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The Women of Today’s Wacky Water Carnival, which took place Thursday, Aug. 1 at Roosevelt Park in Benson, included a number of fun water-related games, including the water balloon basket toss...

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The Benson-KMS girls tennis team is set to get the season underway Monday, Aug. 19 with a home triangular. 

The Fighting Braves, who began preseason practices Monday, Aug. 12, were set to entertain BBE and Parkers Prairie in the season-opening event at the high school courts.

The Benson-KMS girls tennis team is one of the most successful programs at BHS, going 14-4 overall last year for its sixth-straight winning season and 13th winning season in the last 15 years...

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The Benson Jr. Legion baseball team closed out the season with a 6-5 loss to ACGC in the third-round of the North/East Sub-State Jr. Legion Tournament last Tuesday night in Benson.

The Benson Jr. Legion ended the season with a 10-7 overall record, which included a 6-4 mark during league competition.  The Bandits opened up the tourney with a 7-2 win over Kerkhoven before losing to Morris 12-2 last weekend and to ACGC last Tuesday.

“We played a lot of close games this year and this one was no different,” coach Mark Grussing said.  “It was a strange game as it was tied 5-5 after two innings and then each team would mount a rally but couldn’t push any runs across the plate.  We ran into some bad luck as we lined into two double plays and flew into a double play on a hit and run in the later innings...”

The Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers opened the 2019 postseason with a 6-4 extra-inning loss to Sacred Heart last Saturday in Sacred  Heart.

The Lakers, who fell to 4-8 overall with their six-straight loss, were set to play again Saturday against Milroy in an elimination game, but results of that game were not available by presstime.

Both pitchers went the distance for their respective teams during the 14-inning marathon, including the Lakers’ Brandon Rasmusson, who gave up 10 hits, six runs (four runs) and six walks with eight strikeouts.

Kyle Baker led the offense with three hits, while Justin Johnson and Brandin Dahl both had two...

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Eight young participants took part in an archery class this summer at the shooting range along Pacific Avenue in Benson.  Several classes were offered this summer, but another had to be added due to the growing popularity.

Safety was always emphasized to the archery students.  In fact, the participants did not shoot any arrows the first day, but instead, the entire session was devoted to safety procedures.

The Kerkhoven Legion Baseball team lost both of its games at the “Final Four” district tourney at Minnewaska Area High School this past weekend.  Kerkhoven, seeded third, fell to second-seeded Osakis in the first game, Friday night, 2-1, and also lost by one run to fourth-seeded Morris, Saturday, 6-5.

The top seed of the “Final Four” was Breckenridge, which beat Morris in the other semifinal game, Friday.  The eventual champion of the tournament was not known by press time.

Kerkhoven, coached by Justin Johnson, closed out the season with a 5-6 overall record.

•  This year’s Kerkhoven Legion baseball roster, coached by Justin Johnson, includes Wylee Lottman, Dylan Rudningen, Alex Call, Hunter Wilts, Brett Brendemuehl, Isaac Call, Brody Forsell, Brad Wilke, Cade Melin, Weston Gjerde, Devon Swanson, Christian Diederich, Chris Moist, Regan Carlson, Noah Thorson, and Levi Sweere...
 

The Benson Jr. Legion split its first two games of the North/East Sub-State Jr. Legion Tournament.  Benson, seeded third, beat sixth-seeded Kerkhoven, 7-2, in a game played last Tuesday night at Morris.

Benson then lost to second-seeded Morris, Thursday night, 12-2 to fall back into the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tourney.

Benson, 10-6 overall this summer, was set to face fifth-seeded ACGC at 6 p.m., Tuesday (yesterday) in Benson.  With a win, Benson would play again at 5 p.m., Friday, at Minnewaska Area against the winner of NLS and Brooten.

The consolation finals are set for 7 p.m., Friday at Minnewaska Area and the championship game is set for 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 3 at Minnewaska Area with a second game to follow at 1 p.m., if necessary.

Top-seeded Starbuck and second-seeded Morris are in the upper-bracket finals, which was set for 6 p.m., Tuesday (yesterday) at Minnewaska Area.

The Kerkhoven Legion Baseball team won three games last week to win the sub-district baseball tournament title.  Kerkhoven, which improved to 5-4 overall with the three wins, beat Granite Falls, Thursday (2-1), Montevideo, Saturday (7-3), and Granite Falls again, Sunday (7-6).

Kerkhoven, which placed fourth at the State Class A Baseball Tournament this past spring with many of the same players, won two of the games without the services of two of their top players (Alex and Isaac Call).

Regan Carlson had two hits during the win over the 2-1 win over Granite Falls, while Christian Diederich, Carlson, and Wylee Lottman each had three hits against Montevideo, and Levi Sweere, Weston Gjerde, and Hunter Wilts had two hits each during the championship game win, Sunday.

Picking up wins on the mound for K-Town were Alex Call, Carlson, and Noah Thorson.

Ten members of the Benson High School Trap Shooting team competed at the National Shoot, July 10-14 at Mason, MI.  They attended the event with coaches Andy Abner and Neal Klassen, along with most of the parents.

Competing at the National meet for the BHS Trap team were AJ Klassen, Reece Larson, Devon Liles, Brady Ascheman, and Jake Ness, who formed one team, and Gabe Abner, Hunter Mondor, Zander Hoffman, Jared Kurkosky, and Macoy Kurkosky, who were part of a second BHS team.

In the team competition, the BHS Squad #1 scored 443-of-500 clays and placed 110th of 206 total teams, while squad #2 scored 428-of-500 clays and placed 153rd.

Only the top 80 squads advanced to the finals so the BHS teams barely missed the cut.