Prep report: Douglas County sends six to Wisconsin state track

Northwestern pole vaulter Cam Benesch is Douglas County’s greatest hope for a state title on the WIAA monitor championships, which start on Friday in La Crosse.

Benesch, a senior, enters his competitors on Friday with the second-best efficiency logged of 16 rivals within the area, having cleared 14-foot-3 within the sectionals final week at Rice Lake. Solely three vaulters in Wisconsin Division 2 cleared 14 toes on the sectional stage, and just one, Kaden Rambatt of Large Foot, cleared the next bar than Benesch (14-6). Rambatt completed second final yr and defending champion Luke Haase of Osceola is within the area, although Benesch beat him at sectionals.

Three different Northwestern athletes are competing throughout 4 occasions. The one Douglas County athlete to compete in a number of occasions this weekend is Tigers senior CJ Thompson. Thompson is seeded in the midst of the pack in each the 110- and 300-meter hurdles, although lower than 1 / 4 of a second separated fourth place from Thompson in eleventh.

Greg Ohman (discus) and Monte Mayberry (excessive soar) will even compete for the Tigers in area occasions.

Darrel James is Superior’s lone consultant, within the 100 meters. Solon Springs/Northwood freshman Cade Lisson had the sixth-best sectional time within the 400 meters despite the fact that he completed fifth in his race. That was sufficient for Lisson to qualify on time.

A sweep of the singles matches helped web Duluth East a Part 7AA boys tennis workforce title late Tuesday in Blaine.

The Greyhounds, which gained the part title in 2021 as properly gained all 4 matches in straight units with Dane Patten prevailing 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 and Ryan Delaney profitable 6-2, 7-5. The 2 will compete within the state particular person event as a doubles workforce.

Elk River gained two doubles matches, however East’s No. 2 workforce of Karl Kimber and A.J. Amatuzio outlasted Alex Kaelke and Myles Thompson in a marathon. After East gained the primary set 6-3 and misplaced the second 7-5, the pairs performed an excellent tiebreaker and the Greyhound duo gained 11-9.

Elk River prevailed 10-6 in one other tremendous tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles.

The boys workforce event will happen June 9-10 in Minneapolis.

Duluth East paid no thoughts to its seventh seed in an eight-team Part 7AAAA baseball bracket on Wednesday, holding on for a 4-3 win in a primary spherical recreation at Blaine.

The Greyhounds took the lead with a three-run sixth inning, then held off a Blaine rally after permitting two runs within the backside of the seventh inning.

Bjorn Lind pitched the primary six-plus innings. All three runs towards him had been unearned. He allowed 5 hits and walked 5, however struck out six. Dean Hudoba got here in and put out the hearth, strolling two and placing out two.

Lind rounded out his efficiency by going 3-for-3 with an RBI. Charlie Sutherland and Dylan Manchester went 2-for-4, with Manchester together with a double and RBI.

East will proceed within the winner’s bracket on Thursday by going through No. 3 seed Centennial.

Duluth Marshall rolled into spherical three of the Part 7AA baseball event by profitable a pair of rescheduled video games on Wednesday at Mesabi East Excessive College in Aurora.

The second-seeded Hilltoppers dismissed Worldwide Falls 13-4 of their opener.

The wins earn the ‘Toppers a date with Aitkin in a winner’s bracket quarterfinal scheduled for Thursday at Proctor. The winner of that recreation will face Esko or Rock Ridge on Tuesday for a berth within the part championship recreation.

In a heated battle at Bass Lake Golf Course outdoors Antigo, Northwestern fell one shot shy of qualification for the Wisconsin Division 2 boys golf state meet on Tuesday.

The Tigers posted a mixed rating of 335, however that was solely ok for third place, one shot behind the host Purple Robins and 4 behind sectional champions Amery.

Northwestern senior Trent Meyer posted a 3-over-par 74. That put him one shot behind medalist Blu Anderson of Amery however was greater than sufficient to simply qualify as a person for the state meet, set for Monday and Tuesday at Blackwolf Run’s Meadows Course in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Northwestern’s Dillon Scheufeli shot an 83 and Lawson Burkhart an 84.

PREP SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
Part 7AAAA
Duluth East 4, Blaine 3
Part 7AA
Duluth Marshall 6, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 0
Duluth Marshall 13, Worldwide Falls 4
Pequot Lakes 6, Mesabi East 1
Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 6, Pine Metropolis 5
WIAA Division 4
Northwood/Solon Springs 15, Washburn 2