Lots O’ Stuff
Jumping jacks, college updates and a fun fact
We’ll open this Lots O’ Stuff with an item that I should have included in the football notes that I sent out yesterday.
The Jackson County Central cheerleaders work hard all week getting ready for each game and the Huskies are making them work on game night.
After each JCC score, the cheerleaders do the corresponding number of jumping jacks. And just like the numbers the football team keeps putting up, the cheerleaders are building some impressive statistics.
The cheerleaders did 329 jumping jacks during the Minnesota Valley Lutheran game, bringing their season total to 1,601.
Here’s the breakdown:
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 156
Worthington 318
Blue Earth Area 332
Le Sueur-Henderson 284
Redwood Valley 182
Minnesota Valley Lutheran 329
Total 1,601
The JCC cheer team finished second at the Great Minnesota Cheer Off Saturday at Bloomington Jefferson High School. They won the state title in 2023.
The Huskies finished first in sideline cheer and school song.
College updates
Jackson County Central graduate Sadie Voss is a 5-foot-9 junior outside hitter at the University Sioux Falls, which split a pair of road matches against ranked teams this weekend and has another rated team on the schedule at home Tuesday.
Voss had five kills and 15 digs for the Cougars in a 3-1 NSIC loss at No. 8 St. Cloud State on Friday. She followed that up with 11 kills and eight digs in a 3-1 win at No. 15 Minnesota-Duluth Saturday. USF hosts No. 12 Concordia (St. Paul) Tuesday.
JCC grad Alaina Wolff, a 5-9 senior defensive specialist at South Dakota, had 12 digs for the Coyotes in a loss to St. Thomas Thursday and eight digs and two set assists in a loss to Omaha on Saturday.
USD is 10-5 overall and 2-2 in Summit League play. The Coyotes are at North Dakota Thursday.
Jackson County Central graduate Alicia Brandt, a 6-foot senior middle blocker for Waldorf, had five blocks and three kills in a 3-0 loss to Concordia (Neb.) on Friday and then posted nine kills and six blocks in a 3-2 win over Midland.
The Warriors are 9-5 overall and 3-5 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Waldorf plays twice in Nebraska next weekend, facing Doane and Hastings.
JCC grad Emma Haren, a freshman at Morningside, had six kills for the Mustangs in a 3-1 win over Mount Marty Friday and four kills and three blocks in a 3-0 win over College of Saint Mary on Saturday.
Morningside is 17-6 overall and 5-3 in the GPAC with road matches at Midland and Concordia (Neb.) next weekend.
Martin County West graduate Max Olson, a 6-3, 253-pound sophomore defensive lineman at Gustavus Adolphus, made four tackles for the Gusties in a loss to Bethel Saturday. Gustavus, 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the MIAC, hosts St. Scholastica next Saturday.
Fairmont grad Zach Jorgensen, 6-3, 195-pound redshirt freshman wide receiver for Northern State, caught one pass for 53 yards in the Wolves’ 14-13 win over Bemidji State. Northern, 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the NSIC, is at Minnesota-Duluth next Saturday.
Another Fairmont graduate, Sawyer Tordsen, a 6-7, 305-pound redshirt freshman offensive lineman, saw playing time for Augustana in the Vikings’ 28-24 win over Minnesota-Duluth. Augustana, 3-2 and 3-1, travels to Minot State next Saturday.
A pair of area grads ran at the Running of the Cows hosted by Carleton College in Northfield Saturday.
In the men’s 8K event, UW-River Falls freshman Ryan Pierson, who ran on the Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin boys cross country team, was 99th out of 315 finishers with a time of 27:17.3. Fairmont graduate Will Saari placed 251st in 30:20.7.
Also, Aspen Clarksean, a senior at Hamline, was 192nd of 296 runners in the women’s 6K race in 26:48.4. She’s the daughter of JCC grad Dallas Clarksean (and wife Nikki) and granddaughter of Charlie and Linda Clarksean.
Sherburn native Carsen Musser, a freshman with the 11th-ranked Colorado College men’s hockey team, played the third period in goal for the Tigers in their 8-0 exhibition win over Briercrest College of Caronport, Saskatchewan Saturday night. He faced one shot on goal.
Musser was selected in the sixth round in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL Draft by the Arizona Coyotes, who are now Utah Hockey Club. CC opens its regular season schedule next weekend with a two-game nonconference home series vs. Northern Michigan.
Heron Lake native Hobie Hedquist is a sophomore for the No. 5 North Dakota men’s hockey team. He didn’t play in a 4-1 exhibition loss to Augustana in Grand Forks Saturday.
Hedquist played in seven games and made six starts for UND last season, finishing with a 5-1 record, leading the team in goals against average with 2.51 and save percentage at .905. North Dakota opens its regular season slate next Saturday with the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game vs. No. 13 Providence.
Also, Hayden Hedquist is a defenseman with the Amarillo Wranglers of the North American Hockey League. He has played in three games. He has a plus-minus of +2 and has four penalty minutes,
Amarillo is in second place in the NAHL South Division with a 6-2-0-1 record. The NAHL is a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier II Junior league consisting of 35 teams in 20 states. The Central Division consists of teams from Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Fun fact
I may be adding a fun fact to these proceedings each week.
Here’s a fun fact I came across this weekend.
Vin Scully broadcast Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers games from 1950-2016.
He called games involving Connie Mack, born in 1862, and Julio Urias, born in 1996.
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