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R-P baseball closes out season at state tournament

Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 9:30am

The Trojan baseball season came to an end in the state tournament last week. R-P opened play  with a 5-1 loss to South Ridge on June 14, at the Chaska Athletic Park. The Trojans then faced Hinckley-Finlayson in a loser-out, consolation bracket game the next day, dropping a heart-breaker 7-6 after leading 6-4 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. R-P finished the season with a 14-10 record.

R-P vs. South Ridge

It wasn’t a pretty game, but it was a testament to the old baseball adage that “good pitching almost always beats good hitting.” 

Trapshooters wrap up season at League Championship

Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 9:27am

team wrapped up its spring season with the Minnesota Clay Target League championship. The team finished with an overall score of 435, good for 31st in the overall team standings at the state Class 3A competition. The League Championship format featured two rounds of competition at 50 shots each, so each shooter took shots at 100 targets. The regular season format is just two rounds of 25 birds each.

R-P/H throwers perform well at state track meet

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 06/14/2018 - 9:29am

R-P/H senior shot putter Cullan Olson came up big when it mattered most. 

Throwing in the last meet of his career, Olson produced a personal-best performance that landed him on the medal stand at the Minnesota State Track & Field Meet, held June 8 & 9 at Hamline University. 

Olson’s mark of 51’-03”—over two feet farther than his previous best—was good enough for a sixth place medal and All-State honors. 

R-P wins nail-biter to advance to state baseball tournament

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 06/14/2018 - 9:25am

“That’s the most fun I’ve ever had having a heart attack,” said Rushford-Peterson baseball coach Jordan Aug, describing the Trojans victory over Lyle/Pacelli in the Section 1A title game last week. 

Not only did the Trojans have to overcome an early two-run deficit, they had to score another two runs in the bottom of the seventh to win the game in dramatic fashion. 

The 7-6 victory at Austin’s Riverland Community College on June 5 propelled R-P to the 2018 State Baseball Tournament. 

R-P vs. Lyle/Pacelli

R-P baseball one game from State Tournament

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 9:23am

The Rushford-Peterson baseball team is one victory away from the Section 1A tournament championship and a spot in the Minnesota State baseball tournament. 

The Trojans beat Lyle/Pacelli in a winners’ bracket battle of unbeatens by a score of 5-1 on Saturday, June 2, at the Riverland Community College baseball fields in Austin. The Trojans faced Lyle/Pacelli once again in the Section 1A title game on Tuesday, June 5, after the Athletics beat Wabasha-Kellogg in a loser-out game 8-3, also on Saturday. 

R-P vs. Lyle/Pacelli

R-P golfers finish season at section tournament

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 9:22am

The Rushford-Peterson golfers took part in the Section 1 A Golf Tournament, which was a two-day event. Teams and golfers had to meet qualifying scores to advance from the first day of competition and play in the second round. 

Trojans senior Jordan McNamer (recently named an all-Three Rivers Conference golfer) and sophomore Ethan Atkinson were the only R-P golfers to make it through to the second round through qualifying scores. 

Trap shooters end regular season in second place

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 9:44am

The Rushford-Peterson trap team wound up the regular season in second place in the Class 3A, Conference 3 standings after scoring 3,795.5 points in the final week of regular-season competition. The Trojans finished the season with 19,525 points and trailed only Park Rapids High School. R-P finished the season with a bang, as 12 shooters finished with scores of 40 birds or higher, while one Trojan didn’t miss a single shot.

Trojans softball season comes to an end

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 9:43am

The Rushford-Peterson softball team’s season ended in the first round of the Section 1A playoffs against Goodhue last week. The Wildcats, who’d lost to the Trojans in a 13-11 slugfest in the championship game of R-P’s home tournament May 28, were clearly ready to avenge that loss. Goodhue jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, eliminating the Trojans from the postseason 15-0 in three innings. The Trojans loss marked the end of a rebuilding year; R-P finished the season with a 2-18 record (0-17 TRC). 

R-P vs. Goodhue

Golfers wind up regular season

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 9:42am

The Rushford-Peterson golf teams hit the road for the last two regular season meets on Monday, May 21. The boys headed to Ma Cal Golf Course for a boys’ triangular with Caledonia and La Crescent, while the Trojans girls played Caledonia in a dual meet.  After that, it was off to the Willow Creek Golf  Course in Rochester for the Three Rivers Conference golf tournament. Fillmore Central won the girls’ team title while La Crescent-Hokah took home the boys’ team championship.

Triangular at Caledonia

Boys’ Results

R-P/H track teams shine at sub-sections

Published by kthompson@bluff... on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 9:42am

The Rushford-Peterson/Houston track teams had a banner day when they hosted the Sub-Section 1A meet at the Ben Niggle track and field complex May 24. The Trojan girls won four events on their way to capturing the team title with 136 points. The Trojan boys won two events as they finished in second place in the team standings with 99.5 points, with La Crescent finishing as the boys’ team champion.