The Miesville Mudhens baseball team shut out the Hastings Hawks on Sunday 5-0 as heard live on KDWA. The bottom of the Mudhens lineup got them started early, with an RBI single CJ Dornfeld put them up 1-0 in the second inning, followed by an RBI sacrifice fly by Eddie Peine to lead 2-0 after the second. Miesville didn’t have a breakout inning offensively, but added another run in the fourth on an RBI single by Peine, another in the fifth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Brock Rinehart, and another in the ninth off of another RBI single by Rinehart. Jac Wright got the win on the mound going six scoreless innings allowing just two hits, while Blake Ritzer came on in relief to continue the shutout allowing just two hits himself. Miesville is now 3-1 on the season, and will travel to Cannon Falls on Wednesday.
Prescott track and field athletes who are qualified to state as announced over the weekend as at-large bids include:
Boys 4×200- Andrew Lesso, Andrew Russell, Jaylen Fleming, and Wyatt Budworth- 3rd place in a school record time 1:28.89
Boys 4x100m relay- Andrew Lesso, Andrew Russell, Reese Stanton, Wyatt Budworth- 3rd place (42.78s)
Kyra Dix- girls 3200- 3rd place with a new school record time of 10:53.88.
Boys 4x400m relay- Ashton Marshall, Jaylen Fleming, Wyatt Budworth, Andrew Russell- 3rd place (3:22.83)
Final qualifiers were announced for the Hastings boys and girls track and field teams as well. On the girls side, Ellie Magnus will have a busy meet, qualifying in the 100m, 200m, and part of the state qualifying 4x200m Relay team, while Olyvia Erickson qualified in the 400m, and Mya Bauer in the High Jump. On the boys side, Zach Shatek qualified in the 100m, Lane Hoffman and Shatek in the 200m, while Sebastian Strauss, Gunner Hanstad, and Matthew Jelks all qualified in the 400m. The boys 4×200 and 4x400m Relay teams also all qualified to state. The meet begins on Thursday at St. Michael-Albertville.