Sports from the week of April 24, 2002

Panther track girls win own invitational

The Panther girls placed first and the boys fourth in the Panther II meet held in Tracy Tuesday. For the girls it was again a sweep of the relays that helped the team win.

The girls team scores were: TMB, 126; WWG/RRC, 101; Wabasso, 61; Springfield/Comfrey, 56; Fulda, 55; Canby/Minneota, 45; R-T-R/Lake Benton, 32; Lincoln HI., 19; Edgerton, 14; Lakeview, 8.

The boys team scores were: Fulda, 99; Canby/Minneota, 88; YME, 85; TMB, 9; Lincoln HI., 60; R-T-R/Lake Benton, 48; Spfd/Comfrey, 39; Lakeview, 27; Wabasso, 26; WWG/RRC, 18; Edgerton, 3.

Weather cuts short tracksters

The Panther track teams participated in the Fulda Invitational held at Slayton last Tuesday. The meet was cut short because of threatening weather. The Panther girls were in second place and the boys in fourth when the meet was called.

The girls team scores were: WWG/RRC, 123; T/M/B, 122; SSC/SVRLB, 99; Martin County West, 75.5; Murray County Central, 75; Southwest Christian, 56; Fulda, 50.5; Edgerton, 25; Adrian, 18.

The boys team points were: Southwest Christian, 178.5; Fulda, 131.5; SSC/SVRLB, 83.5; TMB, 57; Murray County Central, 56; MCW, 54; WWG/RRC, 31; Edgerton, 23.5.

BOLD sweeps softball team, 9-3, 8-4

The Panther girls softball team dropped a pair of games to BOLD Tuesday night at Olivia. The scores were 9-3 and 8-4. On the first game Panther coach Dave Sogge said, "We out-hit them, we out-played them, they out-scored us. However, they got the timely hits. We took that one bad inning a bit too far, we gave up all 9 runs in the third inning."

Megan Anderson pitched both games for the Panthers.

"Neither team hit the ball well in the second game," said Sogge. "Both pitchers walked 7 hitters. Again it came down to timely hits. They got them, we didn't."

TMB girls gain split with Granite

The Panther girls softball team split a double header with Yellow Medicine East at Tracy Thursday. The Panthers won the first game 9-5 and lost the second 17-0. Tracy/Milroy/Balaton's season record now stands at 1-3 and they are 1-1 in the 212 Conference.

"YME's Greta Peterson is the class pitcher of the 212 Conference and we beat her up in the first game," said Panther Coach Dave Sogge. "I said last week we have to hit the ball better and today we did. We had 18 hits off Greta in that first game. That's awesome!"

TMB golfers do well in early action

The Panther golf teams saw action at the Tracy Country Club Thursday. The boys hosted Luverne in a dual meet and lost a close one 178-177.

"The boys played pretty well," said Panther Coach Randy McIntire. "The girls ran into the two best teams in our section, Fulda and Luverne."

Scoring for the Panther boys were: Jordan Roots, 42; Jake Peterreins, 43; Eric Peterson, 44; Bryan Jackson, 49.

Luverne's Colby Anderson was boy's medalist with a 39.

The boys B and C squads also lost to Luverne. The B squad score was 192-224 and the C squad score was 222-237.