By John RittenhouseA pair of teams from the Star Herald coverage area participated in the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Championships in Slayton Friday.Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton and Adrian didn’t capture any team titles at the event, but the schools did register solid efforts in individual events and relays.H-BC-E-E athletes secured three meet titles and placed second in six events.Adrian athletes came up with a pair of third-place performances to serve as their highlights of the meet.Chris Reid won a pair of individual events to lead the Patriot boys in Slayton.Reid, who placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.58, won the long jump with a distance of 21-7 3/4 and took top honors with a time of 11.06 in the 100-meter dash.Reid also ran a leg with H-BC-E-E’s 400-meter relay, which placed second with a time of 47.48. Zach Boyum, Brad Van Dyke and Curt Schilling joined Reid in the race.Tyler Bush and Cody Scholten placed second in individual events.Bush came in second with times of 2:07 and 4:48 in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs. Scholten cleared 5-8 to place second in the high jump.The Patriot girls received a pair of solid performances turned in by Cassi Tilstra.Tilstra, who finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.3, won the 800-meter run in 2:39.Kyle Knips and the boys’ 800-meter relay team secured third-place efforts for AHS.Knips joined Chad Janssen, Billy Anderson and Anton Klingenberg to produce a time of 1:30.35. Knips placed third in the 400-meter dash in 55.5.Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s And H-BC-E-E’s Top-Eight finishers during Thursday’s meet.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: 1,600 relay (Lee Jackson, Todd Alberty, Kale Wiertzema and Bush), 3:53; 3,200 relay (Alberty, Kerry Fink, Derek Haak and Wiertzema), 9:15.Fourth place: 800 relay (Boyum, Schilling, Scholten and Van Dyke), 1:40.15.Fifth place: Alberty, 400, 55.94.Sixth place: Scholten, 100, 11.91.Seventh place: Fink, 3,200, 11:45.6; Bush, high jump, 5-6; Schilling, shot, 42-9 1/2.Eighth place: Van Dyke, long jump, 18-5.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Erin Boeve, 200, 27.64; Boeve, 100, 13.33; Boeve, long jump, 15-10; 3,200 relay (Jocelyn Bucher, Rachel Kvaale, Amy Bucher and Mya Mann), 11:16.Fourth place: Mann, 800, 2:42.Fifth place: 1600 relay (Mann, Brittney Helgeson, J.Bucher and Tilstra), 4:51.Sixth place: Kvaale, 1,600, 5:57.6.Seventh place: Tilstra, high jump, 4-6; Amanda Tilstra, 3,200, 14:09.Eighth place: Boeve, triple jump, 31-10; A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:00.Adrian boysEighth place: David Brake, triple jump, 37-2 1/2; 3,200 relay (Lee Stover, Paul Honermann, Brandon Bullerman and Brake), 10:00.69.

Luverne pitcher Stacy Lorenzen throws to first base after fielding a ground ball against Marshall in Luverne Thursday. The scheduled doubleheader against the Tigers was washed out before the teams could complete five innings in Game 1.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne softball team posted two wins while playing six games since Saturday.The Cardinals lost a pair of games before getting another rained out at the Southwest United Tournament in Okabena Saturday. Luverne split a Southwest Conference doubleheader with Marshall at home Monday before winning two more games from Redwood Valley in Luverne Tuesday.Luverne, 8-10 overall, caps the regular season by hosting Windom for a twin bill Monday.RWV twin billThe Cards turned a win in Game 1 into a pair of victories during Tuesday’s doubleheader against RWV in Luverne.Luverne edged the visitors 2-1 in the opener and was given credit for a 1-0 victory in the finale when rain forced play to stop.Under SWC rules, the team that wins the first game of the doubleheader receives victory in Game 2 when the contest is called off because of rain.The Cards surrendered a first-inning run before blanking RWV through the final six innings behind the pitching of Karen Jarchow in the opener.Jarchow walked one batter and struck out seven while tossing a complete game.Natalie Domagala, who had two of Luverne’s three hits in the contest, singled and scored the tying run in the bottom of the third when Jessy Behr singled.Laura Clark walked and scored the game-winning run when Behr bounced into a fielder’s choice in the fifth.Luverne led 5-4 in the top of the fourth inning when Game 2 was cancelled.Marshall twin billThe Cardinals played their way to a split when they took on Marshall in a SWC double-header in Luverne Monday.Luverne posted a 7-5 win in the opener before losing by the same score in the finale.Karen Jarchow pitched a complete game to lead the Cardinals to victory in Game 1. Jarchow fanned five batters and walked three in the game.Luverne, which trailed 1-0 after the Tigers scored in the top of the first, took a 5-1 lead with two-run rallies in the first and fourth innings and a one-run third frame.Marshall climbed to within one run (5-4) in the top of the fifth, but Jarchow and Natalie Domagala slapped RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth to put the game away.Domagala led the Cards with three hits in the opener. Taylor Nelson supplied a two-run double.Luverne sported 1-0 and 3-1 leads before losing 7-5 in Game 2.Marshall moved in front 7-3 by plating one run in the bottom of the fifth and erupting for five more in the sixth.The Cards mounted a threat that led to a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, but the final out of the game was recorded before LHS could complete a comeback.Stacy Lorenzen took the pitching loss in the finale. She walked eight batters and recorded five strikeouts.Domagala connected for a triple and two hits in the game. Laura Clark delivered two doubles.SWU tourneyThe Cardinals dropped a pair of games before having the third tilt washed out during Saturday’s Southwest United Tournament in Okabena.Tracy-Milroy-Balaton bested the Cards 9-5 in the first round before Madelia-Truman nipped LHS 3-2 in the second round.Luverne sported a 2-0 lead in the second inning during a third-round game against SWU. The game was called because of rain at that point.A five-run rally in the top of the fourth gave the Cards a 5-4 lead over T-M-B in the opener, but LHS couldn’t protect the advantage.The Panthers scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth and added another in the fifth to win by four.Kim Shelton slapped a key two-run double during Luverne’s five-run rally in the fourth. Jessy Behr lead the Cards with two hits in the game.Jarchow pitched all six innings for LHS. She fanned four batters and walked two.Luverne led 1-0 before falling by one run in the second game against M-T.A run in the top of the fourth gave the Cards their lead, but M-T tied the game in the bottom of the fourth before scoring twice in the fifth to gain a 3-1 advantage.Luverne capped the scoring with one run in the top of the sixth.Jarchow doubled home a run and Nelson tripled for the Cards. Domagala led LHS with two hits.Lorenzen pitched all five innings for Luverne, She fanned nine batters, walked four and yielded five hits.

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne track teams participated in the Section 2AA True Team Track and Field Championships during a cold and wet day at Mankato East High School Thursday.Rain forced the meet to be delayed a number of times, but the Cardinals completed the event along with the other teams.The Luverne girls turned in a strong performance by placing third out of nine teams. The LHS boys placed sixth in an eight-team field.Cardinal coach Craig Nelson was pleased by the efforts produced by both teams, especially the LHS girls."To place third is great," Nelson said. "Considering Fairmont and Mankato East placed first and second respectively at last year’s state true team meet, finishing third behind them this year makes us feel very good."Danielle Cook turned in the top individual performances for LHS by finishing second in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 100-meter hurdles with respective 49.65 and 16.13 times.Luverne placed third in the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 10:30.7. Victoria Arends, Tera Boomgaarden, Sadie Dietrich and Lexi Heitkamp ran the race for the Cards.The 400- and 800-meter relay teams placed fourth with respective 54.07 and 1:53.1 times. Callen Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema, Cook and Jenni Christensen ran the 800. Bosshart, Dooyema, Cassie Pap and Nicole Willers formed the 400-meter team.Heitkamp, Christensen and the 1,600-meter relay team produced fifth-place points for LHS.Christensen ran 200 meters in 27.15, and Heitkamp was timed at 1:04.19 in the 400-meter dash and 12:48.77 in the 3,200-meter run.Christensen, Dooyema, Dietrich and Arends turned in a 4:28.9 in the 1,600-meter relay.The Cardinal boys did well to place sixth in a strong eight-team field."The boys’ team competition was really tight," Nelson said. "We were missing one athlete, and I think it made a really big difference."Cardinal Marcus Walgrave spent the day assaulting the LHS record book.Walgrave bettered his own record in the 110-meter high hurdles by placing second in 14.5, and he set a new standard in the 200-meter dash by placing second in 22.5. The old record of 22.76 was set by Justin Hendricks in 1999.Walgrave also placed second in the 300-meter hurdles in 39.88.Tyler Elbers and Tim Rust cracked the Top 5 in individual events. Elbers ran 100 meters in 11.23 to place fourth. Rust cleared 11-0 in the pole vault to finish fourth.The 400-meter relay team of Elbers, Rust, Chris Morgan and Andrew Hulstein placed fourth in 46.6.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of places earned by LHS athletes during Thursday’s meet.Girls’ standings: Fairmont 511, Mankato East 500, Luverne 337, Blue Earth Area 301.5, Worthington 292.5, New Ulm 285, Mankato West 284.5, Lake Crystal-Welcome-Memorial 241, St. Peter 148.5.Boys’ standings: MW 442, ME 439, LC-W-M 279, SP 254.5, Fairmont 250, Luverne 244.5, BEA 227, Worthington 202.Luverne girlsSixth place: Arends, 800, 2:34.38; Marissa Stewart, shot, 34-2.Seventh place: Kelsey Dooyema, 1,600, 6:02.22; Willers, 200, 28.03; K.Dooyema, 3,200, 12:48.77; Stewart, discus, 95-8; Arends and Maggie Kuhlman, high jump, tie for seventh place at 4-6.Ninth place: Boomgaarden, 800, 2:39.48; Cassie Pap, long jump, 13-8 3/4; Pap, triple jump, 31-1.10th place: Dietrich, 1,600, 6:10.94; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 54.11; Willers, 100, 13.3.11th place: Bosshart, 100, 13.43; Kuhlman, triple jump, 31-0.13th place: Kuhlman, long jump, 13-3 1/2; Hilary Hansen, 400, 1:07.62.15th place: LaRae Kor, discus, 78-6.16th place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 19.19.17th place: Kor, shot, 26-6 1/2.Luverne boysSixth place: 3,200 relay (Nick Otten, Ruston Aaker, Kyle Bitterman and Jake Hendricks), 9:05.3; 1,600 relay (Hendricks, Rust, Aaker and Scott Goebel), 3:52.58; Rust, 100, 11.38; Elbers, high jump, 5-10.Eighth place: 800 relay (Elbers, Cody Gehrke, Morgan and Hulstein), 1:36.5; Otten, 3,200, 10:50.44; Morgan, shot, 40-5.Ninth place: Hulstein, 110 hurdles, 16..62; Morgan, 300 hurdles, 45.44; Goebel, 800, 2:13.9.10th place: Goebel, 1,600, 5:03.2; Gehrke, 200, 24.78; Hendricks, 400, 5627; Hulstein, high jump, 5-6; Nick Van Wyhe, shot, 38-2 3/4.11th place: Gehrke, long jump, 16-10 3/4; Casey Swenson, discus, 108-1.12th place: Aaker, 400, 57.34; Bitterman, 800, 2:17.3.13th place: Aaker, pole vault, 9-0; Tom Gluf, discus, 100-5; Ben Cornish, long jump, 15-8 1/2.14th place: Cornish, triple jump, 32-9.16th place: Jon May, 3,200, 12:37.58; May, 1,600, 6:03.71.

Luverne’s Patrick Bennett digs up a ball during Friday’s home tennis match against Fairmont. Bennett won in straight sets at No. 2 singles to help the Cardinals snap a six-match losing streak with a 5-2 win over Fairmont.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team ended a slump by winning three of four matches it played since last Thursday.The Cardinals ended a six-match slide by posting a three-point home win over Fairmont Friday before going 1-1 at the Yellow Medicine East Tournament Saturday in Granite Falls. The Cards nailed down a three-point victory over Martin County West in Sherburn Tuesday.Luverne, 9-10 overall, plays at the Southwest Conference Tournament in Redwood Falls Thursday. The Cardinals will open Section 3A Team Tournament competition Monday at a site to be determined.Luverne 4, MCW 1The Cardinals came out on top during a rain-shortened match played in Sherburn Tuesday.Luverne won four of the five matches completed during the event and sported leads in the final two matches that were rained out.Dusty Antoine, Patrick Bennett and Kyle Fletcher secured victories at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles respectively.Antoine handed Alister Olson 6-2 and 6-0 setbacks, Bennett came back from a four-game deficit to beat Phil Johnson 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker) in the first set of their match before prevailing 6-3 in the second set. Fletcher notched a pair of 6-2 wins over Brad Oelkers.Luverne’s John Kreuch and Chris Vickery posted a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-beaker) victory over Mike Johnson and David Anderson at No. 2 doubles.MCW’s No. 1 team of Matt Harbitz and Andy Schieber downed Steven Althoff and Trevor Maine by 6-3 and 6-2 tallies.Cardinal Derek Boeve won the first set of his No. 4 singles match against Chris Kuehl 6-2 and led 5-1 in the second set before the contest was rained out. Zach Sanderson and David Nelson had a 4-3 lead in the first set of the No. 3 doubles match against Mike Lundquist and Nate Janssen before the match was cancelled.YME tourneyThe Cardinals went 1-1 and placed second during Saturday’s three-team tournament in Granite Falls.Pipestone blanked the Cards 7-0 in the first round. Luverne bounced back to nip YME 4-3 in the finale."It was a cold and windy day to be playing tennis," said Cardinal coach Greg Antoine. "I thought the kids did well considering the conditions."Singles players Dusty Antoine, Bennett and Boeve, and the No. 1 doubles team of Althoff and Maine all won their matches against YME to go 1-1 for the day.After dropping a pair of 6-0 sets to Pipestone’s Florian Brokamp at No. 1 singles, Antoine bounced back to best YME’s Nathan Marland by 6-3 and 6-2 counts.Bennett lost 6-4 and 6-2 decisions to Pipestone’s Mike Janssen before posting 6-0 and 6-1 wins over Brian Lavin at No. 2 singles.Boeve, who lost 6-1 and 6-2 sets to Pipestone’s Jamie Gustavson in the first round, produced what to be the game-winning point when he downed YME’s Jeff Ford 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.Althoff and Maine dropped a pair of 6-1 sets to Pipestone’s Scott Vander Poel and Pat Wieme before posting a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory over YME’s Kyle Henderson and Aaron Smith.Fletcher went 0-2 at No. 3 singles, Kreuch and Nelson went 0-2 at No. 2 doubles and Weston Sawtelle and Sanderson went 0-2 at No. 3 doubles for LHS.Luverne 5, Fairmont 2The Cardinals snapped a six-match losing skid when they bested Fairmont by three points in Luverne Friday.Luverne went 3-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles during what was a solid performance by the hosts."Every person played well for us," said coach Antoine. "It was one of the better efforts we had all year. All the kids bared down and played well."Dusty Antoine, Bennett and Fletcher posted straight set wins in singles.Antoine topped David Kopischke by 6-3 and 6-2 scores at No. 1, Bennett bested Scott Schaffel by 6-0 and 6-4 scores at No. 2, and Fletcher handed Andy Melchert 6-4 and 6-2 losses at No. 3.Fairmont’s Ted Shaffel beat Chris Vickery 1-6, 7-6 (7-1 in the tie-breaker) and 6-3 at No. 4 singles.Cardinals Althoff and Kreuch secured 6-3 and 7-5 wins over Frean Fame and Brady Schmidt at No. 2 doubles, while Nelson and Sawtelle topped Jeremy Numan and Andrew Evelflin in a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 match at No. 3 doubles.Fairmont’s Wade Rosin and Luke Granheim upended Maine and Boeve 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker) and 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.

Louis (Lou) Bartels, 87, Hills, died Monday, May 12, 2003, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in the Reformed Church of Steen with the Rev. Dan Ramaker officiating. Burial will follow in the Eastside Cemetery of Steen. Louis (Lou) Bartels was born on July 25, 1915, to John and Ann (Acterhoff) Bartels in Carmel, Iowa. Lou attended the Carmel area country schools. He was united in marriage to Bernice Van Malsen on December 1, 1938. Together the couple lived and farmed in the Hills area for more than 50 years. In 1995, Lou became a resident at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth, and in 1996 he moved to the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. He was a member of the Reformed Church of Steen, where he served as a deacon and elder. He especially enjoyed singing. He also enjoyed traveling and fishing. In their travels they passed though every state except two. The couple also took many volunteer mission trips to places such as, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, along with others. Lou is survived by his wife, Bernice Bartels; four sons, John (Sharon) Bartels of Ashton, Iowa, Dale (Sue) Bartels of Hills, MN, Dean (Janeane) Bartels of Brookings, S.D. and Randy Bartels of Akron, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, one brother, Pete (Augusta) Bartels of Ripon, Calif.; one sister, Jane (Arnold) Bonnema of Steen., and many other relatives.He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Grace Timmer.Roste Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.

By John RittenhouseZach Wysong and the Luverne High School baseball squad experienced a hard-luck week.The Cardinals lost the first games of scheduled doubleheaders in Marshall Thursday and in Luverne against Redwood Valley Tuesday, and they were saddled with two losses when the second game of each set was rained out.Under Southwest Conference rules, the winner of the first game is credited with a 1-0 victory when Game 2 is rained out.Luverne went 1-1 at the Lac qui Parle Valley Tournament in Madison Saturday.Wysong was hitless in two trips to the plate during Tuesday’s game against Redwood Valley in Luverne.RWV scored an unearned run in the fourth inning to win the first game of the scheduled doubleheader.Wysong had a solid day in Madison Saturday, where he drove in four runs in five at bats.The Hills-Beaver Creek High School sophomore registered a two-run single and chased home another run with a sacrifice fly during a 15-2 victory over West Central in the tournament’s first round.Wysong was hitless in two at bats during an 8-5 loss to LQPV in the finale, but he received an RBI when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.Wysong pitched one inning against LQPV, allowing one hit, one walk and two unearned runs.The Cards lost a 5-4 decision in the first game of Thursday’s scheduled doubleheader in Marshall. The second game was rained out.Wysong was hitless in two at bats against the Tigers.The 9-8 Cardinals host Fairmont Friday before ending the regular season with a doubleheader in Windom Monday.

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth boys’ golf team outplayed the competition at the Red Rock Central Triangular in Sanborn Friday.The Patriots raised their season record to 6-5 by beating RRC and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster at the event.H-BC-E tallied 182 strokes as a team to edge RRC (185) and SV-RL-B (189).Kyle Sammons set the stage for victory by earning medalist honors at the meet. Sammons shot a four-over-par 40 to lead all players.Blake Brommer pitched in a 46 to the winning team effort, while Tom Janssen and Dustin Bonnema added 48s.Clint Roozenboom and Travis Broesder shot 52- and 58-stroke rounds without making an impact on the team effort.Alex Pfaar shot a five-over-par 41 to lead the host team.Jared Smith shot a seven-over-par 43 to pace SV-RL-B.The 6-4 Patriots will compete at the Red Rock Conference meet in Fulda today before playing at the Sub-Section 10 Championships in Worthington Thursday.

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams turned in outstanding performances during the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Championships in Slayton Thursday.Rain and windy conditions challenged all the athletes on hand for the meet, but the Patriots rose to the challenge to land respectable places in the final team standings.The H-BC-E-E boys tallied 688 points to place fourth in a 15-team field. The girls’ placed fifth out of 13 teams with 474.5 points, which was their best finish at a true team meet.Chris Reid won a pair of individual events to lead the Patriot boys in Slayton.Reid, who placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.58, won the long jump with a distance of 21-7 3/4 and took top honors with a time of 11.06 in the 100-meter dash.Reid also ran a leg with H-BC-E-E’s 400-meter relay, which placed second with a time of 47.48. Zach Boyum, Brad Van Dyke and Curt Schilling joined Reid in the race.Tyler Bush and Cody Scholten placed second in individual events.Bush came in second with times of 2:07 and 4:48 in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs. Scholten cleared 5-8 to place second in the high jump.The Patriot girls placed fifth behind the strength of a pair of solid performances turned in by Cassi Tilstra.Tilstra, who finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.3, won the 800-meter run in 2:39.Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s Top-Eight finishers during Thursday’s meet.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: 1,600 relay (Lee Jackson, Todd Alberty, Kale Wiertzema and Bush), 3:53; 3,200 relay (Alberty, Kerry Fink, Derek Haak and Wiertzema), 9:15.Fourth place: 800 relay (Boyum, Schilling, Scholten and Van Dyke), 1:40.15.Fifth place: Alberty, 400, 55.94.Sixth place: Scholten, 100, 11.91.Seventh place: Fink, 3,200, 11:45.6; Bush, high jump, 5-6; Schilling, shot, 42-9 1/2.Eighth place: Van Dyke, long jump, 18-5.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Erin Boeve, 200, 27.64; Boeve, 100, 13.33; Boeve, long jump, 15-10; 3,200 relay (Jocelyn Bucher, Rachel Kvaale, Amy Bucher and Mya Mann), 11:16.Fourth place: Mann, 800, 2:42.Fifth place: 1600 relay (Mann, Brittney Helgeson, J.Bucher and Tilstra), 4:51.Sixth place: Kvaale, 1,600, 5:57.6.Seventh place: Tilstra, high jump, 4-6; Amanda Tilstra, 3,200, 14:09.Eighth place: Boeve, triple jump, 31-10; A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:00.

10 years ago (1993)"Rock County moved one step closer to obtaining federal disaster funding Tuesday as County Board members approved an official request for presidential declaration of major disaster. That decision was little more than a formality following a recommendation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency inspectors after they toured Rock County last week, assessing damages and collecting estimates."25 years ago (1978)"It sounds almost like a broken record.Many of the 24 people who are seeking the 15 positions up for election on the seven area school boards tag declining enrollment and tight budgets as the highest hurdles ahead for the boards."50 years ago (1953)"There will be a coronation ceremony held Friday at Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Adams are going to be crowned ‘Duke and Duchess of Magnolia’ in a ceremony to be held there under the auspices of the ‘home folks.’ Darrell Lester, acting as mayor will place the crowns on the heads of Magnolia’s favorite son and wife."75 years ago (1928)"In the opinion of Lawrence K. Fox, of Pierre, S.D., state historian of South Dakota, the iron post which marks the dividing line between Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota, six and one-half miles southwest of hills, was placed there by members of a United States geodetic or geographic survey and not by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition or by Jefferson Davis, as is commonly claimed."100 years ago (1903)"Corn planting was delayed, though without any injury to the grain then in the ground, by a series of showers which began Friday night and continued intermittently until Tuesday morning. The total of the rainfall for that period is reported by Harry Hinkly, the voluntary weather observer, as 3.31 inches. The rainfall Monday was three-fourths of an inch."