
Carter Newberg and Isabela Engle from Willmar have been named CLC Performers of the Week. Newberg leads the boys tennis team while Engle excels in track and field as the Cardinals prepare for key matches this week.
May 5---- Carter Newberg has been thrust into the No. 1 singles slot for the Willmar boys tennis team, which means he gets to face all the top players in the Central Lakes Conference every match.
Isabela Engle has a had a really good season so far for the Willmar track and field team, with the Cardinals about to host an important true team sectional at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hodapp Field.
Newberg and Engle have been named CLC Performers of the Week.
Newberg, a senior, won two matches last week, helping the Cardinals to their first win of the season.
Willmar went into Tuesday with an 0-6 conference and 1-11 overall record, but with reasonable chances for three victories this week. Willmar plays host to Fergus Falls at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Otters went into Tuesday with a 1-14 record. Then, the Cardinals are host to Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd at 4:30 p.m. Thursday before closing the week against Yellow Medicine East at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Granite Falls.
Engel met a state Class AAA qualifying standard in the discus last week with a toss of 112 feet, 3 inches. She and the Cardinals host a true team sectional at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hodapp Field. The boys' and girls' team winners advance to the state true-team championships May 15-16 at Eden Prairie High School.
Among the competitors Wednesday at Hodapp will be New London-Spicer, Litchfield and Willmar.
True team uses a different scoring system than the Minnesota State High School League-sponsored state meet June 4-8 at St. Michael-Albertville. In true team competition, points are awarded for 16 places, meaning the true depth of a team is rewarded with more points. In the MSHSL meet, a single star can dominate the scoring in four events and plausibly win the state title for their school. (It has happened).
In true team, that star would help with a bunch with first-place finishes, but a team with multiple good athletes will out-score one individual.
Last year's state Class AA champions were the Stewartville boys and the St. Peter girls.
Willmar, NLS and Litchfield are in Section 6AA with: Dassel-Cokato, Delano, Eagle Ridge, Holy Family Catholic, Hutchinson, Mound Westonka, Orono, Providence Academy, Rockford, Southwest Christian and Watertown-Mayer.
Last week, Willmar softball pitcher Claire Guennigsmann was named a CLC Performer of the Week. The eighth-grader batted .517 with a double, a triple and six singles.
Two former Litchfield Dragons tennis players have won Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference awards.
Ryanna Steinhaus, a junior at St. Catherine University, and Alex Draeger, a junior at St. John's University, each were named to their respective all-conference doubles teams.
Steinhaus, a biology major, has a 16-6 doubles record with teammate Marie Pelletier. Steinhaus is also 19-2 as a singles player. Pelletier is a junior from Brandon Valley, South Dakota.
Carter Newberg and Isabela Engle have been named the CLC Performers of the Week for their outstanding performances.
Willmar's boys tennis team has an 0-6 conference record and a 1-11 overall record as of Tuesday.
The true team sectional for the Willmar track and field team is scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hodapp Field.
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Draeger and partner jack Gangl are 6-6 as a doubles team. Draeger also is 1-1 with Nam Tran as his partner. Gangl is a freshman from Elk River. Tran is a a freshman from Eden Prairie.
Also on the Johnnies is Taylor Duncan, a senior from Benson. Duncan went 2-13 in singles play and 1-2 playing doubles with Josh Peterson. Tran was 5-12 in singles.