
The Sartell Squirt C Blue team placed second in the Fire on Ice Hockey Tournament held Jan. 22-24 in Richmond, with a 9-0 win against Johnson/Como Park in the first round and a 3-0 win against Litchfield-Dassel-Cokato in the second round. In the championship game, Sartell ended regulation in a 1-1 tie and ultimately lost in a shootout to White Bear Lake. They have had a very successful regular season as well with an overall record of 10-3-0 and 8-0-0 in division play. Team members include (front): Geno Genise; (second row, left to right) Connor Cummings, Landon Hilger, Tony Colatrella, Tyler Jensen and Nathan Ramberg; (third row) Nicholas Stone, Trey Hilger, Kaazim Sabir, Nora Sauer, Kyan Rieder, Wyatt Laidlaw and Sunder Ohara; and (back Row) Head Coach Kelly Rieder and Coaches Michael Cummings and Ben Jensen. The Squirt C Blue team will compete in the Sartell Tournament Feb. 12-14 at Bernick’s Pepsi Arena in Sartell.

The Sartell Squirt C White Team continues to have a successful season winning the Squirt Super C Tournament held Jan. 15-17 in St. Cloud. Sartell started the tournament with a win over Moorhead 8-1. In game two, they came out on top over St. Michael-Albertville winning 4-2. In game three, Sartell defeated Stillwater, 6-2, to advance to the championship game. Sartell closed out the tournament with a win over South St. Paul with a score of 9-4 to bring home the championship trophy. This team is currently undefeated in District 5. The Sartell team continues to work hard together and enjoy the love of the game! Team members include the following (front row, left to right): Aanden VanDenBerg, Josh Franke, Jack D’Incau, Ben Jaenisch, Matthew Janu and Zach Kantor; (middle row) Patrick Crane, Bennett Crane, Brenden Boesen, Seth Chrast, Gavin Welsh and Jaden Otto; and (back row) Coaches Jason VanDenBerg, Casey Knowles, Matt Chrast and Mike Dincau.
Haley Anderson, Sartell, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She is majoring in animal science.
Students must earn a 3.5 minimum grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Three Sartell-St. Stephen students were recently named to the high honor list at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
They are the following: Ethan Klaphake and Cassidy Ross, both seniors; and Mackenzie Dockendorf, a sophomore. Klaphake and Dockendorf are from St. Stephen; Ross is from Sartell.
Students must earn a 4.0 minimum grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Four Sartell students were recently named to the honor list at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
They are the following: Kristen Manning and Devon Noehring, both sophomores; and Sophie Loberg and Tasha Smith, both freshmen.
Students must earn a 3.5 minimum grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Seven Sartell students were recently named to the dean’s list at the College of St. Scholastica-Duluth.
They are the following: Alicia Groth, Christine Johnson, Mark Loscheider, Margaret Minnerath, Sarah Symanietz, Jack Verkuilen and Katherine Windschitl.
Students must earn a minimum 3.75 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Kelley Burg, Sartell, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Crookston.
Students must earn a minimum 3.66 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Community Grassroots Solutions, which connects women to new careers in the St. Cloud area, was one of 39 organizations to recently receive a $5,000 grant from the Initiative Foundation. The group will use its grant to host four informational sessions to help immigrant and refugee women access employment resources through the regional Job Placement Program.