The Sartell Impact JO Volleyball 17’s took first place in Gold Division at Eagan ‘Sota Slam Tournament recently. This team also placed first in their bracket for the President’s Day Tournament in February. Team members include the following: (front row, left to right) Erin Eickmeier and Tiana Wood; (middle row) Hailey Winter, Andrea Ramler and Tayler Quaal; and (back row) Kia Grindland, Mikayla Gessell, Amelia Barkley and Coach Sheila Wheeler.
The Sartell PeeWee A team took 3rd place at the State Tournament in Crookston, Minn. the weekend of March 14-16. The team of only 11 skaters, 1 goalie and 1 back-up goalie was able to take down Spring Lake Park in the first round of the tournament 2-1. The Sabres suffered a tough loss on Saturday to Highland Central (who later won the tournament) but battled back to beat Armstrong-Cooper 1-0 on Sunday to bring home the third-place trophy. After the tournament, Head Coach Brent Boerger said, “I’ve coached for 20 years and I’ve never seen a group of PeeWees work as hard as these kids have. They are a special group and will continue to do great things.” Team members are (front row, left to right) Talon Sigurdson, Maddux Hagy, Jack Hennemann and Devin Peterson; (second row) Cameron Cromwell, Austin Adelman, Nicholas Buicea-Arama, Luke Schmidt, Michael Webster and Nick Ramberg; (third row) Luke Jones, Brock Boerger, Nick Plautz and Mason LaPlane (Crookston PeeWee). Coaches are Brent Boerger, Anthony Reynolds, Jason Jones and Paul Schmidt.
Patti Gartland, a Sartell resident, was recently appointed as commissioner to the Metropolitan Airports Commission effective March 26. Her term expires Jan. 1, 2018. She replaces Mike Landy.
Ashley Sylte, St. Stephen, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She is a senior majoring in accounting.
Students must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 to receive this honor.
Jacquelyn Schneider, formerly of Sartell, recently graduated from law school at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul. She is the daughter of Denise Schneider.
A Sartell student has recently achieved academic ranking in the top 2 percent of students in the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames. He is James Frank, a sophomore.
Eleven Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
They and their majors are as follows: Tara Haakonson, sophomore, cell and molecular biology; Phillip Hoelscher, freshman, theatre; Tucker Isaacson, sophomore, undeclared; Michael Kampa, senior, athletic training; Kyle Mareck, senior, economics; Taylor Mareck, freshman, pre-business; Mattie Nieters, senior, cell and molecular biology; Allison Rengel, junior, pre-business; Kayla Sattler, senior, accounting; Andrew Spoden, junior, computer science; and Abigail Whitney, junior, biology.
Students must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 to receive this honor.
Three investment and insurance representatives from Jacobs Financial in St. Cloud, (left to right) David Jacobs, James Jacobs and Andrew Jacobs, have once again qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table. This is an international association that distinguishes financial professionals who have demonstrated exceptional professional knowledge, client service and ethical conduct. They join the ranks of the most successful sales professionals in the life insurance-based financial services business.
