Area Sports

Sibley East shortstop Caleb Dose will play in the Minnesota State High School League Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series this Friday and Saturday at the Chaska Athletic Park.  Dose was named to the South all-star team.  It will be South vs. Metro East at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.  There will then be five games Saturday…

Sibley East’s 4x800m relay placed 6th and earned All-State Honors in the Class A State Track Meet.  The foursome included Micah Scherer, Trevor Parrott, Jose Nevarez and Joe Ballalatak.   And, Sibley East’s Jackson Burdorf placed 7th in the discus to earn All-State Honors. According to Sibley East coach Jim Kreft, this is the first…

Members of the Sibley East trap team are gearing up to compete in the state shooting championships next week in Alexandria.

Nine members of the Sibley East boys’ track team qualified for the State meet with runnerup finishes Saturday in the Section 2A Track and Field Championships in Mankato.  Pictured with this post are Wolverines (L to R) Jose Nevarez, Micah Scherer, Trevor Parrott and Joe Ballalatak.  For a complete report on the section meet, see…

Sibley East’s baseball team had its season end Monday with a 7-1 loss to Cannon Falls in Section 2AA play at Gaylord’s Walsh Field.  The Wolverines finish with a 17-7 record and advanced further in the post season than any Sibley East baseball team since 1998 (the year Sibley East won a state title).  Cannon…

Sibley East senior Jackson Burdorf broke the school shot put record at last week’s sub-section meet.  Burdorf’s heave of 51′-3-3/4″ broke the previous school mark set by Paul Utendorfer in 1999.  Burdorf is pictured with Sibley East throwers coach Mark Vrklan, who also coached Utendorfer.

Sibley East’s baseball team, in a playoff thriller at Belle Plaine Thursday, fell to the top-seeded Tigers 4-3.  The Wolverines fell behind 3-0 in the first inning, but battled back and had a chance to win.  Sibley East will now play Maple River in the Section 2AA double elimination tournament.  That game is set for…

It was another blowout win for Sibley East’s baseballers Tuesday.  The Wolverines blanked New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 8-0 in the second round of the section tournament.  Head coach Dan Hoefs said pitcher Brody Serbus was in control the entire game.  Sam Ebert led the Wolverines offensively with four RBI’s.  The victory sets up a clash with top…

Syd Schott, a 2019 graduate of Sibley East, is making her mark in the college softball ranks.  Schott, a standout pitcher and hitter, led North Dakota School of Science to a regional championship last week.  She was named MVP of that tournament which was held in Cambridge, MN.  Schott and the Wildcats are playing in…