Area Sports

Gaylord’s amateur baseballers will wrap up their regular season Wednesday, then begin the playoffs on Sunday.  For more on the Islanders, see this week’s issue.

Sibley East’s American Legion baseball team fell a couple victories shy of qualifying for State.  For more on this past weekend’s action, see our July 29th issue.

Gaylord’s Islanders will likely finish second to Jordan in the River Valley League standings.  The Islanders are also tabbed for a four seed in Region 6C.  That could lead to home playoff games in round one and two of the the tourney.  For more information, see the July 22nd issue of The Hub.

Gaylord’s amateur baseballers recorded a total of 35 hits in wins over St. Clair and Arlington last week.  The Islanders have won 7 of their last 8 games.  They will host Le Sueur on Friday.  Many pre-game events are planned for Friday.  See the July 15th issue of The Hub for more information.

It was another successful season for the Sibley East Bowling Team.  For more on the Wolverine keglers, see our July 15th edition.

Brett Allen of Gaylord won the Jerry’s HQ Foods IMCA Sprint Feature Saturday at the Arlington Raceway.  For more racing results, see our July 8th edition.

Five runs and five straight wins.  That was the case for Gaylord’s amateur baseballers Friday as they won their fifth straight with a 5-1 victory over visiting Arlington.  Gaylord’s Islanders will play at Belle Plaine on Wednesday (7:30).

Sibley East’s Lexi Classen placed third in the Novice Division at the high school trap shooting championships held last week in Alexandria.

Sibley East’s American Legion baseball team remained unbeaten on the season after sweeping Lester Prairie on Thursday.  The Wolverines were scheduled to host Waterville-Elysian-Morristown on Monday….due to rain that tilt was postponed and Sibley East will play a doubleheader on this Thursday.  For more on Legion baseball, see our July 1st edition.