Sports

The Montevideo Gold Dusters Junior Varsity and Varsity jazz and kick teams took part in theYellow Medicine East Invitational that was 422 dancers strong over the weekend. Among the 20 teams with nearly 75 routines completed throughout the day on Saturday, the Varsity Kick team placed 8th, Varsity Jazz team placed 6th, Junior Varsity Kick team placed 4th, and Junior Varsity Jazz team placed 12th.

Last Tuesday, the Thunder Hawks boys varsity basketball team took on Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in an away game for a close 60-59 victory. Leaders in the game included Devin Ashling who scored 19 points, while Mason Jerve and Griffin Epema both added another 12 points each to the team total.

Montevideo’s boys swim and dive team traveled to Litchfield for a dual with Dassel-Cokato last week, taking home a victory of 100-85. Scoring from that meet follows: 200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Montevideo (Austin Dunn, Jacob Ochsendorf, Evan Smith, Mickey Hess) 1:48.92 200 FREESTYLE – (1) Nolan Christopher, 2:03.19 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – (2) Dunn, 2:20.29.

Last Thursday evening, the Thunder Hawk boys varsity basketball team took on West Central Area in a home game for a 56-57 loss. Leaders in the game included Devin Ashling, scoring 16 points with six rebounds, two steals, while Cooper Dack added another 10 and one block to the team total.

From Staff Reports Last week, the Thunder Hawk girls took on Redwood Valley for a West Central Conference victory 72-31 in Sauk Centre. Leaders in the game included Avery Koenen, scoring 23 points with 11 rebounds, eight assists, three steals, and three blocks.

Montevideo’s boys basketball players gained some much-needed confidence by defeating Pipestone 60-58 in their Marshall Holiday Tournament opener at SMSU and against Luverne 52-48 last Saturday, Thunder Hawks coach Derek Webb said after practice earlier this week.