On Wednesday, June 8th, the Wabasso Jaxx were looking for their second straight win as they took on the Willmar Rails in Wabasso. The Jaxx provided a little bit of everything in the game including big hits, solid defense, and great pitching as the result was a crucial 4-2 win over Willmar that got the team back to .500 on the season.
It was a successful State Tournament for the River Valley Wildcats as they perfomed well at the event held June 9-11 at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
The Redwood Valley duo of Drew Lundeen and Andrew Muetzel recently wrapped up their season competing at the State Class A Doubles Tournament held in Minneapolis. The pair drew the top seeded team of Dylan Hahn and Jack Onkka of Thief River Falls - the eventual State champs - in the opening round and were competitive in a 6-2, 6-4 loss.
Arguably one of the top Redwood Valley girls golf teams in its history fell one stroke shy of capturing the Section 3AA Tournament title Wednesday at Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. The Cardinal girls fired a two-day 686 total to fall one stroke behind defending champion Minnewaska Area who won the event with a 685 and had four girls finish in the top eight.
The Wabasso Jaxx continued their trek through the amateur baseball season with a pair of games over the June 3rd weekend. On Friday, June 3rd the Jaxx dropped a close game to the Milroy Yankees 2-0.
One of the more successful seasons in recent memory came to an end on Thursday for the Redwood Valley baseball team as they fell 5-1 to ACGC in Section 3AA action. The Cardinals (17-7) opened up the postseason with back-to-back wins against Pipestone Area and Windom Area but suffered a tough 8-5 loss to top-seed and undefeated Paynesville Area (21-0) and then fell to ACGC to end their season.
Redwood Valley had a strong afternoon Thursday in Pipestone as they will send a large group of athletes on to the State Track Meet. The Cardinal boys finished third as a team and the girls second at the Section 3AA Meet - Luverne would capture both the boys and girls team titles - and a number of Cardinals will now move on to State June 9-11 at St.
The River Valley Wildcats track and field teams will send a group on to State following Section 2A Track action held Saturday at Mankato West High School. The 4x800 girls relay team of Marissa Pabst, Lily McCone, Emmie McCone and Megan Sandgren ran a season best 10:11.42 for first place.
Twelve youth from the Redwood/Renville 4-H Shooting Sports Club represented the Redwood County VFW in national competition. They competed against other youth from Ohio and California in the Civilian Marksmanship Program Aces Postal event. The Aces Postal is designed to provide competitive opportunities for all athletes. Targets are shot locally and mailed to CMP for computer scoring.
Redwood Valley sophomore Oliver Smith had one of his best rounds of the season to advance to day two of the Section 3AA boys golf tournament (held Wednesday in Buffalo Lake). Smith shot rounds of 45-41 to lead the Cardinal boys with an 86 and survived the cut to advance to day two at Oakdale Country Club in Buffalo Lake.