Hastings boys and girls track competed in day one of two at the Metro East Conference championships held at Two Rivers High School on Tuesday, the boys ending the day in first place with 47 points and the girls in third with 26 points. Day one of the meet qualified athletes to the finals and held finals for several events focusing on field events. Top five placements for event finals included:
Boys
Will Carry – 3200m – 5th
Xavier Timm – Shot Put – 5th
Henry Naber – Triple Jump – 2nd
Girls
Linnea Ronning – 3200m – 3rd
Piper Brockman – Discus – 1st
Mya Bauer – High Jump – 1st, Long Jump – 3rd
Avery Klippen – Long Jump – 4th
Paisley Grunzke – Long Jump – 5th
Qualifying to the finals tomorrow included:
Boys
Sebastian Strauss – 100m – 1st, 200m – 1st, 400m – 1st
Lane Hoffman – 100m – 2nd
Zach Shatek – 100m – 4th
Gunner Hanstad – 200m – 2nd, 400m – 2nd
Lane Hoffman – 200m – 5th
Aven Johnson – 300m Hurdles – 2nd
Henry Naber – Triple Jump – 2nd
Girls
Ellie Magnus – 100m – 1st, 200m – 1st, 400m – 1st
Olyvia Erickson – 200m – 5th, 400m – 2nd
Paisley Grunzke – 400m – 6th
Sara Siebenaler – 800m – 3rd
Jenevieve Behnke – 100m Hurdles – 2nd, 300m Hurdles – 3rd
Grace Braucks – 300m Hurdles – 2nd
Relays and all other championships will be decided tomorrow afternoon for the Metro East Conference.
Hastings boys tennis competed in the Individual Sections tournament Tuesday also at Two Rivers High School. Gus Conover fell in the first round of singles 6-4, 6-2, while Benji Price fell 6-0, 6-0. In doubles, the pairing of Zac Belford and Hunter Belford advanced in a first round win of 6-1, 6-1, but would fall in the second round 6-1, 6-0. The pairing of Micah Slapnicher and Aidan Suarez Garcia fell 6-2, 6-1 in the first round. The loss individual sections ends the season for Hastings boys tennis.
Hastings boys lacrosse fell to Chanhassen 21-1, and will take on Lakeville South on Friday.
Hastings baseball fell to Eagan in a section matchup on the road on Tuesday 13-4 as heard live on KDWA. The Raiders again got out to an early lead of 3-0 scoring on a Zander McVicker sacrifice fly and taking advantage of two Wildcats errors, but quickly saw that lead vanish. Eagan plated six in the bottom of the second, then added three more in the third, and four more in the fourth to get to the final tally. Hastings would add their only other run on a Peyton Perseke RBI triple. Raiders pitchers walked 10 Eagan batters in the contest. Hastings will wrap up the regular season today hosting Rosemount, before finding out their section opponent Thursday evening.
Prescott baseball dropped a heartbreaker to Baldwin-Woodville on Tuesday as heard live on KDWA Boxcast 4-2. Prescott led 2-0 going into the seventh inning after starting pitcher Zach Murphy gave up just one hit through the first six innings, but Baldwin-Woodville scored four runs in the final inning to get the win. Jackson Matzek went 2-3 at the plate with an RBI single, and Mason Livegard went 1-3 with an RBI single. Prescott will travel to Baldwin-Woodville tomorrow to wrap up their regular season.
And the Prescott boys and girls track and field teams competed in the Middle Border Conference championships on Tuesday at Somerset, the boys placing 2nd and the girls 4th. Top finishers included:
Boys
Andrew Russell – 100m – 1st, 200m – 3rd, 400m – 1st
Micah Overland – 110m Hurdles – 3rd, 300m Hurdles – 5th
4x100m Relay – 4th
4x400m Relay – 3rd
4x800m Relay – 3rd
Eyan Miller – Shot Put – 4th, High Jump – 2nd
Girls
Natalee Huppert – 100m – 4th
Miah Smith – 200m – 5th
Lily Vesperman – 800m – 5th
Kyra Dix – 1600m – 5th
4x200m Relay – 4th
4x800m Relay – 2nd
Makaria Haas – Shot Put – 3rd, Discus – 1st
Prescott will have their state qualifying meet on Tuesday at Altoona.