Above: Fairmont’s Bryn Gustafson tees off from the third hole at New Ulm Country Club on Monday afternoon. Photo by Ali Selvey, New Ulm Journal.
NEW ULM — The Fairmont women’s golf team placed second out of six teams at the Big South Conference East Division women’s golf tournament held at New Ulm Country Club.
BEA led the way with 359 points, followed by Fairmont (291), Waseca (414), St. Peter (432), New Ulm (479) and Jackson County Central (520).
BEA’s Payten Goodahl was the medalist with 83 points, followed by BEA’s Rylan Storbeck (86 points), Fairmont’s Bryn Gustafson (87 points), BEA’s Caitlin Storbeck (98 points) and Waseca’s Emma Keith (93 points). points) followed. BEA’s Madison Ehrlich and Fairmont’s Carly Gustafson and Leslie Zahling tied for sixth place, both scoring 101 points. Fairmont’s fourth top scorer was Catherine Celaya, who tied for ninth with 102 points.
BEA will play in the Big South Conference invitational on Tuesday at Fairmont.
boys golf
Fairmont Boys finish 5th at JCC
JACKSON — The Fairmont men’s golf team placed fifth out of six teams at the Big South Conference East Division men’s golf tournament on Monday.
St. Peter won with 320, followed by New Ulm (342), Blue Earth Area (345), Central Jackson County (346), Fairmont (355) and Waseca (364).
Kaiden Brovold of St. Peter’s University was the medalist with a score of 76, followed by teammate Anthony Nikolai in second place with 78 points and Will Fossen of New Ulm University in third place with 80 points. Fairmont’s top golfer was Matthew Cohn, who tied for eighth with an 84. At Fairmont, Harmon Schrank tied for 10th with an 86, McLain Anderson tied for 16th with an 88, and Hudson McKean tied for 31st with a 97.
BEA’s Eli Bragg tied for 4th with 82 RBI, Jackson Blondin tied for 16th with 88, Manny Granillo tied for 21st with 89, and Hunter Viland tied for 23rd with 91. It became. BEA will play in the Big South Conference invitational on Tuesday at Fairmont.
Preparing for softball
LCWM 6, Fairmont 1
FAIRMONT — Class AA No. 2 Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial held Fairmont at bay in Monday’s non-conference softball game, winning 6-1.
A pitching battle between LCWM’s Avery Voges and Fairmont’s Nevae Rahm continued through the first four innings, but the Knights scored in the fourth to break the scoreless tie and take a 1-0 lead. LCWM scored three points with two doubles in the fifth inning and three singles in the sixth inning to take a 6-0 lead.
After Gabby Riding’s leadoff single, Briley Miller drove her in with a single to put the Cardinals ahead in the bottom of the seventh inning. That was all the Cardinals could muster in terms of runs as the Knights hung on. The score was the first unearned run Vosges allowed all season.
Rahm pitched six innings in the loss, allowing six runs on 11 hits and five walks, with two strikeouts. Riding pitched the seventh and got a strikeout.
Miller led the Cardinals with two doubles and Rahm had two singles.
Fairmont (8-9) heads to Worthington for Big South Conference play on Tuesday.
preparation tennis
Litchfield 6, Fairmont 1
Litchfield — Litchfield defeated Fairmont 6-1 on Monday in the nonconference spring tennis tournament.
Anthony Stegge defeated Tommy Whitlock 6-0, 6-1 in the second singles match for Fairmont’s only win of the day. In No. 1 singles, Lincoln Dill defeated Dominic Land-May 6-1, 6-1, and in No. 3 singles, Matthias Bruning defeated Tyler Slama 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Ta. At No. 4 singles, Jordan Turner defeated Wiley Frederiksen 6-2, 6-1.
In No. 1 doubles, Josh Bromberg and Alex Nelson defeated Oliver Sedens and Sebastian Castro 6-1, 6-0, and in No. 2 doubles, Isaac Elwell and Matt Defries defeated Zachary Ashland and Reid Wagner. defeated 6-0, 6-0. In No. 3 doubles, Zach Markow and Jacob Klinghagen defeated Lilian Ortega and Simone Castro 6-1, 6-4.
Saturday
Preparing for softball
cathedral 17,
fairmont 8
Fairmont 2, Mineota 1
WINDHAM — Fairmont won the Windham softball tournament 1-1 on Saturday.
In a 17-8 loss to New Ulm Cathedral, Briley Miller led Fairmont with a home run and a single, and Nevae Rahm added two hits. Rahm pitched three innings, allowing nine runs (four earned) with six hits, three walks, and four strikeouts. Gabby Riding pitched the final four innings, allowing eight runs (five earned) on nine hits.
In the win over Minneota, Miller pitched nine innings, allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks, and got the win in five innings. Rahm pitched two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, with four strikeouts. Miller led the team in doubles and singles.
late friday
JCC 6, Fairmont 2
FAIRMONT — Fairmont won 6-2 over Jackson County Central in Friday’s non-conference softball game.
In the loss, Briley Miller pitched a complete game for Fairmont, allowing six runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk. Miller led the Cardinals with a home run and Rahm had an RBI double.
