Sports

The Montevideo Boys Swim and Dive Team hosted Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion on January 13th. The event ended with score totals showing a loss to Fusion, 85-101 Varsity, and 55-93 Junior Varsity. Complete scoring from that event follows:

Montevideo’s surging high school boy’s basketball team more than held its own during a challenging rugged four-game stretch against stateranked teams coming out of the Christmas break. The Thunder Hawks lost at home to Pipestone 52-41, fell at Redwood Valley 78-62, defeated host Sauk Centre 66- 62 and, last Thursday, lost to visiting Morris 63-52.

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The Thunder Hawk girls played the Redwood Valley Cardinals last Tuesday in a home game for a 66-23 victory. Leaders in that game included Avery Koenen who scored 21 points, 12 rebounds with four assists, three steals. Tenley Epema scored an additional 17 points for the team total with seven steals, three assists. Complete scoring from that game follows:

Team UNITED took part in the Hutchinson triangular last Tuesday. In the first event, the team fell to Hutchinson 24-40. In the second event, Team UNITED defeated New Ulm 43- 24, finishing the day 1-1.

The Montevideo Boys Swim and Dive Team took home a win at the Willmar conference last Tuesday evening. Leaders in that event included Austin Dunn, who won the 500-yard freestyle (5:32.81), the 100 backstroke (1:01.73) and took part in the winning 200 medley relay team with Callim Schmitz, Gavin Arends, Mickey Hess (1:49.48). Complete scoring from that event follows: