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.
It was a solid opening weekend of baseball for the Redwood Valley Cardinals as they rolled into the Section 3AA semifinals with victories over Big South Conference rivals Pipestone Area and Windom Area Saturday afternoon in Windom.
Wabasso wrapped up a successful 2022 campaign with a 2-2 postseason and were eliminated from postseason play with an 8-5 loss to KMS in the loser's bracket of the Section 3A softball tournament. The Rabbits topped Adrian 12-2 in five innings in their playoff opener as Avery Carlson allowed just two hits and was 2-for-3 with a double.
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.
The Redwood Valley boys track team dominated its way to the team title Thursday, May 26 at the Sub-Section Meet held at the Inglis Track & Field Complex in Redwood Falls. The Cardinals scored 132 team points to easily outdistance second place BOLD/BLH (95) and Lakeview (89) in the eight-team event.
The Redwood Valley duo of Drew Lundeen and Andrew Muetzel are headed to State following a second place finish at the Section 3A Doubles Tournament which wrapped up Tuesday afternoon at the RVHS Tennis Courts.
Redwood Falls Sportsman Club President Steve Whittet presented Shaun Matthews a 25 Straight patch for firing a perfect 25/25 round. Matthews placed 14th in Class 2A/4 of the Minnesota High School Clay Target League regular season. He was the Top Gun for the Redwood Valley Team. RV competitor Ava Dillion placed 13th for female shooters in the Class 2A Conference 4.
Friday, May 20th marked the 4th overall season for the Wabasso Jaxx amateur baseball program. The team went on the road to take on a fellow Cornbelt League opponent, the Sacred Heart Saints and through quality relief pitching and timely hits, Wabasso was able to earn a come-from-behind 11-6 victory in 10 innings.
Plating the game winning run in the bottom of the seventh the Wabasso baseball team edged GFW 5-4 in a recent Tomahawk Conference match-up. The Rabbits led 4-0 heading into the top of the sixth when the T-Birds rallied to tie the score at four.