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Section B Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Sports The McLeod County Chronicle ‘Everything and more’ Panthers take 3rd in Class AA state baseball tourney By Josh Randt out of three games in two days, and Sports Editor actually brought home some hard- Few seasons which end outside of ware. a championship game are consid- GSL started out Thursday in St. ered good in the sports world. But Cloud with a tight 4-3 victory over when the Glencoe-Silver Lake Pan- fellow Wright County Conference ther baseball team took home the member Delano. The following day Class AA third-place trophy on June the Panthers suffered a 6-0 shutout 13 with a 12-4 win over Kasson- at the hands of the St. Cloud Cathe- Mantorville in St. Cloud, there was dral Crusaders, who went on to no denying the success and achieve- claim the throne of Class AA by de- ments of the season, which came to feating the Fairmont Cardinals 5-4 fruition in the team’s final seven in- at Target Field Monday. Schwirtz’s nings of 2014. Panthers then dismantled the Kas- “They achieved everything and son-Mantorville Komets 12-4 the more,” Head Coach Dean Schwirtz same day they lost to the Crusaders said of the team’s preseason aspira- for third place. tions, after the Panthers closed out Playing three games in two days, the season with their 19th victory. GSL leaned heavily on the throwing “They did a phenomenal job of exe- arms of Cole Petersen, Tanner cuting the little things, and always Grack and Bennett Bielke, the three doing just enough to win. And that’s starting pitchers used throughout the a testament to them, of continuing to tournament, who ultimately made believe in what we try to teach as the difference. Chronicle photos by Josh Randt coaches, and just executing when Petersen notched his 10th win of Chris Ross fires the ball over to first base the game situations came along.” the season by keeping the Delano It was GSL’s first state appear- Tigers at bay with 11 strikeouts over during GSL’s 4-3 victory over fellow Wright ance since 2009, when that particu- seven innings. In game two, Grack County Conference member Delano in the lar squad finished its season by los- had the misfortune of hurling opening round of the Class AA state tourna- ing the first two games it played. ment. Ross was busy at third base for two The 2014 Panthers were not sub- State baseball days in St. Cloud, where the Panthers dued quite as easily, winning two Turn to page 2B brought home the third-place trophy. Bennett Bielke (3) jumped as high as he could to try and snag a throw from catcher Mason Goettl during GSL’s The Panthers celebrated their third-place trophy after game, players and coaches felt this team accom- 6-0 loss to the eventual state champion St. Cloud downing the Kasson-Mantorville Komets 12-4 Friday plished what it set out to achieve at the beginning of Cathedral. Bielke and the Panthers bounced back after afternoon. Despite missing out on the championship the year simply by making it to the tournament. the loss that same afternoon to finish third in Class AA. Bernstein Plato tops Brownton 5-3 Brewers have ties for By Josh Randt Sports Editor In a Crow River Valley South Di- 25th with vision rematch between the Plato dropped Blue Jays and Brownton Bruins, the second game’s outcome was quite 93 birds reminiscent of the 5-2 victory Plato 5 straight put on Brownton back on May 18. By Josh Randt Game two was Wednesday, June By Josh Randt Sports Editor 11, in Brownton, and ended 5-3 with Sports Editor When the gun powder first filled the Blue Jays utilizing the long ball After last week’s losses to the the air at the Minneapolis Gun Club once again to keep the Bruins at bay. Young America Cardinals and the in Prior Lake Saturday, history was Back in May, Plato’s Tyler Lang Green Isle Irish, the Glencoe Brew- made as the first-ever state trap- lifted a three-run shot on Cody Halla- ers find themselves in the midst of a shooting tournament got unde rway han over left field that proved to be five-game losing streak after starting with Glencoe-Silver Lake’s own the difference maker in that game. out 7-0. Austin Bernstein taking part. Wednesday in Brownton, it was The worst part is that Glencoe’s Bern- Brian “Boomer” Graupmann who five losses have all come from teams stein qual- went yard against the Bruins’ Nick in the Crow River Valley League, so ified for Heller in the top of the eighth, and the Brewers have been steadily the state put the Blue Jays on top for good 5- climbing down the North Division meet by 3. Graupmann became the oldest rankings. maintain- Blue Jay on record to notch a home Both losses last week came against ing a bird run at the age of 41. South Division opponents, as Young average of Heller and Plato’s Adam Prehn du- America sent the Brewers home with 22.5 over eled through five innings of scoreless a 2-1 loss on June 10 before the the regu- baseball before the Blue Jays finally wheels fell off the following day in a lar sea- opened up the scoring in the sixth. 16-0 pounding at the hands of the son, and Chris Odegaard walked before his Irish in Glencoe. finished younger brother Matt lined a single. Sunday’s game against St. Boni with one Austin Bernstein Chris scored on an RBI single by was postponed to Tuesday, June 17. of the top Graupmann before Matt stole home The game with Gaylord scheduled 100 aver- for the game’s first lead, 2-0. for today (Wednesday) has been can- ages in the state, which sent him to Heller came out after the sixth for celed, as the Brewers host the Plato Prior Lake this past weekend. Dylan McCormick, who only lasted Blue Jays Friday for the annual Glen- Out of 100 birds, Bernstein shot one inning. But Plato scored two coe Days rivalry game, before the 93 and tied for 25th place with more in that one inning as a Brown- Mayer Blazers visit town on Sunday. some of the best shooters in the ton error allowed Tony Beringer to Glencoe then hosts Winsted on Tues- state. Dassel-Cokato’s Gust advance to third after walking, and day, June 24. Lumdeen was crowned the top Nick Johnson to reach second after Green Isle 16, Brewers 0 shooter, hitting 99 birds. singling. A wild pitch by McCormick Despite having Derek Bratsch on Bernstein hit 25 straight his first gave Beringer an easy path to the the mound, the Brewers could not round, but posted 22s over the sec- plate before Matt Odegaard’s single stop the Irish from scoring at will, as ond and third rounds. He bounced brought Johnson around for a 4-0 they scored seven runs in the first in- back with 24 in the final round for lead. ning. The first seven Irish batters his total of 93. Prehn’s worst inning came in the recorded hits, three of which were With rains and winds aplenty, seventh as the Bruins brought it to doubles, and four Irishman notched Bernstein said he was just happy not within one. Chronicle photo by Lori Copler RBIs as Glencoe found itself looking to choke. Jason Rosenau coaxed a walk from Plato pitcher Adam Prehn scooped up a chopped ball and fired up from an early grave. Bernstein to first to get out Brownton batter Spencer Glaeser in the first in- Plato vs. Brownton ning of the June 11 tilt between the Blue Jays and the Bruins. Brewers Turn to page 2B Turn to page 3B Plato won the game 5-3. Turn to page 2B The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, page 2B GSL Spring Carnival prizes Sports are worth more BASEBALL April than you think 01....at Lester Prairie .............. ................................Postponed Growing up in Glencoe, I 11....at Mound Wtka .....W,11-1 recall some of my first sport- 15....NLS ........................W,6-1 21....at Hutchinson ..........L,3-2 ing contests taking place at the 22....Orono .....................W,2-1 annual, boisterous, town-cele- Chronicle photo by Josh Randt 25....at Annandale.........W,11-7 bration that is Glencoe Days. 29....Holy Family.....Postponed Glencoe’s Brandon Ebert dove for this the following day after the Brewers I never took part in the pedal May ground ball during the Brewers’ 16-0 barely lost to Young America 2-1. The pulls like my brother Matt did, 02....Dassel-Cokato........W,2-0 loss at the hands of the Green Isle Irish Brewers are currently 7-5. so my competition was in the 05....at Dassel-Cokato...L,10-1 on Wednesday, June 11. The loss came carnival games. You know, 06....at NLS ..................W,12-3 where you try to win a prize 09....Waconia...................L,9-0 that’s worth less than the cost 12....Litchfield .................W,1-0 Josh Randt 13....Delano....................W,9-7 Brewers Continued from page 1B of the game you’re playing. Kids are helpless from the 14....at Litchfield ..............L,5-4 Bratsch managed to get 15....Annandale ............W,11-5 clutches of these taunting pick at the wall that housed my 17....at Mpls Edison Invite ......