Sports

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East boys tennis team played a match against New London-Spicer . Scoring from that event follows: YME 0 vs NLS 7 Singles (1) Kenneth Schmiesing, NLS, def Ryan Syring 6-0, 6-0 (2) Jowell Gamez, NLS, def Karter Canatsey 6-0, 6-1 (3) Henry Vetsch, NLS, def Liam Hadfield 6-1, 6-1 (4) Joe Brouwer, NLS, def Evan Christianson 6-0, 6-0 Doubles (1) Jack Barney/Ethan Spors, NLS, def Gage Corner/Ryan Brouwer 6-0, 6-2 (2) Josh Soto/Sam Gamez, NLS, def Devin Ladwig/Mathias Vonderharr 6-0, 6-0 (3) Austin Okuly/Jackson Barber, NLS, def Hlaing Aung/Cyril Chase-Pendleton 6-0, 6-0 On Thursday, the team took to the courts again, falling to MACCRAY 2-5 at home. Scoring from that meet follows: Singles (1) Ryan Syring, YME, def. Daniel Seehusen 6-0, 6-2 (2) Austin Sweep, MAC, def. Karter Canatsey 6-3, 6-2 (3) Matt Wadsworth, MAC, def. Liam Hadfield 6-3, 6-3 (4) Willie Miller, MAC, def. Evan Christianson 6-0, 6-1 Doubles (1) Gage Corner/Ryan Brouwer, YME, def. Josh Castenada/Hugo Vargas 6-1, 7-5 (2) Dylan Hardebeck/Mike Cisneros, MAC, def. Devin Ladwig/Mathias VonderHarr 7-5, 6-1 (3) Andy Osario/Brent Rassat, MAC, def. Hlaing Aung/Jayden Yackley 6-0, 6-2

YME Trap Coach Sandra Berthelsen says that Sunday, May 7th, the fourth week of Conference Competition rounds was an exciting day. “Not only did we get to show off our sponsored businesses banner,” she says. Logan Hoff shoot a perfect score 25/25. This is Logan’s third “25” patch since he started trap shooting. With the next squad, Garrett Cob shot his lettering score of 20/25 for this season. “We could not be shooting on a High School Trap Team if it wasn’t for the MN Heartland Preserve. They put forth the efforts with East Medicine Pheasants Forever, Chippewa County Pheasants Forever, Southwestern Prairie Sportsmans Club, Granite Falls Redi-Mix and Troy’s Electric to build the ranges we shoot on,” Berthelsen says. Next week’s highlights wrap up the season’s conference rounds.

Last week, Yellow Medicine East Track & Field hosted an invitational, with the girls team taking 5th place with a score of 50.50, and the boys team taking 8th place with a score of 18. Individual top three scorers follows: Girls Team 400 Dash - 3rd Place Anjali Pullan 1:04.34 Triple Jump - 1st Place Nicole Rillo 31-6 Pole Vault - 3rd Place Klaira Shackelford 7-0 Shot Put - 3rd Place Jaselen Jiminez 29-6 Boys Team 300 Hurdles - 2nd Place Dwight Whitebuffalo 43.40 3,200 Run - 3rd Place Dylan Castillo 12:09.22

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East varsity girls softball team took on Lakeview at home in a double-header for two victories. In game one, the team took the win with a score of 10-1.

Last week, the Yellow Medicine East girls varsity Softball team took on both MACCRAY and Ortonville, taking a 12-8 victory over Ortonville. In that game, leaders included Atrinity Tipton who was 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run, while Bayli Sneller scored two hits, two RBIs, two runs and two stolen bases.

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Last Thursday, Yellow Medicine East hosted a Track and Field Invitational. The girls team took fourth place with a score of 57 while the boys team scored sixth with a score of 37.14.

Last summer, South Dakota musician Brady Wrede made a stop in Granite Falls on his Wander North Summer Tour. The tour was his first ever. This week, he plans to return to Granite Falls to host a show at Bluenose Gopher Public House on May 5th.