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SPORTS
THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS ° WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
Press
By Kevin Skavhaug
Hey Remember...
From time to time, this
weekly column will switch
gears. Every now and we
can take a little trip back in
time, using archives of old
Walsh County Press back is-
sues to remind everyone of
what life was like (in terms of
sports anyway) in our area. It
used to be called my "Hey
Remember" column.
So today will be the first
look back. Some of you may
have a recollection of the
events. Some of you will
recognize names. Some of
you even took part in them.
In any case, I do hope it
brings back good memories.
Hey, remember back in...
1990 when the Park Riv-
er-Pisek Volleyball team won
their second straight Region
III tournament. Sunny
Spoonland, Paula Knutson,
Christy Robinson, Lisa
Fontaine and Karl and Jenny
Houser were the mainstays
for the Aggies. Donna Gal-
loway was their coach.
1978 when the Park Riv-
er Aggies girls basketball
team defeated the Adams
Rockets 31-29 to claim 3rd
place in Adams Invitational
tournament. Theresa
Kachena led the Aggies in
scoring for the tournament
with 34 points. Cheryl Weisz
followed with 20 and Jane
Thompson 16.
2001 when the Park Riv-
er Aggies Football team de-
feated Dakota Prairie 33 to 6
behind the running of Jay
Thompson and the throw-
ing of Jonathan Berg.
1940 when Kermit Berg of
Edinburg won the national
Potato Picking contest in
Barnesville, Minnesota. Berg
picked 1,856 pounds of Po-
tatoes in an hour to win the ti-
tle. Kermit received $50 for
his efforts.
1961 when Eugene
Kachena was named Saluta-
torian of Pisek High School.
Eugene played basketball
and baseball at Pisek High
and later coached and is still
active as a basketball referee
and baseball official.
1961 when Grafton de-
feated the WCAS Aggies 50-
40 in the Aggies season open-
er. Pete Setness led the Spoil-
ers with 12. Larry Englerth
and Harold Harris each had
12 for Park River. William
Galloway was the Aggie head
coach and would one day
(1974) be enshrined into the
ND Officials Hall of Fame.
1974 when Park River de-
feated Bismarck High 8-1
in Hockey. Karl Chromy had
four goals to lead the Aggie
attack. Rick Thompson,
Doug Flaten, Don FlaCon and
Doug Vavrosky each had one
goal.
1977 when the Aggie foot-
ball team fell behind 20-0 to
Cooperstown but came back
to claim a 29-22 win under
head coach Larry Houser.
Frank Bjornson had three
touchdowns and Ùwen Berg
one to lead the Aggies to the
win.
2009 when number nine
ranked Park River boys bas-
ketball team defeated
Thompson 63-55. Cole
Solseng led the Aggies with
13. Max Otto had 13 and
Evan Koenig 10 to help the
Aggies to a 10-1 record at
that point of the season.
Photo: Submitted
Above: Represenling on lhe podium for Aggies ladies lrack: Emily Laaveg, Kalie Bohn, Hannah Swarlz, Elaina Swartz, Bealrice Kjelland, Gracyn Cole, Peyton Cole, and Julia Johnson.
Track Recap: Aggie Girls finish 5th at State, boys 24th
By Kevin Skavhaug
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- The
Park River-Fordville-Lankin Aggies
girls track team finished in fifth
place at this year's state high school
track meet. Four girls accumulated
all 44 points.
"It would be great," said Aggie
head girls track coach Angie
Solseng, "if we could just get a few
more girls out for track. I think we
could be state champs if we had just
a handful of the good girl athletes
we have in school." But as it is, the
few, the proud, the Aggies girls team
came home with a fifth place finish
at this year's state meet. The Aggies
took seven high school girls to the
meet as well as one eighth grader.
Behind the two freshmen phe-
noms -- Beatrice Kjelland and
Elaina Swartz-- the Aggies proved
that quality can make up for a
shortage of quantity. Kjelland won
the 100 and 200 meter dash and
Swartz finished thrid in the 300 Me-
ter Hurdles (46.07) and seventh in
the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.61).
The 400 Meter Relay team of
Swartz, Julia Johnson, Hannah
Swartz and Kjelland finished sec-
ond with time of 50.71 seconds.
"Our relay team came into state
with the second best time behind a
very strong Hazen team," said
Solseng, "and after the prelims we
knew it was going to be a fun final
going against competition that was
as strong as it was. I'm very proud
they came home as the second best
relay team in the State."
"Individually of course," Solseng
continued, "Beatrice and Elaina
had a great state meet. They are both
so strong and gifted runners and
they performed so well; I'm really
happy for them."
Solseng was quick to point out
that it was a total team effort.
Solseng said, "As a whole, the
team at state tied for an overall fifth
place finish which is just an amaz-
ing feat given that we only have sev-
en members. Since our 4x400 relay
team had qualified earlier in the year
by time, we were able to take some
Kjdland State Track Champion
Wins 100 and 200 Meter Dash
By Kevin Skavhaug
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D.- Two weeks ago on a mid,
wet, windy morning, Beatrice Kjelland scurried
from her school bus to the front doors of Park Riv-
er Area High School. Carrying a heavily laden
backpack in one arm and her jacket in the other, she
scooted along, shivering against the cold, north wind,
trying not to slip on the wet sidewalk. She covered
the distance in ten seconds -- give or take. Judging
from her expression, she didn't seem to be enjoying
the short jaunt very well. Last Saturday at the state
high school track meet however, she was enjoying
her short little jaunts quite a bit more. Beatrice cov-
ered distances up to ten times that far in much faster
fashion. Faster in fact, than any Class B girl sprint-
er has ever covered them.
Beatrice not only won the state 100-meter dash,
she set a new state record in the process. She actu-
ally broke the old record twice; once in the prelim-
inary round on Friday when she ran a 12.29 and then
bested that with a blistering 12.26 sprint on Saturday.
An hour or so after she did that, the freshman won
the state title in the 200 meter dash in a time of 25.47
seconds.
Despite her instant celebrity among those in at-
tendance, Beatrice was completely nonchalant about
it. Carter Arendt, a Park River senior who was com-
peting in the meet as well, was at the finish line for
both of Beatrice's races. "She is so relaxed," said
able and slrong sprint to the finish line." Head coach
Angle Solseng seconded that statement. "Beatrice re-
ally nailed the starts," said Solseng, "a couple of the
best starts out of the blocks she's had."
Boys track coach Robert Gall has also been im-
pressed with the performance of this young athlete.
"There was a time that I thought I'd never see any-
one beat Adriane's (Thomas) school records; until I
saw Beatrice run this year. But if she wants to set a
goal to be that good, she still has some work to do."
Being in company of Adriane is good company in-
deed. Thomas won the state 100 meter, 200 and 400
meter dash as a senior. But to anyone's knowledge,
there has never been a Park River track athlete that
has held a state record in any event, until Beatrice.
And keep in mind, she has three more years of high
school track.
In the 200, Beatrice felt she led from start to fin-
ish for the win. "I love starting in lane four, which is
what I got in the 200," she added, "I like it when there
are people on both sides of you pushing you to go
faster." Hazen's Dakota Wood would prove to be her
main challenge. "I think I started a little behind Dako-
ta in the 100 but in the 2001 had a great start, ran the
curve as fast as I have all year and then just pushed
it hard right through the finish line". "I think that was
my best overall race of the year." Wood, who was
named senior athlete of the year in Class B girls Irack,
finished second to Beatrice in both races.
"Beatrice really handled the pressure well," said
Arendt, "that winning those events seemed no more coach Angle Solseng, "and her only being a fresh-
of a big deal than runnin a race at ,. .. is r:y,am,f .! ;don't w she , ,
sort of walked away without notice'a:er the race. - the magmtude oiwnatSne Ires just acc0mpllsneo,
Arendt added however that "Beatrice is just crazy said Solseng, "being a state champion is a very spe-
good!"
Beatrice was also the anchor person on both the
400-meter relay and the 800-meter relays. Those two
relay teams took second place with times of 50.71 sec-
onds and 1:46.56 respectively.
Key to Kjelland's performance in both races were
her starts. Although she admits she has work to do
on her starts, at state they went pretty well. "I had what
I would call a great start out of the blocks in the 100,"
Beatrice said, "and from there I just had a comfort-
cial thing and she did it twice this weekend."
Now that the track season is over the speedster
isn't planning on resting on her laurels.
"I plan to do the sports acceleration program this
summer, keep working on weights and also try the
400 next year if for no other reason than to work on
my endurance. I might ever run a little bit this sum-
mer, just for the fun of it." And for Beatrice, running
is fun, as long as it takes place on days that are not
cold and rainy.
kids to fill in as alternates on that re-
lay and with Katie Bohn going in
javelin, we had all of the high
school girls compete at the state
meet which was such a special ex-
perience. And then for them to all
be able to stand up on the podium
to get the fifth place trophy was re-
ally extra special. They are such a
hard working and dedicated group
of girls. I can't wait to see what next
year brings!"
Aggie Boys Finish 24th at State
Spencer Rehovsky was a force to
be reckoned with on the offensive
and defensive lines on this year's
state championship football team.
On Friday nights Rehovsky would
have a field day tossing opposing
lineman and running backs around
like they were mini kids. Last Sat-
urday the Park River junior was hav-
ing another good field day, this
time throwing javelins around at the
state track meet.
"Spencer had a super track sea-
son," said head track coach Robert
Gall, "culminating with great per-
formances at regions and again at
state."
Rehovsky threw a personal best
167-feet which was good enough for
a third place finish. Spencer was two
feet short of second and seven feet
short of the winning mark.
"I was real pleased with a third
place fmish," said Rehovksy, "I
was ranked seventh coming in and
to move up four spots at state was
very satisfying."
Rehovsky also commented on the
closeness of the competition at
state.
"It gets to be a bit nerve racking
becaus e at any time someone would
throw three inches further than you
and then you have to come up with
another personal best to beat that."
It worked out well for Rehovsky as
i his sh got toepodi for
the deremoii. --<'' " '
Like the girls track team, the
boys' team at PRFL is very low on
numbers. There are a few kids who
are dual sport spring athletes but
even with that there just aren't
enough boys competing to get the
Aggies a solid team finish.
Besides Rehovsky's third place
finish, sophomore Cole Clemetson
finished sixth in the shot put with a
throw of 46' 1".
"That's a pretty good finish for a
sophomore," said coach Goll.
The Aggies also qualified two re-
lay teams, the 4x100 and 4x200 but
neither placed in the meet.
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