Big Things Expected of Six Seniors on the Diamond
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SECTION C • APRIL 7, 2011 PORTS BASEBALL SOFTBALL GOLF TRACK AND FIELD S Boys: Pages 2 and 8 Boys: Pages 3 and 8 Pages 1 and 7 Pages 1 and 7 Girls: Pages 2 and 7 Girls: Pages 3 and 8 Boys: Pages 5 and 8 Pages 4 and 6 Pages 4 and 6 Boys: Page 6 PREVIEW Girls: Pages 5 and 7 Big things expected of six seniors on the diamond JCC baseball team The Huskies have just 11 Steiner coming out of the players on the varsity roster, bullpen. made up of 11 but they can play a variety Schwarting will play of positions and most have catcher when he’s not interchangeable experience at the varsity on the mound, but can players, coach says level. also play shortstop. When “Our defense depends Schwarting is on the hill, it on whose pitching,” Steiner will be either junior Cooper by DAN CONDON said. “We’ve got 11 guys on Moore or junior Brett Lar- Sports Editor our roster, so they need to son behind the plate. be interchangeable parts.” Moore and Larson, along Seniors Bryce Christo- with Luhmann, Steiner and Filling out the lineup card pher and Brock Thaemlitz Christopher will be part of may be a bit like putting to- and juniors Dustin Pronk a rotation at second base, gether a puzzle for Jackson and Phil Buschena figure with Luhmann and Stein- County Central baseball to be the starting pitchers, er also capable of playing coach Tracy Steiner, but it’s with seniors Ty Schwarting, short. a problem he likes. Nolan Luhmann and Boog First base will be manned by Christopher, Pronk, Co- pley and Thaemlitz, with JCC baseball schedule the latter three also playing Head coach: Tracy Steiner at third. Senior Evan Tufvesson April 4 vs. Mt. Lake-Butterfi eld-Odin will be the primary center April 7 vs. Adrian fi elder, with Larson and Co- April 11 vs. Windom pley out in left fi eld. Playing in right will be Luhmann, April 14 vs. Worthington Buschena or Copley. April 16 vs. Pipestone Despite a possibility of April 19 at New Ulm seeing a lot of different April 26 at Redwood Valley looks when in the field, April 29 at Fairmont Coach Steiner said the of- May 2 at Martin County West fensive lineup is pretty well May 5 at Luverne set. Moore will start the sea- Photos by Dan Condon May 6 at Red Rock Central son as the leadoff hitter, Returning letter winners for the Jackson County Central baseball team are (front, from left): Nolan Luhmann and Ty Schwarting. Back: Boog May 10 at Worthington but Tufvesson’s speed also Steiner, Brock Thaemlitz, Bryce Christopher, Evan Tufvesson and Cooper Moore. May 12 at Windom makes him a capable lead- NEED May 16 vs. Southwest United off batter. Boog Steiner’s April 11: No matter May 17 vs. Redwood Valley ability to handle the bat Quick facts the sport, it’s always May 19 at Marshall makes him the perfect No. 2 fun to see the Huskies May 28, June 1, 4, 7 and 9 Section Tournament hitter, followed by Schwart- 2010 record: 7-14 face Windom Area. The to ing, Thaemlitz, Luhmann 2010 SWC record: 3-9 June 16-17 State Tournament and Christopher. Pronk, Eagles come to Jackson SEE Larson and Tufvesson will Returning letter winners: 7 for an early-season try to set the table from the showdown April 11. bottom of the order. “We want speed guys at regularly. Thaemlitz hit The Huskies were the the top and then at the bot- .310 and drove in 12 runs only team to score A Commitment to Quality Since 1994 tom,” Steiner said. last year, with Christopher against the Fairmont Schwarting was the team’s sporting a .289 batting av- • Quality Auto Body • Rust Repair leading RBI man last sea- erage. Cardinals in the Section Repair • Restorations son, driving in 15 runs. He The team’s balance up KNOW 3AA tournament last • Glass Replacement figures to have plenty of and down the lineup and to season. JCC lost 4-3 chances to increase that depth in the pitching staff and the Cardinals went number, with Moore and give Steiner reason to be- on to play in the state 700 SECOND STREET o JACKSON, MN 56143 o 507-847-4197 his .333 batting average lieve the Huskies can be a tournament. Brock Thaemlitz slides into home last season. Thaemlitz scored 12 runs last season and will be counted on for offensive production again this spring. hopefully on the base paths See JCC BASE on C7 NEED Nine returning veterans to lead the JCC softball team Huskies hoping to returners, including senior shortstop. Senior Kinbrae pitchers Breanne Rent- Bezdicek also returns for compete for title in schler and Sarah Christo- the Huskies and will move pher. The duo pitched all from the outfi eld to third tough conference but one inning last season base. and combined to allow just Hotzler said it’s the se- by DAN CONDON 48 earned runs in 150 in- nior leadership that she will Sports Editor nings. count on this year. “That will help tremen- “They’ve got experience dously,” Hotzler said of re- and that will really help us,” After an 11-3 start last turning the two to the pitch- she said. season, the Jackson County ing circle. “They will be But some newcomers are Central softball team fi n- good leaders out there.” also going to be counted on ished by losing seven of its When Rentschler isn’t to carry the Huskies. fi nal nine games — a rare pitching, the speedster will Sophomore Marita Ra- streak for the Huskies. patrol centerfield. Chris- sche will be behind the Head coach Shelly Hot- topher will play second plate after getting a taste zler and her team are ready base when she isn’t fi ring of varsity action toward the to get back on the fi eld and strikes. end of last season. Sopho- prove that last year was an Senior Emily Arndt re- more Jasmine Erickson also aberration. turns at fi rst base and se- saw action last spring and To do that, the team will nior Leslie Handzus is back will play second base when rely on a solid group of to show off her range at Christopher is pitching and in the outfi eld when Chris- topher is at second. Junior Breanne Reetz JCC softball schedule will also play in the outfi eld, Head coach: Shelly Hotzler as will Caitlin Muir, who can also play catcher. April 4 at Mt. Lake-Butterfi eld-Odin See JCC SB on C7 April 7 vs. Martin County West April 11 at New Ulm April 12 at Redwood Valley Quick facts April 18 vs. Blue Earth Area April 19 at Fairmont 2010 record: 13-10 April 26 vs. Marshall 2010 SWC record: 6-6 April 28 at Pipestone Returning letter winners: 9 May 5 vs. Worthington NEED May 10 at Windom April 26: The Huskies May 14 JCC Tournament host Marshall, a team May 19 vs. Luverne Shelly Hotzler said May 24, 28 and 31, June 2 Section Tournament is the sleeper in the to June 9-10 State Tournament (Mankato) conference. The Tigers SEE swept the Huskies last season. Sarah Christopher and Breanne Rentschler pitched 149 of the 150 innings for the Huskies Jackson • 507-847-2200 KNOW last season and gave Lakefi eld • 507-662-6611 to up just 48 earned runs. Both will be back in the circle for the Huskies Photo by Dan Condon sanfordhealth.org this spring. Returning letter winners for the Jackson County Central softball team are (front, from left): Breanne Rentschler, Kinbrae Bezdicek, Emily Arndt, NEED Leslie Handzus and Sarah Christopher. Back: Caitlin Muir, Jasmine Erickson, Brooke Klontz and Marita Rasche. C2 Sports Preview Thursday, April 7, 2011 Everybody returns to boys’ golf team Huskies led by JCC golf schedule three seniors, Head coach: Mike DiBrito but have plenty April 8 at Spirit Lake, Iowa of other talented April 15 at Estherville-Lincoln Central (boys only) April 18 vs. Fairmont golfers back again April 19 at Marshall April 28 at Worthington by DAN CONDON April 29 vs. Windom Sports Editor April 30 at Worthington Tournament May 3 at Redwood Valley May 5 at Red Rock Central It isn’t very often a team returns every member of May 6 vs. Estherville Lincoln Central (girls only) a successful campaign, but May 9 at Southwest Star Concept (boys only) that is the case for the Jack- May 10 vs. Luverne son County Central boys’ May 12 vs. Pipestone Area golf team. May 13 at Blue Earth Area The Huskies bring back May 23 SW Conference Tournament (Worthington) every member of last year’s May 26 Sub-section Tournament (Buff alo Lake) 7-5 team, including seniors Tanner Asa, Tyler Asa and June 2 Section Tournament (Willmar) Colton Ward. Sophomore June 14-16 State Tournament (Jordan) Photos by Dan Condon Kyle Edlin also returns to Returning letter winners for the Jackson County Central boys’ golf team are (front, from left): Kyle Christopher, John Marker and Kyle Edlin. complete two-thirds of the Back: Ben Kocak, Tanner Asa, Colton Ward and Tyler Asa. varsity lineup for JCC. Junior Ben Kocak, soph- omore John Marker, fresh- KEMNA-ASA man Kyle Christopher and Auto Plaza eighth-graders Joe Brink- man and Kyle Kapplinger 1001 Hwy. 71 N. • P.O. Box 28 all got varsity experience Jackson, MN 56143 last season and will com- (507) 847-3153 • (800) 788-6415 pete for the fi nal two varsity www.kemna.com Fax (507) 847-5759 spots.