIdouble.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1 - Century 0

R H EZM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1Century 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Olson 7 11 0 7 0 0RC - Ziebarth 7 3 0 4 1 11B: ZM Jackie Matuska (2), Rachel Men-sink (1) 2B: ZM Kaitlen Buck (1)Byron

In their first HVL game of theseason, ZM topped Byron 9-5 inByron, Tuesday. ZM outhit theBears 14-4 with Hailey Dykesswinging a big bat for a pair ofhomeruns and 5 RBI. Carley Hen-ning was 4 for 4, Kaitlen Buckwas 3 for 4 with an RBI and RachelMensink had a pair of hits and anRBI.

Morgan Olson earned the moundwin, striking out five and givingup three hits over three innings.Amber Gehrke came on to tossthe last two innings with five walksand one hit.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 9 - Byron 5

R H EZM 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 9 14 1Byron 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 2Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Olson 5 5 0 3 1 1ZM - Gehrke 2 0 5 1 2 2B - Thalacker 7 1 4 14 9 61B: ZM Jackie Matuska (1), Carley Hen-ning (4), Alyssa Quam (1), Amber Gehrke(1), Rachel Mensink (2), Kaitlen Buck (3);HR: ZM Hailey Dykes (2)

Rice LakeThe Cougars opened play in

Wisconsin with a 6-3 win overRice Lake. ZM continued to poundthe ball, knocking out 13 hits, fivefor extra bases. Tayler Mort was 3for 4 with a double and an RBI,Kaitlen Buck was 2 for 3 with atriple, Rachel Mensink was 2 for3 with a triple, homerun and anRBI, and Morgan Olson was 2 for4 with a double and an RBI.

Olson went the distance on themound for the win, striking outfour and giving up eight hits.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 6 - Rice Lake 3

R H EZM 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 6 13 3Rice Lake 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 1Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Olson 7 4 0 8 3 21B: ZM Morgan Olson (1), Jackie Matuska(1), Tayler Mort (2), Alyssa Quam (1), HaileyDykes (1), Ali Frederixon (1), Kaitlen Buck(1); 2B: ZM Morgan Olson (1), Tayler Mort(1); 3B: ZM Rachel Mensink (1), KaitlenBuck (1); HR: ZM Rachel Mensink (1)Clintonville

In their other game at Mauston,the Cougars crushed Clintonville24-4 in five innings. Morgan Ol-son earned the mound win, strik-ing out two and giving up two hitsover two innings. Tara Matuskathrew the last three innings withthree strikeouts, three walks andtwo hits.

Leaders at the plate were KaitlenBuck, 3 for 3 with a double, hom-erun and four RBI, Alyssa Quam3 for 4 with a double and five RBI,Morgan Olson, 2 for 2 with a hom-erun and an RBI, and Tayler Mort,2 for 4 with a double and an RBI.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 24 - Clintonville 4

R H EZM 3 2 4 13 4 24 16 3Clintonville 1 0 1 0 2 4 4 7Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Olson 2 2 0 2 1 1ZM T. Matuska 3 3 3 2 3 21B: ZM Morgan Olson (1), Tayler Mort (1),Carley Henning (3), Alyssa Quam (2), HaileyDykes (1), Rachel Mensink (1), Cait Heitman(1), Kaitlen Buck (1); 2B: ZM Tayler Mort(1), Alyssa Quam (1), Kaitlen Buck (1); HR:ZM Morgan Olson (1), Kaitlen Buck (1)

Athlete Grade Height Position Previous awardByron

Vanessa Anderson 11 59 forward 2013Goodhue

Mikayla Miller 12 58 guard 2012, 2013Kali Ryan 12 58 forwardShelby Hinsch 11 510 forward

HayfieldDani Wagner 12 510 guard 2013Johanna Bungum 11 57 guard 2013Jessie Foster 12 55 guardBhrett Zahnle 11 56 guard

Kasson-MantorvilleCori Kennedy 11 53 guard 2013Taylor Miller 11 59 guardKristin Scott 9 62 center

Kenyon-WanamingoAudra Clark 12 56 guard 2012, 2013Siri Sviggum 12 57 forward 2013Meg Clark 12 56 guard

LaCrescentJen Michalke 12 56 guard 2012, 2013Katie Waller 12 511 guard 2013

Lake CityBreanna Gates 11 6 guard

Pine IslandNiki Fokken 12 63 center 2013Sam Heeren 12 61 guard

Rochester LourdesKatie Helt 10 55 guard

Zumbrota-MazeppaKalli Paukert 12 54 guardCarley Henning 12 59 forward

2014 HVL All Conference Girls Basketball

PI POOL & PINSIsland League3-31-2014Oertli & Pleschourt 19 vs. KittelsonHeating & Plumbing 11; DMC Plumbing7 vs. Owens Locker 23; Majerus &Tiarks 11 vs. D&M Dairy 19; ComstockFarm 14 vs. Producers Hybrids 16Top team series: Owens Locker 3466Top team game: Owens Locker 1174Top individual series: Ron Nelson 697Top individual game: Ron Nelson 268

Island League4-7-2014Majerus & Tiarks 19 vs. Owens Locker11; Oertli & Pleschourt 10 vs. ProducersHybrids 20; Comstock Farm 14 vs. DMCPlumbing 16; Kittelson Heating &Plumbing 5 vs. D&M Dairy 25Top team series: D&M Dairy 3476Top team game: D&M Dairy 1188Top individual series: Mike White 693Top individual game: Brandon Pederson278

Classic League4-8-2014Hinrich Plumbing & Pump 2 vs. 5 GrothImplement; Leos Sportsbar 2 vs. 5Dupont Pioneer; MJB Farms 0 vs. 7Gars Repair; M&D Construction 3 vs. 4Eberhart ConstructionTop team game: Hinrich Plumbing &Pump 1184Top team series: Groth Implement 3376Top bowler game: Ron Nelson 267Top bowler series: Darik Rude 703

Harvest League4-9-2014Coffee Mill 3056 vs. 3089 PI Pool &Pins; Schaefers Heating 2987 vs. 2820Freidrichs; Prigges Flooring 2825 vs.2840 Jims BarbershopTop team game: PI Pool & Pins 1057Top team series: PI Pool & Pins 3089Top bowler game: Eric Jasperson 254Top bowler series: Jeff Kes 624

Commercial League4-10-2014Bluff Valley Campground 2 vs. 5 StusProshop; Ellefson Trucking 3 vs. 4 MapleIsland; Nelson Family Services 0 vs. 7Kiffmeyer MotorsportsTop team game: Maple Island 1154Top team series: Ellefson Trucking 3196Top bowler game: Jerry Morrow 268Top bowler series: Dave Maxson 705

Island League3-17-2014Owens Locker 15 vs. Comstock Fam15; D&M Dairy 4 vs. Oertli & Pleschourt26; DMC Plumbing 10 vs. Majerus &Tiarks 20; Producers Hybrids 25 vs.Kittelson Heating & Plumbing 5Top team series: Oertli & Pleschourt3591Top team game: Oertli & Pleschourt1259Top individual series: Greg Bakken 737Top individual game: Greg Bakken 268

Classic League3-18-2014Eberhart Construction 0 vs. 7 HinrichPlumbing & Pump; Groth Implement 5vs. 2 Leos Sportsbar; Dupont Pioneer4 vs. 3 Gars Repair; M&D Construction2 vs. 5 MJB FarmsTop team game: Groth Implement 1124Top team series: Groth Implement 3234Top bowler game: Brandon Pederson258Top bowler series: Ron Nelson 652

Harvest League3-19-2014Schaefers Heating 3 vs. 1 PI Pool &Pines; Prigges Flooring 3 vs. 1 Friedrichs;Jims Barbershop 1 vs. 3 Coffee MillTop team game: Coffee Mill 1074Top team series: Coffee Mill 3033Top bowler game: Tim Paulson 256Top bowler series: Tim Paulson 654

Commercial League3-20-2014Kiffmeyer Motorsports 0 vs. 7 MapleIsland; Ellefson Trucking 5 vs. 2 NelsonFamily Services; Bluff Valley Campground7 vs. 0 Stus ProshopTop team game: Maple Island 1125Top team series: Maple Island 3294Top bowler game: Jerry Morrow 245Top bowler series: Jerry Morrow 682

Goodhue junior varsity wrestlingLAKE CITY The Goodhue

junior varsity wrestling teamcompeted in the Hiawatha Val-ley League JV Wrestling Tour-nament hosted by Lake CitySchools on February 8. KelbyOReilly earned a championshipat 132 pounds for the Wildcats.

Goodhue placed fourth out of12 teams. In team competition,Zumbrota-Mazeppa took firstplace with 257 points followedby Kenyon- Wanamingo, 231,Kasson-Mantorville, 190, andGoodhue, 139.

Also placing for Goodhuewere: second: Casey Ryan andEdward Otterness; third: KalebStern, Carter Danielson and JuanChavez; fourth: Matthew Betcher,Jacob Brinkman, Bradyn Hinsch,Bjorn Otterness and Sven Otter-ness; fifth: Jon Altendorf, ParkerBerg and Gavin Luhman.

Final team scores were:Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 257, Kenyon-Wana-mingo, 231, Kasson-Mantorville, 190,Goodhue, 139, Byron, 131, Stewartville,124, Cannon Falls, 91, Triton, 90, LakeCity, 59, Hayfield, 47, Pine Island, 17,LaCrescent, 13

Wrestlingresults fromApple Valley

APPLE VALLEY CannonFalls Mat Rats took part in theApple Valley wrestling tourna-ment on April 11.

Hayden Stensland placed firstin Greco Roman competition.Placing in free style competitionwere: first: Hayden Stensland;second: Mike Majerus and SvenOtterness; fourth: Ryan Lexvold;fifth: Luke Tupper.

Myranda GruenhagenParents: Shanan and Debbie

GruenhagenSiblings, ages: Josh, Stephen,

21; Matt, 20High school activities: Speech,

dramaFavorite class or subject: En-

glish, artBest high school memory: The

GameOut of school activities, hob-

bies: Writing, adventuring thewonderful Kenyon nature trails,being outside, snowmobiling

Part-time job: Dishwasher atKenyon Nursing Home; ski liftoperator at Welch Village

Favorite movie: Fear andLoathing in Las Vegas; TV show:The Carrie Diaries; song: Manin the Box by Alice In Chains

Future plans: Journalism, get-ting my own place, traveling

Erin GrothParents: Brian and Tess GrothSiblings, ages: Megan, 14High school activities: Cheer-

leading, track, math team, Knowl-edge Bowl, National Honor Soci-ety, band, Leadership Academy

Favorite class or subject:Chemistry

Best high school memory:Powderpuff

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Coaching elementarycheerleading team

Part-time job: Groth ImplementFavorite book: The Hunger

Games; movie: Pride and Preju-dice; TV show: Impractical Jok-ers; song: Beverly Hills

Future plans: Become a phar-macist

Aaron HolkParents: Scott and Cori HolkSiblings, ages: Alex, 13; Alyssa,

15High school activities: Foot-

ball, the play, wrestlingFavorite class or subject: 3D

art or ADESBest high school memory:

When I danced in a fat suit at ParkRapids prom

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Snowboarding, skateboard-ing, parkour

Part-time job: Banks OutdoorsFavorite book: Dark Life by

Kat Williams; movie: The GreatGatsby; TV show: Supernatural;song: Out of My League by theFitz & Tantrums

Future plans: Army infantry,then go to college for marine biol-ogy

Ashley JacksonParents: Matt and Lucretia Jack-

sonSiblings, ages: Austin, 16; Jesse,

13; and Matthew, 8High school activities: SADD,

FCCLAFavorite class or subject: GymBest high school memory: All

of the time with Katie Noland,Reed Bartsch, and Nate Schmidtare good memories

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Campfires, friends, movies,shopping

Part-time job: Riverview andCenex

Favorite book: A Child CalledIt; movie: The Hunger Games;TV show: Criminal Minds; song:Red Nose with Katie Noland

Future plans: Go to college,become a nurse, get married, andhave fun

Marcus IrrthumParents: John and Linda IrrthumSiblings, ages: Clint, 16High school activities: Foot-

ball, basketball, FFA, NationalHonor Society, speech, winter play

Favorite class or subject: APLanguage with Mr. Soden

Best high school memory:When I crowned the wrong per-son at Homecoming

Out of school activities, hob-bies: 4-H, work on farm, workout, dairy judging, fairs, pigs, dairy,reading, hunting

Part-time job: Work on farmFavorite book: Dark Tower

series by Stephen King; movie:Glory Road; TV show: The Men-talist and How I Met Your Mother;song: Worlds Greatest by R.Kelly

Future plans: Go to Carleton,play football, have fun, graduate,and see where I wanna go fromthere

Conner HoltheParents: Kayla Holthe, Tony

HoltheSiblings, ages: Drake, 14;

Aiden, 12Favorite class or subject: GymBest high school memory:

Messing around in Wallinss ninthgrade science class

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Hanging out with friends

Part-time job: Banks OutdoorsFavorite book: The Cirque De

Freak series; movie: The Hang-over; TV show: Supernatural andTwo and a Half Men; song: Hailto the King by Avenged Seven-fold

Future plans: Go to school fordiesel mechanics and hopefullyown my own mechanic shop ortrucking company

KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR PROFILES

Tiffany DonkersParents: Tim and Lisa DonkersSiblings, ages: Seth, 15; Brooke,

25High school activities: National

Honor Society, dance lineFavorite class or subject: Span-

ishBest high school memory: Any

day with my best friend MirandaStrandberg was a new adventure

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Volunteering, tanning, shop-ping, lectoring at church, camp-ing, skiing

Part-time job: Sales associateat Maurices

Favorite book: Twilight;movie: Hallmark movies; TVshow: Keeping Up With theKardashians, The Real House-wives, Americas Next Top Model;song: Boyfriend by Justin Bieber

Future plans: Going to schoolfor fashion management/designand opening my own stores acrossthe world

Trent BrossardParents: Dawn and Phil

BrossardSiblings, ages: Amber, 22; Seth,

13; Evan, 10High school activities: Foot-

ball, wrestling, baseball, NationalHonor Society, Leadership Acad-emy

Favorite class or subject: APCalculus

Best high school memory:Sports

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Hanging out with friends

Part-time job: LeffingwellFarms

Favorite movie: Anchorman;TV show: Impractical Jokers

Future plans: Go to college

Samantha EllingsonParents: Kim and Jeff EllingsonSiblings, ages: Monica, 16High school activities: FCCLA,

volleyball player and managerFavorite class or subject: Any

of Rudys or Mrs. DotsonsBest high school memory:

Peter ClausenParents: Paul and Elrene

ClausonHigh school activities: Robot-

ics, math team, National HonorSociety, lights and sound for playsand concerts

Favorite class or subject: MathBest high school memory:

Being on the robotics teamOut of school activities, hob-

bies: Drawing, playing videogames

Part-time job: Ace Hardwarein Kenyon

Favorite book: The UltimateHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy;movie: The Expendables; TVshow: Scrubs; song: Carry Onby Avenged Sevenfold

Future plans: Go to HennepinTech and get a degree in Com-puter Aided Drafting (CAD) andeventually become an electricalengineer

Lunch table conversationsOut of school activities, hob-

bies: Riding horses, being withfriends

Part-time job: Work on a farmFavorite movie: Accepted; TV

show: Pretty Little Liars; song:Alive by Becki Ryan and SaveYourself by Jory

Future plans: Go to college forfashion design

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2014 Pine Island Wrestling StatisticsVarsity W L TP P D MD TF FDAlex Aarsvold 6 23 36 6 0 0 0 0Conner Almli 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Noah Bauer 30 9 143 12 8 5 3 2Cody Block 3 7 12 0 2 0 0 1Chandler Bostrom 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 1Isaac Haman 27 11 135 12 5 4 4 2Adam Pleschourt 28 13 141 14 5 5 3 1Zach Kennedy 29 8 153 19 7 0 0 3Noah Koening 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0Broghen Kunz 3 23 16 1 0 1 0 1Sam McPhail 35 3 168 16 9 7 2 1Tyler Lejcher 4 23 15 0 3 0 0 1Colton Pike 16 20 87 9 4 0 0 2Austin Poliszuk 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Matt Riley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Connor Swarthout 13 20 58 6 6 1 0 0Trevor Turner 17 17 93 12 3 0 0 2Jack Williams 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Team totals 213 190 1069 109 52 23 12 17KEY: W-wins; L-losses; TP-team points; P-pins; D-decisions; MD-major decisions; TF-techni-cal falls; FD-forfeits or defaultsLetterwinners (years lettered): seniors: Adam Pleschourt (5), Sam McPhail (6), ZachKennedy (5), Tyler Lejcher (5), Cody Block (1); junior: Colton Pike (2); freshman: IsaacHaman (3), Trevor Turner (3), Noah Bauer (2), Alex Aarsvold (1);; eighth-graders; ConnerSwarthout (2), Broghen Kunz (1)Captains: Zach Kennedy, Sam McPhail, Adam Pleschourt; HVL All Conference: SamMcPhail, Zach Kennedy and Isaac Haman; HVL All Conference, Honorable Mention:Noah Bauer and Adam Pleschourt; Most wins: Sam McPhail, 35; Most pins: ZachKennedy, 19; Most takedowns: Sam McPhail, 113; Most team points: Sam McPhail,158; Most Improved: Colton Pike; Most valuable: Sam McPhail; Beast of the Year:Noah Bauer

2014 Goodhue Girls Basketball StatisticsFA FM % 3A 3M % FT FTM % RB R/G A S B TO F P P/G

Maddie Miller 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0Haley Lexvold 2 7 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 4 0 1 1 4 1.0Megan Ryan 44 19 43 69 21 30 11 9 81 46 1.4 34 30 0 31 45 110 3.4Mikayla Miller 474 252 53 137 41 29 223 181 81 224 6.8 96 162 2 112 77 808 24.5McKenzie Ryan 3 2 66 0 0 0 3 2 66 2 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 6 1.5Kali Ryan 182 66 36 47 13 27 92 59 64 118 3.6 56 71 2 66 59 230 7.0Michelle Hadler 67 22 32 105 43 50 39 26 66 42 1.3 43 50 0 44 20 199 6.0Kalley Diercks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0Sydney Lodermeier 63 32 50 26 8 30 51 33 64 66 2.9 7 22 10 19 25 121 5.3Keisha OReilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Taylor Larson 17 10 58 13 3 23 10 2 20 10 1.0 7 4 0 10 9 31 1.9Meredith Watson 146 64 43 26 4 14 60 42 70 164 5.0 36 74 4 44 72 182 5.5Kate Stehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rachel Watson 61 27 44 0 0 0 34 15 44 82 2.5 17 32 4 14 58 69 2.1Shelby Hinsch 226 108 47 92 30 32 77 37 48 103 3.1 52 53 19 48 80 343 10.4Brittney Ryan 21 7 33 3 0 0 5 2 40 14 1.0 2 3 0 5 8 16 0.9Goodhue totals 1323617 46 524 164 31 609 411 67 877 26.6 352 509 41 404 459 2127 64.8KEY: G games played; FM - field goals made; FA - field goals attempted; % - percentage; 3M - three-point field goals made;3A - three-point field goals attempted; FTM - free throws made; RB - rebounds; R/G rebounds per game; A - assists; S -steals; B - blocks; TO - turnovers; F fouls; P - points scored; P/G - points per game

The Pine Island freshmen boys basketball team took part in the regional Pacesetter Tournament on March29 in Rochester. Members of the Panther team are, from left, front row: Braden Aakre, Alex Wildeman, DrewLohmeyer, Derek Rucker, Michael Rabbitt, and Josiah Bauer; back row: Coach Drew Paukert, Broc Finstuen,Brady Braaten, Josh Milbrandt and Calen Kautz.

PI freshmen take part in Pacesetter Tournament

The Pine Island wrestling team honored their award winners at a recent banquet in Pine Island. Earningawards are, from left: Colton Pike, Most Improved; Zach Kennedy, all conference, Most Pins; Noah Bauer,Beast of the Year; and Sam McPhail, all conference, Most Wins, Most Team Points, Most Valuable.

Pine Island wrestling awards

The Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball recently handed out awards at their annual end of the seasonbanquet. Earning awards for the 2014 season are, from left, front row: Kalli Paukert, Most Valuable, allconference, Academic All State, honorary captain; Ali Frederixon, Ms. Hustle; and Molly Lawler, Secretaryof Defense, Academic All State, honorary captain; back row: Emma Flotterud, Unsung Hero, Academic AllState; Hailey Dykes, Most Improved; Alyssa Stehr, Unsung Hero; and Carley Henning, all conference andhonorary captain.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball award winners

KW stopped in a pair of gamesBy Faye Haugen

KENYON The Kenyon-Wanamingo softball team got offto a tough start, dropping a pair ofHVL games to LaCrescent andTriton in their opening week ofplay.

The Knights will try to get onthe winning track when they playat Zumbrota on Thursday and atCannon Falls on Tuesday.LaCrescent

In their season opener in La-Crescent on Tuesday, the Knightsfell 6-4 to the Lancers.

We have a lot to work on,stressed Coach Matt Nelson. Weneed to get a lot better real quickin all phases of the game. But it isoften a wake up call after yourfirst day outside.

Kailee Berquam struck out four,walked two and gave up eight hitsin the mound loss for KW.

Sydney Klemish had two hitsfor the Knights with Ellyn Beulke,Siri Sviggum and Shayla Berknerearning a single.Kenyon-Wanamingo 4 - LaCrescent 6

R H EKW 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 3LaCrescent 0 1 3 0 0 2 x 6 8 3Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - Berquam 6 4 2 8 6 5L - Allen 7 2 0 7 4 41B: KW Ellyn Buelke (1), Siri Sviggum (1),Shayla Berkner (1), Sydney Klemish (2)Triton

KW dropped a narrow 2-1 gameto Triton in their home opener onThursday.

I think we realized that the littlethings you do or dont do win orlose games, pointed out CoachNelson. We kept battling and hada chance in the end, but we walkedtoo many batters.

Kailee Berquam struck out 16in the loss and she didnt give up ahit. But seven walks and an error

allowed the Cobras to pull out thevictory.

KWs only run came in the sixthinning when Savannah Bleesssingle and was driven in by EllynBeulkes RBI double. Triton scoreda solo run in the third inning andgot the game winner in the fifthon a walk, steal, fielders choiceand a wild pitch.

Shayla Berkner had a pair ofsingles to pace KW at the plate.Ellyn Beulke had an RBI double,and Savannah Bleess and MariahQuam each had a single.Kenyon-Wanamingo 1 - Triton 2

R H ETriton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1KW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - Berquam 7 16 7 0 2 0T - Staffon 7 9 1 5 1 11B: KW Savannah Bleess (1), Shayla Berkner(2), Mariah Quam (1); 2B: KW Ellyn Beulke

Goodhue wins big at Lake CityBy Faye Haugen

GOODHUE The Goodhuesoftball team had a very busy open-ing week, playing four games.Goodhue fell to Lourdes and PineIsland, but they swept a pair ofgames from Lake City.

Goodhue will host Stewartvilleon Thursday.Lourdes

Goodhue came up short 3-0 intheir season opener on Tuesday inRochester against Lourdes.

Both teams had five hits, butthe Eagles were able to string theirhits and walks together to pull outthe victory.

Laurie Pearson struck out four,walked five and gave up five hitsin her season debut on the mound.

The Wildcats got a pair of singlesfrom Christina Lexvold and Brit-tney Ryan. Pearson also had asingle.Goodhue 0 - Lourdes 3

R H EGoodhue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0Lourdes 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - Pearson 6 4 5 5 3 2L - Virgin 7 5 4 5 0 01B: G Christina Lexvold (2), Brittney Ryan(1), Laurie Pearson (1)Lake City - game one

Goodhue used five Lake Cityerrors, eight hits and 18 walks tocrush Lake City in Goodhue inthe first game of a doubleheadersweep on Thursday.

The Cats were led at the plateby Caitlin Roschen who went 3for 4 with 4 RBI. Sydney Mc-Namara had a double and a triple.

Laurie Pearson earned themound win by striking out six.Goodhue 23 - Lake City 2

R H ELake City 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 5Goodhue 7 12 4 0 23 8 0Hits: G Kate Lexvold (2), Caitlin Roschen(3), Sydney McNamara (2)Lake City - game two

The nightcap didnt go any bet-ter for the Tigers as Goodhue won21-8 in five innings.

Swinging big bats for the Cats

were Sydney McNamara, 4 for 4with a double, triple and RBI, AlissaBien 3 for 4 with 2 RBI, LexieKennedy, 2 for 2 with 3 RBI, KateLexvold with four hits and LauriePearson with three.

Lexie Kennedy earned the

mound win.Goodhue 21 - Lake City 8

R H EGoodhue 2 5 5 6 3 21 16 -Lake City 2 2 2 2 0 8 7 -Hits: G Kate Lexvold (4), Sydney McNamara(4), Laurie Pearson (3), Alissa Bien (3), LexiKennedy (2)

PI gets a tough opening opponentBy Faye Haugen

PINE ISLAND It is toughenough to open the spring softballseason with a few outdoor prac-tices under your belt, but to openagainst the defending HVL andsection champion makes it thatmuch tougher. Pine Island foundthat out when they fell 16-0 at

Kasson-Mantorville on Tuesday.The KoMets Maddie Damon was

dominating on the mound with 16strikeouts, no walks and no hits.

PIs Kaitlyn Champa struck outtwo, walked seven and gave up 13hits to KM

The Panthers will play at Hous-ton on Thursday, host Jordan on

Monday and play at Stewartvilleon Tuesday. All three games be-gin at 5 p.m.Pine Island 0 - Kasson-Mantorville 16

R H EPine Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4KM 4 2 3 7 x 16 13 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Champa 4 2 7 13 16 11KM - Damon 5 14 0 0 0 0

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenGoodhues Bailey Kreisler keeps her eyes on the ball as she makes acatch against Pine Island on Friday.

FYIFOR YOUR INFORMATION

By Faye Haugenfotofaye@yahoo.com

Vacation is overYour may have noticed a thiner

than usual sports section the pasttwo weeks. I was on vactionspending my time on a beach inHawaii. I left in 10 degree weatherwith snow falling and came back to70 degree weather. Im glad Imissed the last snowstorm.

I also wish the ocean and beachcould be located, lets say, just eastof Mazeppa, but they are not, so Ihave to be satisfied with getting tothe islands when I can swing a visitto friends and gather some money.

But those two week are behindme, and the spring sports season isin full swing regardless of theweather. Look for the area sportsschedule for games and times. Welltry to update the schedule formissed games the first two weeks.

College newsBen Coady, a freshman from

Zumbrota, earned his first letter as akicker on the Luther football team.

Coady averaged 59 yards per kickoffen route to a total of 531 yards. Theannual Norse football banquet washeld February 22. . . KaylaAshland, a senior at the Universityof Wisconsin - LaCrosse, defendedher WIAC conference high jump titleby leaping a personal best 56.5.

Ashland, now of Kenyon, is ranked18th in the NCAA rankings and justmissed goiing to the national meetby one place. . .Know any other areacollege athletes involved in a springsport? Please let us know at theNews-Record.

Pine Island rallies to beat GoodhueBy Faye Haugen

GOODHUE Pine Island ral-lied to earn a 3-1 win at Goodhueon Friday. It was the first win forthe Panthers and the second lossof the season for the Wildcats.

Goodhue scored the first run ofthe game in the bottom of the fifthwhen Sydney McNamara walked,stole second, and reached homeon a wild pitch.

PI tallied a run in the top of thesixth to knot the score at 1-1.Goodhue had a chance to have abig inning in the bottom of thesixth. With runners on first andthird and no outs, Coach ChrisIrvin called for a hit and run. ButBailey Kreisler was hit by the ballas she raced to second and wascalled out, and the runner at thirdwas called back from reachinghome. The Cats still had runnersat the corners, but a pop-up and astrikeout ended the Goodhue threat.

PI got their winning runs in thetop of the seventh on a walk andRBI double by Haley Drazan anda pair of singles to score two.

Goodhue had another chance inthe bottom of the seventh withtwo runners on base and no outs,but a pop fly and two ground-outsended the game.

Kaitlyn Champa earned the winon the mound for PI, giving upfour hits. Laurie Pearson struckout eight in the mound loss. Shealso gave up four hits.

Ashley Thompson had a pair ofhits for Goodhue with Kate Lex-vold and Brittney Ryan each earn-ing a single.Pine Island 3 - Goodhue 1

R H EPine Island 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 -Goodhue 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 -Hits: G Ashley Thompson (2), Kate Lex-vold (1), Brittney Ryan

Pine Islands Kaitlyn Champa gets the bat on the ball during Fridaysgame at Goodhue.

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Lindhart breaks ZM shotput recordBy Faye Haugen

PLAINVIEW In just thesecond meet of the track season,Maddie Lindhart set a new Zum-brota-Mazeppa shot put recordat the Plainview-Elgin-MillvilleInvitational on Friday with athrow of 396.5 breaking herown mark set last season. TheCougar junior also placed firstin the discus.

It just shows you what hardwork can accomplish, saidCoach Jared Andring ofLindharts record. She is oneof those rare athletes who youhave to force her to quit at theend of the night.

The Cougar girls placed fifthin the 10-team meet with 56.8671points. ZM also got a first-placefinish from Skyler Jacobson inthe 1600-meter run.

Plainview-Elgin-Millville 180.714, LakeCity 110.857, Dover-Eyota 109.714,Stewartville 85.5, Zumbrota-Mazeppa56.8571, Schaeffer Academy 40.5, Wa-basha-Kellogg 33, St. Charles 32.8571,Triton 26, Rochester Area ChristianEducators 13Track events100-meter dash: 5. Breanna Haag (ZM)13.89; 1600-meter run: 1. Skyler Jacob-son (ZM) 5:35; 800-meter run: 2. SkylerJacobson (ZM) 2:34.22; 300-meter hurdles:6. Breanna Haag (ZM) 53.59Field eventsLong jump: 5. Debbie Miller (ZM) 149.25;Shot put: 1. Maddie Lindhart (ZM) 396.5;Pole vault: 6. Skyler Jacobson (ZM) 6;Discus: 1. Maddie Lindhart (ZM) 1045Boys

The Cougar boys placed sev-enth in the meet with 38 points.Maverick Jackson placed thirdin the pole vault, and Craig Bankswas third in the 400-meter dashto lead Zumbrota-Mazeppa.

Overall, it was a nice night.Bailey Berg ran well in the mile,pointed out Coach Andring.

ZM will return to Plainviewfor a meet at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs-day and run at Cannon Falls onTuesday at 4 p.m.Plainview-Elgin-Millville 208.5, Stew-artville 153.5, Lake City 71.5, St. Charles65, Wabasha-Kellogg 52.5, Dover-Eyota48, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 38, Triton 34,Rochester Area Christian Educators 22.Schaeffer Academy 5Track events110-meter hurdles: 7. Jacob Tschann (ZM)18.53; 1600-meter run: 6. Bailey Berg(ZM) 5:14; 400-meter dash: 3. Craig Banks(ZM) 56.21; 300-meter hurdles: 5. DillonDownes (ZM) 45.83Field eventsPole vault: 3. Maverick Jackson (ZM) 11Relays4x800-meter relay: 3. Zumbrota-Mazeppa9:50.63; 4x200-meter relay: 3. Zumbrota-Mazeppa (Steve Askvig, Jacob Dahl, MattLyon, Dillon Downes) 1:39.7

PI and ZM open the outdoor season at Lake CityBy Faye Haugen

LAKE CITY Pine Island andZumbrota-Mazeppa opened theoutdoor track season at Lake Cityon Monday in a four-team meet.The PI boys placed first with thegirls placing second. ZM wasthird in both the girls and boysstandings.Boys

Pine Island tallied 95 point toplace first followed by Lake City,73. Wabasha-Kellogg and Zum-brota-Mazeppa each scored 52points.

The Panthers got first-placefinishes from Mitchell Acker inthe 800 and 1600-meter runs,Kyle Groven in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, Ben Farrell in thehigh jump and long jump, JackMiller in the discus, Chris Frickin the triple jump and the 4x400-meter relay.

ZM was led by first-place fin-isher Maverick Jackson in the110-meter hurdles, and RobbyPollitt in the shot put.Pine Island 95, Lake City 73, Wabasha-Kellogg 52, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 52Track events100-meter dash: 2. Tristan Akason (PI)12.623. Jacob Dahl (ZM) 12.73; 5. KamrenLodermeier (ZM) 13.01; 110-meter hurdles:1. Maverick Jackson (ZM) 19.26; 2. JacobTschann (ZM) 19.41; 3. Dillon Downes (ZM)19.93; 4. Nicholas Cain (PI) 20.03; 5. PaulDahlen (ZM) 20.67; 1600-meter run: 1.Mitchell Acker (PI) 4:51; 2. Logan Meurer(PI) 5:06; 3. Isaiah Ondler (PI) 5:09; 400-meter dash: 1. Kyle Groven (PI) 52.54; 3.Chris Frick (PI) 56.99; 4. Jacob Dahl (ZM)58.8; 800-meter run: 1. Mitchell Acker(PI) 2:03.02; 3. Isaiah Ondler (PI) 2:11.47;4. Jason Hoerle (PI) 2:20.42; 200-meter

dash: 1. Kyle Groven (PI) 23.66; 2. BenFarrell (PI) 24.2; 5. Jacob Dahl (ZM) 25.38;300-meter hurdles: 4. Maverick Jackson(ZM) 49.35; 5. Marcus Aarsvold (PI) 50.40;3200-meter run: 4. Jack Williams (PI) 11.28;5. Bailey Berg (ZM) 11:42Field eventsHigh jump: 1. Ben Farrell (PI) 588; 4. AlexGuse (ZM) 5; 5. Sean OMalley (ZM) 410;Triple jump: 1. Chris Frick (PI) 404; 4.Dillon Downes (ZM) 344.75; 5. Jacob Dahl(ZM) 332; Discus: 1. Jack Miller (PI) 1392;4. Chris Frick (PI) 869; 5. Collin Carney(ZM) 85; Shot put: 1. Robby Pollitt (ZM)39; 2. Jack Miller (PI) 38; 3. Collin Carney(ZM) 322.75; 5. Alex Guse (ZM) 322.25;Long jump: 1. Ben Farrell (PI) 202; 3.Adam Krage (ZM) 1711; 5. Hunter Kraling(PI) 1611; Pole vault: 2. Maverick Jack-son (ZM) 106; 5. Brandon Haze (PI) 8Relays4x800-meter relay: 5. Zumbrota-Mazeppa(Craig Banks, Bailey Berg, Noah Krueger,James Drettwan) 9:34; 4x200-meter re-lay: 3. Pine Island 1:47.77; 4x100-meterrelay: 4. Zumbrota-Mazeppa 55.29; 4x400-meter relay: 1. Pine Island 3:40.86Girls

Lake City won the girls titlewith 127.5 points followed byPine Island, 78.5, and Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 41 points.

Eliza Warneke won the 300-meter hurdles and Adeline Angstwas first in the 3200-meter runto lead Pine Island.

Most of our sophomorethrough senior girls were gonethe previous eight days on aschool music trip so we were alittle rusty. But we are happy tobe back at almost full strength,numbers wise, said Coach BillFrame. Lake City looked quiteimpressive as a team. We arehoping to close the gap on them

though the season and give thema strong challenge at True Team.

Placing first for ZM wereMaddie Lindhart in the shot putand discus and Skyler Jacobsonin the 800 and 1600-meter runs.Lake City 127.5, Pine Island 78.5, Zum-brota-Mazeppa 41, Wabasha-Kellogg22Track events100-meter dash: 3. Madison House (PI)14:51; 100-meter hurdles: 3. Eliza Warneke(PI) 17.93; 3. Breanna Haag (ZM) 18.32; 5.Katie Schultz (PI) 19.21; 1600-meter run:1. Skyler Jacobson (ZM) 5:56; 5. JordynBraaten (PI) 6:46; 400-meter dash: 3.Leah Shelquist (PI) 1:18.21; 4. Olivia Thiede(PI) 1:20.30; 5. Debbie Miller (ZM) 1:21.34;800-meter run: 1. Skyler Jacobson (ZM)2:37.31; 4. Liza Shelquist (PI) 3:02.3; 200-meter dash: 2. Caitlin Schartau (PI) 29.34;4. Bella Wagner (ZM) 30.24; 300-meterhurdles: 1. Eliza Warneke (PI) 51.79; 4.Breanna Haag (ZM) 55.52; 3200-meterrun: 1. Adeline Angst (PI) 13:22; 4. TaylorRasmussen (PI) 14:17Field eventsHigh jump: 3. Nicole Fokken (PI) 410; 4.Eliza Warneke (PI) 48; Triple jump: 3.Lauren Hunskor (PI) 295.5; 4. BreannaHaag (ZM) 287; 5. Debbie Miller (ZM) 2710;Long jump: 2. Debbie Miller (ZM) 142; 3.Lauren Hunskor (PI) 14; 4. Laura Torgeson(PI) 1311; Shot put: 1. Maddie Lindhart(ZM) 378.75; 4. Kaitlin Bronk (PI) 285;5. Kalley Berg (PI) 274; Pole vault: 2. 2.Leah Anderson (PI) 66; 3. Skyler Jacobson(ZM) 66; Discus: 1. Maddie Lindhart (ZM)1087; 2. Kaitlin Bronk (PI) 847; 3. Kal-ley Berg (PI) 8310Relays 4x200-meter relay: 2. Pine Island (Britt-ney Arndt, Laura Torgeson, Caitlin Schartau,Madi Owen), 1:55.92; 4x100-meter re-lay: 2. Pine Island (Ana Marx, Madison House,Madi Owen, Katie Schultz), 59.09; 4x400-meter relay: 2. Pine Island (Caitlin Schar-tau, Laura Torgeson Brittney Arndt, ElizaWarneke) 4:26.49

Pine Island sweeps TritonBy Faye Haugen

PINE ISLAND After just oneoutdoor practice, the Pine Islandbaseball team opened their 2014schedule by winning two of threegames. PI opened with a loss toLourdes, but they took two gamesfrom Triton.

The Panthers will host Goodhueat 5 p.m. on Thursday and play atByron on Tuesday at 5 p.m.Lourdes

The Panthers were shut out 5-0by Lourdes in PI on Thursday intheir season opener.

Lourdes played extremely welltoday. They got great pitching fromNick Hanson, turned two doubleplays, and took advantage of ourdefensive mistakes and six walksto fuel their offense, said CoachCraig Anderson. While we wereon our baseball field for the sec-ond day and did not play goodfundamental baseball, Lourdes hadtaken advantage of eight scrim-mages on a Florida trip, so theylooked to be in mid-season form.

Luke Schmidt tossed three in-nings with three strikeouts, twowalks, five hits and two earnedruns. Alex Kautz also threw threeinnings with one strikeout and threewalks. Jordan Pin closed out thelast inning with one strikeout andone walk.

Adam Pleschourt, Schmidt andJared Lohmeyer each had a single.Pine Island 0 - Lourdes 5

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Lourdes 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 0Pine Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Schmidt 3 3 2 5 3 2PI - Kautz 3 1 3 0 0 0PI - Pin 1 1 1 0 2 01B: PI Adam Pleschourt, Luke Schmidt,Jared LohmeyerTriton - game one

The Panthers traveled to DodgeCenter on Saturday to take twogames from Triton.

In the opener the Pantherscrushed the Cobras 25-1 in fiveinnings. After getting shut outby Lourdes, our team really cameout swinging the bats. Our first 10hitters scored, and we got contri-butions from everybody, praisedCoach Anderson. Everyone in ourlineup got in the game, and we gotsolid play from everyone. With17 runs on boards, we decided totake outJordan Pin after only oneinning to get Jared Lohmeyer somepitching experience and he did agreat job.

Pin struck out two. Lohmeyerstruck out one, walked three andgave up four hits over four in-nings.

Luke Schmidt had a big gameat the plate going 3 for 5 withthree doubles and six RBI. Lohm-eyer was 3 for 5 with two RBI,Alex Kautz had a pair of his andtwo RBI, Ben Bauer, NathanWaletzko (two RBI), Ian Radtke(RBI) and DJ Titus (two RBI) allhad doubles. Ben Warneke had atriple and three RBI.

Pine Island 25 - Triton 1R H E

Pine Island 11 6 1 7 0 25 16 1Triton 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Pin 1 2 0 0 0 0PI - Lohmeyer 4 1 3 4 1 01B: PI Jared Lohmeyer (3), Alex Kautz (2),Adam Pleschourt (2), Jordan Pin (1); 2B: PI Luke Schmidt (3), Ben Bauer (1), NathanWaletzko (2), Ian Radtke (1) DJ Titus; 3B: PI Ben WarnekeTriton - game two

The Panthers earned a 6-0 shut-out in the nightcap, but they waiteduntil the bottom of the sixth toscore all six runs.

Although we got only one hit(by Ian Radtke), we actuallycrushed some balls, but we werehitting into a 20 m.p.h. wind thatkept the ball in the ball park. Wefinally broke through in the sixthas we took advantage of four walks,one error and three hit batters toscore our six runs, remarkedCoach Anderson. On defense,we got a great game from BenWarneke on the mound, turnedthree double plays, and made allthe plays we had to. The team madehuge strides from Thursday toSaturday.

Warneke struck out five, walkedthree and gave up two hits in thepitching win.Pine Island 6 - Triton 0

R H ETriton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Pine Island 0 0 0 0 0 6 x 6 1 2Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Warneke 6 5 3 2 0 0PI - Pin 1 1 1 0 0 01B: PI Ian Radtke (1)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenLourdes Zach Hillman and Pine Islands Adam Pleschourt collide at home plate as Hillman steals home in theopening inning of Thursdays game in Pine Island. Hillman was safe when he knocked the ball away from thePanther catcher.

Pine Islands Matt Kukson gets his glove down low to put the tag on Lourdes Paul Schroder for what lookslike an out, but Schroder was called safe in the 5-0 Lourdes win.

ZM drops a heartbreakerBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball team opened theseason at 0-2 with losses to Kas-son-Mantorville and Byron. KMblew the Cougars out on Tuesdayand Byron won with a walk off hitin the bottom of the seventh inFriday contest.

ZM will try for that first winwhen they host Triton onThursdays and play at Stewartvilleon Tuesday.Kasson-Mantorville

The Cougars got roughed up intheir home opener on Tuesday,falling 15-1 to Kasson-Mantorville.

ZM managed just two hits off apair of KoMet pitchers. Cody Hin-richs and Alex Nelson (RBI) re-

corded the Cougars hits.Michael Wicks started on the

mound, but he lasted just one in-ning when he walked two and gaveup three hits. Hinrichs tossed twoinnings with one strikeout, onewalk and three hits.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1Kasson-Mantorville 15

R H EKM 6 5 1 0 3 15 10 1ZM 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Wicks 1 0 2 3 6 4ZM - Hinrichs 3 1 1 3 3 31B: ZM Cody Hinrichs, Alex NelsonByron

Byron took a 1-0 lead in theopening inning until the Cougarsscored a pair of runs in both thefourth and fifth innings to go up4-1. The Bears got one run back in

the bottom of the sixth, but theyrallied for three runs in the sev-enth for the 5-4 victory.

Cody Hinrichs went 6.1 inningson the mound with four strikeoutsand 10 hits. Jacob Ugland cameon to close out the game and takethe loss when he walked one andgave up two hits.

Ugland led the ZM offense witha pair of hits and an RBI. AlexNelson (RBI), Cody Heitman andCody Hinrichs each had a single.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 4 - Byron 5

R H EZM 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 5 1Byron 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 12 2Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Hinrichs 6.1 4 0 10 3 3ZM - Ugland .2 0 1 2 2 21B: ZM Jacob Ugland (2), Cody Hinrichs(1), Alex Nelson (1), Cody Heitman (1)

Thursday, April 17Goodhue baseball at Pine Island, 5 p.m.Goodhue softball, Stewartville at Goodhue, 5 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo softball at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo track at Dodge Center, 4:30 p.m.Pine Island baseball, Goodhue at Pine Island, 5 p.m.Pine Island softball at Houston, 5 p.m.Pine Island track at Dodge Center, 5 p.m.Pine Island boys golf at Willow Creek, noonZumbrota-Mazeppa baseball, Triton at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball, Kenyon-Wanamingo at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys golf at Willow Creek, noonZumbrota-Mazeppa track at Plainview, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, April 21Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball at Bethlehem Academy, 4:30 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo golf at Faribault, 12:30 p.m.Pine Island baseball, LaCrescent at Pine Island, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa golf at Willow Creek, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22Goodhue baseball at Lake City, 5 p.m.Goodhue softball, Lake City at Goodhue, 5 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo softball at Cannon Falls, 5 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball at Hayfield, 5 p.m.Pine Island baseball at Byron, 5 p.m.Pine Island softball at Stewartville, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball at Stewartville, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball at Hayfield, 5 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa golf at Lake City, 1 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa track at Cannon Falls, 4 p.m.

AREA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE

Grover Auto goes to bat for ZM youth baseballZUMBROTA Grover Auto is

partnering with Zumbrota-Maz-eppa youth baseball. The dealer-ship has joined forces with thenational Chevrolet Youth Base-ball program to provide new equip-ment, a monetary contribution,

invitations to free instructionalclinics, and an opportunity forcommunity members to earn ad-ditional donations for their leaguevia a test drive fundraiser.

Youth baseball provides posi-tive and productive life lessons

for young people across America,and