MCW week ahead
Here’s what’s on the schedule for Mavericks teams
Here’s what’s on the schedule this week for Martin County West Spring sports teams. It’s all subject to change.
Golf
The MCW golf teams start the week out by playing in their respective Tomahawk Valley Conference tournaments on Monday.
The boys are hosts of their conference tournament at Fox Lake Golf Club in Sherburn. The girls teams will head to Oakview Golf Course in Freeborn. Play in both starts at 10 a.m.
Here’s the list of conference teams:
Alden-Conger
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Cedar Mountain
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Madelia
Martin County West
New Ulm Cathedral
Sleepy Eye United
Springfield
TGHECML
Wabasso
The Mavericks then have a pair of duals vs. conference opponents.
On Tuesday, MCW faces Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther at Rose Lake Golf Course in Fairmont and then the Mavericks meet Alden-Conger in a rescheduled dual at Oakview in Freeborn.
Softball
A busy week (doesn’t it seem like every week in the spring is busy?) is scheduled for the Martin County West softball team with three games in four days.
The Mavericks are 4-1 and have had a week off since back-to-back no-hitters vs. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda and Minnesota Valley Lutheran. MCW starts the week with a 4:30 p.m. game vs. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (2-4).
After a couple of days to practice, Martin County West then has two nonconference home games at the end of the week.
Windom (2-4) will be at the Fox Lake Area Sports Complex for a 4:30 p.m. game on Thursday. The Eagles have a home-and-home series vs. St. James Area Monday and Tuesday before traveling to Welcome.
On Friday, Class 1A No. 1 United South Central (6-0) is the opponent for the Mavericks. Rebels’ junior Mariah Anderson recently became the sixth pitcher in state history to reach 1,000 strikeouts for her career.
USC, which had a game vs. Class 2A No. 1 Randolph postponed last week, has road games at Triton and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown slated before facing MCW.
TOMAHAWK/VALLEY CONFERENCE
Softball standings
Valley Conference
Cleveland 2-0
Martin County West 1-1
Madelia 1-1
MLGHECT 0-0
Nicollet 0-2
Tomahawk Conference
Sleepy Eye 4-0
Wabasso 3-1
New Ulm Cathedral 3-1
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s 2-2
Lester Prairie 2-3
Springfield 2-4
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 1-2
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0-4
Conference games only
Baseball
MCW’s baseball team has a doubleheader scheduled vs. Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther on Tuesday in Truman.
The first game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. The teams had a game postponed earlier this season.
The Mavericks are 1-2 overall, 0-2 in conference play. The Jaguars (0-4, 0-1) play at Minnesota Valley Lutheran Monday.
Martin County West hosts Madelia (5-1, 1-1) on Thursday. The Blackhawks host Cleveland on Tuesday.
TOMAHAWK/VALLEY CONFERENCE
Baseball standings
Valley Conference
Cleveland 3-0
Madelia 1-1
MLGHECT 0-1
Martin County West 0-2
Tomahawk Conference
Springfield 6-0
New Ulm Cathedral 4-0
Sleepy Eye 2-2
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s 1-2
Lester Prairie 1-4
Wabasso 0-3
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0-3
Conference games only
Track and field
Two meets are on the docket for the Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin track and field teams this week.
On Tuesday, the Mavericks are at Worthington. Other teams scheduled to be there are Blue Earth Area, Fairmont and St. James Area.
Friday, MCW is at a meet in Blue Earth. Also scheduled to be at that meet are Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet, Maple River, Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman and United South Central/Alden-Conger.