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Girls Basketball: West Sub-section 5A Quarterfinals: Bertha-Hewitt bounces Lady Braves out of playoffs 74-41
Mike Isola
03/05/2010 - 1:19pm

Katie Miller scored a team-high 16 points and Lindsey White added 13 but it wasn’t enough for ninth-seeded Menahga as they dropped a 74-41 West Sub-section 5A quarterfinal game to top-seeded Bertha-Hewitt Thursday night.

Menahga shot a frigid 24 percent (6-for-25) from the floor but made up for it with five three-pointers and converted 61 percent (14-for-23) of their free-throws. Miller had four three-pointers and White went seven-for-nine at the charity stripe.

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State Wrestling: Individual Results from Thursday afternoon/evening
Mike Isola
03/05/2010 - 7:12am

State Wrestling: Individual Results from Thursday afternoon/evening

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State Wrestling: Area Team/Individual Results from Wednesday night/Thursday morning sessions (UPDATED)
Mike Isola
03/04/2010 - 12:33pm

State Wrestling: Area Team/Individual Results from Wednesday night/Thursday morning sessions

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Wrestling: Area well represented in the state wrestling tournament that starts Wednesday
Mike Isola
03/01/2010 - 5:38pm

A total of 49 wrestlers from the Beyond the Bleachers coverage area garnered trips to the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament that starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday.

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Wrestling: State Tournament Preview: Two teams return to defend titles; 17 individual champions return
Mike Isola
03/01/2010 - 5:27pm

Two of the three 2009 team champions return to defend their titles: the Simley Spartans in Class AA and the Apple Valley Eagles in Class AAA. Simley is looking for its third consecutive title, while Apple Valley is seeking its fifth straight title.

In the individual competition, 17 champions return for more gold medals—six in Class AAA, four in Class AA, and seven in Class A.

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Boys Basketball: Sebeka beats Bertha-Hewitt 73-64 for Park Region Conference Title (Updated)
Mike Isola
02/27/2010 - 5:49pm

Sebeka and Bertha-Hewitt shared the Park Region Conference title last year.

This year, the Trojans weren’t in any mood to share as they clinched the school’s first outright PRC title in Friday night’s 73-64 victory over the sixth-ranked Bears.

The last time Sebeka held sole possession of any conference title was back in 1971 when they won the Lake Region Conference title. In 1975, they were co-champions.

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Girls Basketball: Sebeka edges fifth-ranked Bertha-Hewitt 51-48
Mike Isola
02/21/2010 - 4:44pm

Leave it to Sebeka to muddle up the Park Region Conference race with the surprising 51-48 victory over fifth-ranked Bertha-Hewitt on Friday.

With the win, the Lady Trojans inserted themselves in the thick of the conference standings and have a chance to do more damage when current leader New York Mills invades the Sebeka home court on Monday, March 1 in the regular season finale.

But first, Sebeka had to get past the Lady Bears, a team that trounced them back in January by a score of 73-40.

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Girls Basketball: Bertha-Hewitt avenges loss; defeat Lady Eagles 65-61
Mike Isola
02/01/2010 - 5:08pm
Hannah Rutten dropped a game-high 22 points and Alicia Boe added 20—including four three-pointers—but New York Mills lost for the first time this season to Bertha-Hewitt, who avenged an early season loss in the 65-61 Park Region Conference game Friday.
 
With the loss by the eight-ranked Lady Eagles, the Park Region Conference title is up for grabs between three teams.
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Girls Basketball: Stunner!—Unranked Lady Eagles knock off fifth-ranked Lady Bears 61-46
Mike Isola
01/16/2010 - 6:59am
The Park Region Conference race just got real interesting Friday night when the unranked and unbeaten New York Mills girls basketball team knocked off Class A, fifth-ranked Bertha-Hewitt 61-46.
 
Hannah Rutten dropped a game-high 30 points and capped the upset by hauling down 20 rebounds for the double-double.
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Prep Football: Pirates’ Schmidt, Cottrell named to All-State team
Mike Isola
12/09/2009 - 7:38pm
Verndale senior running back Amos Schmidt and senior offensive lineman Clayton Cottrell were named to the Minnesota Coaches Association 9-Man Football All-State team.
 
Also joining them were junior defensive tackle John Kohlhase and senior quarterback Colby Schmidt on the Honorable Mention list.
 
Schmidt, a 5-foot-9, 190-pounder finished with 2,046 yards rushing on 260 attempts in helping the Pirates to an 11-1 record and Section 4 title this season.
 
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