Sports

Baseball team wins only conference game last week

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:52pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland baseball team split the two games it played before winter made its return last week.

The Bulldogs started the week with a road loss at Chatfield by a 9-6 score on Monday, April 8. They returned to Kingsland the next day and came up with a 10-5 win over Glenville-Emmons/Alden-Conger. The game against Schaeffer Academy set for Friday, April 12, was postponed due to winter weather and will be part of a doubleheader on May 7. GMLOK baseball is 3-1 (1-0 Southeast Conference) on the season.

Week starts with loss

Softball team remains perfect before snow returns

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:44pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland softball team hosted on its home field last week, winning two games before winter returned.

The Bulldogs started the week with a 12-5 non-conference win over Southland. The next day, GMLOK threw a shutout at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons by a score of 3-0. That’s when winter weather moved in. The game with Schaeffer Academy scheduled for last Friday, April 12, was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on May 7. A road matchup at Wabasha-Kellogg on Saturday was canceled.

Track team has good showing at Hayfield

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:38pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland track teams were off to the Hayfield Invitational on Tuesday, April 9. The Bulldogs had a good showing at the eight-team meet as the girls tied with Pine Island for the team title, while the boys’ team finished fourth. The GMLOKS girls won five events while the boys finished first in one event.

Girls’ results

Team: 1. GMLOKS 113.5; 1. Pine Island 113.5; 3. Hayfield 87; 4. Medford 83.

Golfers win first meet of season

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:36pm

The Kingsland golfers hit the road last week for a Southeast Conference matchup with Glenville-Emmons. The Knights took a trip down to the Northwoods Golf Course in Iowa to play the dual meet. The Kingsland boys beat Glenville-Emmons 205 to 353.

The Kingsland girls didn’t take a complete team to the meet. The Knights missed a meet at Lanesboro on Friday, April 12, because of winter weather. That meet has been rescheduled for May 24.

Boys results

Bulldogs get perfect start to season in baseball

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 4:57pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland baseball team is off to a perfect start to the season, taking both games last week.

The Bulldogs started with a 2-1, eight-inning, non-conference win against Dover-Eyota in Kingsland on Monday, April 1. They hit the road for their first Southeast Conference game on Friday, beating the Hurricanes in Houston by a 12-0 score in five innings. The Bulldogs are 2-0 overall (1-0 SEC).

Copley a force vs. D-E

Girls open softball season with win at Houston

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 4:54pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland softball team opened the season with a 3-1 road victory at Houston. A dominant pitching performance and a three-run outburst in the fifth inning were the difference in the game.

There’s an old adage that “pitching is normally ahead of hitting” at this point in the season. Lily Hughes of the GMLOK softball team took that seriously. She struck out the first eight Houston batters she faced. Combine that with a three-run fifth-inning and it would turn out to be the difference in a 3-1 win for GMLOK (1-0, 1-0 SEC).

Baseball team ready to play in April

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 1:55pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland baseball team is off and running with the 2019 season schedule this week. The team will look a little different this season as Dakotah Rostad takes over as head coach.

He said this season is already off to a different start than last year as they spent the previous week outside polishing up their baseball skills.

Pleasant surprises for boys in first track meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 1:41pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland boys’ track team is already one meet into the spring schedule, taking part in the Byron Invitational, held at the Rochester Community and Technical College campus on Thursday, March 28. The GMLOKS boys won two events and finished second in two others while finishing fourth in the team standings.

Boys team results

1. Byron 120, 2. Chatfield 62, 3. Cannon Falls 57, 4. GMLOKS 37, 5. Hayfield 14.

Individual results

Girls get six firsts to dominate opening track meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 1:39pm

The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland girls’ track team won its season-opening track meet at the Byron Invitational on Thursday, March 28, held at the Rochester Community and Technical College. Six first-place finishes helped the squad win the team championship at the five-team meet.

Team standings

1. GMLOKS 103, 2. Byron 85, 3. Cannon Falls 41, 4. Hayfield 38, 5. Chatfield 24.

Individual standings

Two Knights earn SEC basketball honors

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 1:38pm

Two Kingsland boys’ basketball players are all-conference selections after the 2018-2019 season. Senior Wyatt Pruter is an All-Southeast Conference First Team selection. Senior Reid Kruegel is an All-SEC Honorable Mention player after a vote by the conference coaches.

The All-Southeast Conference first and second teams are veterans, with eight repeat selections. Another three players moved up from the Honorable Mention squad.

Pruter – First Team