Sartell Sapphire Gymnastics recently had two teams advance to the Midwest Amateur Gymnastics Association State Championships. The Sartell Sapphire Silver team qualified for the MAGA Division 5 Championship held in Mankato on March 5. The Silver Team placed sixth with a team score of 124.275. Top finishers include Brenna Chisholm: first on vault, fourth on uneven bars, third on balance beam, second on floor and first in the all-around; Gracie Wittmer-George: second on vault, seventh on uneven bars, sixth on balance beam, fourth on floor and sixth in the all-around; and Annie Dummer: fourth on vault, fiftth on uneven bars, second on balance beam, sixth on floor and fourth in the all-around. The Silver team also earned the Team Sportsmanship award, which is voted on by their peers at the competition. Shown here are the following: (front row, left to right) Sarah Klimpel, Dummer, Emily Gerdes, Wittmer-George; Abigayle Starz, (back row) Dani Beumer, Danielle Giguere, Belle Heinen and Chisholm.
The Sartell Sapphire Blue team qualified for the MAGA Division 10 Championships held in New Prague on March 20. The Blue Team placed second with a season-high score of 117.85, missing first place by 0.1 points. Top finishers included Anna Haehn: seventh on vault, first on uneven bars, first on balance beam, 10th on floor and first in the all-around; and Zoe Lain: second on bars, sixth on balance beam, fourth on floor and third in the all-around. Shown here are the following: (front row, left to right): Haehn, Violet Steil, Lain, Maddie Halstrom, Norah Mentzer, (back row) Alissa Ahrndt, Heidi Lenarz, Brooke Andel, Kendal Coffin and Makenna Hauck.
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Two Sartell students attending St. Cloud State University are among SCSU’s 26 Excellence in Leadership Award honorees. They are Abshiro Hussein Mayow, bachelor’s degree in biomedical science; and Sally L. Traut, Sartell, bachelor’s degree in elementary education. The Excellence in Leadership Award, currently in its 28th year, recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and academic commitment.
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The Sartell High School Girls Varsity Golf team finished third place with a score of 381 at the meet at Rich-Spring golf course. Macy Senn lead the way with an 88. They also finished second place with a score of 359 at the CLC meet at Sauk Rapids at the Oak Hill Golf Course. Senn and Molly Fossen lead the way with scores of 87 and 88. Co-captain Bridget Maas also posted a personal best score of 91.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Golf team finished fourth place at the CLC conference meet at the Wapicada Golf Course in St. Cloud. The Sabres were led by Hunter Held, who shot an 80. Austin Pietrowski and TJ Raden both shot 89, Alex Braun 90, Adam Schroer 98 and Kevin Krauel, 102.
They also finished third place at the Alexandria Invitational at the Alexandria Golf Club. The Sabres finished one stroke out of second and 11 strokes behind Alexandria. Blake Webster shot 78, Raden 79, Pietrowski 80, Held 83, Nathan Boenish 85 and Schroer 97.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Tennis team beat Apollo High School 7-0. Austin Sura picked up a win at No. 1 Singles in three sets while Trevor Erickson and Kyle Harthan set the tone with a straight set win at No. 1 Doubles. Yash Hindka, Eddie Hamilton and Ben Hoeschen all notched wins on the singles side. Finishing the sweep on the doubles were Lawton Miller, Tommy Pinkerton, Max Fesenmaier and Thomas Connolly, who all picked up straight set wins.
They also beat Fergus Falls High School 5-2. Sartell got wins from Eric Minnerath, Hindka and Hamilton in singles. On the doubles side, Miller and Pinkerton won a tough three-set match and Fesenmaier and Connolly won a straight set victory at 3 doubles.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Lacrosse team beat Minnehaha Academy 8-2 with five fourth-quarter goals.
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The Sartell High School Girls Varsity Softball team beat Alexandria Area High School 6-5 in the first game of a double header. Katie Widvey got her first career varsity win. Alyssa Griepentrog brought in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Cami Doman went 2 for 3 and McKenzie Fossen was 2 for 4 at the plate.
In the second game, the Sabres beat Alexandria 5-3. Tonya Paul got her first career varsity win. Joselyn Specht hit a home run while Taylor Johnson went 2 for 3.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Softball team beat Alexandria Area High School 8-7 in the first of a two game set. Jonah Nebosis was 2-2 with two RBI and also picked up the save on the mound. Chris Belling added two hits for the Sabres. Carter Neuenschwander pitched four innings to pick up the win.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Baseball Team beat Willmar High School 5-1.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Track and Field Team finished first place at the Quad meet at Sartell Middle School. Danny Ufearo and Ben Gault were two of many in the throws that had lifetime best performances in the shot and discus. Mitchell Dockendorf won the triple jump and the pole vault. Alex Nemeth and David Anderson had times posted in the meet. Ethan Kiffmeyer placed fourth or higher in all his events.
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The Sartell High School Girls Varsity Track and Field Team finished fourth place at the Quad meet at Sartell Middle School. Lexy Kubasch (16’4″) and Chelsea Nies (15’4″) both had solid long jumps, finishing first and third respectively. The girls 4 x 400 team ran a season best of 4:28.18 with Morgan Rohlfs, Nies, Jordan Mareck and Shelby Hall running.
