Sarah Shelander

Sarah Shelander

Wildcats send relays, two individuals to state

What a difference a little extra motivation makes.For the River Valley girls’ 4x400m team, the difference was five seconds under its previous season best, for a 4:06 on Saturday at the Section 2A meet in Mankato, putting the Wildcats within half a second of the fastest time this year in all of Class A.The motivation: finally getting pushed by another team, said coach Heidi McCone, in the form of Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, which took second in just under 4:11.For Evan Thompson, the difference was about two-and-a-half feet, the distance by which he exceeded his personal record in the shot put to advance to the state meet.His motivation: getting upset, when he thought he had no chance to advance, Thompson said.

Sports Out of the Past

60 years ago - June 9, 1964Bob Ibberson won the senior Del Monte golf tournament and Jim Kruzich won the junior Del Monte event at the Sleepy Eye course Sunday.

HOME AGAIN

Stan Seidl had always wanted to be a soldier growing up, so in 1986, four years after graduating from St.