Panthers Edge Dragons; Finish 8-2 in League by Lee Ostrom WCC Volleyball Sports Editor Team WCC All Courtney Lemke’S Cross-Court Waconia
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Section B Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Sports The McLeod County Chronicle Burr is All-WCC again; Metcalf, Herout receive HM For the fourth straight year, Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Tori Burr is a member of a 14-girl All-Wright County Conference girls’ cross country team. Burr, now a junior, placed seventh overall last Thursday (Oct, 11) on De- lano’s home course inside the Lake Rebecca Park Reserve. In 2009 when GSL was meet host, she was sixth. She was eighth at Annandale in 2010 and second at Litchfield last year. One might say Tori Burr, the runner, is consistently elite when it comes to the Wright County Conference meet. This year, Burr is the only GSL runner from either varsity team to claim an all-conference (top 14) award. Senior Jalen Metcalf and sophomore Isiah Herout each received honorable mention on the all-league boys’ team, after placing 18th and 23rd, respectively. In the final team standings, GSL’s boys placed sixth at Lake Rebecca Park, while the girls took seventh. GSL’s teams were to conclude their regular-season schedule Oct. 16 at Wa- Chronicle photo by Lori Copler tertown-Mayer, The Section 4 (Class A) meet is Thursday afternoon, Oct. 25. Jalen Metcalf was the first Pan- at Battle Creek Regional Park in St. Paul. ther boy to finish the WCC run. (Turn to page 2B for WCC times of all the GSL varsity runners,) GSL rolls, 36-22 Fifth-ranked Panthers after an outright WCC West title tonight at DC By Lee Ostrom games, close their regular-season one of the section’s two semifinals Sports Editor schedule tonight (Oct. 17) at Wright Saturday afternoon, Oct, 27. ullback Dalton Clouse bat- County Conference West Division “If we are the second seeds, that’s tered Waconia’s defense rival Dassel-Cokato. A win improves huge,” GSL head coach Scott 19 times for 105 yards, in- GSL’s division record to 4-0 and Tschimperle said. Fcluding two touchdowns, earns the Panthers an outright West The Panthers got physical with 1-6 and defensive end Ray Eberhard re- title. Waconia right away and did not let covered a blocked Wildcats’ punt in Further, victory is expected to up until Tschimperle sent in the JV the end zone for his second TD of bring GSL a second seed for this one play (a 46-yard keeper by QB the season, as the Glencoe-Silver year’s Section 2 (Class AAAA) tour- Keaton Anderson) into the fourth Lake football team claimed a 36-22 nament, which would mean a first- quarter, with GSL leading 36-6. road win last Friday evening. round bye (Oct. 23) and a home The Panthers, now 6-1 in all Stevens Seminary Stadium field for GSL Football Chronicle photo by Lee Ostrom Turn to page 2B GSL junior Stephanie Klockmann has both eyes on the ball as she follows through on a play at net against Litchfield. The Panthers open Section 2 (Class AA) action Thursday, Oct. 25. Panthers edge Dragons; finish 8-2 in league By Lee Ostrom WCC Volleyball Sports Editor Team WCC All Courtney Lemke’s cross-court Waconia.......................10-0 ........21-5 redirect found gym floor deep in a Delano ...........................9-1 ........20-6 back corner, resulting in match- GSL Panthers ................8-2 ........20-2 Mound-Wtka. .................7-3 ........19-3 point, as the GSL volleyball team Dassel-Cokato ...............5-4 ........18-7 rallied from 8-5 behind in the fifth Hutchinson.....................5-5 ......12-13 game to defeat Litchfield last Orono.............................4-6.......12-11 Thursday in Glencoe. Litchfield.........................3-6 ........13-8 Game-by-game tallies read like N.London-Spicer............2-8.......11-14 Annandale......................1-9 ........8-19 this: GSL, 25-23; Litchfield, 25-22; Holy Family Catholic ....0-10 ........2-19 GSL, 25-13; Litchfield, 25-15; and GSL, 15-12. The Panthers, improving their hitting attempts, a 56.86 percent- record to 20-2 overall, finished age. their Wright County Conference Junior Stephanie Klockmann hit schedule 8-2 — and all alone in on 50 percent of her tries, too, pro- third place. ducing points on eight of 16 at- Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie GSL closes its regular-season tempts. GSL halfback Ryan Kuester sweeps left behind Action is from last Friday’s Wright County Con- slate with a home match against Klockmann also was one of his blockers — including guard Zach Jones (52). ference game at Waconia. GFW on Thursday; then matches three Panthers with double-digit this weekend in Rochester’s Ex- digs. She had 17, Krissy Garbers change Club Invitational. The tour- 16, and Lexi Kerslake 10, ney features 16 varsity teams, from Lemke had 41 set assists. gion team member, an NAIA Divi- Thief River Falls to Hayfield. Against Litchfield, Lemke was Plato resident sion I All-America Scholar Athlete, After that, it’s the Section 2 charted with 46 set assists to go and the 1993-94 UMM Honor Ath- (Class AA) tournament. with 12 kills (24 attempts) and 14 lete. Eight first-round matches are up digs. in UM-Morris on Thursday, Oct. 25. GSL, expect- Ober (31-for-59) had a signifi- Boesche won 4 ing one of the North subsection’s cantly better attack percentage hall of fame four higher seeds, will play at (52.34) than the whole team Hutch tourney home Oct. 25 if it does. (35.54) again. Plato resident Kathy Mackenthun North semifinals are Oct. 30 in Garbers led in digs with 20, fol- (Heuer) has been inducted into the titles in last 4 years New Prague; North finals are Nov. lowed by Klockmann (18), Cort- Cougar Athletic Hall of Fame at the Lee Ostrom Among the highlights in Michaela 1 at Gustavus Adolphus College ney Konen (16), Lemke’s 14 and University of Minnesota campus in Boesche’s career in Robb (GAC) in St. Peter; and the Section Kerslake (12). Morris. DeCorsey’s GSL tennis program are 2 championship match is Nov. 3, Still trailing 10-8, Lemke set up also at GAC. Ober for a kill; then, with Emily Mackenthun, a 1990 graduate of rebounding (812 boards). She is the four championships she won Central High School in Norwood over the last four years at the Tournament seedings were to be Muetzel serving, Ober returned the UM-Morris’ single-season leader for announced today (Oct. 17), favor, picking up an assist while Young America, was one of four most free throws (123). Hutchinson Invitational. new inductees saluted during the Boesche, who played most of her *** setting up a kill point by Lemke. For the 1991-92 season, she was GSL opened last week with a 3-1 At 10-10, Muetzel continued to school’s annual alumni banquet, NAIA all-district and NSIC academ- senior year at first and second sin- which took place Sept. 21. gles, teamed with junior Kelly league win over New London- serve — getting a point when Bai- ic all-conference. She was all-dis- Spicer on Monday. After dropping ley Koch, Litchfield’s explosive 6- According to UM-Morris sports trict the next year, when she collect- Arnold to win this year’s top medals information, Mackenthun was “a at first doubles at the Hutchinson In- the first game 25-20, the Panthers 1 outside hitter, barely missed ed the NAIA District 13 Emil S. Lis- dominated the next three, winning long; then another when Koch great Cougar basketball player,” ton Award, which is presented annu- vitational. Not only did the GSL pair who still ranks third in career scor- go undefeated in their three matches, 25-11, 25-12 and 25-11. barely missed wide. ally to a female junior basketball As a team, Glencoe-Silver Lake Kerslake got GSL’s 13th point ing (1,543 points) and fifth in career player for her excellence in playing they never dropped a set. Prior to this year, Boesche was the showed a 43.86 attack percentage. with a solo at the net. Ober made it ability, scholarship and character. However, 6-1 middle-blocker 14-12 with a thunderous smash, As a senior, Mackenthun was Hutch tourney’s champion at third Chronicle sports editor Lee Ostrom is at singles, three years running. Clarissa Ober was truly on her before Lemke turned off the lights. [email protected] team MVP, an NSIC Midwest Re- game, connecting for 29 kills in 51 The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, October 17, 2012, page 2B GSL Panther Fall Sports FOOTBALL August 31....Holy Family Cath.. .W,46-21 September 07....at Hutchinson ......L,35-13 14....Annandale ..........W,43-33 21....at N.London-Spicer ..W,26-6 28....Litchfield .............W,28-20 October 05....Becker (HC) .........W,21-9 12....at Waconia .........W,36-22 17....at Dassel-Cokato ......7:00 Section 2(AAAA) Tourney 23....1st Round .................7:00 VOLLEYBALL August 28....Watertown-Mayer. ..W,3-0 30....at HF Catholic ........W,3-1 September 04....at NYA Central........W,3-1 11....at Mound-Wtka.......W,3-2 13....Dassel-Cokato........W,3-1 15....Montevideo Inv. ...1st(4-0) 18....at Waconia...............L,3-0 20....Orono .....................W,3-1 22....Sibley East Inv.....1st(5-0) Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie 24....at Sibley East .........W,3-0 Hard-running fullback Dalton Clouse (46) rushed for 105 yards and last Friday. With a win at Dassel-Cokato this evening, GSL will win 27....at Delano .................L,3-0 two touchdowns in Glencoe-Silver Lake’s 36-22 victory at Waconia the WCC West Division title outright.