MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017 EVENTS TODAY

CARDINAL CONNECTION MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017 EVENTS TODAY October 9th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Football: JV 4:00pm Bemidji Bemidji HS 12:15pm 12:30pm 9:30pm Soccer: Boys JV 2 5:00pm Brainerd AAHS Soccer: Boys JV I 5:00pm Brainerd AAHS Soccer: Boys Varsity 7:00pm Brainerd AAHS Soccer: Girls JV I 5:00pm Brainerd Southdale 1:30pm 1:45pm 10:00pm Soccer: Girls Varsity 7:00pm Brainerd Brainerd HS 1:30pm 1:45pm 10:00pm RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY TENNIS Sub Sections TEAM 1st Round Alexandria 7 Detroit Lakes 0 #1 Singles Jamie Lanoue (A) def. Shelby Busker (DL) 6-1, 6-1 #2 Singles Laura Wilmesmeier (A) def. Brea Johnston (DL) 6-0, 6-1 #3 Singles Alli Prestby (A) def. Bria Smith (DL) 6-0, 6-4 #4 Singles Rachel Bitzan (A) def. Mackenna Duncan (DL) 6-1, 6-2 Exhibition Singles Brynne Pass (A) def. Megan Ungst (DL) 6-1, 6-1 #1 Doubles Taylor Partington & Brianna Holm (A) def. Mackenzie Brachmann & Emily Shjonsberg (DL) 6-4, 6-4 #2 Doubles Madison Ressemann & Abby Sater (A) def. Josey Allen & Mary Nelmark (DL) 6-4, 7-6(4) #3 Doubles Annie Harding & Kaylee Svee (A) def. Maddison Herzog & Olivia Hanninen (DL) 6-0, 6-3 Exhibition Doubles Jossey Smith & Brynne Duncan (DL) def.joria Downing & Autumn Botz (A) 6-1 Sub Sections TEAM Second Round Alexandria 2 Bemidji 5 #1 Singles Abby Kelm (B) def. Jamie Lanoue (A) 6-0, 6-0 #2 Singles Laura Paulmer (DL) def. Laura Wilmesmeier (A) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 #3 Singles Savannah Haugen (DL) def. Alli Prestby (A) 6-2, 6-4 #4 Singles Denee Barett (DL) def. Rachel Bitzan (A) 6-4, 6-3 #1 Doubles Sam Edlund & Taylor Offerdahl (DL) def. Taylor Partington & Brianna Holm (A) 7-5, 6-2 #2 Doubles Madison Ressemann & Abby Sater (A) def. Caitlin McCollam & Lexi Leitner (DL) 6-4, 6-3 #3 Doubles Annie Harding & Kaylee Svee (A) def. Bethany Chatterton & Aftyn Schmidt (DL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 The Cardinal girls tennis team competed in the north sub-section tournament up in Grand Forks last Thursday. In the first round the Cardinals defeated Detroit Lakes 7-0. Our girls came out and wanted to set the tone for the day and did just that with a convincing win over a solid DL squad.

That win set the stage for a rematch with the 2nd seeded Lumberjacks of Bemidji. Bemidji had defeated the Cardinals early in the season by a 4-3 score, so we knew we had our hands full but we felt we were up for the challenge. The girls were focused and ready, and we played one of our better matches of the season but the Lumberjacks were just a little better on this day, and defeated the Cardinals 5-2. With the exception of first singles all the matches were extremely close and any of them could have had different outcomes. Allie and Rachel at third and fourth singles respectively battled hard and have been so successful for us this season at those spots, but on this day we were unable to get a point from either spot, when we usually count on at least one if not two in most matches. Laura started fast at second singles and won her first set and things looked good there but her opponent battled back and won the next two sets to get that point. Taylor & Brianna had a 5-4 lead in the first set at first doubles and were serving for the set when the bottom fell out and we lost nine of the next eleven games and the point. Our two points came from second doubles Madison & Abby, and third doubles Annie & Kaylee where they both played well and played some of their best tennis of the season. It was a sad way to end the season and the girls took it very hard, and rightfully so, they had their sights set on making it to the section tourney, a place we haven't been for a number of years now, and to see it all come to an abrupt halt is hard. This team surpassed most of my expectations and continually got better after the half way point of the season but they came up a little short, and that is Okay as long as they keep every thing in perspective. We end the year at 15-9 overall, and once again hit that 15 win mark. The girls have a lot to be proud of and can hold their heads high. Our awards banquet will be held on Oct. 26th. TENNIS SUBSECTION INDIVIDUAL Doubles: Kvick & Leake (TRF) defeated Laura Wilmesmeier & Madison Ressemann (A) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Haugen & Barrett (BEM) defeated Taylor Partington & Brianna Holm (A) 6-2, 6-3 Singles: Alli Prestby (A) defeated Isabelle Rockstad (Moorhead) 6-3, 6-3 Jamie Lanoue (A) defeated Kira Beier (TRF) 6-3, 6-0 Second Round: Abby Kelm (BEM) defeated Alli Prestby (A) 6-0, 6-1 Jamie Lanoue (A) defeated Britney Fletcher (Brd) 6-3, 6-3 Semi Finals: Jamie Lanoue (A) defeated Payge Fitterer (Brd) 6-0, 6-2 Finals: Abby Kelm (BEM) defeated Jamie Lanoue (A) 6-0, 6-0 In the individual portion of the tourney we had two doubles teams and two singles players competing and our only individual that will be moving on to the section tourney is Jamie Lanoue who fought her way all the way to the finals and took the runner up spot. Laura & Madison had a tough first round and competed hard but lost a heart breaking match in three sets to a Thief River duo. Laura and Madison have only played together twice prior to this day and it took a little time for them to adjust, but after losing the first set they fought back and won the second and it looked like we had they momentum, but the prowlers played big in the third set and denied our girls the chance to advance. Taylor and Brianna ran into a buzz saw from Bemidji. We were the 3rd seeded doubles team in the tourney and up to this point Taylor & Brianna had a 9-1 record together but the Lumberjack duo put an end to their season and played flawlessly winning in straight sets. Our girls didn't play their best but credit is due the Bemidji pair.

Alli Prestby won her first singles match over a solid Moorhead player and advanced to the second round where she had to face the tourney's first seeded player in Abby Kelm. Abby is the 7th ranked player in the state and for a reason. Alli was able to must a game and that is a feat to be proud of as Abby dominated the tourney en route to an eventual champion. Jamie Lanoue played her heart out in this tourney and it payed off. She won her first two rounds over good players from Thief River Falls and Brainerd to get to the semi final round where she would advance to the section tourney. In the semi final round she had to play the 2nd seeded player Payge Fitterer from Brainerd, a girl from Brainerd that has been a Cardinal killer for several seasons now. Jamie played almost flawless in a straight set win 6-0, 6-2 to reach the finals. In the finals Abby Kelm from Bemidji dominated Jamie, but I could not be more proud of the way Jamie kept competing and giving every bit of effort she had in her. It has been so rewarding to watch Jamie come so far in her game, and to watch her execute her strategies and be successful. Jamie will play the 3rd place finisher from the south sub-section in the section tourney next Saturday in Sartell. CROSS COUNTRY Alexandria Lions Invitational Meet of Champions Alexandria hosted the forty-fifth annual Meet of Champions at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center. Twenty-two schools and over fourteen hundred runners participated with five girls teams participating that are ranked in the top twelve teams in the state. (Willmar, Marshall, Stillwater, Becker, and Roseville). The boys varsity race featured six top twelve teams (Edina, Stillwater, White Bear Lake, Sartell, Mounds View, and Chanhassen) and three individual runners who are currently ranked in the top ten. (Max Manley Edina, Acer Iverson Roseville, and Addison Stansbury from Stillwater). The weather was a bit foggy to start the day, but ended up being a beautiful fall day! A perfect day for a cross country meet with some epic battles! The course was in great shape even with the rain in the last week. Fabulous course for the runners. What a great day for Alexandria and the sport of running. The large group of spectators were treated to some amazing runners and races. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY The Alexandria boys Varsity team finished in 10th place in the team standings and JV was seventh It was definitely a confidence booster as we continue to improve on the season. Keaton Gruber did a nice job of racing with this unbelievably talented field! We had 4 boys runners under 18 minutes for the day and 17 under 20:00! It was a great team effort and had a couple exciting races by Jack Englund and Blake Johnston. We are confident that we will continue to improve as we approach the CLC Championship. The coaches and team remain optimistic as we prepare for the CLC Championship and Section 8AA Championships. Individual Varsity finishes: Keaton Gruber 6, Jackson Wichtendahl 26, Nolan Christenson 53, Kyle Vandertuin 87, Blake Johnston 93, Noah Struck 100, Patrick Chromey 120 Junior Varsity finishes: Jack Englund 18, Dane Galloway 28, Jacob Kleven 41, Zach Dummer 107, Nick Olson 109, Pat Lovrien 123, Brian Denke 125, Tate Breitkruetz 130, Ryan Borris 132, Jason Moorman 147, Andrew Lindner 169, Christian Fleming 191, Wil Kopp 216, Jeris Lemm 257, Wyatt Snitker 258, Bennett Wirth 259, Nate Halstead 268, Parker Olson 271, Jeremiah Martinson 274, Lucas Bitzan 278, James Vance 289, Noah Huss 302, Dallas Frueh 313, Luke Tollefson 335, Elliot Amundson 372 9th Graders: 2mile: Hayden Peterson 8, Lewis Lindner 27, Cameron Hochbrung 42, Devan Swerman 75 Runners of the Meet Jack Englund, Brian Denke, Christian Flemming, Dallas Freuh, and Luis Otto GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY The Alexandria girl s team finished in 7th place in the girls competition. Without two of our top runners on our Varsity girls team, we ran well. 9 season best races for the girls. It was great to see us slide in front of Monticello who is in our section. Aleah Miller ran a great race with a good time of 19:13. Caitlin Bright had a breakthrough race and is continuing to improve. Heavyn Bordak and Calley Richardson both continue to show

nice improvement. These girls are rolling at the right time and should feel good about their gaines. It will be great to see how this season plays out for these hard working ladies that are loving this sport. Individual finishes: Aleah Miller 14, Bethany Miller 32, Ella Sorensen 40, Caitlin Bright 45, Heavyn Bordak 65, Calley Richardson 96. Runners of the Meet Calley Richardson, Kylie Larson, Ellen Dee, Aleah Miller There is a tremendous amount of preparation and man hours put in on an event of this magnitude. The Alexandria cross country team and coaching staff would like to thank activities director, Bob Brakke and student activities secretary, Sheree Saxton for all their extra efforts. As well as Nate Borden and the school district grounds crew for their time in assisting with course preparation and meet management. This meet has been sponsored by the Alexandria Evening Lions for the last forty-five years and we could not host this event without them. In addition, we would like to thank all the 206 staff, parents, alumni and community members that stepped up to make this awesome event run so smoothly. We also appreciate everything that the Arrowwood staff do to make this the best high school cross country meet in the state of Minnesota. We could not do it without all of you!! FULL TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RESULTS ON http://www.gopherstateevents.com/results/cc_rslts/cc_rslts.asp?sport=cross- Country&meet_id=390&rslts_page=overall_rslts.asp&show_indiv=n http://mn.milesplit.com/articles/223608-future-champions-await-in-alexandria FOOTBALL VARSITY Alexandria 59 Bemidji 42 The Cardinal football team improved their record to 4-2 by defeating the Bemidji Lumberjacks on Friday night by a score of 59-42. The scoring was early and often as the Cardinals jumped out to an early 16-0 lead. Titus Christenson intercepted a Lumberjack pass on the opening possession to begin the Cardinal scoring. Touchdown came from Cody Faber (3 yard run), Michael Empting (runs of 26, 9, 16 and 24 yards), Josh Wegner (41 yard pass from Faber), Chandler Cole (14 yard run), Bryce Ludwig (7 yards pass from Empting) Zach Wosepka was 5 for 5 on PAT's With 4 receptions, Cody Faber became the Cardinals all time leader in pass receptions passing Spencer Hockert! Congratulations Cody!! Offensive Stat Leaders: Passing- Empting 9 for 16, 100 yards, 1 TD Receiving- Faber 4 for 44 yards, Ludwig 3 for 26 yards and a TD Rushing- Empting 22 rushes for 224 yards and 4 TD, Chandler Cole 6 rushes for 74 yards and 1 TD Defensive Leaders: Michael Empting and Nathan Lusty 8 tackles each, Daniel Jantzen 7 tackles, Jacob Minnerath and Andrew Revering 6 tackles each, Jordan Petron 1 sack and Titus Chamberlin 1 INT The Cardinals will travel to Sauk Rapids to take on the Storm on Friday night! VOLLEYBALL VARSITY Alexandria 3-1 The Cardinals had an outstanding weekend at our home tournament, going 3-1 for the day. The Cards started their day with a first round loss to Morris, but quickly turned things around with a second round victory over the #7 QRF ranked Grand Rapids. After this the team never looked back, finishing the day with victories over both Big Lake and BBE. Things are continuing to move in the right direction, and with just two regular season matches left, the timing is right. Outside hitters McKenzie Duwenhoegger and Mia McGrane led the Cardinal offense this weekend with 27 kills and 20 kills. Kendra Hardy contributed 16 and Mya Lesnar, 15. McGrane Also led the Cardinal defense with 43 digs, followed by Devany Johnson who had 39. Hardy and McGrane also each

had 3 service aces for the weekend and Erika Roderick provided her teammates with 84 set assists. The girls continue to work on and improve upon their goal to communicate in a positive and genuine manner with one another and it is making a difference. We are looking forward to what this week brings including three solid days of practice, a road trip to Brainerd, and a team bonding trip to watch the Bison play on Friday! VOLLEYBALL JV The JV volleyball team went 4-0 this weekend at our home tournament, winning first place overall! VOLLEYBALL JV1 (Results from Thursday) Last night JV1 volleyball played Willmar's JV1. Alexandria lost the first set, Alexandria won the second set, Alexandria won the third set. (Alexandria won the Match) Still undefeated in conference! WINTER CHEER TRYOUTS Practice Dates, Times: Monday Oct 9, 3:30-4:30 Tuesday Oct 10, 3:30-4:30 Tuesday Oct 10, 5:30-6:30 Try Outs: Thursday Oct 12 ** Times By Scheduled Appointment ** Practices & Try Outs in AAHS Aux Gym (Courts 4/5) Athletes will have the option to try out for sideline team and/or Competition team! Team will be selected & notified by Mon Oct 16 YEARBOOKS ON SALE Pre-order your yearbook now and save money Alexandria Area High School yearbooks are available! Pre-Order yours today! Yearbooks are on sale for $60 now through January 9th. PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Taylor Partington and Brianna Holm have been named Central Lakes Conference Performers of the Week in tennis. The girls play #1 doubles and won 5 matches last week. Congratulations Taylor and Brianna! CHECK OUT THE AAHS CARDINAL STORE order online at http://www.alexandriaschoolspay.org/cardinal-store-c200.aspx

LOOKING AHEAD October 10th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Swimming: Girls 6:00pm Moorhead Moorhead HS 2:20pm 2:50pm October 12th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Soccer: Girls Varsity TBD Soccer: Boys Varsity TBD Football: 9th 5:00pm Sauk Rapids-Rice SRR HS 2:45pm 3:00pm 8:30pm Volleyball: JV I 5:45pm Brainerd Brainerd H.S. 3:00pm 10:30pm Volleyball: JV 2 5:45pm Brainerd Brainerd H.S. 3:00pm 10:30pm Volleyball: 9th 5:45pm Brainerd Brainerd - Riverside Elem 3:00pm 10:30pm Swimming: Girls 6:00pm Willmar Willmar HS 2:45pm 3:15pm 9:00pm Volleyball: Varsity 7:00pm Brainerd Brainerd H.S. 3:00pm 10:30pm October 13th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Swimming and Diving True Team UMM 12:15pm 12:30pm Tennis: Girls Varsity TBD Section Team Fitness Evol- Sartell Football: Varsity 7:00pm Sauk Rapids-Rice SRR M.S. 3:30pm 10:30pm October 14th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Soccer: Boys Varsity TBD Section QF Tennis: Girls Varsity TBD Section Indiv Fitness Evol Volleyball: 9th 9:00am CLC Tournament SRR H.S. 7:00am 3:00pm Swimming: Girls 10:00am Morris UMM 8:00am 6:00pm Soccer: Girls Varsity 1:00pm Section QF TBD October 16th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Football: 9th 5:00pm Moorhead Moorhead HS. 2:15pm 2:30pm 9:00pm October 17th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Cross Country: Varsity 3:25pm CLC Championship Boulder Ridge 12:15pm 12:30pm Soccer: Boys Varsity 4:00pm SectionSF Soccer: Girls Varsity 4:00pm SectionSF TBD Swimming: Girls 6:00pm Fergus Falls DMS Volleyball: 9th 5:45pm Fergus Falls Fergus HS 3:45pm 9:30pm Volleyball: JV 2 5:45pm Fergus Falls Fergus HS 3:45pm 9:30pm Volleyball: JV I 5:45pm Fergus Falls Fergus HS 3:45pm 9:30pm Volleyball: Varsity 7:00pm Fergus Falls Fergus HS 3:45pm 9:30pm October 18th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Football: Varsity 7:00pm Moorhead Moorhead HS 3:15pm 11:00pm October 19th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return

Soccer: Boys Varsity 5:30pm Section Final SCSU Soccer: Girls Varsity 7:30pm Section Final SCSU October 20th Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Swimming: Girls 7:00pm University of MN U of M October 23rd Time Versus Location Dismiss Leave Return Dance: Varsity TBD Start of Season TBD Choir 7:30pm Fall Concert AAHS PAC