The 50-year-old crocodile was discovered dead on Sunday when he was found floating upside down with a bloated stomach. Wildlife experts will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Lolong was initially captured in 2011 after being found responsible for several human deaths, including a child and a missing fisherman. Yet, despite the reputation as a man-eater, the town is saddened by the loss of the giant beast and the notoriety and tourism money it brought to the obscure community. The villagers also felt Lolong, who was named for an environmental officer that died while traveling to Bunawan to help trap the reptile, represented the rich natural biodiversity of the region, which is made up of a variety of wetlands and is home to unique animal species, such as the threatened Philippine hawk eagle.

“The whole town, in fact the whole province, is mourning,” Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde said. “My phones kept ringing because people wanted to say how affected they are.”

Local spiritual leaders plan to hold a tribal funeral rite on Monday at the ecotourism park, which will include prayers and the butchering of animals to thank the forest spirits for the blessings the crocodile brought the town.
The 2,000 lb Lolong measured 20 feet 3 inches, and was recognized last year by Guinness World Records as the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, taking the title from an Australian crocodile that weighs almost a ton and is around 17-feet long.

George Gabrielson – Red Wing – 12
Isaac Toivonen – Red Wing – 10
Lukas Bryant – Red Wing – 11
Alexander Holm – Red Wing -10
Noah Christenson – Red Wing – 10
Ulrick Boyogueno – Shakopee – 10
Eric Hammerschmidt – Shakopee – 12
Sean Bowerman – Shakopee – 11
Raja Arul – Shakopee – 8
Jackson Allen – Shakopee – 7
Lucas Ciabattoni – Holy Angels – 11
Peter McGrane – Holy Angels – 11
Aaron Stets – Northfield – 12
Evan Johnson – Northfield – 9
Alex Sarkis – Chaska – 11
Kam Manthe – New Prague – 12

Honorable Mention
Nicholas Powers – Red Wing – 10
Steffon Mitchell – Shakopee – 8
John Banovetz – Holy Angels – 12
Sam VanderAarde – Holy Angels – 11
Perry Tetreault – Northfield – 12
Ryan Ormson – Chaska – 12
Sam Hartwig – Chanhassen – 12
Gavin Egersett – Chanhassen – 12
Kyle Chevalier – New Prague – 12
Blake Olmscheid – Farmington – 12

Boys’ Golf All-Conference (Conference Champion: Chanhassen)
Jon DuToit – Chaska – 12
Justin Schindler – Chaska – 10
Aaron Duncan – Chanhassen – 12
Cody Seal – Chanhassen – 11
Thomas Krause – Chanhassen  12
Tom May – Farmington – 12
Ben Jasper – Shakopee – 10
Matt Schmid – Shakopee – 12
Jack Pexa – New Prague – 11
Blake Westerberg – Red Wing – 12

Honorable Mention
Jack Riester – Holy Angels – 12
Alex Case – Chaska – 11
Andrew Kiesow – Chanhassen – 10
Drew Nornes – Chanhassen – 12
Zach maanum – Chanhassen – 10
Matthew Petterson – Red Wing – 12
James Brod – New Prague – 11
Jacob Witt – New Prague – 10

Boys’ Track All-Conference (Conference Champion: Chanhassen)
Alec Olson – Chanhassen – 12 – 3200 M Run/1600 M Run
Ryan Licau – Chanhassen – 10 – 100 Dash/4×100 Relay
Jeremiah Hogle – Chanhassen – 11 – 4×800 Relay
Spencer Tyson – Chanhassen – 10 – 4×800 Relay
Austin Miller – Chanhassen – 12 – 4×800 Relay
Spencer Mertes – Chanhassen – 12 – 4×800 Relay
Maverick Edmunds – Chanhassen – 12 – 4×100 Relay/Long Jump
Kyle Aneson – Chanhassen – 11 – 4×100 Relay/300 M Hurdles
Nathan Johnson – Chanhassen – 10 – 4×100 Relay
Eric Bigaouette – Chanhassen – 12 – 400 M un
Kevin Jensen – Chanhassen – 12 – High Jump
Jake Carlson – Chanhassen – 11 – Discus
Christian Leitner – Red Wing – 12 – 3200 M Run
Connor Neal – Shakopee – 12 – 110 M Hurdles/300 M Hurdles
Mason Myers – Shakopee – 12 – 200 M Run
Lance Lundell – Shakopee – 11 – Shot Put
Alex Dennis – Shakopee – 11 – Discus
Wallace Hicks – Holy Angels – 10 – 110 M Hurdles
Michael Price – Holy Angels – 12 – 100 Dash
Tanner Kramp – Red Wing – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Andre Page – Red Wing – 11 – 4×200 Relay
Gage Lastine – Red Wing – 11 – 4×200 Relay
Alex Harder – Red Wing – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Bryan Jonny Banks – Red Wing – 12 – Triple Jump
Ryan Parr – Red Wing – 12 – Shot Put
Joey Duerr – Chaska – 9 – 1600 M Run/800 M Run/4×400 Relay
Nick Ebert – Chaska – 11 – 800 M Run
Jake Connealy – Chaska – 12 – 4×400 Relay
Dan Drill-Mellum – Chaska – 12 – 4×400 Relay
Walid Keita – Northfield – 12 – 400 M Run/200 M Run
Kohl De Groot – Northfield – 12 – Pole Vault
Kyle Blom – Northfield – 12 – Long Jump/Triple Jump
Alex Hendricks – New Prague – 12 – High Jump
Reid Taubenheim – Farmington – 10 – Pole Vault

Honorable Mention
Kieran Kelly – Chanhassen – 12 – 3200 M Run
Spencer Mertes – Chanhassen – 12 – 800 M Run
Ryan Anderson – Chanhassen – 11 – Pole Vault
Jake Carlson – Chanhassen – 11 – Shot Put
William Bestul – Northfield – 11 – 110 M Hurdles
Eric Stoeckmann – Farmington – 10 – 4×800 Relay
Chad Retterath – Farmington – 12 – 4×800 Relay/4×400 Relay
Tyler Lerbakken – Farmington – 11 – 4×800 Relay/4×400 Relay
Tommy Weigel – Farmington – 11 – 4×400 Relay
Justin Hyytinen – Farmington – 9 – 4×800 Relay
Tanner Grubb – Farmington – 10 – 4×400 Relay
Nick Ebert – Chaska – 11 – 4×200 Relay
Camilo Gallego Chaska – 12- 4×200 Relay
Ben Garcia – Chaska – 10 – 4×200 Relay
Dan Drill-Mellum – Chaska – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Calvin Buesgens – Chaska – 10 – 200 M Run
Ryan Spencer – Chaska – 12 – Long Jump
Alex Logan – Chaska – 12 – Discus
Christian Leitner – Red Wing – 12 – 1600 M Run
Tanner Kramp – Red Wing – 12 – 4×100 Relay
Andre Page – Red Wing – 11 – 4×100 Relay
Ethan Draz – Red Wing – 12 – 4×100 Relay
Alex Harder – Red Wing – 12 – 4×100 Relay
Mason Myers – Shakopee 12 – 400 M Run
Mykal Riley – Shakopee – 9 300 M Hurdles
Yaree Watford – Shakopee – 11 – High Jump
Taylor Johnson – Shakopee – 12 Triple Jump

Girls’ Track All-Conference (Conference Champion: Northfield)
Maria Hauger – Shakopee – 11 – 3200 M Run/1600 M Run
Winona Rachel – Shakopee – 11 – 800 M Run
Jasmine Mercado – Shakopee – 12 – Shot Put
Anastasia Korzenowski – Chanhassen – 7 – 3200 M Run
McKenna Krause – Chanhassen – 10 – 100 Dash/4×100 Relay/200 M Run
Grace Loeslie – Chanhassen – 9 – 1600 M Run
Tori Shear – Chanhassen – 11 – 4×100 Relay
Anysia Brayboy – Chanhassen – 11 – 4×100 Relay
Carrie Yeakey – Chanhassen – 11 – 4×100 Relay
Alyssa Parco – Farmington – 12 – 100 Dash/300 M Hurdles/4×400 Relay
Nadia Lorencz – Farmington – 11 – 100 M Hurdles/High Jump/Long Jump/Triple Jump
Isabelle Ferm – Farmington – 10 – 400 M Run/200 M Run/4×400 Relay/Triple Jump
Meghan Graham – Farmington – 9 – 400 M Run/4×400 Relay
Alicia Hett – Farmington – 9 – 4×400 Relay
Sonia Berdahl – Northfield – 12 – 100 M Hurdles
Emma Rezac – Northfield 7 – 4×200 Relay
Madison Van Wylen – Northfield – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Ingrid Pfefferle – Northfield – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Cassie Thomas – Northfield – 11 – 4×200 Relay
Christy Anderson – Northfield – 9 – Pole Vault
Meaghan Howell – Northfield – 12 – Pole Vault
Allyson Harris – Northfield – 11 – Discus
Elise Leise – Red Wing – 7 – 4×800 Relay
Adrienne Clarin-Hicks – Red Wing – 9 – 4×800 Relay
Abigail Schnaith – Red Wing – 12 – 4×800 Relay/800 M Run
Maggie Jonas – Red Wing – 12 – Shot Put/Discus
Sydney Samson – New Prague – 11 – 300 M Hurdles
Sophie Puente – New Prague – 11 – High Jump
Lizzie Mattson – Holy Angels – 12 – Long Jump

Honorable Mention
Grace Loeslie – Chanhassen – 9 – 3200 M Run
London Stelton – Chanhassen – 11 – Pole Vault
Sydney Samson – New Prague – 11 – 100 M Hurdles
Elle Dykema – Northfield – 12 – 100 Dash/200 M Run
Haley Bollum – Northfield – 12 – 4×800 Relay
Kaia Bierman – Northfield – 10 – 4×800 Relay
Annie DeSutter – Northfield – 12 – 4×800 Relay
Marissa Thornton – Northfield – 7 – 4×800 Relay
Abby Stets – Northfield – 4×400 Relay
Anna Pfefferle – Northfield – 10 – 4×400 Relay/Triple Jump
Alexa Anderson – Northfield – 11 – 4×400 Relay
Madison Van Wylen – Northfield – 12 – 4×400 Relay/High Jump
Aimee Junget – Chaska – 12 – 4×200 Relay
Ellie Knowles – Chaska – 10 – 4×200 Relay
Kristina Muesing – Chaska – 9 – 4×200 Relay
Claire Pouliot – Chaska – 11 – 4×200 Relay
Aimee Junget – Chaska – 12 – 400 M Run
Winona Rachel – Shakopee – 11 – 1600 M Run
Tess Misgen – Shakopee – 7 – 800 M Run
Gracie Vaughan – Shakopee – 12 – Long Jump
Cara Zastrow – Shakopee – 12 – Shot Put
Kaitlyn Stegora – Red Wing – 12 – Shot Put
Demetria Buck – Red Wing – 10 – 4×100 Relay
Emily Stegora – Red Wing – 10 – 4×100 Relay
Alexandra Anderson – Red Wing – 12 – 4×100 Relay
Macy Kelly – Red Wing – 11 – Discus
Jessica Arey – Farmington – 300 M Hurdles

Baseball All- Conference (Conference Champion: Red Wing)
Ryan Boldt – Red Wing – OF – 11
David Goggin – Red Wing – C – 12
Zachary Garner – Red Wing – P – 12
Joel Newman – Red Wing – P/INF – 12
Michael Stegora – Red Wing – OF – 12
Scott Bode – Shakopee – C – 12
Nick Mendez – Shakopee – OF – 12
Sheldon Miks – Shakopee – P/1B – 10
Cody Pamperin – Shakopee – P – 11
Jake Mathison – Northfield – P/INF – 11
Tim Maus – Northfield – P/INF – 12
Will Pagel – Holy Angels – C – 12
Bobby Sullivan – Holy Angels – OF – 12
Tanner Judd – Chaska – OF – 12
Riley Sweeney – Chaska – P – 10
Isaac Tewes – Chaska – 1B – 11
Brandon Arnold – Chanhassen – OF – 12
Daniel Fuhrman – Chanhassen – P – 11
Spencer Merle – Farmington – P – 11
Derrick Isaacson – New Prague – 3B – 12

Honorable Mention
Jack Strusz – Red Wing – 1B – 12
Dayton Johnson – Red Wing – P/INF – 12
Matt Conrad – Shakopee – OF – 12
Zak Hoffman – Shakopee – SS – 12
Nate Picha – Northfield – OF – 11
Alex Donkers – Northfield – P – 11
Kyle Banyard – Holy Angels – P/3B – 12
John Spanier – Holy Angels – P/SS – 10
Cole Sweeney – Chaska – INF – 12
Justin Arnold – Chaska – CF – 9
Drake Kilber – Chanhassen – P – 12
Zach Elder – Chanhassen – OF/P – 11
Jake Baskerville – Farmington – 2B – 12
Ty Vincent – Farmington – OF – 12
Daniel Feneis – New Prague – P – 10
Garret Palmstein – New Prague – 2B/P – 12

Softball All-Conference (Conference Champion: Farmington and Shakopee)
Natalie Lehrke – Chanhassen – 3B – 12
Magen Huggett – Chanhassen – CF – 10
Abbie Voas – Chanhassen – 1B – 11
Amanda Salentine – Chanhassen – SS – 10
Emily Olson – Chaska – C – 12
Taylor Schwalbe – Chaska – P – 10
Allison Rice – Farmington – C – 12
Ashley Betzold – Farmington – P – 11
Toni Hunsinger – Farmington – 3B – 11
Brooke Searles – Farmington – CF – 12
Taylor Lemke – Holy Angels – P – 12
Kelsey McFarland – New Prague – CF – 10
Amber Hoffman – New Prague – P – 12
Kaitlyn  Bicek – Northfield – P – 12
Marla Thomforde – Northfield – 1B – 12
Latesha Buck – Red Wing – SS – 11
Alex Walker – Shakopee – P – 10
Abbie Annen – Shakopee – 2B – 10
Liz Bade – Shakopee – SS – 11
Alex Lebens – Shakopee – 1B – 12

Honorable Mention
Jessica Paschke – Chanhassen – C – 10 
Paige Lindquist – Chanhassen – P/1B – 11
Sydney Goff – Chaska – RF – 10
Kaley DeCou – Chaska – 1B – 11
Taylor Haakana – Farmington – 12
Amber Doyle – Farmington – 1B – 9
Brooke Bowlin – Holy Angels – 2B – 7
Tatjana Mortell – Holy Angels – C – 11
Jordan Tuma – New Prague – C – 12
Megan Dyslin – New Prague – LF – 12
Lizzy Lloyd – Northfield – C – 11
Emily Torbenson – Northfield – SS/P – 12
Elle Anderson – Red Wing – 3B/C – 12
Kelsey Bystrom – Red Wing – RF – 12
Samantha Root – Shakopee – IF – 12
Courtney O’Connor – Shakopee – C – 11

Girls’ Golf All-Conference (Conference Champion: Red Wing)
McKenzie Niesen – New Prague – 10
Lauren Wise – New Prague – 12
Taylor Ledwein – New Prague – 8
Jenny Butchart – Chaska – 11
Brenna Lervick – Chanhassen – 11
Alex Schmid – Shakopee – 11
Kathryn Kesti – Red Wing – 12
Marisa Toivonen – Red Wing – 12
Nicole Schammel – Red Wing – 10
Devyn Gardner – Northfield – 12

Honorable Mention
Stephanie Herzog – Red Wing – 7
Kara Notvedt – Chaska – 12
Natalie Lenzen – Chaska – 9
Sydney Storm – Chanhassen – 12
Emily Sasik – Chanhassen – 10
Cassidy Hanzlik – Northfield – 12
Jackie Hartmann –Holy Angels – 12
Taylor Krouse – New Prague – 10

Jack Swanberg is the son of Deb and Dave Swanberg.  He hit .370 with 15 RBI, 4 doubles, one homerun.  His OB% was .442. He won three games from the mound with a 3.09 ERA in 22.2 IP.  Opponents hit just .213 against him.  Conference coaches named Jack Swanberg as the league MVP.

Brent O’Connell                 LeSueur-Henderson HS                             Infielder               Senior

Brent O’Connell is the son of Paula and Mike O’Connell.  He hit .419 with 8 RBI and a .538 OB%.

Joey Braun                          LeSueur-Henderson HS                             Pitcher                  Senior

Joey Braun is the son of Amy and Monty Braun.  His pitching record showed a 6-1 won-loss record,              a  2.58 ERA, 35 IP with 22 strikeouts and 19 walks.  He had three complete games and one shutout.

Jake Nelson                         LeSueur-Henderson HS                             1B                           Senior

Jake Nelson is the son of Lynn Wilmes and Larry Nelson.  He hit .333 with an OB% of .480.  His fielding percentage was .989 making only one error on 88 chances.

Tim Swanson                       NYA Central HS                             Pitcher                  Senior

Tim Swanson had a great year on the mound for the Raiders.  He pitched every big game and was in control all of the time.  He posted a 5-1 record with an ERA of 0.69 in 40.2 innings.  He walked only 11 batters and added 27 strikeouts.  He really stepped up when another one of the Raider pitchers went down.  Tim is the son of Mic and Barb Swanson of Cologne.  Conference coaches named him as the league Most Valuable Pitcher.

Tim Willems                       NYA Central HS                             Pitcher/OF           Senior

Tim Willems had a great season coming off a football injury to his knee.  He worked extremely hard to get back into playing shape and was a leader on and off the field with his great work ethic.  Tim batted .436 in MRC play for the Raiders, going 17/35.  He had a .600 slugging percentage and OB% of .609.  He also won three of four games on the mound with 31 strikeouts in 30 innings.  His ERA was 2.54.  He will be greatly missed next year.  Tim is the son of Bob and Jill Willems of Hamburg.

Isaac Hormann                   NYA Central HS                             Shortstop              Freshman

Isaac Hormann was the strength up the middle making plays and running the team defense.  As Isaac played better, the wins started to build up.  He hit .386 with an OB% of .481 and a slugging percentage of .500.  He led the team with 17 hits and 13 runs scored.  Isaac also led in innings played and will be looked upon to bring leadership and love for the game to the park for the next three years.  Isaac is the son of Dewey and Karla Hormann of Norwood Young America.

Trevor Latzke                    Belle Plaine HS                             Pitcher/IF             Senior

Trevor Latzke was the leader of the Tiger pitching staff throwing 38.1 innings.  He had a 4-1 won-loss record with a 0.91 ERA.  He was also one of the top hitters with a .339 BA while driving in 8 runs and scoring six.  Trevor was an extremely hard worker who dedicated himself in the off-season to get better.  This really paid off for him.  He is the son of Steve and Lori Latzke.

Derek Dahlke                      Belle Plaine HS                             Pitcher/IF             Sophomore

Derek Dahlke was the most consistent hitter for the Tigers and finished with a .333 BA, 18 RBI, 12 runs scored, and 6 stolen bases.  Nine of his 22 hits were for extra bases.  He was also successful on the mound and was second on the team with 30 innings pitched.  He had two wins with a 2.33 ERA to go along with 22 strikeouts.  He had many clutch hits including a game-winning, walk off homerun in extra innings against TCU.  He is the son of Darwin and Susan Dahlke.

Matt Ruehling                     Belle Plaine HS                             1B                           Senior

Matt was a top defensive player for the Tigers and saved a lot of runs with his defense.  He was always in position and really helped stabilize a young infield that did a lot of position switching early in the year.  At the plate, Matt drove in six runs while collecting five extra base hits.  He was the team leader throughout the season and was like having a coach on the field.  Matt is the son of Dan and Becky Ruehling.

Micah Hennen                     Jordan HS                             Shortstop              Senior

Micah Hennen is the son of Tom and Heather Hennen.  He hit .409 (18/44), OB% of .471, slugging percentage of .591, 14 RBI, BA/RSP of .556.  He had one homerun and 5 doubles.  He struck out only four times.  His fielding % was .898 on 5 errors in 44 chances.

Nathan Beckman                Jordan HS                             Pitcher/3B            Junior

Nathan Beckman is the son of Ron and Pam Beckman.  He threw 40.33 innings with an ERA of 2.60.  He had 51 strikeouts, 62.6% first pitch strikes, .229 opponent’s BA, and a 2-4 W-L record.  He fielded at a .893 clip on just six errors in 50 chances.

Jon Kreuser                        Jordan HS                             Pitcher/3B            Junior

Jon Kreuser is the son of Dan and Patty Kreuser.  He hit .333 (15/45), OB% of .380, BA/RSP .450, slugging % of .489, one homerun, 4 doubles, and 10 RBI.  He fielded at .882 on four errors in 30 chances.  On the pitching side, he threw 27.33 innings, 3.33 ERA, 16 strikeouts with 67.7% first pitch strikes.  Opponents hit .250 against him and he had a 2-2 W-L record.

Ed Reichenbach                  Sibley East HS                             1B/Pitcher            Senior

Ed Reichenbach hit .388 for the Wolverines, OB% of .438, slugging % of .612.  He had 26 hits, nine doubles, two homeruns, and 23 RBI.  From the mound, he had a 2-1 won-loss record with a 1.34 ERA.

Lucas Schwope                   Sibley East HS                             3B/Pitcher            Senior

Lucas Schwope hit .323 with an OB% of .382.  His slugging % was .516 with 20 hits, five doubles, two triples, and one homerun.  He had 14 RBI.  On the pitching side of things, his ERA was 1.76.

Brody Rodning                   Sibley East HS                             Pitcher                  Sophomore

Brody Rodning had a 3-2 won-loss record with a 0.80 ERA.  He had 56 strikeouts, giving up only 11 hits in 35 IP.  He threw two no-hitters.

Matt Schreder                     Watertown-Mayer HS                             Pitcher/CF           Senior

Matt Schreder threw 36 innings for the  Royals with a 3.69 ERA.  He had a 2-5 won-loss record with one save.  He was a three-year starter in CF with only one error.  Matt is the son of Dan & Kris Schreder.

Matt Elsenpeter                  Watertown-Mayer HS                             Shortstop              Junior

Matt Elsenpeter hit .360 with an OB% of .475.  He had 18 hits to go along with nine walks.  He had 3 stolen bases.  Matt is the son of Mark and Anne Elsenpeter.

Max Zitzloff                       Watertown-Mayer HS                             Pitcher                  Junior

Max Zitzloff threw 39 innings with 48 strikeouts.  He had a 3-2 won-loss record with a 2.15 ERA.  Max is the son of Cory and Allison Zitzloff.

Grant Noennig                    Mayer Lutheran HS                             CF                          Senior

Senior centerfielder Grant Noennig hit .377 with 11 runs scored, 8 RBI, and three stolen bases.  He had just two errors in the field.  He also did some relief pitching for the Crusaders.

Ryan Iverson                       Tri-City United HS                             1B                           Junior

Ryan Iverson led the Titans in hitting and RBI this season.  He was a very hard worker in practice and in the off-season.  He moved from behind the plate to first base this season and was a team leader.

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Matt Rinehart                      LeSueur-Henderson HS                             Catcher                  Junior

Casey Clemensen                      NYA Central HS                             2^nd Base                 Sophomore

Zack Juaire                         Belle Plaine HS                             OF                           Junior

Jordan Goracke                   Jordan HS                             Catcher                  Junior

Kyle Goetsch                        Sibley East HS                             OF-Pitcher             Senior

Nick Tschida                        Watertown-Mayer HS                             Catcher                  Junior

Tanner Luebke                    Mayer Lutheran HS                             Pitcher/SS              Junior

Nathan Rosier                      Tri-City United HS                             OF                           Senior

The coaches named Jack Swanberg of LeSueur-Henderson as 2012 MRC Baseball Most Valuable Player.

The coaches named Tim Swanson of NYA Central as 2012 MRC Baseball Pitcher of the Year.

Rick Bruns of LeSueur-Henderson was named the MRC Baseball Coach of the Year.

The ceremony at the Elko New Market Library runs from 4 to 8 p.m. and will feature speaker presentations, library tours, demonstrations of library services and refreshments.

The library, located in the new senior housing complex at 110 J. Roberts Way, is a joint project of the Scott County Community Development Agency, Scott County, and the City of Elko New Market.

As with its previous location, open hours will be Monday and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For additional information, contact the library at (952) 496-8030, or call Vanessa Birdsey, Director of the Scott County Library System, at (952) 707-1760.

On a night when New Prague and Chanhassen baseball stressed defense, three key errors were committed.

On a night when coaches stressed strong pitching, hurlers gave up 27 hits and 11 walks.

And finally, on a night that New Prague felt like they could turn around their “key hitting” woes, they went 9-for-19 with runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded twice.

That being said, the Trojans somehow manufactured four runs in the bottom of the seventh to steal a victory away from the Storm 10-9.

Chanhassen would get on the board first with a run in the top of the first off the bat of Trevor Patterson after Brandon Arnold led the game off with a double. Arnold looked like he would take control of the game with a two run double in the second, however his bat would cool off afterwards.

In the bottom of the first, probably one of the most bizarre sequence of events in recent history at Memorial Park took place. The New Prague offense walked off the field believing the inning was over only to be ushered back on after a blown infield fly call.

With one out and the bases loaded Jake Molitor hit a fly ball to the left side of the infield, infield fly was called for the second out. However, instead of catching the ball Ryan McGuire and Ty Denzer of Chanhassen let the ball hit the ground. Standing at third, Eric Wagner took off to home and Derrick Isaacson, on second, tried advancing to third. McGuire would pick the ball off the ground and in one motion stepped on third and threw home. Wagner was able to get under the tag safely but after apparent confusion on the field umpires ruled a third out and the end of the inning. The problem, no one on New Prague’s side knew where the third out came from, Chanhassen wasn’t about to argue and ran off the field.

Trojan Manager Tom Wetchska conferred with both umpires over what should be the correct ruling on the field.

In the event of an infield fly the only force play is the batter which is called out immediately, no runners are forced to advance. In fact, what Chanhassen did is the reason the rule is in place. To avoid a simple double play for the defense.

The New Prague defense took the field and starting pitcher Garret Palmstein even began a few warm up tosses before the home plate umpire announced a reset. We headed back to the bottom of the first.

Nathan Olson and Joe Heinz would get back to back RBI singles scoring Derek Isaacson and Brok Schwartzkopf respectively. Nathan Olson would score on a throwing error as Andy Kes steals second, replacing Heinz on the base paths. Mike Gillen lines out to end the inning, 4-1 in favor of New Prague.

New Prague however wouldn’t hold onto the lead for too long. Chanhassen scored four runs on two outs. Arnold’s 2-rbi double, a passed ball and a sacrifice fly. In fact, the Storm made a living on scoring late runs, six of nine coming with two outs.

The Trojans gave up a run in the fourth and fifth before scoring two in the top of the sixth before Derrick Isaacson took the mound. Derrick would throw one and two-thirds scoreless innings giving up only two hits.

Trailing by three in the bottom of the seventh, New Prague would need a big rally and that’s exactly what they got.

Nathan Olson drew a five pitch walk to lead things off, Cullen Smith followed with a single. After Joe Lehman flew out for the first out of the inning Andy Simon walked to load the bases. With two strikes Eric Wagner found some room in the left side of the infield and connected on an RBI single scoring Olson making it a 9-7 game.

Zach Elder replaced Calvin Lee on the mound for the Storm and would only get to face three batters.

Joe Morris only needed to see two pitches before beating out an infield single to second scoring Smith, 9-8. Derrick Isaacson would cap off his impressive performance on the mound with a full count walk bringing in Morris.

When Brok Schwartzkopf took to the plate with the game winning run 90 feet away he said he was just looking for a pitch to hit, it was the first one he saw. With the infield pulled in on the grass and the outfield in, Schwartzkopf sent the first pitch back where it came from, right up the middle.

Wagner crossed home plate to a mob of Trojan players to steal a 10-9 win away from Chanhassen.

“You know, they were down for a little bit but they kept coming back,” Coach Tom Wetschka says about his Trojan team, “They’re kind of gelling right now and that’s a positive thing for us. Huge win for us.”

In this first game the first couple of innings were relatively easy going both pitchers doing well with good defense behind them until the top of the third inning when Sibley East was able to put together a string of five hits in a row including a double by Ed Reichenbach and a couple of back to back RBI singles from Brandon Ashton and Lucas Shwope giving the Wolverines a 3-0 lead. TCU responded in their half of the inning by pushing across a run on a RBI double by Dalton Zueg.

After the third Sibley East was only able to get one runner in scoring position for the rest of the game. TCU on the other hand was able get some base runners and advance some runners and chip away at the lead with a run coming across in the sixth on a RBI single from Rob D’Amato and the tying run in the seventh off a RBI double from Nate Rosier pushing the game to extra innings.

Neither team able to do anything in the eighth, then leading off the ninth inning was starting pitcher Lucas Shwope who gets a pitch he liked and gave it a ride out to left field over the fence for the first home run of the game and giving Sibley East the lead. TCU unable to respond in their half of the inning giving Sibley East the 4-3 victory in the first game.

In the second game TCU came out hitting right away and was able to put two quick runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first. Sibley East not to be out done responded in their next at bats tying the game by pushing across two runs in the top of the second and followed that up with three more runs in the third and two more in the fourth with the biggest contributor being Cody Doetkott with two RBI doubles and stretching the Wolverines lead out to 7-2. TCU once again began to chip away at the lead with a RBI sac fly by Justin Bastyr and a RBI single by Nate Rosier.

Sibley East saw their bats go cold as they were an able to respond and could only watch as they saw TCU come back to tie the game once again in the seventh with a couple of RBI single from Ryan Iverson and Brad Flicek to push the game to extras yet again. The Wolverines go down in order in the top of the eighth and it was TCU’s turn to try to steal a game here and force a two game split. Rob D’Amato leads off and reaches first on an error the Andy Feddema stretches a hit into a double putting runners on second and third, the Wolverines intentionally walk Justin Bastyr to load the bases. Dalton Zueg hits a ground ball and Sibley East forces out D’Amato on the fielders choice not allowing the run but keeping the bases loaded for Nate Rosier who then sees a pitch left over the plate and is able to pop it right over the shortstops head and brings home Andy Feddema for the game winning walk-off run.

Exciting and compelling baseball action in both games of this double header split with Sibley East winning the first game by a final 4-3 and TCU winning the second by a final of 8-7

Former state representative Allen Quist, of St. Peter, issued a news release Monday indicating his intentions to file, despite having originally supported a follow-up convention agreed upon by delegates.

Senator Mike Parry, of Waseca, will file for the August 14 primary as well, although representatives from Parry’s campaign say they’re disappointed that Quist “broke his word.”

At the April 21 Republican First Congressional District Convention in Mankato, balloting continued into the early morning hours April 22 without either candidate receiving enough delegate support. The convention was kicked out of the Kato Ballroom at 2 a.m. but delegates voted to reconvene at a later date.

A May 12 meeting was scheduled but has now been cancelled due to conflicts. Rice County GOP Chair Bron Scherer told the Faribault Daily News a primary might be necessary, since the delegates likely would not change their minds and the outcome at a different primary would be the same.

Hoffman started out looking great as always striking out the first batter, but then proceeded to give up four stait hits including three doubles and and a two run homer to Sabers first baseman Alex Lebens who ended up getting five hits on the day reaching in every at bat and racking up six RBI’s. Hoffman finally was able to get out of the inning after giving up three runs in the first as well as another three runs in the second.

On the other side Sabers starter Alex Walker brought her “A” game as she was able to blow through the Trojan line up not allowing a run to score until the fourth inning. Walker was able to frustrate the New Prague batters and keep them guessing striking them out one after another racking up 13 strikeouts in the game including a stretch of five in a row and ends the game striking out the last three batters. Walker goes six innings giving up only 3 runs on 8 hits and walked only one.

After giving up another two runs in the fourth inning Amber Hoffman was taken out of he game and coach Pat Perkinson grabbed pitcher Nichole Reed from the B-squad to come in in relief. Reed faired well in her first inning of relief striking out two of the first three batters that she faced but it didn’t take long for the Sabers to get to her in their next at bats as they got her as well putting up eight more runs on Reed over the next two innings.

The mercy rule came into affect after the sixth inning because the Trojans fell short of getting with in ten runs of the Sabers and the game was called with the Sabers on top big by a final score of 16-3.

The one bright spot of the game was our Pizza Ranch Player of the Game Kelsy McFarland going three for three with three singles, the only consistent offense for the Trojans. “Kelsy can hit a little…she’s learning patience this year, a lot of teams are pitching around her this year…but yeah Kelsy was definitely a bright spot today.” Said Perkinson after the game.

-          Eagan vs Lakeville South 4:15

-          Bloomington Kennedy vs Lakeville North 4:15

-          Prior Lake vs Rosemount 4:15

Baseball

-          Bloomington Kennedy vs Lakeville North 4:15

-          Eagan vs Lakeville South 4:15

-          Prior Lake vs Rosemount 7:00

Boy’s Tennis

-          Richfield vs Prior Lake 3:30

-          Chanhassen vs Orono 3:45

Boy’s Golf

-          Red Wing Invite (Mississippi National Golf Links)

• Red Wing, Rochester Century, Bloomington Kennedy, Rochester Mayo, Rosemount, Eagan, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Rochester John Marshall, Winona Senior

-          Shakopee Meet (Stonebrooke Golf Club)

• Shakopee, Hastings

Girl’s Golf

-          Chaska Meet (Dahlgreen Golf Course)

• Chaska, Farmington, Academy of Holy Angels, New Prague, Northfield, Shakopee, Red Wing, Chanhassen

Twins

-          Minnesota @ Los Angeles (KCHK 1350 AM – 8:35/9:05)

In only his second start this season, David Trcka lasted 4.2 innings giving up eight runs on five hits. A strong outing that was rendered rather unsatisfying due to lackluster fielding behind him. Only six runs that Trcka surrendered were earned, which in itself isn’t that spectacular. But when you account for the fact that five of those runs came with two outs on the board it’s harder to stomach. Getting that third out seemed to elude the Titans all night long.

“We were right where we wanted to be then the wheels kind of came off,” Titans Manager Bruce Davis said, “Few plays that we probably should have made…didn’t. Then you can see what happens in the Minnesota River Conference, you give people too many chances and things happen.”

The Tigers put up two runs in the top of the first. Trcka struck out Nick Eliason to lead things off, but a Dalton Zeug error at second put Zach Juaire on first. The next two batters would reach to load the bases before Aaron Bigouette connected with two outs on a two run double to left field.

The Titans would get one run back in the bottom of the first then take the lead 3-2 in the second as Trcka, Greg Rynda and Jared Schloesser would reach as the first three batters of the inning.

However three runs in the third and fifth from Belle Plaine put the Tigers up for good. Not to mention a six spot in the sixth with the squad batting through the order. Tigers Manager Pat Schultz called it a team effort.

“We had a lot of guys step up really well. Zach Juaire (had 3) hits really drove the ball well…you know we had some guys step up early that really swung that bat nice for us. It was fun to see.”

The Titans committed five errors, bringing their season total to 29 through 11 regular season games. And for a team that, cumulatively, has outscored their opponents…it’s evident why they are the seventh ranked team in a Minnesota River Conference of eight teams.

With the loss Tri-City United drops to 3-6 on the season and will travel to Jordan on Thursday.

Belle Plaine improves to 5-5 with the win and can move into a tie for second in the conference with a win on Thursday against Norwood Young America.