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Arlington Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 2013, page 6www.arlingtonmnnews.comSportsMegan Eckberg places 4that state girls track meetEnterprise photo courtesy of Josh Randt, McLeod County ChronicleMegan EckbergBy Kurt MenkEditorSibley East junior MeganEckberg placed fourth in the100 meter hurdles during theMinnesota State Class AGirls Track and Field Meet atHamline on Saturday, June 7.Eckberg, who won her heatin the preliminaries with apersonal best time of 15.61seconds on Friday, June 6,placed fourth during the finalswith a time of 15.91 secondsone day later.“It was a beautiful racefrom start to finish,” saidSibley East head coach JillWarzecha. “Megan spent agreat deal of time last weekpreparing for a variety of scenariosthat could affect thestart of the race. Her hardwork and determination paidoff. Once she completed herrace on Friday it was morethan evident she was capableof competing amongst the tophurdlers in the state.”Warzecha further commented,“Megan was challengedby a very accomplishedfield, one in whichthe returning state 100 meterhurdle champ was competingfor the second year in a row.”Defending state championJaelin Beachy, a junior fromStaples-Motley, won the 100meter hurdles with a time of15.12 seconds.Milaca sophomore AllieTerpstra placed second with ashowing of 15.54 seconds.Paynesville junior KariHoeft placed third with aclocking of 15.722 seconds.“It was a successful seasonending for Megan in whichshe never lost sight of hergoal despite the challengingspring we experienced,” saidWarzecha. “We had more indoorpractices than outdoorpractices but Megan didn’t letthat stand in her way one bit.It was an amazing weekendand assistant coach MikeVrklan and I were happy tobe a part of it.”Sibley East finished 45thamong 73 teams who scoredpoints during the state meet.Milaca and Warroad tiedfor the state championshipwith 42 team points each.A’s step on Spiders, walk past St. PeterBy Kurt MenkEditorThe Arlington A’s baseballteam captured two wins inthree games at home duringthe past week.The A’s, 3-3 overall, willhost Le Sueur at 7:30 p.m.Thursday, June 13. Arlingtonwill travel to Chanhassen at 6p.m. Sunday, June 16.Arlington 6Cleveland 3The Arlington A’s baseballteam stepped on the ClevelandSpiders 6-3 on Tuesdaynight, June 4.Lucas Schwope pitched thefirst five innings and postedthe mound win. The righthander threw scoreless balland yielded just one hit. Healso fanned six and walkedfive.Lukas Bullert, MichaelBullert and Dan Cheis all followedin relief.Scott Dose and Jake Lucascontributed two singles eachwhile Craig Dose, ShaneHenke, Trevor Schrupp andNathan Thomes added onesingle apiece.Arlington 13St. Peter 3The Arlington A’s baseballteam, in a rescheduled game,trounced St. Peter 13-3 inseven innings on Thursdaynight, June 6.The A’s, who collected 11hits, took advantage of 10 St.Peter walks along with a fewerrors.Michael Bullert led the hitparade with two singles and adouble. Bryce Eggert had asingle and a double whileJake Lucas collected two singles.Brett Pioske, whoscored four runs, slugged adouble while Scott Dose andNathan Henke added one singleeach.Matt Pichelmann workedthe entire contest and recordedthe mound victory. Theright hander gave up threeearned runs on 12 hits. Healso struck out four, walkedtwo and hit one batter.Jordan 2Arlington 0The Arlington A’s baseballteam was blanked by visitingJordan 2-0 on Sunday night,June 9.Jordan plated the only tworuns in the top of the fifth inning.Scott Husfeldt pitched theentire game and was taggedwith the mound loss. Thelefty surrendered only fourhits. He also fanned five andwalked five.Brett Pioske contributedtwo singles while Craig Doseand Josh Nelson collectedone single each.Green Isle baseball team splits 4 gamesBy Kurt MenkEditorThe Green Isle Irish baseballteam split four games inrecent action.The Irish, 5-2 overall, willtravel to Waconia at 7:30 p.m.Friday, June 14. Green Islewill host Carver at 6 p.m.Sunday, June 16. In addition,the Irish will travel to YoungAmerica at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,June 18.Chaska 14Green Isle 4The visiting Green IsleIrish baseball team was toppledby Chaska 14-4 in seveninnings on Sunday night,June 2.Zach Herd paced GreenIsle’s four-hit attack with adouble. Alex Twenge, JacksonHallahan and Pat Moriartyadded one single each.Cody Hallahan pitched thefirst 5 2/3 innings and sufferedthe mound loss. Theright hander yielded eightearned runs on 10 hits. Healso struck out six andwalked two.Nate Pilacinski and PatMoriarty each worked onethirdof an inning in relief.Green Isle 20New Germany 6The Green Isle Irish baseballteam rebounded with a20-6 win over visiting NewGermany in seven innings onTuesday evening, June 4.Chris Knoll collected a singleand a triple while AustinBrockhoff, Mike Dhaene andJackson Hallahan contributedone single each and one doubleapiece. Nate Pilacinskihad two singles while LucasHerd, Zac Weber, Zach Herdand Ed Reichenbach addedone single each.Pat Gullickson pitched thefirst 5 2/3 innings and postedthe mound win. The righthander surrendered twoearned runs on nine hits. Healso fanned five and walkedone. Jackson Hallahanworked the final 1 1/3 framesin relief.Shakopee 12Green Isle 3The visiting Green IsleIrish baseball team fell toShakopee 12-3 on Fridaynight, June 7.Mike Dhaene contributedtwo singles while AustinBrockoff, Chris Knoll, LucasHerd, Alex Twenge, ZachHerd, Ed Reichenbach andNate Pilacinski added onesingle apiece.Dylan McCormick hurledthe first three innings and wastagged with the mound loss.Matt Breyer, Knoll and Pilacinskiall pitched in relief.Green Isle 2Carver 1The visiting Green IsleIrish baseball team edgedCarver 2-1 on Saturday afternoon,June 8.Cody Hallahan pitched theentire contest and picked upthe mound loss. The righthander yielded one unearnedrun on just one hit. He alsostruck out eight and issuedthree base on balls.Brian Scherschligt contributedtwo singles while EdReichenbach belted a double.Zach Herd, Lucas Herd, MikeDhaene and Nate Pilacinskiadded one single apiece.Fun Spots Close to Home!Look for the Summer Fun Spots atwww.GlencoeNews.com to download your copy!The Sibley ShopperArlington • 964-5547Thanks to these participating businesses:• Crow River Winery • Molly’s Cafe • Care Connection Thrift Store• Kahnke Brothers Tree Farm • The Flower Mill • State Theatre• Neubarth Lawn Care & Landscaping • Holasek Flower Power Garden Center• Pines-n-tiques • The Peppermint Twist • The Glencoe Aquatic Center• Computer restore • Fashion Interiors • Sibley County Historical Museum• Glencoe City Center • Glencoe Farmer’s Market • Berger InteriorsVolleyball CampsJune 24-27Girls entering Grades 1-38:30-10:15 a.m.Girls entering Grades 4-610:15 a.m.-NoonCost: $ 40.00Register Early!Kurt’s KornerStateTournamentThe Minnesota BaseballBoard, during a meeting onSaturday, June 15, will awardbids for three upcoming statetournaments.Bids have been receivedfrom Green Isle-Norwood-Hamburg; Dassel-Cokato-Hutchinson; Chaska-Chanhassen;and Shakopee-NewPrague; for state tournamentsin 2016, 2017 and 2018.The application from GreenIsle-Norwood-Hamburg is theonly bid eligible for 2017.According to rules, no teamor teams can host or co-host astate tournament within 10years.Norwood-Hamburg cohostedthe state tournament in2007. Green Isle, due toheavy rains, was the emergencysite that year and hostednine games in the statetournament.Jay KregerSibley East graduate JayKreger guided the Hinckley-Finlayson varsity baseballteam to the section finals thisyear. Hinckley-Finlayson lostto Osakis 8-1.Kreger, who has been thehead baseball coach for threeyears and a social studiesteacher for 13 years, was alsonamed Male Teacher of theYear at the Hinckley-FinlaysonPublic School.He is the son of Joe andJean Kreger, Green Isle.All SectionSibley East sophomoreAustin Brockhoff, a memberof the Sibley East varsityState Medalboys baseball team, was recentlynamed to the All SectionBaseball Team.Brockhoff had the lone hitfor Sibley East in a 2-0 loss toGlencoe-Silver Lake duringthe opening round of the SubSection 2AA North BaseballTournament. He also had astolen base and made an outstandingcatch up against thefoul fence in right field.He is the son of Dave andLaurie Brockhoff, Arlington.AcademicAll StateThe Sibley East varsityboys baseball team was recentlynamed as an AcademicAll State Silver Team in ClassAA, according to the MinnesotaState High SchoolBaseball Coaches Association.Sibley East was one of 14squads selected as SilverTeams.There were six squads chosenas Gold Teams.The Wolverines arecoached by Dan Tackmann.Summer RecPicturesThe Arlington Enterpriseplans to take Summer Recreationteam pictures on Friday,June 21.Summer Recreation DirectorMatt Pichelmann will alsoinform the youth about theteam pictures during practicesand games this week.GreysThe Arlington Greys willpractice at Frenzel Park at6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13.Submitted PhotoLocal resident Seth Kroells was a member of the MinnesotaValley Lutheran 4 X 100 meter relay team thatplaced seventh during the Minnesota State Class ABoys Track and Field Meet at Hamline University onSaturday, June 8. The relay team finished the race in44.98 seconds. The sophomore, who ran the third legon the relay team, is the son of Keith and PeggyKroells, Arlington. The other members of the relayteam included senior Adam Schnobrich, freshmanLukas Borgwardt and senior Matt Tessmer.Grades 7-12 (Fall 2013)(Courts separated by ability)1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. **Note New Time!**Cost: $ 85.00A23-24E24SaRegister by contactingChip Wolverton • 507-237-2492