Several Montevideo Area Special Olympics athletes competed in the state bocce ball tournament in Maple Grove Aug. 22.
A total of 61 cars came to Fiesta City Speedway on Friday for season championship night.
Picking up where they left off last season when they posted an 18-6 record, the Montevideo girls tennis team won six of its first seven matches.
The Montevideo football team will kick off the season Friday against St. Cloud Cathedral at 7 p.m. at St. Cloud State University.
The Montevideo volleyball team opened the season with a non-conference home loss to Dawson-Boyd in a four-set match Tuesday.
Montevideo girls tennis, cross country and volleyball teams will kick off their seasons this week.
Topper’s defeated True Value 17-15 and 7-3 to win the Montevideo Women’s League softball playoff championship last Wednesday. Members of Topper’s are (front, from left) Taylor Semler, Janet Larsen, Jen Olson, Jess Sather, Kalie Molden, Jody Molden, (back) Brenda Semler, Jodi Tongen, Jill Mortenson, Alyse Molden, Sandy Wekwerth, Linsey Kortgard, Stephanie Eschen, Lori Andreas and (not pictured) Kelle Thompson and Kim Jibben.
Heading into the final night of the racing season Friday at Fiesta City Speedway, season points standings are extremely close in three of the six classes.
Former champions vied for both the men’s and women’s match play golf championships at The Crossings last weekend.
Youth firearms safety classes will be held Sept. 9, 13, 16, 20 and 23. 7-9:30 p.m.
Jimmy O’Malley of Montevideo won his third Minnesota Special Olympics golf championship Sunday, shooting a 60 for nine holes at Oak Marsh Golf Course in Oakdale. O’Malley, who has won the tournament three of the last four years, won the gold medal by a margin of 15 strokes. “I was really proud of him, he really played well,” said Mike Fleming (right), who is O’Malley’s golf coach. (Submitted photo)
Club championships in the men’s, women’s and senior men’s divisions will be held for members of The Crossings golf club this weekend.
St. Paul edged Kviteseid/Big Bend 12-11 to win the Montevideo Church League softball playoff championship Monday. Members of the St. Paul team are (front, from left) Terica Morazetz, Becky Grube, Corey Joyce, Chad Ochsendorf, (back) Dan Moravetz, Christopher Lieske, Rachel Dvergsten, Joe Wanke, Jake Wanke, Paul Fischer, George Eklund, Carl Janachovsky and Derrick Timm.
A big turnout of 93 cars were in the pits on Friday night at Fiesta City Speedway, as the WISSOTA Modifieds made their final appearance of the season.
He had little opportunity to compete in track in high school or college. Within the past five years he has undergone colon cancer and double bypass heart surgeries.
Several Montevideans competed in the Green Lake Triathlon at Spicer Sunday. The competition attracted 262 entrants.
Eighty-eight golfers competed in the annual Crossings Classic Aug. 4-5. Winning the four-man scramble portion of the tournament were (from left) Jason Youngquist of Cologne, Dave Pillatzki of Madison, Rob Kobel of Donnelly and Del Schrupp of Montevideo. The foursome shot a 15-under-par score of 57 that included a pair of eagles on par-4 holes. Co-winners of the “A” player tournament were Ryan Alsleben (right) of Hutchinson and Jason Rongstad (second from right) of Montevideo with scores of 4-under-par 68. (Staff photo by Bruce Olson)
Eighty-eight Montevideo area women turned out at The Crossings Tuesday to play golf and, at the same time, lend their support to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to fight breast cancer. The event raised about $1,800. (Staff photo by Bruce Olson)
A near-capacity crowd of about 1,100 fans attended the annual Demo Derby sponsored by the Montevideo Snow-Drifters Friday on the final night of the Chippewa County Fair.
