Sports

Kingsland boys come back to win section title; Broadwater, Pruter and Moore all-conference

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 06/12/2018 - 12:15pm

The 2018 Kingsland boys’ golf team will probably be labeled “the comeback kids” from this point forward.  Trailing by six strokes after the first round of play to defending champion Blooming Prairie, the Kingsland boys rallied to win the Section 1A championship by nine strokes.

GMLOK baseball stats wrap up season

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 1:42pm

Statistics have been compiled for the GMLOK baseball team that finished the 2018 season with a 7-10 record. 

The guys were 6-9 in Three Rivers Conference play, 7-8 for the regular season, and 0-1 in sub-section play.  The Bulldogs lost a 12-11 slug-fest to Byron in the first round of the sub-section tournament.

Following are the stat leaders in the various categories for the 2018 season.

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State bound: Girls 4x100, 4x200 relay teams, Lewison

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 11:47am

The GMLOKS track team will have four entries in the state track meet this year.

Drew Lewison advanced in both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles while the girls 4x100 relay team of Isabelle Olson, Emily Hovden, Kassidy Kirtz and Anika Reiland advanced as did the girls 4x200 relay team of Reiland, Hovden, Lauren Buchholtz and Riley Queensland, which set a section meet record last week. 

Kingsland golf team headed to state meet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 11:24am

Kingsland came back Monday from a six-stroke deficit after the first round of the Section 1A boys golf meet to earn a trip to the state meet for the first time in school history.

The Knights outscored defending section champion Blooming Prairie 695-704 in the two-day section meet at Willow Creek Golf Course in Rochester. The Knights were down 345-351 after the first round played Wednesday, May 30, but outplayed Blooming Prairie, which took seventh at state last year, 344-353 in the second round on Monday, June 4.

Girls win sub-section track meet, send several to section

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 05/29/2018 - 5:46pm

The GMLOKS girls finished first in the sub-section track meet at Triton last week with 156 points. 

Taking second in the meet was Stewartville at 136.  Other teams competing were Triton (96), Rochester Area Christian Educators (84), Hayfield (77), Lyle/Pacelli (67) and Blooming Prairie (44).

The GMLOKS girls had six first place finishes in the meet. Six girls advance to section competition in individual events and four relay teams also advance.

Kingsland boys take third at conference golf meet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 05/29/2018 - 5:44pm

The Kingsland boys golf team finished third in the Three Rivers Conference meet last week with 375 points, behind La Crescent (338) and Lewiston-Altura (360).

Individually, Kingsland golfer Simon Broadwater had an 18-hole score of 79, just one stroke behind the winner, Grant Nutter (La Crescent, 78). Wyatt Pruter tied for third with a score of 85. 

The other Kingsland boys scores: Nick Wernimont (104), Hunter Jorgensen (107), Nathan Lund (107) and Gregg Hubka (109).  Sixty-two golfers took part in the tournament. 

Softball season ends against defending state champion

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 05/29/2018 - 5:13pm

The GMLOK softball season ended last week with a loss to two-time defending state champion Zumbrota-Mazeppa.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa beat GMLOK 12-2 in six innings during the opening round of tournament play May 21.  The Cougars scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to reach the 10-run differential.

Errors costly as baseball team loses in first round

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 05/29/2018 - 5:07pm

When you score 11 runs in a baseball game, chances are you’re going to win the game.  But, if you throw in six errors for your defense, that is going to negate the 11 runs you scored on offense.

That was precisely the case in GMLOK’s sub-section game against Byron last week. Of the 12 runs Byron scored in the 12-11 win, 10 of them were unearned due to defensive errors.

Baseball team ends season 7-9, begins playoffs

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 10:16am

The GMLOK baseball team went 1-5 last week, salvaging a win over Plainview-Elgin-Millville Friday. 

The guys started the week with a pair of losses to Wabasha-Kellogg on Tuesday, 2-1 and 9-0.  On Thursday they lost to Southland 6-5 and 9-2 and Friday they lost the first game to PEM, 14-2, then won the nightcap 13-6.

Lady Bulldogs finish regular season at 4-12

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 10:11am

The GMLOK Lady Bulldog softball team went 2-4 last week, finishing the regular season with a 4-12 record overall. 

Last week the gals had three doubleheaders with Wabasha-Kellogg, Southland and Plainview-Elgin-Millville.  They lost both games to the Falcons, 7-4 and 9-6, split with the Rebels, 5-2 (loss) and 12-4 (win) and split with the PEM Bulldogs, 6-3 (loss) and 10-7.