The Minnewaska Area Lakers football team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 44-8 win over visiting Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. It was a huge turnaround win after they got beat by visiting BOLD 42-6 in week two.
The Lakers took a 22-0 lead after one quarter and led 38-0 at halftime. Both teams scored touchdowns in the third quarter, and no one scored in the fourth. Greg Helander ran for 134 yards to lead the Minnewaska ground game along with scoring two touchdowns. Junior signal-caller Michael Gruber was 6-of-12 in passing with 165 yards with two touchdowns.
The big keys in the win were getting four interceptions plus a recovered fumble from A-C-GC.
Up next is a third straight home game against another 2-1 team, when Melrose Area visits Veterans Field in week four. The Dutchmen were soundly defeated by Paynesville Area 44-0 in Melrose in a game where they gave up 372 rushing yards to the fourth-ranked (Class 2A) Bulldogs.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Lakers drub Sauk Centre in football opener
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters
had a tough outing in their football season opener against Minnewaska
Area on the home turf. The Lakers left town with a 28-12 win that
avenged their 40-7 playoff-opening loss last year to Sauk Centre.
Starting the game with the ball, the Mainstreeters suffered a lost fumble on their second play from scrimmage. The Lakers proceeded to drive 49 yards on seven plays to post the first touchdown of the game. With about nine minutes left, Greg Helander ran 20 yards for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead.
On Sauk Centre's second drive of the game, they managed just seven yards of offense and punted.
As the first quarter was coming to a close, Minnewaska converted third down with an 18-yard reception. Then with 11:13 left in the second quarter, Helander ran in another touchdown for the Lakers, this time from three yards out. Austin VerSteeg hauled in the two-point conversion for a 14-0 lead to cap a 14-play, 63-yard drive.
On Sauk Centre's third drive of the game, they started from their own 40 with great field position after the kickoff. Austin Nelson plowed his way for seven yards on a fourth-and-inches play at midfield. Later on third-and-nine on the Minnewaska Area 29-yard line, an incomplete pass brought fourth down. The Lakers then earned a quarterback sack with a 12-yard loss.
The Lakers ended up punting on their next possession to the Sauk Centre 19. Cole Neubert then converted his team's first third down of the game at their own 31-yard line. A few plays later Sauk Centre attempted to convert a fourth-and-two play near midfield but got stuffed on the play.
Minnewaska Area capitalized on the miscue when quarterback Michael Gruber hit VerSteeg with a 37-yard touchdown catch with 18.8 seconds left. VerSteeg ran in the two-point conversion and gave the visitors a 22-0 lead going into halftime.
With about one minute left in the third quarter, Minnewaska Area got a four-yard touchdown run for a 28-0 lead.
With about 9:30 left, Nelson busted up the shut out with a one-yard touchdown run. The failed PAT kick made it 28-6.
In the final minutes, Sauk Centre drove 99 yards and scored on a seven-yard reception by Will Funk from relief quarterback Jay Friedrichs with just eight-tenths of a second on the clock.
Minnewaska Area hosts BOLD next Friday for the home opener on "Tackle Cancer" night.
Starting the game with the ball, the Mainstreeters suffered a lost fumble on their second play from scrimmage. The Lakers proceeded to drive 49 yards on seven plays to post the first touchdown of the game. With about nine minutes left, Greg Helander ran 20 yards for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead.
On Sauk Centre's second drive of the game, they managed just seven yards of offense and punted.
As the first quarter was coming to a close, Minnewaska converted third down with an 18-yard reception. Then with 11:13 left in the second quarter, Helander ran in another touchdown for the Lakers, this time from three yards out. Austin VerSteeg hauled in the two-point conversion for a 14-0 lead to cap a 14-play, 63-yard drive.
On Sauk Centre's third drive of the game, they started from their own 40 with great field position after the kickoff. Austin Nelson plowed his way for seven yards on a fourth-and-inches play at midfield. Later on third-and-nine on the Minnewaska Area 29-yard line, an incomplete pass brought fourth down. The Lakers then earned a quarterback sack with a 12-yard loss.
The Lakers ended up punting on their next possession to the Sauk Centre 19. Cole Neubert then converted his team's first third down of the game at their own 31-yard line. A few plays later Sauk Centre attempted to convert a fourth-and-two play near midfield but got stuffed on the play.
Minnewaska Area capitalized on the miscue when quarterback Michael Gruber hit VerSteeg with a 37-yard touchdown catch with 18.8 seconds left. VerSteeg ran in the two-point conversion and gave the visitors a 22-0 lead going into halftime.
With about one minute left in the third quarter, Minnewaska Area got a four-yard touchdown run for a 28-0 lead.
With about 9:30 left, Nelson busted up the shut out with a one-yard touchdown run. The failed PAT kick made it 28-6.
In the final minutes, Sauk Centre drove 99 yards and scored on a seven-yard reception by Will Funk from relief quarterback Jay Friedrichs with just eight-tenths of a second on the clock.
Minnewaska Area hosts BOLD next Friday for the home opener on "Tackle Cancer" night.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Waterama Grand Parade
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| Veterans carried the flags through with the Color Guard at the start of the Waterama parade. |
Parade-watchers lined numerous streets throughout Glenwood for the annual Waterama Grand Parade on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Waterama excitement is underway
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| Friday night's introduction of the Glenwood Waterama royalty candidates drew a nice crowd to the park. |
Here's a video clip from the bed races held near the Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood on Friday night.
The fun continues on Saturday and Sunday with more events, including the grand parade at 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Heritage Days a huge success
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| The Pope County Mens Chorus shown during the Heritage Days parade on Saturday night. |
Starbuck enjoyed a truly fantastic weekend with warm, sunny weather that helped draw huge crowds to the annual Heritage Days events.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Minnewaska softball earns top seed
The Minnewaska Area Lakers fastpitch softball team is the number one seeded team in Sub-Section 6AA-West for the upcoming playoffs.
Here's a clip from their 9-0 win last Wednesday at home against Sauk Centre:
Here's a clip from their 9-0 win last Wednesday at home against Sauk Centre:
Monday, February 24, 2014
Stottler earns berth in state wrestling tournament
Senior Ryan Stottler will represent Minnewaska Area in the upcoming Class A state wrestling tournament after he won the 170-pound championship at the Section 5A tournament in Kimball on Saturday.
In the section championship, Stottler beat Eden Valley-Watkins' Luke Kuechle in a 10-2 major decision. Kuechle takes a 27-7 record to state, while Stottler is 30-1.
The first round of the individual state wrestling tournament begins at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The tournament concludes on Saturday.
In the section championship, Stottler beat Eden Valley-Watkins' Luke Kuechle in a 10-2 major decision. Kuechle takes a 27-7 record to state, while Stottler is 30-1.
The first round of the individual state wrestling tournament begins at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The tournament concludes on Saturday.
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