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By Jim Kopel
Tribute Sports
The softball Lady
Knights had their hitting
shoes on Monday night
as they would sweep the
visiting Blackjacks from
Dawson. Under very nice
weather conditions to
start the games, the Lady
Knights would bang out
20 hits in the two games
while holding the Black-
jacks to only seven hits in
the two games.
The first game was a
short one as the Knights
used the ten-run rule to
complete things after only
four and one half inning of
play. The team took advan-
tage of seven Jack errors to
get some easy runs.
After the Jacks opened
the game with a run in their
half of the first inning, the
Knights would score five
runs in their half. RBIs by
Jenny Reyes, Maryn Johan-
sen and Courtney Snyder
accounted for three of the
runs. The big hit of the in-
ning was a single by Rha-
egyn Petersen that pro-
duced two runs. The only
other hit of the inning was
a single by Morgan John-
son. Both teams scored
an unearned run in the
second inning to make the
score 6-2.
The Blackjacks would
add two runs in the third
inning on only one hit
and two RTR errors. The
Knights blasted out five
hits in the third inning
to score five more runs.
Courtney Snyder and Pe-
tersen led off with singles
and Cora Alderson drove
them both in with a loud
triple to right field. Mor-
gan Johnson, after a single,
scored on a double by
Mackenzie Buchert. Jenny
Reyes drove home Buchert
with a single.
The Knights added three
more runs in the fourth
inning on five more hits.
Alderson nailed another
double for an RBI. Buchert
added her second double
of the game for an RBI.
Kylea Baartman drove in
the final RTR run of the
game with a single.
Morgan Johnson had
three hits in the game while
Cora Alderson, Rhaegyn
Petersen and Mackinzie
Buchert each had two hits.
Jenny Reyes, Kylea Baart-
man and Courtney Snyder
each had one knock. Alder-
son and Buchert had three
and two RBIs respectively.
Courtney Snyder had an
outstanding game playing
defense at third base, mak-
ing many great plays and
using her strong throw-
ing arm to gun down base
runners.
Kylea Baartman was the
winning pitcher, allowing
two earned runs and two
hits in the game. She struck
out three Jack batters.
The second game was
much closer and more
exciting from a fan stand-
point. The Blackjacks were
the home team in the sec-
ond game.
The Jacks scored a run
in the bottom of the first
and added on with three
runs in the second inning
on three hits and two RTR
errors to own a 4-0 lead.
The Knights tied things
up in their half of the third
inning. Petersen was HBP
and Cora Alderson singled
to right. A double steal was
next on the agenda. Two
Jack errors scored two
runs. Maryn ]ohansen tied
the game with a ground
out and the RBI.
The Blackjacks regained
the lead with two runs in
the fourth inning. They
achieved that success
without a hit. The score af-
ter four innings was 6 to 4
for the Jacks.
The Knights got a run
back in the sixth inning as
Alderson reached base on
an error and scored on hits
by Buchert and Baartman,
with Baartman getting the
RBI.
The seventh and final in-
ning was the exciting one
for the visiting Knights.
They would score five runs
on four hits to get them-
selves a four-run advan-
tage heading into the final
at bat for the Blackjacks.
Kiley Griesse and Ra-
gan Mitchell reached base
on walks with one out.
Rhaegyn Petersen drove
home the tying run with
a hit to center field. Cora
Alderson got the lead with
an infield hit for the RBI.
Morgan Johnson singled to
left before Kylea Baartman
added the final two runs
with a hit to left field for
two RBIs.
The Lady Knights out-
hit the Jacks 8 to 7 in the
game. Alderson had three
hits. Baartman had two
hits and three RBIs. John-
son, Petersen and Buchert
each had one hit.
Kylea Baartman was the
winning pitcher, allowing
five runs on the seven hits.
She struck out three bat-
ters. Mackenzie Buchert
pitched one plus innings in
the game striking out one
batter. She ran into control
problems in her second in-
ning of work.
The Lady Knights had
some base running prob-
lems early in the game.
The bats also had some
holes in them as 11 RTR
batters were struck out in
the game.
With the two wins
the Lady Knights have
achieved six wins for the
season. Both of the wins
against Dawson-Boyd
were Camden conference
games. Keep up the good
play Ladies!
By Mark Wilmes
tributeeditor@gmail.com
The RTR track teams
competed in the Dick Da-
vidson Invitational in Slay-
ton on May 11. The boys
finished in sixth place
with the girls ending up in
10th.
Top five finishers were
as follows:
Boys
200 Meters
5th Place - Jayden Strand
- 24.29
400 Meters
3rd Place - Tucker
Baune - 56.20
4x100 Relay
3rd Place - Garrett Kern,
Jan Lucero, ]ayden Strand,
Tare Thooft - 48.07
4x200 Relay
1st Place - Garrett Kern,
Tate Thooft, Tucker Baune,
Jayden Strand - 1:38.52
4x400 Relay
5th Place- Tucker Baune,
Jose Hernandez, Garrett
Kern, Cade Jorgensen -
4:01.45
Shot Put
4th Place - Evan Swan-
son - 41-07.00
Triple Jump
3rd Place - Cade ]or-
gensen - 36-05.25
The girls' top finisher
was the 4x100 Relay team
of Katie Ekema, Brooke
Thomsen, Jaylen Miller
and Shawna Thomsen
with a time of 58.61.
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By Jim Kopel
Tribute Sports
Under great golfing con-
ditions on Monday the
RTR Lady Knights shot a
203 to finish second to the
Minneota Vikings. The Vi-
kings would shoot a 176.
The 203 by the Knights
was their best team score
of the year. Canby would
finish in third place with
a226.
The Lady Knights were
led by McKinley Schreurs,
who shot her best round
ever with a 48. Ashley
Borchert nailed a 50. Rylie
Hess and Skylar Borresen
also hit their low career
round with a 52 and 53 re-
spectively. Allie Christian-
son improved her average
score for the year with a
nice nine-hole round of
56. Grace Ekema had some
problems on this day with
a75.
The medalist for the
girls was Heidi Guttorms-
son of Minneota with a 38.
Laura Knutson and Caro-
lyn Hoffman of the Vikings
both shot a 45.
Lakeview took home
team honors for the boys
with a 180. Minneota had
a 184 and Canby finished
with a 187.
The medalist for the
boys was Elijah Sterner
with a score of 41. Sawyer
Hansen of the Lancers shot
a 42 for second place. An-
drew Williams and Landen
Buse of the Knights shot a
50 and 51 respectively.
The golf teams partici-
pated in Cottonwood and
Minneota respectively on
Tuesday with five teams
shooting at both sites.
The girls played their
18 holes in Cottonwood
where the LQPV Eagles
took top honors with a
score of 351. Minneota fin-
ished second with a score
of 360. The RTR girls shot
their best 18-hole round
of the year, breaking 400.
Their 397 score was good
enough for third place.
Dawson-Boyd and Laker-
iew shot 437 and 453, re-
spectively.
The medalist for the girls
was Rachel Halvorson of
LQPV with a 77. Heidi Gut-
tormsson of Minneota shot
a 78 for second place.
Ashley Borchert of the
Lady Knights fired a very
nice round of 94 to lead
her team. Skylar Borresen
would shoot her best 18-
hole round of her career
with a score of 97. McKin-
ley Schreurs and Rylie
Hess completed the Knight
scoring with scores of 101
and 105.
The LQPV boys shot a
332 at Minneota to win
that meet. Lakeview fin-
ished second with a 360.
Minneota shot a 387 for
third place. Dawson-Boyd
and RTR had incomplete
teams.
Boone VanOverbeke led
the Knight scoring with an
18-hole score of 94. An-
drew Williams and Luke
Buse would shoot a 109
and 117 respectively for
the Knights.
Well, the weather is fi-
nally cooperating so golf is
now the main work activity
on my schedule. Yes, I have
already failed to follow my
own rules when I should
golf. With my advanced
age, the temperature must
be at least 60 degrees. The
sun must be shining and
NOT raining. Last Wednes-
day some idiot was golfing
with temperatures about
54 degrees. The sun was
not shining and it was
raining. I will have to talk
to that person.
The ~bleskiver tourna-
ment is fast approaching.
If your team wishes to golf
again this year, your entry
fees must be turned in by
June 1. The tournament is
July 21.
The men's league starts
Kope's Short Shots
By Jim Kopel
on May 25. The Ivanhoe
league starts on Wednes-
day, May 17. Both of these
leagues start golfing at
5:30 p.m. The Ladies
league needs couples to
sign up. Please contact the
clubhouse if you wish to
participate. League play
for the Ladies would start
June 6 if there is enough
interest.
Something new will be
tried this year. A Couples
golf night is being planned
for Friday, May 19. The
rules meeting will be at 6
p.m. The cost will be $20
per couple. Nine holes will
be golfed with 100 per-
cent payback. This sounds
like it could be a lot of fun.
Please call the clubhouse
(247-3242) to register for
the first evening. The next
scheduled night will be
June 2.
Remember, if you have
something golf-worthy,
call me or contact the
clubhouse about the great
shot or lousy chip. Until
next time, a lot of our golf
is probably like the gentle-
man who golfed and was
asked how his round went.
He replied; "My drives
stayed out of the water,
my irons stayed out of the
sand and my putts stayed
out of the hole."
Baseball team suffers tough
By Jim Kopel
Tribute Sports
The RTR baseball squad
entertained the Minneo-
ta Vikings last Friday in
Ruthton. The Knights were
short-handed as three
starters were not available
for this game. The game
was a very close one for
five innings as the score at
that time was i to 1. How-
ever, the Vikings, who had
lost only one game all year,
jumped on the Knights for
nine runs in the sixth in-
ning on their way to an 11
to i win.
Hunter Vanlerberghe
started on the hill for the
Knights and probably had
his best effort of the year.
He would go five plus in-
nings and give up only
two hits while allowing
five runs, only two of them
earned runs. He struck out
five Viking batters.
The key stat for the
game was the errors by
the Knights. They had sev-
en of the little things for
the game. They would sur-
vive four of them through
the first five innings, but
couldn't get by the dread-
ful sixth inning.
The Vikings scored a run
in the first on a double and
a ground out. An outstand-
ing catch by Jared Baart-
man on a line drive in the
third inning prevented
any runs by the Vikings.
An RTR error in the inning
could have been harmful if
not for the catch.
The Knights tied the
game in their half of the
third inning. A leadoff sin-
gle by Tucker Baune got it
started. A nice bunt by Ty-
son Weets moved Baune to
second base. lake Fischer
would deliver the base
knock for the RBI and the
tying run.
The Knights had a great
chance to get the lead in
their half of the fifth inning.
Collin Johnson led offwith
a single to right-center.
Baune would attempt the
bunt and the throw to first
was thrown down the line
by the Vikings. A strikeout
by the Knights followed,
but Baune did reach sec-
ond base on a steal. A walk
to Fischer loaded the bas-
es with one out. However,
a pop-up and a strikeout
by the home team Knights
meant no runs.
The big sixth inning by
the Vikings saw them col-
lect only two hits off three
different RTR pitchers.
Walks and some more er-
rors led to many unearned
runs.
The Knights could do
nothing the final two in-
nings at bat. They would
get only three hits in the
game compared to seven
for the Vikings. The Vi-
kings had only the one er-
ror in the game.
The Knights also trav-
eled to Prinsburg on Tues-
day. They would also lose
to CMCS by a score of 10
to 1.
Jake Fischer, Hunter
Vanlerberghe and Jared
Baartman did the pitch-
ing for the Knights. All of
them pitched about three
innings in the game.
The Knights had only
two hits in the game. These
hits came off the bats of
Jared Baartman and Kyle
Fischer. Baartman had the
RBI hit for the team.
The Knights are now
3-9 for the year. They will
await the seedings for the
post-season tournament.
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