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Bulldogs win two more softball games

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 3:20pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland softball team won two of its three games last week, all of which were Southeast Conference matchups.

Tuesday’s rain pushed the first game of the week to Wednesday, May 1, which GMLOK dropped 6-5 against Houston. After beating Lyle/Pacelli last Friday, GMLOK won the return match on Thursday, May 2, by a score of 8-1. The Bulldogs ended the week with a 10-0, five-inning win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 10-0, sweeping the season series.

GMLOK is 8-4 overall (6-2 Southeast Conference).

GMLOKS dominates home track and field meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 3:14pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland boys’ and girls’ track teams lost a meet to wet weather early last week, but dominated their first home meet of the season later in the week when the weather turned around.

The meet at Rushford-Peterson on Tuesday, April 30, was canceled because of rain. That left the Thursday, May 2, home meet at the Grand Meadow High School track as their only competition last week. The Bulldogs made the most of it, winning both the boys’ and girls’ team championships convincingly at the five-team meet.

Girls’ results

Kingsland boys remain undefeated in golf

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 3:07pm

Kingsland’s boys remained undefeated in golf after three dual meets and one tournament last week.

The girls have also been shooting well, but don’t have enough members to compete as a team.

Monday, the Kingsland golfers traveled to Cedar River in Adams to play Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander. The Knights won 193-210 as Wyatt Pruter shot a 44, Nick Wernimont 48, Nathan Lund 50, Gregg Hubka 51, Gavin Merkel 56 and Isaac Simon 69. There was no girls’ competition as GMLO didn’t have a team.

Kingsland trap shooters still on top of conference

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 3:06pm

Despite what trap shooting fans may find on the league website, the Kingsland Knights are still on top of the Class 2A, Conference 6 standings after Week 2 of the regular season.

Kingsland coach Doug Plaehn said as of Sunday night, the standings were based only on Week 2 results instead of a cumulative score. The Knights are No. 1 in the standings, followed by St. James in second place and Verndale High School is third in the seven-team conference.

Perfect week in baseball ups GMLOK’s record to 8-1

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 4:12pm

The GMLOK baseball team went a perfect 4-0 last week, starting off with a 6-4 win at Southland on Monday, April 22.

Back in conference play the next day, GMLOK picked up a 14-2 road win at Mabel-Canton. The Bulldogs hit the road on Thursday, April 25, at Randolph, handing the unbeaten Rockets their first loss of the season 6-4. They finished the week Friday with a 10-9 nail biter over Lyle/Pacelli, drawing a bases-loaded walk to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Bulldogs are 8-1 overall (5-0 SEC).

Dreary day at Southland

GMLOK softball team wins two of three games

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 4:05pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland softball team took two of three games last week, starting on Tuesday, April 23, with a 10-1 SEC win at Mabel-Canton. They dropped a road matchup at unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Randolph 4-0 on Thursday, April 25. The Bulldogs finished the week on Friday with a 5-1 home-field win over Lyle-Pacelli.

The Bulldogs are 6-3 overall and 4-1 in the Southeast Conference.

Strong start vs. M-C

Kingsland trap team in lead after first week

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 4:03pm

The Kingsland trap team got week one of the season off to a great start. The Knights are in first place with a score of 2,399, just over 200 points ahead of second-place St. James (2,191.50).

Verndale, West Central Area, and Hawley round out the top five places in the seven-team Class 2A-Conference 6.

Kingsland boys win three golf matches

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 4:01pm

Kingsland boys’ golfers picked up three wins last week — one against Houston and two non-conference matches against Chatfield.

The boys beat Chatfield 180-210 at Chatfield Monday to start the week.  Wyatt Pruter was the medalist with a 38, Nick Wernimont shot a 44, Nathan Lund scored 45, Gregg Hubka had 53, Gavin Merkel 60 and Isaac Simon 72.

Both girls’ teams were incomplete. Kingsland’s Madeline Moore shot a 66 and Kylie Welch shot a 68.

GMLOK wins baseball game in extra innings

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 8:39am

The GMLOK baseball team had just one game on the schedule last week thanks to postponements, but it was a good one.

The Bulldogs picked up their fourth win of the season in extra innings, beating Plainview-Elgin-Millville 2-1 in eight innings last Thursday, April 18. GMLOK is now 4-1 on the season (1-0 SEC).

Bulldogs record first softball loss

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 8:22am

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland softball team won one of its three games last week to give the Bulldogs a 4-2 record, 2-0 in the Southeast Conference.

The Bulldogs were on the road on Monday, April 15, and won a non-conference game at Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 11-1 in five innings. The next day, the GMLOK girls picked up their first loss of the season against Goodhue, falling at home 3-1. The girls wrapped up a busy week with a 9-1 loss at home to Plainview-Elgin-Millville 9-1 on Thursday, April 18.

Runs come early vs. FC/L