Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Swift County Monitor-News

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MBA boys hockey team goes 17-10 overall . . . . . . . . . .

preventing the Storm from contending for the Southwest Conference title. The team, coached by James Kennedy and Scott Barta, loses eight seniors from this years team, including backup goalie Austin Crow, along with its top seven scorers from this season, Tanner Picht, Mac Beyer, Brody Gimberlin, Jordan Staples, Riley Blake, Andrew Rentz, and Darion Helberg. Of those skaters, only Gimberlin is from Benson High School, while six of the 11 returning players from this years team are from BHS. A recap of the season Picht was the leading scorer from this years team with 89 points, including a team-best 49 goals and 40 assists. Mac Beyer was right behind with 71 points, while Brody Gimberlin had 63, including a team-best 40 assists. All three of those players went over 100 career points with Picht in rst place on the all-time list with 203 career points, Beyer third with 157 points, and Gimberlin 10th with 104. In addition, Picht is the only boys hockey player in school history to reach 100 career goals (107) and is the recordholder with 96 career assists. MBA also had seven other skaters with at least 10 points this season -- Jordan Staples with 35, Riley Blake with 21, Andrew Rentz with 17, Darion Helberg with 16, Taner Gimberlin and Corey Storck with 15 each, and Corey Goff with 10. The next MBA skater to threaten 100 career points could be sophomore Taner
Josh Grifth (2007 64-52--116 Scott OShea (2000) 62-50--112 Brody Gimberlin (2013 )44-60--104 Wade Gunderson (2003) 50-53--103 Kelly Engquist (2012) 36-67--103 --------------------------------------------

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Final MBA boys hockey scorers for 2012-2013

Corey Storck (left) and Corey Goff (12) battle for possession of the puck for the Storm. Storck and Goff will be among the returning letterwinners next season.

Name Grade ...........G A Pts Tanner Picht ..............12 49 40-- 89 Mac Beyer .................12 37 34-- 71 Brody Gimberlin .......12 23 40-- 63 Jordan Staples ...........12 7 28-- 35 Riley Blake................12 11 10-- 21 Andrew Rentz ...........12 7 10-- 17 Darion Helberg..........12 5 11-- 16 Taner Gimberlin ........10 3 12-- 15 Corey Storck .............11 9 6 - 15 Corey Goff ................10 4 6-- 10 Tanner Mikkelson .....11 5 3 -- 8 Lincoln Pahl ..............11 2 2 -- 4 Bo Olson ...................10 2 2 -- 4 Bo Gullickson ...........10 0 3 -- 3 Chad Schwarz ...........11 0 3 -- 3 Eric Johnson ..............10 0 2 -- 2 Nate Vipond ................9 0 1 -- 1 Goalies: Austin Crow, 12th, 3-3, 77% save percentage; Kyle Kennedy, 10th, 14-7 83% save percentage

Jordan Staples was one of six MBA players earning Section 6A honorable mention.

Gimberlin, who had 15 points as a freshman and 15 this year for 30 career points heading into his nal two seasons of high school hockey. MBA will return its starting goalie next year (sophomore Kyle Kennedy) and two of its top defensemen (juniors Tanner Mikkelson and Chad Schwarz), but most of the top three lines will be lost to graduation. Kennedy took over the starting role about ve games into the season and proceeded to go 14-7 overall with a save percentage of about 83%. Earning All-Section 6A honors for MBA was Tanner Picht, who was selected to the six-person second team. Little Falls, the section champion and the team that eliminated the Storm, had three of the six players on the rst team and one on the second team, while

St. Cloud Apollo had one on the rst team and two players on the second team. In addition, six MBA skaters were named to the Section 6A honorable mention team -Mac Beyer, Riley Blake, Brody Gimberlin, Darion Helberg, Andrew Rentz, and Jordan Staples. Marshall and Luverne tied for this years Southwest Conference title with 8-2 league marks, followed by MBA and Windom Area at 6-4 each, Redwood Valley at 2-8, and Worthington at 0-10. Marshall went on to earn a berth in the state tourney by winning the Section 3A title. During the season, MBA split with Luverne (7-0 loss and 4-2 win), but lost two games to Marshall (5-2 and 5-4) and also split with Windom Area (10-6 loss and 7-4 win).

This is the 11th time in 18 years that the boys hockey program has had a winning record since its inception in 1995-96. Benson had winning records during its rst ve seasons of hockey and then, after changing over to MBA, had two-straight seasons of 19-4 record in 200506 and 2006-07. Following is a look at the complete season stats, along with the career 100-point scorers in Benson and MBA school history.
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Benson and MBA boys 100-point scorers

Name (year grade) g-a--pts Tanner Picht (2013) 107-96--203 Tony Schultz (2007) 80-87--167 Mac Beyer (2013) 73-84--157 Tyler Hansen (2011) 99-49--148 John Wittenberg (2004) 56-82--138 Sean Evenson (2000) 77-58--135 Peter Lindblad (2009) 68-64--132

Mac Beyer (left) dishes out a pass to Brody Gimberlin during Storm hockey action at the Benson Ice Arena this year.

Fragodt and Auch help UM-Morris win fourthstraight UMAC title

Abby Fragodt and Emily Auch, both of Benson, were key members of the UMMorris womens basketball team, which won its fourthstraight UMAC regular-season title during the 2012-2013 season. In addition, Fragodt earned three postseason honors as she was named to the 17-member All-Conference team, 5-player UMAC All-Defensive team, and 8-member Sportsmanship Team, one from each team and selected by team members. Two UM-Morris teammates earned placement on the AllUMAC rst team, including UMAC Player of the Year, Emily Mehr, while Fragodt was named to the seven-person honorable mention team. Fragodt, a starting junior forward, was rst on the team in rebounds (10.4 per game), minutes played (29.6 per game), and blocks (2.3 per game), was second in steals, third in assists, and fth in scoring (5.6 per game). Abby improved in all areas of her game again this season, UMM womens coach Tim Grove said. As can be seen by her UMAC awards, she was vital to our success on both ends of the oor. Abbys production was so consistent for us that we knew we could count on her each and every game. She was certainly the anchor for us on the defensive side of the ball, and came up with timely, big shots for us on offense, as well. Auch, a sophomore and the rst post player off the bench, was third in rebounding (5.0 per game), fourth in steals, fourth in scoring (6.2 per game), and rst in eld-goal shooting percentage (52.8%). Emily had a break-out season for us this year, coach Grove said. She played with a lot of condence this season, which allowed her to make some big plays for us throughout the year. Emilys athleticism and ability to get to the basket made her a very tough matchup for most teams in the conference. Im looking forward to her continued improvement this offseason and feel good about another successful season next year for the Cougars womens basketball team. UM-Morris won 16-straight regular-season games to nish the regular-season 18-7 overall and 14-0 in the UMAC, but then was upset by the fourth-seeded College of St. Scholastica in the seminal round of the UMAC tournament. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the National Div. III Tourney.

Laws regulating snowmobile use in City of Benson

The following is a summary of the laws regulating snowmobiles in the City of Benson. 1) The laws regulating the operation of cars shall also apply to snowmobiles. 2) Snowmobiles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and all other vehicles. 3) No person under the age of 14 shall operate a snowmobile on any public street, a person between the ages of 14 and 18 must have in immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certicate to operate a snowmobile on a public street. It is unlawful for any owner of a snowmobile to allow it to be operated in an unlawful manner. 4) A snowmobile may only be operated in the city of Benson if it is on the street and using the most right-hand lane as close to the curb as possible without driving on the boulevard. A snowmobile can only be operated on private property with the permission of the owner or person in control of the property. 5) A snowmobile may not be operated within 100 feet of a dwelling between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. 6) Snowmobiles have access to the river through Ambush Park and can operate in the Northside Recreation Area. Snowmobiles cannot be operated on any school property.

Above, Mitchell Koosmann gets set to record a pin, while at right, Grant Ascheman works over an opponent.

Benson wrestling . . . . .
and Ben Lundebrek, who was 29-6 this season. That means Benson will lose its top two wrestlers from this years team, but it also means the Braves will return starters at 12 of the 14 weights next season. Also picking up at least seven wins for Benson this year were juniors Bryce Goff (24-14) and Cody Hammerschmidt (23-15), sophomores Trevor Berreau (14-27) and Trenton Abrego (9-15), ninth-graders Grant Ascheman (22-7), and Mitchell Koosmann (11-14), and seventh-grader Lane Geyer (7-19). Following is a look at the win-loss records for the Benson wrestling team in 2012-2013, along with a list of the 100-win wrestlers in BHS school history.
-------------------------------------------------138: 145: 152: 152: 160: 170: 170: 170: 170: 182: 195: 195: 220: 285: Ben Lundebrek ----------- 12 ........ 29-6 Bryce Goff ---------------- 11 ...... 24-14 Mitchell Koosmann --------9 ...... 11-14 Brandon Gosson---------- 10 .......... 0-7 Cody Hammerschmidt -- 11 ...... 23-15 Kyle Stratton-------------- 12 .......... 0-2 Carlos Wobeto ------------ 12 .......... 1-3 Matt Wieber--------------- 10 ........ 4-20 Tyler Smith---------------- 10 .......... 2-5 Trevor Berreau ----------- 10 ...... 14-27 Mitch Wrobleski --------- 10 .......... 0-1 Kyle Wrobleski ----------- 10 ........ 2-27 Dakota Watkins----------- 10 ........ 5-26 Tyler Jensen --------------- 12 ...... 32-11

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Benson 100-career wins 170-Ryan Thompson 137-Adam Carruth 135-Scott Thompson 134-Brian Knutson 118-Jason Thompson 113-Morgan Staton 105-Wade Larson 101-Chad Huston 101-Greg Larson 100-Kim Manska

Bryce Goff (left) had the third-most wins for the Braves this year with a 24-14 record as a junior.

DNR question of the week

Benson wrestling records for 2012-2013

Weight: Name -------------- Grade ........ W-L 106: Jarid Wersinger -------------8 ........ 5-17 106: Ethan Lagge ----------------8 ........ 1-19 113: Trenton Abrego ----------- 10 ........ 9-15 120: Lane Geyer------------------7 ........ 7-19 120: Xavier Herman -------------7 .......... 3-2 126: Aaron Zosel -----------------7 ........ 1-14 126: Chase Young ----------------8 .......... 2-4 126: Morgan Staton ----------- 12 .......... 4-1 132: Grant Ascheman------------9 ........ 22-7 138: Jordan Ahrndt------------- 10 .......... 2-5

Question: Ive seen a number of cars with loon license plates on them. How popular are the plates and how is the money generated by their sales used? Answer: The loon plate, since its introduction in 2005, has been the most popular critical habitat plate. Today in Minnesota, there are 107,059 critical habitat license plates on the roads, 30,867 of which are the loon design. The money from the sale of these plates goes to buy and manage land that is important for public use. Sometimes the land is for hunting, hiking, wildlife watching or all of the above. These lands will be preserved for their unique qualities and for a valuable public purpose. -- Lori Naumann, information ofcer, DNR Nongame Wildlife program

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Abby Fragodt (right), shown blocking a layup Emily Auch (left) tries to dribble past a defender during a game in Morris this season attempt by an opponent, earned All-UMAC, AllDefensive team, and Sportsmanship awards. for the UM-Morris Cougars.

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